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A Principal's Journey to Elevate Student Voices · The Wheelhouse

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  In
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  our
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  last
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  episode,
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  three
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  college
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  age
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  students
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  told
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  the
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  truth
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  about
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  school
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  from
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  the
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  receiving
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  end.
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  They
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  reminded
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  us
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  that
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  students
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  know
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  the
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  difference
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  between
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  a
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  school
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  that
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  cares
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  about
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  them
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  and
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  a
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  school
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  that
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  knows
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  how
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  to
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  talk
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  about
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  caring.
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  They
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  gave
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  us
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  a
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  phrase
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  we
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  cannot
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  shake.
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  Students
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  want
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  to
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  be
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  heard,
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  not
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  her
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  did.
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  And
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  that
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  leaves
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  school
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  leaders
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  with
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  a
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  harder
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  question.
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  Kids
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  do
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  not
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  experience
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  our
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  intentions.
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  They
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  experience
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  our
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  systems.
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  So
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  if
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  students
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  feel
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  unseen,
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  managed,
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  or
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  emotionally
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  sidelined
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  in
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  schools
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  full
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  of
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  adults
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  who
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  say
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  they
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  care,
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  that
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  is
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  not
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  a
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  student
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  perception
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  problem.
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  That
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  is
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  a
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  leadership
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  problem.
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  In
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  this
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  episode,
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  we
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  asked
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  principals
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  what
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  they
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  are
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  willing
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  to
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  do
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  with
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  that
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  truth.
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  A
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  new
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  episode
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  of
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  the
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  Wheelhouse
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  begins
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  right
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  now,
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  When.
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  Welcome
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  to
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  the
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  Wheelhouse,
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  where
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  we
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  navigate
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  the
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  intersection
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  of
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  education,
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  leadership,
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  and
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  humanity
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  to
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  help
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  schools
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  become
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  more
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  future
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  ready
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  through
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  coherent
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  human
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  systems.
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  I'm
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  Dr.
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  Grant
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  Chandler,
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  and
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  this
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  is
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  episode
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  five
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  of
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  season
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  12.
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  In
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  our
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  last
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  episode,
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  we
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  heard
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  from
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  three
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  college
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  age
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  students
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  reflecting
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  on
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  what
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  school
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  felt
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  like
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  from
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  the
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  inside.
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  What
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  they
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  offered
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  was
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  not
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  just
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  a
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  reflection.
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  It
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  was
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  a
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  leadership
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  challenge.
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  They
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  told
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  us
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  they
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  wanted
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  to
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  be
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  heard,
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  not
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  heard.
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  Ed.
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  That
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  phrase
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  should
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  stop
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  every
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  school
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  leader
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  in
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  their
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  tracks.
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  Because
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  students
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  know
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  the
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  difference
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  between
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  being
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  supported
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  and
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  being
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  managed,
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  between
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  being
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  known
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  and
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  being
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  processed.
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  They
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  know
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  when
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  school
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  is
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  happening
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  with
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  them,
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  and.
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  And
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  they
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  know
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  when
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  it
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  is
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  simply
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  happening
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  to
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  them.
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  And
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  the
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  real
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  culture
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  of
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  school
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  is
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  not
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  what
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  adults
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  say
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  they
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  value.
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  It's
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  what
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  students
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  feel.
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  On
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  any
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  ordinary
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  Tuesday,
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  a
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  mission
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  statement
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  can
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  say
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  students
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  first.
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  But
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  students
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  experience
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  the
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  truth
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  in
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  the
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  hallway,
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  not
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  on
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  the
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  website.
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  Kids
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  do
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  not
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  experience
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  our
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  intentions
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  or
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  they
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  experience
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  our
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  systems.
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  So
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  this
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  episode
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  is
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  not
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  about
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  whether
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  principals
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  care
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  about
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  students.
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  Most
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  do.
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  This
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  episode
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  is
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  about
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  something
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  more
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  uncomfortable.
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  Does
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  that
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  care
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  survive
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  contact
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  with
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  the
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  systems
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  they
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  lead?
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  Too
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  many
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  schools
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  confuse
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  order
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  with
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  belonging,
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  compliance
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  with
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  engagement,
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  and
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  efficiency
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  with
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  care.
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  A
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  school
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  can
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  look
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  calm
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  to
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  adults
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  and
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  still
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  feel
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  cold
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  to
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  kids.
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  And
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  when
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  students
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  say
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  they
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  want
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  to
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  be
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  heard,
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  not
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  heard.
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  Ed.
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  They
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  are
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  not
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  asking
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  for
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  less
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  structure.
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  They're
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  asking
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  for
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  more
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  humanity.
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  That
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  means
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  student
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  voice
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  cannot
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  be
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  treated
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  like
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  a
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  ceremonial
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  exercise
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  or
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  a
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  branding
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  move.
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  Student
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  voice
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  is
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  not
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  a
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  public
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  relations
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  asset.
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  It
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  is
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  leadership
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  intelligence.
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  And
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  if
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  students
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  keep
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  telling
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  the
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  same
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  story,
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  at
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  some
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  point,
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  it's
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  no
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  longer
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  feedback.
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  It's
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  evidence.
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  So
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  today
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  we're
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  asking
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  principals
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  to
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  wrestle
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  with
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  some
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  hard
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  questions.
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  What
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  does
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  leadership
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  look
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  like
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  when
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  student
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  voice
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  is
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  treated
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  as
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  real
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  intelligence?
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  What
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  does
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  it
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  mean
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  to
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  examine
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  schedules,
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  discipline,
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  adult
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  language,
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  instructional
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  expectations,
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  and
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  campus
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  culture
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  through
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  the
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  eyes
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  of
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  the
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  students
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  living
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  inside
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  them?
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  And
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  what
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  are
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  leaders
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  willing
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  to
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  confront
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  if
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  some
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  parts
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  of
• 4:18
  school
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  still
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  feel
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  more
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  efficient
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  than
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  human
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  because
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  human
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  centered
• 4:24
  schools
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  do
• 4:25
  not
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  happen
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  because
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  adults
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  mean
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  well.
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  They
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  happen
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  when
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  leaders
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  are
• 4:29
  willing
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  to
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  notice
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  what
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  students
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  actually
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  experience
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  and
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  redesign
• 4:35
  what
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  is
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  not
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  yet
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  worthy
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  of
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  the
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  young
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  people
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  in
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  their
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  care.
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  Let's
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  get
• 4:42
  into
• 4:42
  it.
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  Good
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  morning.
• 4:50
  I'm
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  Dr.
• 4:51
  Grant
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  Chandler
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  and
• 4:52
  welcome
• 4:52
  to
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  another
• 4:53
  episode
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  of
• 4:54
  the
• 4:55
  Wheelhouse.
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  Again,
• 4:56
  I
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  know
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  I
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  say
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  this
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  every
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  week,
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  but
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  I'm
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  super
• 4:58
  excited
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  about
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  this
• 4:59
  conversation
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  as
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  well
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  because
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  we're
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  going
• 5:01
  to
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  talk
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  to
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  two
• 5:03
  amazing
• 5:04
  educational
• 5:05
  leaders
• 5:05
  in
• 5:05
  this
• 5:06
  episode,
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  and
• 5:06
  I
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  think
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  you're
• 5:07
  going
• 5:07
  to
• 5:07
  love
• 5:08
  hearing
• 5:09
  from
• 5:09
  them
• 5:09
  and
• 5:09
  having
• 5:10
  this
• 5:10
  conversation.
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  So
• 5:11
  before
• 5:11
  I
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  introduce
• 5:12
  our
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  first
• 5:13
  guest,
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  let
• 5:14
  me
• 5:14
  welcome
• 5:14
  the
• 5:14
  wheelhouse
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  team,
• 5:16
  Dr.
• 5:16
  Alicia
• 5:17
  Munro
• 5:17
  and
• 5:17
  Michael
• 5:17
  Pipa.
• 5:18
  Welcome
• 5:18
  back
• 5:19
  to
• 5:19
  the
• 5:19
  Wheelhouse.
• 5:21
  Good
• 5:22
  morning
• 5:22
  and
• 5:23
  welcome
• 5:23
  back.
• 5:23
  Good
• 5:24
  morning.
• 5:25
  Yay.
• 5:27
  There
• 5:27
  we
• 5:27
  go.
• 5:28
  That's
• 5:29
  perfect.
• 5:30
  Our
• 5:30
  third
• 5:30
  panel
• 5:31
  is.
• 5:31
  Kathy
• 5:31
  Mone
• 5:32
  is
• 5:32
  at
• 5:32
  a
• 5:33
  conference
• 5:33
  this
• 5:33
  week,
• 5:33
  so
• 5:34
  she
• 5:34
  will
• 5:34
  not
• 5:35
  be
• 5:35
  joining
• 5:35
  us
• 5:35
  but
• 5:36
  will
• 5:36
  be
• 5:36
  listening
• 5:37
  intently
• 5:37
  when
• 5:38
  this
• 5:38
  episode
• 5:39
  comes
• 5:39
  out
• 5:41
  on
• 5:41
  Tuesday.
• 5:42
  Tuesday,
• 5:42
  March
• 5:43
  24th.
• 5:44
  So
• 5:44
  that's
• 5:44
  when
• 5:44
  this
• 5:44
  one
• 5:45
  drops.
• 5:45
  Well,
• 5:46
  I
• 5:46
  want
• 5:47
  to
• 5:47
  jump
• 5:47
  right
• 5:47
  in.
• 5:47
  You
• 5:48
  know,
• 5:48
  last
• 5:48
  week
• 5:48
  we
• 5:49
  had
• 5:49
  a
• 5:49
  conversation
• 5:50
  with
• 5:50
  three
• 5:51
  college
• 5:51
  age
• 5:52
  students.
• 5:52
  And,
• 5:52
  you
• 5:53
  know,
• 5:53
  one
• 5:53
  of
• 5:53
  the
• 5:53
  things
• 5:53
  that
• 5:53
  I
• 5:54
  heard
• 5:54
  and
• 5:54
  I
• 5:54
  mentioned
• 5:54
  it
• 5:55
  in
• 5:55
  the
• 5:55
  intro
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  is
• 5:56
  this
• 5:56
  brilliant
• 5:57
  concept,
• 5:58
  this
• 5:59
  brilliant
• 5:59
  idea
• 5:59
  that
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  they
• 6:00
  said,
• 6:00
  you
• 6:00
  know,
• 6:00
  we
• 6:01
  want
• 6:01
  to
• 6:01
  be
• 6:01
  heard,
• 6:02
  not
• 6:02
  heard,
• 6:03
  did.
• 6:04
  Right?
• 6:04
  So
• 6:04
  that's
• 6:05
  heard
• 6:05
  H
• 6:05
  e
• 6:05
  a
• 6:06
  r
• 6:06
  d
• 6:07
  and
• 6:07
  not
• 6:08
  her
• 6:08
  did.
• 6:09
  Right.
• 6:09
  Like
• 6:10
  cattle.
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  And
• 6:11
  so
• 6:11
  I
• 6:12
  think
• 6:12
  that's
• 6:12
  just
• 6:12
  a
• 6:12
  really
• 6:13
  important.
• 6:13
  It
• 6:14
  was
• 6:14
  a
• 6:14
  really
• 6:14
  important
• 6:15
  concept
• 6:16
  and
• 6:16
  idea
• 6:16
  for
• 6:17
  us
• 6:17
  all
• 6:17
  as
• 6:17
  educators
• 6:18
  to
• 6:18
  remember
• 6:19
  and
• 6:19
  I
• 6:19
  want
• 6:20
  to
• 6:20
  just
• 6:20
  pursue
• 6:21
  that
• 6:21
  with
• 6:22
  some
• 6:22
  genius
• 6:23
  educational
• 6:24
  leaders.
• 6:25
  So
• 6:25
  I'm
• 6:25
  super
• 6:25
  excited
• 6:26
  to
• 6:26
  welcome
• 6:27
  Rhonda
• 6:27
  Simli,
• 6:28
  a
• 6:28
  middle
• 6:29
  school
• 6:29
  principal.
• 6:30
  Right.
• 6:30
  A
• 6:31
  sitting
• 6:31
  middle
• 6:32
  school
• 6:32
  principal
• 6:33
  responsible
• 6:34
  for
• 6:34
  1100
• 6:35
  babies
• 6:36
  on
• 6:36
  a
• 6:36
  daily
• 6:36
  basis.
• 6:37
  Welcome,
• 6:37
  Rhonda,
• 6:38
  to
• 6:38
  the
• 6:38
  Wheelhouse.
• 6:39
  We
• 6:39
  are
• 6:39
  so
• 6:40
  glad
• 6:40
  to
• 6:40
  have
• 6:40
  you
• 6:40
  here.
• 6:41
  I'm
• 6:41
  so
• 6:41
  glad
• 6:41
  to
• 6:41
  be
• 6:42
  here.
• 6:42
  Thank
• 6:42
  you
• 6:42
  so
• 6:42
  much
• 6:42
  for
• 6:43
  the
• 6:43
  invitation.
• 6:44
  Well,
• 6:44
  we're
• 6:44
  thrilled
• 6:45
  and
• 6:45
  we're.
• 6:45
  I
• 6:45
  know
• 6:46
  we're
• 6:46
  going
• 6:46
  to
• 6:46
  have
• 6:46
  a
• 6:46
  great
• 6:46
  conversation
• 6:47
  and
• 6:47
  I
• 6:47
  know
• 6:47
  we're
• 6:48
  going
• 6:48
  to
• 6:48
  want
• 6:48
  to
• 6:48
  have
• 6:48
  you
• 6:48
  back.
• 6:49
  Right.
• 6:49
  To
• 6:49
  continue
• 6:50
  that
• 6:50
  conversation
• 6:51
  later.
• 6:53
  Rhonda,
• 6:55
  I
• 6:55
  want
• 6:55
  to
• 6:55
  start
• 6:56
  with
• 6:57
  your
• 6:57
  reaction
• 6:58
  to
• 6:58
  what
• 6:58
  I
• 6:59
  just
• 6:59
  said.
• 6:59
  Students,
• 7:01
  you
• 7:01
  know,
• 7:01
  what
• 7:01
  they
• 7:01
  told
• 7:02
  us,
• 7:02
  and
• 7:02
  they're
• 7:02
  only
• 7:03
  representing
• 7:03
  themselves,
• 7:03
  but
• 7:04
  I
• 7:04
  have
• 7:04
  to
• 7:04
  believe
• 7:04
  that
• 7:05
  that's
• 7:05
  a
• 7:05
  common
• 7:05
  idea.
• 7:06
  Even
• 7:06
  though
• 7:07
  they
• 7:07
  were
• 7:07
  only
• 7:07
  speaking
• 7:08
  for
• 7:08
  themselves.
• 7:08
  Right.
• 7:09
  When
• 7:09
  you
• 7:09
  hear
• 7:09
  that
• 7:09
  sentence,
• 7:10
  that
• 7:10
  phrase,
• 7:11
  you
• 7:11
  know,
• 7:11
  we
• 7:11
  want
• 7:12
  to
• 7:12
  be
• 7:12
  heard.
• 7:13
  H
• 7:13
  e
• 7:14
  a
• 7:14
  r
• 7:14
  d
• 7:15
  not
• 7:15
  heard.
• 7:16
  Ed
• 7:17
  from
• 7:17
  your
• 7:18
  lens
• 7:18
  as
• 7:18
  an
• 7:19
  amazing
• 7:19
  middle
• 7:19
  school
• 7:20
  principal,
• 7:20
  what
• 7:21
  do
• 7:21
  you
• 7:21
  think
• 7:21
  about
• 7:21
  that?
• 7:22
  When
• 7:22
  you
• 7:22
  hear
• 7:22
  that?
• 7:23
  Oh,
• 7:23
  My
• 7:23
  God,
• 7:23
  I
• 7:24
  said
• 7:24
  when
• 7:24
  I
• 7:25
  heard
• 7:25
  that,
• 7:25
  it
• 7:25
  just
• 7:25
  gave
• 7:26
  me
• 7:26
  life.
• 7:26
  Right.
• 7:27
  Cause
• 7:27
  that
• 7:27
  truly
• 7:27
  does
• 7:28
  speak
• 7:28
  to
• 7:29
  the
• 7:29
  generation
• 7:30
  that
• 7:30
  we
• 7:30
  are
• 7:30
  serving
• 7:31
  today.
• 7:32
  They
• 7:32
  have
• 7:32
  a
• 7:33
  voice.
• 7:33
  They're
• 7:33
  bold,
• 7:34
  they're
• 7:35
  loud,
• 7:35
  and
• 7:35
  they
• 7:35
  do
• 7:36
  want
• 7:36
  to
• 7:36
  be
• 7:36
  heard.
• 7:36
  And
• 7:37
  very
• 7:37
  often,
• 7:38
  as
• 7:38
  educators,
• 7:39
  I
• 7:39
  think
• 7:40
  we
• 7:40
  sometimes
• 7:40
  forget
• 7:41
  who
• 7:41
  we
• 7:42
  work
• 7:42
  for.
• 7:43
  Right.
• 7:44
  Our
• 7:44
  job
• 7:44
  is
• 7:44
  to
• 7:45
  make
• 7:45
  sure
• 7:45
  that
• 7:45
  students
• 7:46
  find
• 7:46
  their
• 7:47
  voice,
• 7:47
  that
• 7:48
  they
• 7:48
  have
• 7:48
  some
• 7:48
  input
• 7:49
  in
• 7:49
  decision
• 7:50
  making,
• 7:50
  that
• 7:51
  they
• 7:51
  have
• 7:51
  the
• 7:51
  opportunity
• 7:52
  to
• 7:52
  be
• 7:53
  creative
• 7:53
  and
• 7:53
  innovative.
• 7:54
  And
• 7:55
  I'm
• 7:55
  glad
• 7:55
  to
• 7:56
  hear
• 7:56
  and
• 7:56
  see
• 7:57
  that
• 7:57
  students
• 7:58
  understand,
• 7:58
  like,
• 7:59
  this
• 7:59
  is
• 7:59
  about
• 7:59
  me.
• 8:00
  Like
• 8:00
  my
• 8:00
  kids
• 8:00
  say
• 8:01
  all
• 8:01
  the
• 8:01
  time,
• 8:01
  Ms.
• 8:01
  Semley,
• 8:02
  I'm
• 8:02
  the
• 8:02
  bag.
• 8:03
  And
• 8:03
  yes,
• 8:03
  you
• 8:04
  are.
• 8:04
  And
• 8:04
  so
• 8:05
  my
• 8:05
  job
• 8:05
  is
• 8:05
  to
• 8:05
  make
• 8:06
  sure
• 8:06
  I
• 8:06
  cultivate
• 8:07
  their
• 8:07
  interests
• 8:08
  and
• 8:08
  their
• 8:08
  desires,
• 8:09
  their
• 8:09
  aspirations,
• 8:10
  because
• 8:11
  their
• 8:11
  voice
• 8:11
  does
• 8:12
  matter.
• 8:12
  So
• 8:12
  I
• 8:12
  just
• 8:13
  absolutely
• 8:13
  love
• 8:13
  that.
• 8:14
  I
• 8:14
  really
• 8:14
  think
• 8:14
  I'm
• 8:14
  gonna
• 8:14
  steal
• 8:15
  it,
• 8:15
  make
• 8:15
  it
• 8:15
  like
• 8:15
  a
• 8:15
  little
• 8:15
  campaign.
• 8:16
  But
• 8:17
  that
• 8:17
  is
• 8:17
  truly
• 8:18
  where
• 8:19
  education
• 8:19
  is
• 8:20
  moving.
• 8:20
  You
• 8:21
  heard
• 8:21
  it
• 8:21
  here.
• 8:21
  Rhonda's
• 8:22
  got
• 8:22
  a
• 8:22
  new
• 8:22
  campaign.
• 8:23
  Right.
• 8:24
  And
• 8:24
  it
• 8:24
  started
• 8:25
  here
• 8:25
  in
• 8:25
  the
• 8:25
  wheelhouse.
• 8:26
  Right.
• 8:26
  So,
• 8:26
  you
• 8:27
  know,
• 8:27
  you
• 8:27
  are.
• 8:28
  Middle
• 8:28
  school
• 8:28
  is
• 8:28
  such
• 8:29
  a
• 8:29
  really
• 8:29
  interesting,
• 8:30
  you
• 8:30
  know,
• 8:31
  time.
• 8:31
  I
• 8:31
  mean,
• 8:32
  K12
• 8:32
  is
• 8:33
  fascinating
• 8:34
  at
• 8:34
  every
• 8:34
  level
• 8:35
  for
• 8:35
  very
• 8:35
  different
• 8:35
  reasons.
• 8:36
  But
• 8:37
  middle
• 8:37
  school
• 8:37
  is
• 8:37
  just
• 8:38
  really
• 8:38
  interesting.
• 8:38
  And
• 8:39
  it
• 8:39
  takes.
• 8:39
  It
• 8:40
  takes
• 8:40
  unique
• 8:41
  person
• 8:42
  who
• 8:42
  loves
• 8:43
  middle
• 8:43
  school.
• 8:43
  When
• 8:44
  these
• 8:44
  students
• 8:44
  are
• 8:45
  starting
• 8:45
  to
• 8:45
  find
• 8:46
  their
• 8:46
  voice
• 8:47
  and
• 8:47
  really
• 8:48
  wanting
• 8:48
  to
• 8:48
  use
• 8:49
  it.
• 8:49
  When
• 8:49
  a
• 8:49
  student
• 8:50
  says,
• 8:50
  I'm
• 8:50
  the
• 8:50
  bad,
• 8:51
  what
• 8:51
  does
• 8:51
  that
• 8:51
  mean?
• 8:52
  That
• 8:52
  they
• 8:52
  know
• 8:53
  that
• 8:53
  they
• 8:54
  have
• 8:54
  value.
• 8:54
  Right.
• 8:55
  And
• 8:55
  very
• 8:55
  often,
• 8:56
  that
• 8:57
  level
• 8:57
  of
• 8:57
  confidence
• 8:58
  we
• 8:58
  haven't
• 8:59
  seen
• 8:59
  in
• 8:59
  education.
• 9:00
  I've
• 9:00
  been
• 9:00
  in
• 9:00
  education
• 9:01
  for
• 9:01
  26
• 9:02
  years,
• 9:02
  and
• 9:02
  definitely
• 9:04
  based
• 9:04
  upon
• 9:06
  the
• 9:06
  current
• 9:06
  climate,
• 9:08
  the
• 9:08
  current
• 9:08
  infrastructure
• 9:09
  that
• 9:10
  we're
• 9:10
  moving
• 9:10
  towards,
• 9:12
  all
• 9:12
  of
• 9:12
  the
• 9:12
  different
• 9:13
  campaigns
• 9:14
  where
• 9:14
  we
• 9:14
  are
• 9:15
  teaching
• 9:15
  students
• 9:16
  to
• 9:16
  advocate,
• 9:18
  teaching
• 9:18
  people
• 9:19
  and
• 9:19
  communities
• 9:20
  to
• 9:20
  find
• 9:20
  their
• 9:20
  voice,
• 9:21
  to
• 9:21
  activate
• 9:22
  grassroots
• 9:23
  efforts.
• 9:24
  I
• 9:24
  do
• 9:24
  think
• 9:25
  students
• 9:25
  understand
• 9:26
  that
• 9:26
  it's
• 9:26
  about
• 9:27
  me.
• 9:27
  I
• 9:27
  don't
• 9:28
  have
• 9:28
  to
• 9:28
  play
• 9:28
  a
• 9:28
  backseat.
• 9:29
  I
• 9:30
  don't
• 9:30
  have
• 9:30
  to
• 9:31
  dim
• 9:31
  my
• 9:31
  light
• 9:32
  to
• 9:32
  let
• 9:32
  somebody
• 9:32
  else
• 9:33
  shine.
• 9:33
  I
• 9:33
  can
• 9:34
  truly
• 9:35
  create
• 9:35
  a
• 9:35
  space
• 9:36
  where
• 9:36
  I
• 9:37
  can
• 9:37
  be
• 9:37
  seen
• 9:37
  and
• 9:38
  heard.
• 9:39
  And
• 9:39
  that
• 9:40
  type
• 9:40
  of
• 9:40
  culture.
• 9:41
  Right.
• 9:42
  Is
• 9:42
  how
• 9:42
  we
• 9:42
  transform
• 9:43
  education.
• 9:44
  When
• 9:44
  students
• 9:45
  understand
• 9:47
  that
• 9:47
  their
• 9:48
  voices
• 9:48
  do
• 9:49
  matter,
• 9:49
  that
• 9:49
  they
• 9:50
  do
• 9:50
  have
• 9:50
  a
• 9:50
  space
• 9:51
  at
• 9:51
  the
• 9:52
  table,
• 9:52
  and
• 9:53
  when
• 9:53
  educators
• 9:53
  create
• 9:54
  that
• 9:54
  type
• 9:54
  of
• 9:55
  space,
• 9:56
  all
• 9:56
  you
• 9:56
  see
• 9:57
  is
• 9:57
  transformation
• 9:58
  evolving.
• 10:00
  And
• 10:00
  that
• 10:00
  is
• 10:00
  definitely
• 10:01
  something
• 10:01
  that
• 10:01
  I
• 10:02
  take
• 10:02
  pride
• 10:03
  in
• 10:04
  fostering
• 10:04
  at
• 10:05
  my
• 10:05
  school.
• 10:06
  Definitely
• 10:07
  advocating
• 10:08
  is
• 10:09
  something
• 10:09
  that
• 10:09
  I
• 10:09
  think
• 10:10
  I'm
• 10:10
  really,
• 10:10
  really
• 10:10
  good
• 10:10
  at.
• 10:11
  I'm
• 10:12
  very
• 10:12
  transparent
• 10:13
  with
• 10:13
  my
• 10:13
  students
• 10:14
  as
• 10:14
  well
• 10:14
  as
• 10:14
  my
• 10:15
  staff.
• 10:15
  And
• 10:16
  so
• 10:16
  having
• 10:16
  those
• 10:16
  courageous
• 10:17
  conversations
• 10:17
  comes
• 10:18
  naturally.
• 10:19
  And
• 10:19
  so
• 10:19
  when
• 10:20
  you
• 10:20
  lessen
• 10:21
  the
• 10:21
  barriers,
• 10:22
  Right.
• 10:23
  They're
• 10:23
  no
• 10:23
  longer
• 10:24
  a
• 10:24
  barrier
• 10:24
  anymore.
• 10:25
  And
• 10:26
  so
• 10:26
  when
• 10:26
  we
• 10:26
  talk
• 10:26
  about
• 10:27
  Mental
• 10:27
  health.
• 10:28
  And
• 10:28
  they
• 10:28
  see
• 10:29
  that
• 10:29
  their
• 10:29
  principal
• 10:30
  talks
• 10:31
  about
• 10:31
  therapy
• 10:32
  and
• 10:33
  allocating
• 10:34
  time
• 10:34
  for
• 10:34
  that
• 10:34
  and
• 10:35
  creating
• 10:35
  spaces
• 10:36
  and
• 10:37
  areas
• 10:37
  for
• 10:37
  people
• 10:38
  to
• 10:38
  come
• 10:38
  in
• 10:38
  and
• 10:39
  work
• 10:39
  with
• 10:39
  students.
• 10:40
  It
• 10:40
  no
• 10:40
  longer
• 10:41
  becomes
• 10:41
  taboo.
• 10:42
  Right?
• 10:43
  And
• 10:43
  that's
• 10:43
  where
• 10:44
  I
• 10:44
  think
• 10:45
  we
• 10:45
  just
• 10:45
  have
• 10:45
  to
• 10:46
  be
• 10:46
  in
• 10:46
  regards
• 10:47
  to
• 10:47
  educating
• 10:48
  and
• 10:49
  evolving
• 10:49
  the
• 10:49
  young
• 10:50
  people
• 10:50
  that
• 10:50
  we
• 10:50
  service.
• 10:51
  We
• 10:51
  truly
• 10:51
  have
• 10:52
  to
• 10:52
  let
• 10:52
  them
• 10:52
  see
• 10:52
  that
• 10:53
  it
• 10:53
  is
• 10:53
  all
• 10:53
  about
• 10:53
  them.
• 10:54
  They
• 10:54
  can
• 10:54
  create
• 10:55
  any
• 10:55
  space
• 10:55
  that
• 10:55
  they
• 10:56
  want.
• 10:56
  They
• 10:56
  can
• 10:56
  become
• 10:57
  whoever
• 10:57
  they
• 10:58
  want.
• 10:58
  And
• 10:59
  that
• 10:59
  is,
• 10:59
  like
• 10:59
  I
• 10:59
  said,
• 11:00
  a
• 11:00
  lot
• 11:00
  of
• 11:00
  the
• 11:00
  great
• 11:00
  work
• 11:00
  that
• 11:01
  I
• 11:01
  see
• 11:01
  that
• 11:01
  we
• 11:01
  do
• 11:01
  here.
• 11:02
  It's
• 11:02
  a
• 11:02
  pleasure
• 11:03
  to
• 11:03
  meet
• 11:03
  you
• 11:03
  today.
• 11:03
  Right.
• 11:04
  We've
• 11:04
  never
• 11:04
  met
• 11:04
  until
• 11:05
  today,
• 11:05
  but
• 11:05
  listening
• 11:06
  to
• 11:06
  you,
• 11:06
  listening
• 11:07
  to
• 11:07
  you
• 11:07
  is
• 11:07
  so
• 11:07
  inspiring
• 11:08
  because,
• 11:09
  you
• 11:09
  know,
• 11:09
  you
• 11:09
  obviously,
• 11:11
  long
• 11:11
  before,
• 11:12
  you
• 11:12
  know,
• 11:12
  you
• 11:12
  came
• 11:13
  to
• 11:13
  the
• 11:13
  wheelhouse,
• 11:14
  you
• 11:14
  have
• 11:15
  been
• 11:15
  trying
• 11:15
  to
• 11:15
  build
• 11:16
  this,
• 11:16
  what
• 11:16
  we
• 11:17
  call
• 11:17
  this
• 11:18
  human
• 11:18
  centered
• 11:20
  approach
• 11:21
  to
• 11:21
  education.
• 11:24
  That's
• 11:24
  not
• 11:24
  the
• 11:25
  norm.
• 11:25
  Yeah,
• 11:26
  that's
• 11:26
  not
• 11:26
  the
• 11:27
  norm.
• 11:28
  So
• 11:29
  how
• 11:29
  do
• 11:29
  you
• 11:29
  know?
• 11:30
  How
• 11:30
  do
• 11:30
  you.
• 11:31
  Because
• 11:31
  we
• 11:31
  all
• 11:31
  live
• 11:32
  in
• 11:32
  this
• 11:32
  world
• 11:34
  where
• 11:34
  there's
• 11:35
  infrastructure
• 11:35
  wanting
• 11:35
  us
• 11:36
  to
• 11:36
  herd
• 11:36
  herd
• 11:37
  students,
• 11:38
  right?
• 11:38
  Where
• 11:39
  there's
• 11:39
  the
• 11:39
  pressure
• 11:41
  for
• 11:42
  all
• 11:42
  these
• 11:42
  other
• 11:42
  things
• 11:43
  that
• 11:43
  have
• 11:43
  to
• 11:43
  happen.
• 11:45
  Where
• 11:45
  and
• 11:45
  why
• 11:46
  did
• 11:46
  you
• 11:46
  decide
• 11:47
  that?
• 11:48
  Human
• 11:48
  centered
• 11:49
  education.
• 11:50
  That's
• 11:50
  what
• 11:50
  we
• 11:50
  call
• 11:50
  it,
• 11:51
  or
• 11:51
  you
• 11:51
  can
• 11:51
  call
• 11:51
  it
• 11:51
  whatever
• 11:52
  you
• 11:52
  want.
• 11:53
  When
• 11:54
  did
• 11:54
  you
• 11:54
  decide
• 11:54
  that
• 11:54
  that
• 11:55
  was
• 11:55
  so
• 11:55
  important?
• 11:56
  Because
• 11:56
  it
• 11:56
  seems
• 11:57
  to
• 11:57
  be
• 11:57
  that
• 11:57
  that's
• 11:57
  what
• 11:57
  you've
• 11:58
  dedicated
• 11:58
  to
• 11:59
  your
• 11:59
  career,
• 11:59
  to
• 11:59
  doing.
• 12:00
  I
• 12:01
  mean,
• 12:01
  I
• 12:01
  guess
• 12:01
  I
• 12:01
  get
• 12:01
  tired
• 12:01
  of
• 12:02
  seeing
• 12:02
  the
• 12:02
  same
• 12:02
  rigama,
• 12:03
  rigmarole,
• 12:04
  wash,
• 12:04
  rinse,
• 12:04
  repeat
• 12:05
  students
• 12:05
  sitting
• 12:05
  there
• 12:06
  doing
• 12:06
  worksheets,
• 12:07
  you
• 12:07
  know,
• 12:07
  answering
• 12:08
  questions.
• 12:08
  And
• 12:09
  you
• 12:09
  do
• 12:09
  want
• 12:10
  to
• 12:10
  advance
• 12:10
  education
• 12:11
  because
• 12:11
  you
• 12:11
  see
• 12:12
  how
• 12:12
  the
• 12:12
  world
• 12:12
  is
• 12:12
  vastly
• 12:13
  changing.
• 12:14
  And
• 12:14
  so
• 12:14
  for
• 12:14
  me,
• 12:15
  it's
• 12:15
  about
• 12:16
  taking
• 12:16
  risk,
• 12:17
  you
• 12:17
  know,
• 12:18
  being
• 12:18
  unapologetic
• 12:19
  about
• 12:20
  the
• 12:20
  work
• 12:20
  that
• 12:20
  we
• 12:20
  do
• 12:21
  here
• 12:21
  and
• 12:21
  really
• 12:22
  maximizing
• 12:23
  and
• 12:23
  leveraging
• 12:24
  my
• 12:24
  students
• 12:25
  to
• 12:26
  really
• 12:26
  have
• 12:26
  those
• 12:26
  conversations,
• 12:27
  putting
• 12:28
  them
• 12:28
  in
• 12:28
  spaces
• 12:28
  where
• 12:29
  we
• 12:29
  not
• 12:30
  only
• 12:30
  talk
• 12:30
  with
• 12:31
  teachers
• 12:32
  about
• 12:32
  changing
• 12:33
  the
• 12:33
  norm,
• 12:34
  giving
• 12:34
  them
• 12:34
  opportunities
• 12:35
  to
• 12:35
  talk
• 12:36
  with
• 12:36
  district
• 12:36
  officials
• 12:38
  at
• 12:38
  the
• 12:38
  state
• 12:38
  level,
• 12:39
  even.
• 12:40
  You
• 12:40
  know,
• 12:40
  I'm
• 12:40
  working
• 12:40
  on
• 12:40
  my
• 12:41
  doctorate,
• 12:41
  and
• 12:41
  I've
• 12:41
  had
• 12:42
  two
• 12:42
  of
• 12:42
  my
• 12:43
  famed
• 12:44
  students
• 12:44
  who
• 12:44
  are
• 12:45
  part
• 12:45
  of
• 12:45
  every
• 12:45
  campaign
• 12:46
  that
• 12:46
  I
• 12:46
  do
• 12:46
  speak
• 12:47
  about
• 12:47
  this.
• 12:48
  Why
• 12:48
  is
• 12:48
  the
• 12:48
  work
• 12:49
  at
• 12:49
  my
• 12:49
  school
• 12:49
  so
• 12:50
  differently?
• 12:50
  And
• 12:51
  it
• 12:51
  is
• 12:51
  because
• 12:51
  a
• 12:52
  lot
• 12:52
  of
• 12:52
  it
• 12:52
  is
• 12:52
  led
• 12:52
  by
• 12:53
  students.
• 12:54
  And
• 12:54
  so,
• 12:54
  whereas
• 12:55
  that's
• 12:55
  not
• 12:56
  so
• 12:56
  comfortable
• 12:57
  for
• 12:57
  everyone.
• 12:58
  I've
• 12:58
  been
• 12:59
  at
• 12:59
  this
• 12:59
  space
• 12:59
  for
• 13:00
  the
• 13:01
  past
• 13:01
  10
• 13:01
  years,
• 13:01
  and
• 13:02
  within
• 13:02
  10
• 13:02
  years,
• 13:03
  a
• 13:03
  lot
• 13:03
  of
• 13:03
  people
• 13:03
  have
• 13:04
  come
• 13:04
  and
• 13:04
  gone
• 13:04
  because
• 13:05
  this
• 13:05
  type
• 13:05
  of
• 13:05
  leadership
• 13:06
  is
• 13:06
  not
• 13:06
  for
• 13:06
  everyone.
• 13:07
  However,
• 13:08
  the
• 13:08
  people
• 13:08
  that
• 13:08
  are
• 13:09
  here
• 13:09
  understand
• 13:10
  the
• 13:10
  assignment.
• 13:11
  It
• 13:11
  is
• 13:11
  truly
• 13:12
  about
• 13:12
  pushing
• 13:13
  practice.
• 13:14
  We
• 13:14
  can
• 13:14
  no
• 13:15
  longer
• 13:15
  educate
• 13:16
  students
• 13:16
  the
• 13:16
  way
• 13:16
  we
• 13:17
  did
• 13:17
  years
• 13:17
  ago.
• 13:18
  And
• 13:18
  Very
• 13:18
  often
• 13:19
  that's
• 13:19
  what
• 13:19
  you
• 13:19
  see.
• 13:20
  And
• 13:20
  that's
• 13:20
  why
• 13:21
  the
• 13:21
  data
• 13:21
  doesn't
• 13:21
  move.
• 13:22
  Students
• 13:23
  are
• 13:23
  disengaged.
• 13:25
  Chronic
• 13:26
  absentee
• 13:26
  continues
• 13:27
  to
• 13:27
  be
• 13:27
  on
• 13:27
  the
• 13:27
  rise
• 13:28
  because
• 13:28
  they're
• 13:29
  not
• 13:29
  being
• 13:29
  cultivated,
• 13:30
  they're
• 13:30
  not
• 13:30
  being
• 13:30
  exposed.
• 13:32
  And
• 13:32
  I'm
• 13:33
  very
• 13:33
  fortunate
• 13:33
  that
• 13:33
  I
• 13:34
  have
• 13:34
  some
• 13:34
  partnerships
• 13:35
  with
• 13:35
  individuals
• 13:36
  who
• 13:36
  also
• 13:36
  have
• 13:37
  a
• 13:37
  very
• 13:37
  like
• 13:38
  mindedness
• 13:38
  around
• 13:39
  this
• 13:39
  work.
• 13:39
  When
• 13:40
  I
• 13:40
  met
• 13:40
  Dr.
• 13:40
  Monroe,
• 13:41
  I
• 13:41
  was
• 13:41
  very
• 13:41
  clear
• 13:42
  that
• 13:42
  it
• 13:42
  was
• 13:43
  ordained.
• 13:44
  It
• 13:44
  wasn't
• 13:44
  just
• 13:44
  haphazard,
• 13:45
  because
• 13:46
  when
• 13:46
  she
• 13:46
  came
• 13:46
  in
• 13:46
  talking
• 13:47
  about
• 13:47
  this
• 13:47
  invisible
• 13:47
  backpack
• 13:48
  that
• 13:48
  I've
• 13:48
  watched
• 13:49
  people
• 13:50
  carry
• 13:50
  for
• 13:50
  years,
• 13:51
  I
• 13:51
  understood
• 13:52
  what
• 13:52
  this
• 13:52
  was
• 13:53
  going
• 13:53
  to
• 13:53
  become.
• 13:54
  And
• 13:54
  so
• 13:54
  the
• 13:54
  work
• 13:54
  that
• 13:55
  she's
• 13:56
  done
• 13:56
  with
• 13:57
  my
• 13:57
  staff
• 13:58
  and
• 13:58
  how
• 13:58
  open
• 13:59
  they
• 13:59
  have
• 14:00
  been
• 14:00
  to
• 14:00
  be
• 14:00
  reflective
• 14:01
  about
• 14:02
  their
• 14:02
  struggles,
• 14:03
  their
• 14:03
  challenges,
• 14:04
  you
• 14:04
  see
• 14:04
  shifts
• 14:05
  in
• 14:05
  the
• 14:05
  classroom,
• 14:06
  and
• 14:07
  that's
• 14:07
  what
• 14:07
  it's
• 14:07
  about,
• 14:07
  getting
• 14:08
  better
• 14:08
  every
• 14:08
  single
• 14:09
  day.
• 14:09
  And
• 14:09
  so
• 14:10
  it
• 14:10
  just
• 14:11
  has
• 14:11
  to
• 14:11
  be
• 14:12
  a
• 14:12
  priority
• 14:13
  in
• 14:14
  all
• 14:14
  schools
• 14:14
  if
• 14:14
  we
• 14:15
  really
• 14:15
  want
• 14:15
  to
• 14:15
  see
• 14:15
  the
• 14:16
  pendulum
• 14:16
  shift
• 14:16
  in
• 14:17
  another
• 14:17
  direction.
• 14:18
  Why
• 14:18
  do
• 14:18
  you
• 14:18
  think
• 14:19
  that
• 14:19
  that's
• 14:20
  so
• 14:20
  difficult
• 14:20
  for
• 14:21
  other
• 14:21
  educational
• 14:22
  leaders?
• 14:23
  Because
• 14:24
  this
• 14:24
  obviously
• 14:25
  seems
• 14:25
  to
• 14:25
  be
• 14:25
  something
• 14:25
  that's
• 14:26
  just
• 14:26
  super
• 14:26
  easy
• 14:26
  for
• 14:27
  you
• 14:27
  and
• 14:28
  it's
• 14:28
  a
• 14:28
  passion
• 14:28
  for
• 14:28
  you,
• 14:29
  right?
• 14:29
  It's
• 14:29
  a
• 14:29
  passion
• 14:29
  for
• 14:30
  you.
• 14:30
  It's
• 14:30
  who
• 14:30
  you
• 14:30
  are.
• 14:32
  Where
• 14:32
  do
• 14:32
  you
• 14:32
  see
• 14:32
  other
• 14:33
  people
• 14:33
  struggle
• 14:34
  with
• 14:34
  this
• 14:36
  shift
• 14:36
  from
• 14:37
  this
• 14:37
  efficient
• 14:38
  school
• 14:39
  where
• 14:39
  we're
• 14:39
  hurting
• 14:39
  everybody,
• 14:40
  toward
• 14:40
  a
• 14:40
  finish
• 14:40
  line
• 14:41
  to
• 14:41
  this
• 14:42
  human
• 14:42
  centered
• 14:44
  environment?
• 14:44
  It's
• 14:45
  so
• 14:45
  funny
• 14:45
  you
• 14:45
  asked
• 14:46
  that
• 14:46
  question,
• 14:46
  Dr.
• 14:47
  Chandler,
• 14:47
  because
• 14:47
  I
• 14:48
  was
• 14:48
  talking
• 14:48
  to
• 14:48
  Dr.
• 14:49
  Moreau
• 14:49
  last
• 14:50
  week,
• 14:50
  just
• 14:50
  needing
• 14:51
  to
• 14:51
  decompress
• 14:53
  and
• 14:53
  reflecting
• 14:54
  on
• 14:54
  a
• 14:54
  conversation
• 14:55
  that
• 14:55
  one
• 14:56
  of
• 14:56
  my
• 14:56
  current
• 14:56
  staff
• 14:57
  members
• 14:57
  had
• 14:57
  with
• 14:58
  One
• 14:58
  of
• 14:58
  the
• 14:58
  APs
• 14:59
  in
• 14:59
  regards
• 15:00
  to
• 15:00
  the
• 15:00
  importance
• 15:01
  of
• 15:01
  building
• 15:01
  relationships.
• 15:02
  And
• 15:03
  their
• 15:03
  response
• 15:04
  was,
• 15:04
  well,
• 15:04
  I'm
• 15:04
  not
• 15:05
  comfortable
• 15:05
  having
• 15:06
  those
• 15:06
  personal
• 15:06
  conversations
• 15:07
  with
• 15:08
  students.
• 15:09
  Right.
• 15:09
  And
• 15:09
  as
• 15:10
  you
• 15:10
  know,
• 15:10
  in
• 15:10
  this
• 15:10
  day
• 15:11
  and
• 15:11
  age,
• 15:11
  if
• 15:11
  you
• 15:11
  don't
• 15:11
  build
• 15:12
  community
• 15:13
  and
• 15:13
  students
• 15:14
  don't
• 15:14
  feel
• 15:14
  like
• 15:15
  you
• 15:15
  care
• 15:15
  what
• 15:15
  they
• 15:16
  think,
• 15:16
  then
• 15:16
  they
• 15:16
  don't
• 15:17
  care
• 15:17
  what
• 15:17
  you
• 15:17
  think.
• 15:18
  Right.
• 15:18
  So
• 15:19
  they
• 15:19
  have
• 15:19
  to
• 15:19
  feel
• 15:19
  as
• 15:20
  though
• 15:20
  you
• 15:20
  have
• 15:20
  a
• 15:21
  vested
• 15:21
  interest
• 15:21
  in
• 15:22
  them.
• 15:23
  I
• 15:23
  will
• 15:23
  tell
• 15:24
  you,
• 15:24
  I
• 15:25
  have
• 15:25
  learned
• 15:26
  from
• 15:26
  Dr.
• 15:27
  Moreau.
• 15:27
  When
• 15:27
  she
• 15:27
  first
• 15:28
  talked
• 15:28
  about
• 15:28
  the
• 15:29
  invisible
• 15:29
  backpack.
• 15:30
  Right.
• 15:31
  That
• 15:31
  students
• 15:31
  were
• 15:32
  carrying
• 15:32
  at
• 15:33
  my
• 15:33
  current
• 15:33
  building,
• 15:34
  more
• 15:34
  adults
• 15:35
  carry
• 15:35
  that
• 15:36
  invisible
• 15:36
  backpack
• 15:37
  than
• 15:37
  the
• 15:37
  students.
• 15:38
  And
• 15:38
  because
• 15:39
  they're
• 15:39
  not
• 15:40
  comfortable
• 15:40
  being
• 15:41
  vulnerable,
• 15:41
  because
• 15:42
  we
• 15:42
  see
• 15:42
  vulnerability
• 15:43
  as
• 15:43
  a
• 15:44
  deficit
• 15:44
  and
• 15:45
  not
• 15:45
  a
• 15:45
  strength,
• 15:46
  a
• 15:46
  weakness.
• 15:47
  Right.
• 15:48
  They
• 15:48
  haven't
• 15:48
  been
• 15:49
  able
• 15:49
  to
• 15:50
  forge
• 15:50
  the
• 15:51
  relationships
• 15:51
  that
• 15:52
  so
• 15:52
  many
• 15:52
  kids
• 15:52
  need.
• 15:53
  When
• 15:53
  you
• 15:54
  have
• 15:54
  a
• 15:54
  community
• 15:54
  where
• 15:55
  so
• 15:55
  many
• 15:55
  students
• 15:56
  are
• 15:57
  refugees,
• 15:58
  been
• 15:58
  in
• 15:58
  this
• 15:58
  country
• 15:58
  less
• 15:59
  than
• 15:59
  five
• 15:59
  years,
• 16:00
  you
• 16:00
  have
• 16:01
  to
• 16:01
  create
• 16:01
  a
• 16:01
  culture
• 16:02
  where
• 16:03
  community
• 16:03
  building
• 16:04
  is
• 16:04
  a
• 16:04
  part
• 16:04
  of
• 16:05
  the
• 16:05
  fabric.
• 16:05
  It's
• 16:05
  woven
• 16:06
  into
• 16:06
  everything
• 16:06
  that
• 16:07
  we
• 16:07
  do.
• 16:07
  And
• 16:08
  everyone
• 16:08
  is
• 16:08
  just
• 16:08
  not
• 16:09
  comfortable
• 16:09
  with
• 16:09
  that.
• 16:10
  So
• 16:10
  what
• 16:10
  we
• 16:10
  do
• 16:11
  is
• 16:11
  really
• 16:12
  try
• 16:12
  to
• 16:12
  prioritize
• 16:14
  professional
• 16:14
  development
• 16:15
  around
• 16:16
  culturally
• 16:16
  competencies
• 16:18
  because
• 16:18
  that's
• 16:18
  important
• 16:19
  not
• 16:19
  just
• 16:20
  in
• 16:20
  the
• 16:21
  delivery
• 16:21
  of
• 16:21
  instruction,
• 16:23
  but
• 16:23
  facilitating
• 16:24
  restorative
• 16:25
  approaches
• 16:25
  and
• 16:26
  practices.
• 16:26
  Right.
• 16:28
  In
• 16:28
  team
• 16:29
  building,
• 16:30
  in
• 16:31
  collaborative
• 16:31
  conversations,
• 16:32
  really
• 16:32
  making
• 16:33
  it
• 16:33
  a
• 16:33
  focal
• 16:33
  point.
• 16:34
  And
• 16:34
  I
• 16:34
  will
• 16:35
  say
• 16:35
  just
• 16:35
  being
• 16:35
  very
• 16:36
  transparent.
• 16:37
  We
• 16:37
  had
• 16:37
  stronger
• 16:38
  partnerships
• 16:38
  years
• 16:39
  ago.
• 16:39
  It
• 16:39
  really
• 16:40
  is
• 16:40
  hard
• 16:41
  to
• 16:41
  find
• 16:41
  an
• 16:41
  organization
• 16:43
  that
• 16:43
  can
• 16:43
  be
• 16:44
  as
• 16:44
  consistent
• 16:45
  as
• 16:45
  I
• 16:45
  need
• 16:45
  them
• 16:46
  to
• 16:46
  be.
• 16:48
  To
• 16:48
  help
• 16:48
  address
• 16:48
  that,
• 16:49
  Dr.
• 16:49
  Moreau
• 16:49
  will
• 16:50
  tell
• 16:50
  you,
• 16:50
  I
• 16:50
  asked
• 16:50
  her
• 16:51
  husband,
• 16:51
  can
• 16:51
  she
• 16:51
  just
• 16:52
  move
• 16:52
  here
• 16:53
  for
• 16:53
  a
• 16:53
  couple
• 16:53
  of
• 16:54
  years?
• 16:54
  I
• 16:55
  mean,
• 16:55
  I
• 16:55
  love
• 16:56
  Mr.
• 16:56
  Tony
• 16:56
  because
• 16:56
  he
• 16:57
  gives
• 16:57
  me
• 16:57
  two
• 16:58
  to
• 16:58
  three
• 16:58
  days.
• 16:59
  Right.
• 16:59
  A
• 16:59
  month.
• 16:59
  And
• 17:01
  I'm
• 17:01
  just
• 17:01
  so
• 17:01
  appreciative.
• 17:02
  But
• 17:02
  the
• 17:03
  realization
• 17:03
  is
• 17:03
  I
• 17:03
  need
• 17:04
  her
• 17:04
  every
• 17:04
  day
• 17:05
  because
• 17:05
  heavy
• 17:06
  is
• 17:06
  the
• 17:06
  head
• 17:06
  that
• 17:06
  wears
• 17:07
  the
• 17:07
  crown.
• 17:07
  And
• 17:08
  you're
• 17:08
  talking
• 17:08
  about
• 17:09
  1,100
• 17:10
  plus
• 17:10
  students
• 17:10
  and
• 17:11
  136
• 17:12
  plus
• 17:12
  staff.
• 17:13
  That's
• 17:13
  a
• 17:13
  different
• 17:13
  type
• 17:14
  of
• 17:14
  work.
• 17:15
  And
• 17:15
  in
• 17:15
  order
• 17:15
  to
• 17:16
  really
• 17:16
  move
• 17:16
  that
• 17:16
  needle,
• 17:17
  we
• 17:17
  have
• 17:17
  to
• 17:18
  be
• 17:18
  consistent
• 17:18
  and
• 17:18
  relentless
• 17:20
  just
• 17:20
  around
• 17:21
  pushing
• 17:21
  educators
• 17:22
  to
• 17:22
  understand
• 17:23
  that
• 17:23
  vulnerability
• 17:24
  is
• 17:24
  your
• 17:24
  gift.
• 17:25
  It
• 17:25
  is
• 17:26
  our
• 17:26
  gift
• 17:26
  when
• 17:27
  we
• 17:27
  can
• 17:27
  help
• 17:28
  students
• 17:29
  connect
• 17:30
  to
• 17:30
  some
• 17:30
  of
• 17:30
  the
• 17:30
  struggles.
• 17:31
  Because
• 17:31
  we've
• 17:32
  been
• 17:32
  there,
• 17:32
  we've
• 17:32
  seen
• 17:32
  it.
• 17:33
  Right.
• 17:34
  It
• 17:34
  lets
• 17:35
  them
• 17:35
  see
• 17:35
  us
• 17:35
  from
• 17:35
  a
• 17:36
  humanistic
• 17:36
  perspective
• 17:37
  as
• 17:37
  opposed
• 17:37
  to
• 17:38
  just
• 17:38
  being
• 17:38
  an
• 17:38
  evaluator
• 17:39
  or
• 17:40
  as
• 17:40
  a
• 17:40
  teacher.
• 17:41
  This
• 17:41
  individual
• 17:42
  understands
• 17:42
  my
• 17:43
  struggle.
• 17:43
  And
• 17:44
  so
• 17:44
  I
• 17:44
  say
• 17:45
  every
• 17:45
  week
• 17:45
  on
• 17:45
  the
• 17:46
  morning
• 17:46
  show,
• 17:46
  my
• 17:47
  goal
• 17:47
  is
• 17:47
  that
• 17:47
  every
• 17:48
  student
• 17:48
  has
• 17:48
  at
• 17:48
  least
• 17:49
  one
• 17:49
  ally.
• 17:49
  And
• 17:49
  if
• 17:50
  you
• 17:50
  don't
• 17:50
  have
• 17:50
  at
• 17:50
  least
• 17:50
  one,
• 17:51
  just
• 17:51
  know
• 17:51
  that
• 17:51
  you
• 17:52
  have
• 17:52
  me.
• 17:52
  Right.
• 17:53
  Because
• 17:53
  we
• 17:53
  have
• 17:54
  to
• 17:54
  let
• 17:54
  them
• 17:54
  know
• 17:54
  that
• 17:55
  they're
• 17:55
  not
• 17:55
  in
• 17:55
  this
• 17:56
  by
• 17:56
  themselves.
• 17:57
  So
• 17:57
  it's
• 17:58
  really
• 17:58
  interesting
• 17:58
  as
• 17:58
  I'm
• 17:58
  sitting
• 17:59
  here
• 17:59
  listening
• 17:59
  to
• 17:59
  you
• 17:59
  and
• 17:59
  I'm
• 18:00
  like,
• 18:00
  oh
• 18:00
  my
• 18:00
  gosh,
• 18:00
  we
• 18:00
  could
• 18:00
  just
• 18:01
  keep
• 18:01
  playing
• 18:01
  this.
• 18:02
  We
• 18:02
  just
• 18:02
  need
• 18:02
  to
• 18:03
  record
• 18:03
  for
• 18:03
  the
• 18:03
  rest
• 18:03
  of
• 18:04
  the
• 18:04
  day.
• 18:04
  Right.
• 18:04
  Let's
• 18:05
  just,
• 18:05
  let's
• 18:06
  just
• 18:06
  cancel
• 18:06
  school.
• 18:08
  But
• 18:08
  you
• 18:09
  know,
• 18:09
  you're
• 18:09
  talking,
• 18:09
  you're
• 18:10
  talking
• 18:11
  less
• 18:11
  about
• 18:12
  pedagogy.
• 18:14
  Yes.
• 18:15
  And
• 18:15
  more
• 18:16
  about
• 18:17
  just
• 18:17
  teaching
• 18:18
  adults
• 18:19
  how
• 18:19
  to
• 18:19
  be
• 18:20
  human
• 18:21
  with
• 18:21
  children,
• 18:22
  which
• 18:22
  I
• 18:23
  think
• 18:23
  is
• 18:23
  just
• 18:23
  really
• 18:24
  fascinating.
• 18:25
  Right.
• 18:27
  That
• 18:29
  this
• 18:29
  is
• 18:29
  the
• 18:30
  focus
• 18:30
  of
• 18:31
  what.
• 18:31
  And
• 18:31
  I
• 18:32
  completely
• 18:32
  agree,
• 18:32
  it's
• 18:32
  absolutely
• 18:33
  where
• 18:33
  we
• 18:33
  need
• 18:33
  to
• 18:33
  have
• 18:34
  the
• 18:34
  focus.
• 18:34
  Right.
• 18:34
  But
• 18:35
  so
• 18:36
  many
• 18:36
  people
• 18:37
  didn't
• 18:37
  go
• 18:37
  into
• 18:38
  education
• 18:39
  to
• 18:39
  be
• 18:39
  a
• 18:40
  part
• 18:40
  of
• 18:40
  a
• 18:40
  community.
• 18:41
  The
• 18:41
  realization
• 18:42
  is,
• 18:42
  yes,
• 18:42
  you're
• 18:43
  right.
• 18:43
  But
• 18:44
  that's
• 18:44
  the
• 18:44
  shifts.
• 18:45
  And
• 18:45
  you
• 18:45
  definitely
• 18:45
  see
• 18:46
  that.
• 18:46
  Being
• 18:46
  that
• 18:46
  I
• 18:46
  have
• 18:47
  a
• 18:47
  elementary
• 18:48
  lens
• 18:48
  as
• 18:48
  well,
• 18:49
  you
• 18:49
  definitely
• 18:49
  see
• 18:50
  more
• 18:50
  student
• 18:50
  centered
• 18:52
  opportunities
• 18:53
  at
• 18:53
  the
• 18:53
  elementary
• 18:54
  level
• 18:54
  as
• 18:54
  opposed
• 18:54
  to
• 18:55
  secondary.
• 18:55
  You
• 18:55
  know,
• 18:56
  you
• 18:56
  think
• 18:56
  about
• 18:56
  secondary
• 18:56
  teachers
• 18:57
  go
• 18:57
  to
• 18:57
  school
• 18:57
  to
• 18:58
  learn
• 18:58
  pedagogy
• 18:59
  they
• 18:59
  go
• 18:59
  to
• 18:59
  school
• 18:59
  to
• 19:00
  learn
• 19:00
  how
• 19:00
  we're
• 19:00
  going
• 19:01
  to
• 19:01
  teach
• 19:01
  us
• 19:01
  history.
• 19:02
  Right.
• 19:03
  But
• 19:03
  in
• 19:03
  this
• 19:03
  day
• 19:04
  and
• 19:04
  age,
• 19:04
  it
• 19:05
  has
• 19:05
  to
• 19:05
  be
• 19:05
  some
• 19:06
  shifts
• 19:07
  in
• 19:07
  how
• 19:07
  we
• 19:07
  deliver
• 19:09
  the
• 19:09
  curriculum
• 19:10
  because
• 19:12
  students
• 19:12
  just
• 19:13
  don't
• 19:13
  learn
• 19:13
  in
• 19:13
  that
• 19:14
  capacity.
• 19:14
  Right.
• 19:15
  If
• 19:15
  you
• 19:15
  really
• 19:15
  want
• 19:16
  students
• 19:16
  to
• 19:16
  be
• 19:17
  locked
• 19:17
  in
• 19:18
  to
• 19:18
  what
• 19:18
  you're
• 19:19
  delivering,
• 19:19
  they
• 19:20
  have
• 19:20
  to
• 19:20
  be
• 19:20
  locked
• 19:20
  in,
• 19:21
  invested
• 19:21
  with
• 19:21
  the
• 19:22
  individual
• 19:22
  who
• 19:22
  is
• 19:23
  delivering
• 19:24
  the
• 19:24
  instruction.
• 19:25
  And
• 19:26
  that's
• 19:26
  why,
• 19:26
  you
• 19:26
  know,
• 19:27
  a
• 19:27
  couple
• 19:27
  of
• 19:27
  years
• 19:27
  ago,
• 19:28
  I
• 19:28
  worked
• 19:28
  with
• 19:29
  a
• 19:29
  company
• 19:29
  I'm
• 19:29
  not
• 19:30
  going
• 19:30
  to
• 19:30
  name
• 19:30
  names,
• 19:31
  but
• 19:31
  a
• 19:32
  large
• 19:32
  company
• 19:33
  around
• 19:35
  how
• 19:35
  do
• 19:35
  we
• 19:35
  facilitate
• 19:37
  an
• 19:37
  instructional
• 19:38
  block
• 19:38
  that
• 19:38
  built
• 19:39
  in
• 19:40
  community
• 19:41
  builders.
• 19:41
  And
• 19:41
  we
• 19:41
  talked
• 19:42
  about
• 19:42
  at
• 19:42
  the
• 19:42
  beginning
• 19:43
  of
• 19:43
  each
• 19:43
  lesson,
• 19:44
  as
• 19:44
  opposed
• 19:45
  to
• 19:45
  a
• 19:45
  warmup
• 19:45
  that
• 19:46
  was
• 19:46
  centered
• 19:46
  on
• 19:47
  what
• 19:47
  standard
• 19:48
  was
• 19:48
  being
• 19:48
  taught.
• 19:49
  Right.
• 19:49
  Create
• 19:50
  some
• 19:50
  opportunities
• 19:50
  and
• 19:51
  some
• 19:51
  prompts
• 19:51
  just
• 19:52
  around
• 19:53
  what
• 19:53
  was
• 19:53
  one
• 19:53
  thing
• 19:53
  you
• 19:54
  did
• 19:54
  fun
• 19:54
  last
• 19:54
  night?
• 19:55
  Right.
• 19:56
  What
• 19:56
  is
• 19:56
  something
• 19:56
  funny
• 19:57
  that
• 19:57
  happened?
• 19:57
  Just
• 19:57
  those
• 19:58
  small
• 19:58
  little,
• 19:59
  you
• 19:59
  know,
• 20:00
  like
• 20:00
  I
• 20:00
  said,
• 20:00
  prompts
• 20:01
  or
• 20:01
  questions
• 20:02
  that
• 20:02
  help
• 20:02
  create
• 20:03
  an
• 20:03
  opportunity
• 20:04
  where
• 20:05
  students
• 20:05
  felt
• 20:06
  safe
• 20:06
  to
• 20:06
  respond.
• 20:07
  Right.
• 20:07
  Safe
• 20:08
  with
• 20:08
  their
• 20:08
  peers.
• 20:09
  And
• 20:11
  it
• 20:11
  seems
• 20:11
  so
• 20:12
  simple,
• 20:12
  but
• 20:12
  so
• 20:12
  many
• 20:13
  people
• 20:13
  were
• 20:13
  so
• 20:13
  uncomfortable
• 20:14
  because
• 20:15
  very
• 20:15
  often
• 20:16
  teachers,
• 20:16
  especially
• 20:17
  teachers
• 20:17
  who
• 20:17
  have
• 20:17
  been
• 20:18
  in
• 20:18
  this
• 20:18
  profession
• 20:18
  for
• 20:19
  years,
• 20:19
  feel
• 20:19
  the
• 20:20
  need
• 20:20
  to
• 20:20
  control
• 20:21
  every
• 20:21
  narrative.
• 20:22
  Right.
• 20:23
  And
• 20:24
  that's
• 20:24
  just
• 20:24
  not
• 20:24
  how
• 20:25
  we
• 20:25
  build
• 20:25
  community.
• 20:26
  Right.
• 20:27
  Being
• 20:27
  comfortable
• 20:28
  and
• 20:28
  letting
• 20:28
  things
• 20:28
  organically
• 20:29
  happen
• 20:30
  and
• 20:30
  occur
• 20:31
  is
• 20:31
  really
• 20:32
  where
• 20:32
  we've
• 20:33
  seen
• 20:33
  more
• 20:33
  success.
• 20:34
  And
• 20:35
  so
• 20:35
  in
• 20:35
  the
• 20:35
  spaces
• 20:36
  where
• 20:36
  they
• 20:37
  just
• 20:37
  talk
• 20:37
  about,
• 20:37
  you
• 20:38
  know,
• 20:38
  what
• 20:38
  they
• 20:39
  love
• 20:39
  about
• 20:41
  my
• 20:41
  class.
• 20:42
  Right.
• 20:42
  Or
• 20:42
  what
• 20:43
  areas
• 20:43
  I
• 20:43
  need
• 20:43
  to
• 20:43
  improve
• 20:44
  upon,
• 20:45
  when
• 20:45
  people
• 20:45
  are
• 20:46
  vulnerable
• 20:46
  at
• 20:47
  receiving
• 20:47
  the
• 20:48
  feedback
• 20:48
  from
• 20:48
  the
• 20:49
  people
• 20:49
  they
• 20:49
  serve
• 20:50
  their
• 20:50
  clients,
• 20:51
  you
• 20:51
  see
• 20:52
  a
• 20:52
  stronger
• 20:53
  level
• 20:53
  of
• 20:53
  engagement,
• 20:54
  you
• 20:54
  see
• 20:55
  better
• 20:55
  grades,
• 20:57
  you
• 20:57
  see
• 20:57
  students
• 20:58
  coming
• 20:58
  to
• 20:59
  school,
• 21:00
  you
• 21:00
  see
• 21:01
  students
• 21:01
  being
• 21:01
  comfortable
• 21:02
  at
• 21:02
  taking
• 21:02
  risk.
• 21:03
  Right?
• 21:04
  And
• 21:04
  that's
• 21:04
  the
• 21:05
  culture
• 21:05
  that
• 21:05
  we
• 21:05
  have
• 21:06
  to
• 21:06
  continue
• 21:06
  to
• 21:07
  push,
• 21:08
  and
• 21:08
  that's
• 21:08
  the
• 21:09
  culture
• 21:09
  we
• 21:09
  have
• 21:09
  to
• 21:09
  continue
• 21:10
  to
• 21:10
  build.
• 21:11
  We
• 21:11
  do
• 21:11
  a
• 21:12
  lot
• 21:12
  of
• 21:12
  that
• 21:12
  here
• 21:13
  on
• 21:13
  a
• 21:14
  global
• 21:14
  level.
• 21:14
  Just
• 21:15
  to
• 21:15
  give
• 21:15
  you
• 21:15
  an
• 21:15
  example.
• 21:16
  Just
• 21:16
  so
• 21:16
  funny,
• 21:16
  somebody
• 21:17
  came
• 21:17
  in
• 21:17
  my
• 21:17
  office,
• 21:18
  and
• 21:18
  this
• 21:18
  is
• 21:18
  Women's
• 21:18
  History
• 21:19
  month.
• 21:19
  Anybody
• 21:19
  who
• 21:20
  knows
• 21:20
  me
• 21:20
  knows
• 21:20
  I
• 21:20
  go
• 21:20
  big
• 21:21
  for
• 21:21
  women
• 21:21
  because
• 21:21
  women
• 21:21
  are
• 21:22
  clock
• 21:23
  that
• 21:23
  t.
• 21:24
  And
• 21:26
  we
• 21:26
  had
• 21:27
  a
• 21:27
  campaign
• 21:28
  where
• 21:28
  we
• 21:28
  printed
• 21:29
  out
• 21:29
  all
• 21:29
  of
• 21:29
  these
• 21:30
  rooted
• 21:31
  in
• 21:31
  gratitude
• 21:32
  for
• 21:32
  you,
• 21:32
  right?
• 21:33
  In
• 21:33
  full
• 21:33
  bloom,
• 21:34
  honoring
• 21:34
  women
• 21:34
  who
• 21:35
  aspire.
• 21:35
  And
• 21:35
  these
• 21:36
  are
• 21:36
  just
• 21:36
  the
• 21:36
  ones
• 21:36
  I
• 21:36
  got
• 21:37
  today.
• 21:37
  And
• 21:37
  this
• 21:37
  is
• 21:38
  not
• 21:38
  about
• 21:38
  bragging
• 21:39
  about
• 21:39
  what
• 21:40
  I'm
• 21:40
  doing,
• 21:40
  because
• 21:40
  there's
• 21:41
  plenty
• 21:41
  of
• 21:41
  other
• 21:41
  teachers
• 21:42
  in
• 21:42
  this
• 21:42
  building
• 21:42
  that
• 21:42
  get
• 21:42
  more
• 21:43
  than
• 21:43
  me.
• 21:43
  But
• 21:44
  this
• 21:44
  speaks
• 21:44
  to.
• 21:45
  I
• 21:45
  know
• 21:45
  her.
• 21:46
  I
• 21:46
  see
• 21:47
  her
• 21:47
  and
• 21:47
  she
• 21:48
  sees
• 21:48
  me.
• 21:49
  And
• 21:49
  so
• 21:50
  having
• 21:50
  those
• 21:51
  moments
• 21:51
  where
• 21:51
  you
• 21:52
  make
• 21:52
  it
• 21:52
  very
• 21:52
  simple
• 21:53
  and
• 21:53
  plain,
• 21:54
  where
• 21:54
  I
• 21:54
  say
• 21:55
  to
• 21:55
  my
• 21:55
  staff,
• 21:56
  if
• 21:56
  you
• 21:56
  didn't
• 21:57
  get
• 21:57
  one
• 21:57
  of
• 21:57
  these
• 21:57
  cards,
• 21:58
  I
• 21:59
  need
• 21:59
  you
• 21:59
  to
• 21:59
  reflect
• 21:59
  on
• 21:59
  if
• 22:00
  you're
• 22:00
  in
• 22:00
  the
• 22:00
  right
• 22:00
  place.
• 22:01
  Because
• 22:01
  this
• 22:01
  may
• 22:02
  not
• 22:02
  be
• 22:02
  for
• 22:02
  you.
• 22:02
  Because
• 22:03
  if
• 22:03
  one
• 22:04
  student
• 22:05
  cannot
• 22:05
  say
• 22:06
  one
• 22:06
  thing
• 22:07
  that
• 22:07
  you've
• 22:07
  done
• 22:08
  to
• 22:08
  inspire
• 22:09
  them,
• 22:09
  that's
• 22:10
  a
• 22:10
  problem
• 22:10
  for
• 22:10
  me.
• 22:11
  That's
• 22:12
  a
• 22:12
  problem
• 22:12
  for
• 22:12
  me.
• 22:13
  And
• 22:13
  so,
• 22:14
  because
• 22:14
  this
• 22:15
  has
• 22:15
  been
• 22:15
  the
• 22:15
  norm,
• 22:15
  I've
• 22:16
  been
• 22:16
  here
• 22:16
  10
• 22:16
  years.
• 22:17
  That's
• 22:17
  the
• 22:17
  culture.
• 22:18
  And
• 22:18
  the
• 22:18
  students
• 22:19
  know
• 22:19
  that
• 22:20
  and
• 22:20
  so
• 22:20
  do
• 22:20
  the
• 22:20
  staff.
• 22:22
  It's
• 22:22
  such
• 22:23
  a
• 22:23
  really
• 22:23
  important
• 22:24
  point.
• 22:24
  Right.
• 22:24
  That
• 22:25
  teachers
• 22:25
  forget
• 22:25
  about,
• 22:26
  is
• 22:26
  that
• 22:27
  the
• 22:28
  pedagogy
• 22:29
  will
• 22:29
  fall
• 22:29
  on
• 22:30
  deaf
• 22:30
  ears.
• 22:32
  No
• 22:32
  matter
• 22:32
  how
• 22:33
  good
• 22:33
  it
• 22:33
  is,
• 22:35
  it
• 22:35
  will
• 22:35
  fall
• 22:36
  on
• 22:36
  deaf
• 22:36
  ears
• 22:36
  if
• 22:37
  we
• 22:37
  don't
• 22:38
  connect.
• 22:39
  Yes.
• 22:39
  With
• 22:39
  a
• 22:40
  student,
• 22:40
  human
• 22:41
  to
• 22:41
  human.
• 22:42
  A
• 22:42
  student
• 22:42
  isn't
• 22:43
  going
• 22:43
  to
• 22:43
  learn
• 22:43
  algebra
• 22:45
  from
• 22:45
  Michael
• 22:45
  Piper
• 22:47
  until
• 22:47
  he
• 22:47
  connects
• 22:48
  with
• 22:48
  Michael
• 22:48
  Piper
• 22:49
  as
• 22:50
  a
• 22:50
  human.
• 22:51
  Yes,
• 22:51
  it
• 22:52
  is.
• 22:52
  It
• 22:52
  is,
• 22:53
  it
• 22:53
  is.
• 22:53
  I
• 22:53
  mean,
• 22:54
  and
• 22:54
  to
• 22:54
  your
• 22:55
  point,
• 22:55
  everyone
• 22:55
  is
• 22:56
  just
• 22:56
  not
• 22:56
  comfortable
• 22:57
  with
• 22:57
  that.
• 22:57
  But
• 22:57
  I
• 22:57
  have
• 22:58
  learned
• 22:59
  that's
• 22:59
  the
• 22:59
  invisible
• 23:00
  backpack
• 23:00
  that
• 23:00
  they
• 23:00
  carry.
• 23:01
  And
• 23:01
  so
• 23:02
  until
• 23:02
  you
• 23:02
  pull
• 23:03
  back
• 23:03
  the
• 23:03
  layers,
• 23:04
  until
• 23:05
  you
• 23:05
  get
• 23:05
  them
• 23:06
  to
• 23:06
  take
• 23:07
  onus
• 23:07
  of
• 23:07
  some
• 23:08
  things
• 23:08
  they're
• 23:08
  struggling
• 23:08
  with,
• 23:09
  they
• 23:09
  will
• 23:10
  always
• 23:10
  falter.
• 23:12
  And
• 23:12
  so
• 23:13
  you
• 23:13
  either
• 23:13
  grow
• 23:14
  or,
• 23:15
  as
• 23:15
  I
• 23:15
  like
• 23:15
  to
• 23:16
  say,
• 23:16
  you
• 23:16
  go.
• 23:17
  But
• 23:17
  you're
• 23:17
  going
• 23:18
  to
• 23:18
  do
• 23:18
  one
• 23:18
  of
• 23:18
  the
• 23:19
  two
• 23:19
  things.
• 23:20
  You're
• 23:20
  going
• 23:20
  to
• 23:21
  grow
• 23:21
  or
• 23:21
  you're
• 23:21
  going
• 23:22
  to
• 23:22
  go.
• 23:22
  Because
• 23:23
  that's
• 23:23
  the
• 23:23
  work
• 23:23
  that
• 23:24
  has
• 23:24
  to
• 23:24
  be
• 23:24
  done
• 23:24
  here.
• 23:24
  And
• 23:25
  because
• 23:25
  I
• 23:25
  encourage
• 23:26
  my
• 23:27
  students
• 23:27
  to
• 23:27
  find
• 23:28
  their
• 23:28
  voice.
• 23:29
  They
• 23:30
  find
• 23:30
  their
• 23:30
  voice.
• 23:30
  They
• 23:31
  will
• 23:31
  email
• 23:31
  me,
• 23:31
  they
• 23:32
  will
• 23:32
  come
• 23:32
  to
• 23:32
  my
• 23:32
  office.
• 23:33
  They
• 23:33
  have
• 23:33
  no
• 23:34
  qualms.
• 23:34
  And
• 23:35
  letting
• 23:35
  me
• 23:35
  know
• 23:36
  when
• 23:36
  something
• 23:36
  does
• 23:36
  not
• 23:37
  align
• 23:37
  with
• 23:38
  the
• 23:39
  way
• 23:39
  it
• 23:39
  should
• 23:39
  be
• 23:40
  at
• 23:40
  our
• 23:40
  school.
• 23:41
  And
• 23:42
  everybody's
• 23:43
  not
• 23:43
  comfortable
• 23:43
  for
• 23:44
  that.
• 23:44
  But
• 23:44
  I'm
• 23:44
  very
• 23:44
  clear
• 23:45
  that.
• 23:45
  Whereas
• 23:46
  I
• 23:46
  definitely
• 23:47
  support
• 23:49
  teachers,
• 23:50
  but
• 23:50
  I
• 23:50
  work
• 23:51
  to
• 23:51
  empower
• 23:52
  students.
• 23:53
  I
• 23:53
  love
• 23:53
  that.
• 23:54
  I
• 23:54
  want
• 23:54
  to
• 23:55
  use.
• 23:55
  You
• 23:55
  said
• 23:55
  you
• 23:56
  used
• 23:56
  a
• 23:56
  phrase
• 23:56
  earlier
• 23:57
  that
• 23:57
  I
• 23:57
  want
• 23:58
  to
• 23:58
  circle
• 23:58
  back
• 23:58
  to
• 23:58
  for
• 23:59
  a
• 23:59
  moment
• 23:59
  because
• 23:59
  I
• 23:59
  thought
• 23:59
  it
• 23:59
  was
• 24:00
  lovely
• 24:00
  when
• 24:01
  you
• 24:01
  described.
• 24:02
  So
• 24:02
  some
• 24:02
  instruction
• 24:03
  is
• 24:03
  wash,
• 24:03
  rinse,
• 24:04
  repeat.
• 24:05
  Yes.
• 24:06
  I
• 24:06
  almost
• 24:06
  laughed
• 24:06
  out
• 24:07
  loud,
• 24:07
  but
• 24:07
  I
• 24:08
  did
• 24:08
  wanna
• 24:08
  stop
• 24:08
  so
• 24:09
  that
• 24:09
  I
• 24:09
  wanna
• 24:09
  make
• 24:09
  sure
• 24:09
  people
• 24:09
  could
• 24:10
  hear
• 24:10
  you.
• 24:10
  Right.
• 24:11
  That
• 24:11
  was
• 24:11
  hilarious.
• 24:12
  Right?
• 24:12
  Because
• 24:13
  I
• 24:13
  think
• 24:13
  sometimes,
• 24:14
  a
• 24:15
  lot
• 24:15
  of
• 24:15
  times
• 24:16
  we
• 24:17
  unintentionally.
• 24:18
  I
• 24:18
  don't
• 24:18
  think
• 24:18
  anybody
• 24:19
  does
• 24:19
  that
• 24:19
  on
• 24:19
  purpose.
• 24:20
  Right.
• 24:20
  We
• 24:20
  unintentionally
• 24:22
  make
• 24:22
  students
• 24:23
  feel
• 24:23
  processed
• 24:25
  instead
• 24:25
  of
• 24:25
  known.
• 24:27
  And
• 24:27
  I
• 24:27
  think
• 24:27
  there's
• 24:27
  a
• 24:28
  huge
• 24:28
  difference
• 24:28
  between
• 24:29
  a
• 24:29
  student
• 24:30
  who
• 24:30
  feels
• 24:31
  processed
• 24:32
  in
• 24:32
  education.
• 24:34
  Wash,
• 24:34
  rinse,
• 24:34
  repeat.
• 24:35
  Right.
• 24:36
  Versus
• 24:36
  known.
• 24:37
  What
• 24:37
  are
• 24:37
  some
• 24:37
  ways
• 24:38
  that
• 24:38
  we
• 24:39
  unintentionally
• 24:41
  make
• 24:42
  students
• 24:42
  feel
• 24:42
  processed?
• 24:44
  So
• 24:44
  before
• 24:44
  we
• 24:44
  go
• 24:44
  into
• 24:45
  that,
• 24:45
  I
• 24:45
  wanted
• 24:46
  to
• 24:46
  add,
• 24:46
  it's
• 24:47
  even
• 24:47
  more
• 24:47
  than
• 24:47
  process.
• 24:48
  And
• 24:49
  I
• 24:49
  love
• 24:49
  that
• 24:50
  because
• 24:51
  I'm
• 24:51
  used
• 24:51
  to
• 24:52
  the
• 24:52
  wash,
• 24:52
  rinse,
• 24:53
  repeat
• 24:53
  cycle
• 24:54
  because
• 24:54
  I
• 24:54
  work
• 24:54
  with
• 24:55
  Rhonda
• 24:56
  so
• 24:56
  closely.
• 24:57
  It's
• 24:57
  even
• 24:57
  deeper
• 24:58
  than
• 24:58
  that.
• 24:58
  Especially
• 24:59
  for
• 24:59
  Gen
• 25:00
  Z
• 25:00
  and
• 25:00
  Gen
• 25:00
  Alpha,
• 25:01
  school
• 25:02
  spaces
• 25:02
  force
• 25:03
  them
• 25:03
  to
• 25:03
  shrink,
• 25:04
  to
• 25:04
  fit.
• 25:05
  And
• 25:05
  in
• 25:05
  shrinking
• 25:06
  to
• 25:06
  fit,
• 25:07
  that's
• 25:08
  where
• 25:08
  we
• 25:08
  get
• 25:08
  the
• 25:08
  pushback,
• 25:10
  right?
• 25:10
  That's.
• 25:11
  That
• 25:11
  means
• 25:11
  that
• 25:12
  I
• 25:12
  have
• 25:12
  to
• 25:12
  relinquish
• 25:13
  pieces
• 25:14
  of
• 25:14
  myself,
• 25:15
  my
• 25:15
  identity,
• 25:16
  the
• 25:16
  beliefs
• 25:17
  and
• 25:17
  the
• 25:17
  values
• 25:18
  and
• 25:18
  the
• 25:18
  tradition
• 25:19
  that
• 25:19
  are
• 25:19
  near
• 25:20
  and
• 25:20
  dear
• 25:20
  to
• 25:20
  me
• 25:21
  because
• 25:22
  I
• 25:22
  have
• 25:22
  to
• 25:22
  fit
• 25:23
  and
• 25:23
  to
• 25:23
  the
• 25:23
  status
• 25:24
  quo.
• 25:25
  So
• 25:25
  I
• 25:25
  have
• 25:26
  to
• 25:26
  go
• 25:26
  through
• 25:26
  this
• 25:27
  total
• 25:27
  imposter
• 25:28
  syndrome
• 25:29
  complex
• 25:31
  in
• 25:31
  order
• 25:31
  for
• 25:32
  the
• 25:32
  teacher
• 25:32
  to
• 25:33
  see
• 25:33
  me
• 25:34
  as
• 25:34
  what
• 25:35
  he
• 25:35
  or
• 25:35
  she
• 25:36
  wants
• 25:37
  me
• 25:37
  to
• 25:37
  be,
• 25:38
  not
• 25:38
  for
• 25:39
  who
• 25:39
  I
• 25:39
  am.
• 25:40
  So
• 25:40
  I
• 25:40
  just
• 25:41
  like
• 25:41
  to
• 25:41
  add
• 25:41
  that
• 25:41
  piece
• 25:42
  onto
• 25:42
  it
• 25:43
  before
• 25:44
  Rhonda
• 25:45
  starts
• 25:45
  to
• 25:45
  respond.
• 25:46
  I
• 25:46
  mean,
• 25:46
  and
• 25:46
  that's
• 25:47
  the
• 25:47
  truth.
• 25:47
  And
• 25:48
  so
• 25:48
  like
• 25:48
  I
• 25:48
  said,
• 25:48
  when
• 25:48
  I
• 25:49
  talk,
• 25:49
  when
• 25:49
  you,
• 25:49
  when
• 25:49
  you
• 25:49
  said
• 25:50
  that,
• 25:50
  I
• 25:50
  wrote
• 25:50
  it
• 25:50
  down
• 25:50
  about
• 25:51
  being
• 25:51
  processed
• 25:51
  and
• 25:52
  not
• 25:52
  known
• 25:52
  is
• 25:53
  because
• 25:53
  very
• 25:53
  often
• 25:55
  in
• 25:55
  some
• 25:55
  classrooms,
• 25:56
  the
• 25:57
  only
• 25:57
  person
• 25:58
  who
• 25:58
  is
• 25:58
  learning
• 25:59
  is
• 25:59
  the
• 25:59
  teacher.
• 26:00
  Because
• 26:00
  they're
• 26:00
  the
• 26:00
  only
• 26:01
  ones
• 26:01
  doing
• 26:01
  the
• 26:01
  talking,
• 26:02
  right?
• 26:04
  And
• 26:04
  so
• 26:04
  if
• 26:04
  you're
• 26:05
  the
• 26:05
  only
• 26:05
  one
• 26:05
  talking,
• 26:06
  you're
• 26:06
  the
• 26:06
  only
• 26:07
  one
• 26:07
  who's
• 26:07
  engaged.
• 26:08
  Who
• 26:09
  are
• 26:09
  you
• 26:09
  really
• 26:10
  working
• 26:10
  with
• 26:10
  and
• 26:11
  who
• 26:11
  are
• 26:11
  you
• 26:11
  working
• 26:11
  for?
• 26:12
  And
• 26:13
  I
• 26:13
  just
• 26:13
  think
• 26:14
  it
• 26:14
  has
• 26:15
  become
• 26:15
  so
• 26:15
  habitual
• 26:16
  that
• 26:16
  we
• 26:17
  don't
• 26:17
  even
• 26:17
  think
• 26:17
  about
• 26:18
  that.
• 26:18
  All
• 26:18
  you're
• 26:18
  doing
• 26:19
  the
• 26:19
  watch,
• 26:19
  rest,
• 26:19
  repeat.
• 26:20
  But
• 26:21
  yet.
• 26:21
  And
• 26:21
  still
• 26:21
  you
• 26:21
  complain
• 26:22
  that
• 26:22
  students
• 26:23
  aren't
• 26:23
  learning,
• 26:24
  right?
• 26:25
  And
• 26:25
  you're
• 26:25
  right,
• 26:25
  they
• 26:26
  aren't.
• 26:26
  But
• 26:26
  that's
• 26:27
  not
• 26:27
  because
• 26:27
  of
• 26:28
  them.
• 26:28
  That's
• 26:28
  because
• 26:29
  you
• 26:29
  refuse
• 26:30
  to
• 26:30
  shift
• 26:30
  your
• 26:31
  practices,
• 26:32
  right?
• 26:33
  You
• 26:33
  refuse
• 26:34
  to
• 26:34
  create
• 26:35
  collaborative
• 26:36
  conversations,
• 26:37
  right.
• 26:38
  Or
• 26:38
  create
• 26:39
  spaces
• 26:39
  where
• 26:40
  students
• 26:40
  learn
• 26:40
  by
• 26:40
  doing.
• 26:41
  Because
• 26:41
  that's
• 26:41
  the
• 26:41
  work,
• 26:41
  let's
• 26:42
  be
• 26:42
  honest.
• 26:42
  That's
• 26:43
  the
• 26:43
  work.
• 26:43
  It's
• 26:43
  not
• 26:44
  easy
• 26:44
  to
• 26:45
  teach
• 26:45
  in
• 26:45
  this
• 26:45
  day
• 26:46
  and
• 26:46
  age,
• 26:46
  as
• 26:46
  Dr.
• 26:46
  Monroe
• 26:48
  stated.
• 26:49
  And
• 26:49
  so
• 26:49
  you
• 26:50
  have
• 26:50
  to
• 26:50
  get
• 26:50
  people
• 26:51
  who,
• 26:51
  who
• 26:51
  understand
• 26:53
  that
• 26:53
  I
• 26:54
  have
• 26:54
  to
• 26:54
  do
• 26:54
  some
• 26:54
  things
• 26:55
  different.
• 26:56
  And
• 26:56
  so
• 26:56
  that
• 26:56
  reflective
• 26:57
  piece,
• 26:57
  that
• 26:58
  transparency
• 26:59
  piece,
• 26:59
  that
• 26:59
  vulnerability
• 27:00
  piece,
• 27:01
  is
• 27:01
  really
• 27:01
  something
• 27:02
  that
• 27:03
  we
• 27:04
  have
• 27:04
  to
• 27:04
  embody
• 27:05
  about
• 27:05
  every
• 27:06
  aspect
• 27:07
  of
• 27:07
  teaching
• 27:07
  and
• 27:08
  learning
• 27:08
  and
• 27:09
  leading
• 27:09
  if
• 27:10
  we
• 27:10
  really
• 27:10
  want
• 27:10
  to
• 27:11
  see
• 27:11
  a
• 27:11
  difference.
• 27:11
  Because
• 27:12
  if
• 27:12
  not,
• 27:13
  you're
• 27:13
  just
• 27:13
  going
• 27:13
  through
• 27:13
  the
• 27:14
  motion,
• 27:14
  and
• 27:14
  then
• 27:14
  the.
• 27:15
  And
• 27:15
  then
• 27:15
  the
• 27:15
  students
• 27:15
  know
• 27:15
  you're
• 27:16
  going
• 27:16
  through
• 27:16
  the
• 27:16
  motion.
• 27:16
  And
• 27:17
  so
• 27:17
  that's
• 27:17
  why
• 27:17
  they
• 27:17
  cut
• 27:17
  your
• 27:18
  class.
• 27:18
  That's
• 27:19
  why
• 27:19
  they
• 27:19
  don't
• 27:19
  come
• 27:19
  to
• 27:19
  school.
• 27:20
  That's
• 27:20
  why
• 27:20
  they
• 27:21
  don't
• 27:21
  do
• 27:21
  their
• 27:21
  classwork.
• 27:22
  That's
• 27:22
  why
• 27:22
  they
• 27:22
  don't
• 27:22
  do
• 27:23
  their
• 27:23
  homework.
• 27:23
  Because
• 27:24
  for
• 27:24
  what?
• 27:25
  You
• 27:25
  just
• 27:25
  doing
• 27:25
  this
• 27:26
  for
• 27:26
  you.
• 27:26
  But
• 27:27
  how
• 27:27
  does.
• 27:27
  How
• 27:28
  is
• 27:28
  this
• 27:28
  impacting
• 27:29
  me?
• 27:29
  How
• 27:30
  is
• 27:30
  this
• 27:30
  inclusive
• 27:31
  of
• 27:31
  me,
• 27:32
  of
• 27:32
  my
• 27:32
  culture,
• 27:34
  of
• 27:34
  My
• 27:34
  sense
• 27:35
  of
• 27:35
  belonging.
• 27:36
  And
• 27:36
  that's
• 27:36
  just.
• 27:37
  And
• 27:37
  especially
• 27:38
  at
• 27:38
  a
• 27:38
  community
• 27:38
  school,
• 27:39
  when
• 27:39
  you
• 27:39
  think
• 27:39
  about
• 27:40
  those,
• 27:40
  those
• 27:41
  six
• 27:41
  pillars
• 27:42
  of
• 27:42
  community
• 27:42
  schools,
• 27:43
  they're
• 27:44
  there
• 27:44
  for
• 27:44
  a
• 27:44
  reason.
• 27:45
  So
• 27:45
  how
• 27:45
  is
• 27:46
  the
• 27:46
  instruction
• 27:47
  that
• 27:47
  I'm
• 27:47
  providing
• 27:48
  embedded?
• 27:49
  How
• 27:49
  are
• 27:50
  those
• 27:50
  pillars
• 27:50
  embedded
• 27:51
  in
• 27:51
  that?
• 27:51
  And
• 27:51
  it's
• 27:52
  not.
• 27:52
  It's
• 27:52
  not.
• 27:53
  We're
• 27:53
  not
• 27:53
  looking
• 27:53
  at
• 27:54
  culturally
• 27:54
  responsive
• 27:55
  materials,
• 27:57
  books,
• 27:58
  lessons.
• 27:58
  We're
• 27:59
  not
• 27:59
  connecting
• 27:59
  what
• 28:00
  they're
• 28:00
  doing
• 28:00
  to
• 28:00
  their
• 28:00
  community.
• 28:01
  Right.
• 28:02
  We
• 28:02
  don't
• 28:02
  build
• 28:02
  in
• 28:03
  multi
• 28:03
  tiered
• 28:03
  systems
• 28:04
  of
• 28:04
  support
• 28:05
  because
• 28:05
  that's
• 28:06
  the
• 28:06
  work.
• 28:07
  That's
• 28:07
  the
• 28:07
  work.
• 28:07
  And
• 28:08
  the
• 28:08
  realization
• 28:08
  is,
• 28:09
  I
• 28:09
  tell
• 28:09
  my
• 28:09
  staff
• 28:10
  all
• 28:10
  the
• 28:10
  time,
• 28:10
  they
• 28:10
  will
• 28:10
  never
• 28:11
  pay
• 28:11
  educators
• 28:12
  what
• 28:12
  they
• 28:12
  deserve.
• 28:12
  But
• 28:13
  when
• 28:13
  you
• 28:13
  came
• 28:13
  into
• 28:13
  this
• 28:14
  profession,
• 28:14
  it
• 28:15
  should
• 28:15
  not
• 28:15
  have
• 28:15
  been
• 28:15
  about
• 28:16
  the
• 28:16
  work
• 28:16
  because
• 28:16
  they've
• 28:17
  never
• 28:17
  paid
• 28:17
  us
• 28:17
  what
• 28:17
  we
• 28:17
  deserve.
• 28:19
  Our
• 28:19
  gratitude
• 28:20
  and
• 28:21
  our
• 28:22
  deems
• 28:22
  of
• 28:23
  success
• 28:23
  should
• 28:23
  come
• 28:24
  from
• 28:24
  the
• 28:24
  impact
• 28:25
  we've
• 28:25
  made
• 28:25
  on
• 28:26
  students
• 28:26
  when
• 28:27
  they
• 28:27
  can
• 28:27
  come
• 28:27
  back
• 28:27
  and
• 28:27
  talk
• 28:28
  about
• 28:28
  how
• 28:29
  something
• 28:29
  you
• 28:29
  said
• 28:30
  shifted
• 28:31
  my
• 28:31
  thinking
• 28:31
  to
• 28:32
  make
• 28:32
  me
• 28:32
  believe
• 28:32
  that
• 28:33
  I
• 28:33
  can
• 28:33
  achieve
• 28:33
  anything,
• 28:35
  or
• 28:35
  you
• 28:35
  going
• 28:36
  back
• 28:36
  to
• 28:36
  school
• 28:37
  at
• 28:37
  54
• 28:37
  years
• 28:38
  old
• 28:38
  to
• 28:38
  get
• 28:38
  your
• 28:38
  doctorate.
• 28:39
  Show
• 28:39
  me
• 28:39
  that
• 28:40
  I
• 28:40
  can
• 28:40
  go
• 28:40
  to
• 28:40
  school
• 28:41
  anytime
• 28:41
  I
• 28:41
  want.
• 28:42
  Right.
• 28:42
  Even
• 28:43
  if
• 28:43
  it's
• 28:43
  not
• 28:43
  right
• 28:43
  now.
• 28:44
  Right.
• 28:45
  And
• 28:45
  so
• 28:46
  that's
• 28:46
  part
• 28:46
  of
• 28:47
  the
• 28:47
  community
• 28:47
  building
• 28:47
  that
• 28:48
  just
• 28:48
  has
• 28:48
  to
• 28:48
  happen.
• 28:49
  And
• 28:49
  so
• 28:49
  I
• 28:50
  will
• 28:50
  continue
• 28:50
  to
• 28:50
  push
• 28:51
  that
• 28:51
  narrative.
• 28:51
  I
• 28:51
  will
• 28:51
  continue
• 28:52
  to
• 28:52
  push
• 28:52
  those
• 28:52
  conversations
• 28:53
  because
• 28:54
  not
• 28:55
  everyone's
• 28:55
  comfortable
• 28:56
  doing
• 28:56
  so.
• 28:56
  So
• 28:57
  I
• 28:57
  have
• 28:57
  one
• 28:58
  final
• 28:58
  question
• 28:58
  for
• 28:59
  Rhonda.
• 28:59
  But
• 28:59
  before
• 29:00
  I
• 29:00
  ask
• 29:00
  her
• 29:00
  that
• 29:01
  question,
• 29:01
  Michael,
• 29:02
  what
• 29:02
  did
• 29:02
  you
• 29:02
  hear
• 29:02
  today
• 29:03
  that
• 29:03
  really
• 29:03
  resonated
• 29:06
  so
• 29:06
  many
• 29:07
  things?
• 29:07
  But
• 29:07
  here's
• 29:08
  where
• 29:08
  I'm
• 29:08
  going
• 29:08
  to
• 29:08
  jump
• 29:09
  in
• 29:09
  as
• 29:09
  a
• 29:09
  middle
• 29:09
  level
• 29:09
  educator,
• 29:11
  Principal
• 29:12
  Simile,
• 29:12
  talk
• 29:12
  to
• 29:12
  me
• 29:13
  a
• 29:13
  little
• 29:14
  about
• 29:15
  what
• 29:15
  is
• 29:16
  so
• 29:16
  unique
• 29:17
  in
• 29:18
  the
• 29:18
  developmental
• 29:19
  stage
• 29:20
  of
• 29:21
  middle
• 29:21
  level
• 29:22
  education.
• 29:23
  We
• 29:23
  can
• 29:23
  argue
• 29:24
  about
• 29:24
  the
• 29:25
  importance
• 29:25
  of
• 29:26
  student
• 29:26
  voice
• 29:27
  at
• 29:27
  the
• 29:27
  elementary
• 29:28
  and
• 29:28
  at
• 29:29
  the
• 29:29
  secondary
• 29:29
  level
• 29:30
  when
• 29:30
  we
• 29:30
  get
• 29:30
  to
• 29:30
  high
• 29:31
  school.
• 29:32
  But
• 29:32
  I
• 29:33
  believe
• 29:33
  you
• 29:33
  and
• 29:33
  I
• 29:33
  understand
• 29:34
  there's
• 29:34
  something
• 29:35
  really
• 29:35
  powerfully
• 29:36
  unique
• 29:36
  at
• 29:37
  work
• 29:37
  in
• 29:37
  those
• 29:38
  middle
• 29:38
  grades.
• 29:39
  Can
• 29:39
  you
• 29:39
  talk
• 29:40
  a
• 29:40
  little
• 29:40
  bit
• 29:40
  about
• 29:41
  the
• 29:42
  timeliness
• 29:43
  of
• 29:44
  demanding
• 29:46
  a
• 29:46
  practice
• 29:47
  building
• 29:47
  wide
• 29:48
  that
• 29:49
  centers
• 29:49
  and
• 29:49
  elevates
• 29:50
  student
• 29:50
  voice?
• 29:51
  It's
• 29:51
  just,
• 29:51
  it's,
• 29:52
  it's
• 29:52
  essential
• 29:53
  because
• 29:53
  it's
• 29:53
  either
• 29:53
  going
• 29:54
  to
• 29:54
  make
• 29:54
  you
• 29:54
  or
• 29:55
  it's
• 29:55
  going
• 29:55
  to
• 29:55
  break
• 29:55
  you.
• 29:56
  It
• 29:56
  has
• 29:56
  to
• 29:57
  be
• 29:58
  the
• 29:58
  culture
• 29:58
  throughout
• 29:59
  the
• 30:00
  building,
• 30:00
  because
• 30:01
  if
• 30:01
  not,
• 30:01
  students
• 30:02
  know
• 30:03
  the
• 30:03
  shifts,
• 30:04
  students
• 30:05
  know
• 30:05
  the
• 30:05
  differences
• 30:06
  when
• 30:06
  they
• 30:07
  don't
• 30:07
  have
• 30:07
  it.
• 30:08
  You
• 30:08
  know,
• 30:10
  and
• 30:10
  it's
• 30:10
  like
• 30:10
  I
• 30:10
  said,
• 30:11
  when
• 30:11
  you
• 30:11
  have
• 30:12
  such
• 30:12
  a
• 30:12
  large
• 30:12
  school,
• 30:13
  it's
• 30:14
  hard
• 30:14
  to
• 30:14
  kind
• 30:14
  of
• 30:15
  weed
• 30:15
  out.
• 30:16
  I
• 30:16
  tell
• 30:16
  people,
• 30:16
  I
• 30:17
  use
• 30:17
  an
• 30:17
  example
• 30:17
  of
• 30:18
  it's
• 30:18
  like
• 30:18
  cutting
• 30:18
  on
• 30:19
  the
• 30:19
  lights
• 30:19
  and
• 30:19
  trying
• 30:19
  to
• 30:19
  kill
• 30:19
  all
• 30:20
  the
• 30:20
  cockroaches
• 30:21
  you
• 30:21
  just
• 30:21
  can't
• 30:21
  get
• 30:21
  them
• 30:22
  all,
• 30:22
  right?
• 30:23
  But
• 30:23
  that's
• 30:23
  why
• 30:23
  you
• 30:23
  need
• 30:24
  multiple
• 30:24
  exterminators
• 30:25
  in
• 30:25
  the
• 30:25
  same
• 30:25
  space
• 30:26
  at
• 30:26
  the
• 30:26
  same
• 30:26
  time.
• 30:27
  So
• 30:28
  calibrating
• 30:29
  with
• 30:30
  your
• 30:30
  leadership
• 30:31
  has
• 30:32
  to
• 30:32
  be
• 30:33
  consistent.
• 30:34
  So
• 30:35
  we
• 30:35
  are
• 30:35
  looking
• 30:36
  for
• 30:36
  the
• 30:37
  same
• 30:37
  thing.
• 30:37
  As
• 30:38
  I
• 30:38
  stated,
• 30:38
  I'm
• 30:38
  cutting
• 30:39
  on
• 30:39
  the
• 30:39
  light
• 30:40
  and
• 30:40
  I'm
• 30:40
  killing
• 30:40
  the
• 30:40
  cockroaches.
• 30:42
  So
• 30:42
  when
• 30:42
  you're
• 30:42
  in
• 30:43
  this
• 30:43
  space
• 30:43
  with
• 30:43
  me,
• 30:43
  you're
• 30:44
  killing
• 30:44
  the
• 30:44
  cockroaches
• 30:45
  too.
• 30:46
  But
• 30:46
  also,
• 30:47
  if
• 30:47
  you
• 30:47
  kind
• 30:47
  of
• 30:48
  filter
• 30:48
  down
• 30:48
  from
• 30:49
  just
• 30:49
  looking
• 30:49
  at
• 30:49
  it
• 30:49
  from
• 30:49
  the
• 30:50
  perspective
• 30:51
  of
• 30:51
  calibrating
• 30:52
  with
• 30:52
  your
• 30:52
  administration
• 30:53
  about
• 30:53
  what
• 30:54
  this
• 30:54
  looks
• 30:54
  like
• 30:54
  when
• 30:54
  you
• 30:54
  go
• 30:55
  in
• 30:55
  spaces
• 30:55
  and
• 30:55
  classrooms
• 30:56
  to
• 30:57
  empowering
• 30:58
  your
• 30:58
  teacher
• 30:58
  leaders
• 31:00
  to
• 31:00
  work
• 31:00
  with
• 31:01
  their
• 31:01
  peers
• 31:01
  on
• 31:01
  what
• 31:02
  this
• 31:02
  should
• 31:02
  look
• 31:02
  like
• 31:03
  in
• 31:03
  those
• 31:03
  spaces.
• 31:04
  Because
• 31:05
  teachers
• 31:05
  listen
• 31:06
  to
• 31:06
  each
• 31:06
  other
• 31:07
  more
• 31:07
  than
• 31:07
  they
• 31:07
  listen
• 31:07
  to
• 31:08
  administrators
• 31:09
  because
• 31:09
  they
• 31:09
  deem
• 31:09
  us
• 31:09
  as
• 31:10
  a
• 31:10
  value
• 31:10
  team.
• 31:10
  And
• 31:11
  I
• 31:11
  understand
• 31:11
  that.
• 31:12
  So
• 31:12
  really
• 31:13
  building
• 31:14
  a
• 31:14
  shared
• 31:14
  understanding
• 31:15
  with
• 31:15
  my
• 31:16
  teacher
• 31:16
  leaders
• 31:16
  is
• 31:17
  key.
• 31:18
  Because
• 31:18
  if
• 31:18
  not,
• 31:18
  it
• 31:19
  impacts
• 31:19
  my
• 31:20
  students
• 31:21
  because
• 31:21
  they
• 31:22
  know
• 31:22
  I
• 31:22
  can
• 31:22
  go
• 31:23
  in
• 31:24
  Beyonce's
• 31:24
  classroom
• 31:25
  and
• 31:25
  get
• 31:25
  a
• 31:25
  whole
• 31:25
  different
• 31:26
  experience
• 31:27
  than
• 31:27
  if
• 31:27
  I
• 31:27
  go
• 31:27
  in
• 31:27
  Jay
• 31:28
  Z's
• 31:28
  classroom.
• 31:29
  And
• 31:29
  so
• 31:30
  that
• 31:30
  variance
• 31:31
  does
• 31:31
  not,
• 31:32
  it
• 31:32
  cannot
• 31:33
  occur
• 31:34
  under
• 31:34
  my
• 31:34
  watch
• 31:35
  and
• 31:35
  not
• 31:35
  be
• 31:36
  addressed
• 31:37
  because
• 31:37
  it
• 31:38
  impacts,
• 31:38
  as
• 31:38
  you
• 31:38
  said,
• 31:39
  so
• 31:39
  many
• 31:39
  different
• 31:40
  things,
• 31:40
  their
• 31:40
  self
• 31:41
  esteem,
• 31:43
  their
• 31:43
  mindset,
• 31:44
  the
• 31:45
  inclusivity
• 31:46
  that
• 31:46
  I'm
• 31:46
  trying
• 31:46
  to
• 31:47
  breathe.
• 31:48
  And
• 31:48
  so
• 31:48
  it
• 31:49
  has
• 31:49
  to
• 31:49
  be
• 31:50
  part
• 31:50
  of
• 31:50
  the
• 31:51
  fabric,
• 31:51
  a
• 31:51
  part
• 31:51
  of
• 31:51
  the
• 31:52
  conversation
• 31:52
  consistently.
• 31:54
  Because
• 31:54
  if
• 31:54
  not,
• 31:55
  they
• 31:55
  don't
• 31:56
  see
• 31:56
  themselves
• 31:57
  as
• 31:58
  being
• 31:58
  heard
• 31:59
  and
• 31:59
  they
• 32:00
  see
• 32:00
  themselves
• 32:00
  as
• 32:01
  a
• 32:01
  herd
• 32:01
  that's
• 32:02
  just
• 32:02
  moving
• 32:02
  through
• 32:03
  the
• 32:04
  pasture.
• 32:04
  And
• 32:05
  that's
• 32:05
  just
• 32:05
  not
• 32:05
  gonna
• 32:06
  work
• 32:06
  for
• 32:06
  me.
• 32:06
  Because
• 32:06
  you
• 32:07
  will
• 32:07
  never
• 32:07
  have
• 32:08
  transformation
• 32:10
  if
• 32:10
  everybody
• 32:11
  just
• 32:11
  follows
• 32:12
  the
• 32:12
  status
• 32:12
  quo.
• 32:13
  Someone
• 32:14
  has
• 32:14
  to
• 32:14
  be
• 32:14
  empowered
• 32:15
  to
• 32:16
  be
• 32:16
  bold.
• 32:17
  And
• 32:17
  that
• 32:18
  has
• 32:18
  to
• 32:18
  happen
• 32:18
  with
• 32:19
  us.
• 32:19
  It
• 32:20
  has
• 32:20
  to
• 32:20
  happen
• 32:20
  with
• 32:21
  us
• 32:21
  because
• 32:21
  who
• 32:22
  else
• 32:22
  is
• 32:22
  going
• 32:22
  to
• 32:22
  do
• 32:22
  it?
• 32:23
  Students
• 32:23
  spend
• 32:23
  the
• 32:23
  majority
• 32:24
  of
• 32:24
  their
• 32:24
  time
• 32:25
  at
• 32:25
  school
• 32:26
  and
• 32:26
  at
• 32:26
  my
• 32:27
  school
• 32:27
  because
• 32:27
  I'm
• 32:28
  moving
• 32:28
  towards
• 32:29
  being
• 32:30
  a
• 32:30
  12
• 32:31
  hour
• 32:31
  school.
• 32:32
  They're
• 32:32
  here.
• 32:33
  So
• 32:33
  the
• 32:33
  more
• 32:33
  that
• 32:34
  I
• 32:34
  can
• 32:34
  create
• 32:35
  space
• 32:36
  and
• 32:37
  opportunities
• 32:38
  for
• 32:38
  them
• 32:38
  to
• 32:38
  find
• 32:38
  their
• 32:39
  gifts,
• 32:41
  to
• 32:41
  take
• 32:42
  their
• 32:42
  natural
• 32:43
  talents
• 32:44
  and
• 32:44
  maximize
• 32:45
  them,
• 32:46
  to
• 32:46
  become
• 32:46
  gifts,
• 32:47
  right?
• 32:48
  To
• 32:48
  take
• 32:48
  their
• 32:49
  interests
• 32:49
  and
• 32:50
  to
• 32:50
  explore
• 32:51
  how
• 32:51
  that
• 32:51
  can
• 32:52
  become
• 32:54
  revenue
• 32:54
  for
• 32:55
  them.
• 32:55
  It's
• 32:55
  just
• 32:55
  very,
• 32:56
  very
• 32:56
  important.
• 32:57
  And
• 32:57
  so
• 32:58
  in
• 32:58
  order
• 32:58
  to
• 32:58
  do
• 32:59
  that
• 32:59
  work,
• 32:59
  you
• 33:00
  have
• 33:00
  to
• 33:00
  build
• 33:00
  up
• 33:01
  a
• 33:01
  field
• 33:02
  of
• 33:02
  soldiers.
• 33:03
  And
• 33:03
  so
• 33:04
  leadership
• 33:04
  teams,
• 33:05
  my
• 33:06
  leadership
• 33:06
  team,
• 33:06
  we
• 33:06
  meet
• 33:06
  twice
• 33:07
  a
• 33:07
  month
• 33:07
  for
• 33:08
  two
• 33:08
  hours
• 33:09
  because
• 33:09
  it's
• 33:10
  important
• 33:10
  to
• 33:10
  calibrate
• 33:11
  that,
• 33:11
  right?
• 33:12
  You
• 33:12
  gotta
• 33:12
  calibrate,
• 33:13
  because
• 33:13
  if
• 33:13
  you
• 33:13
  don't
• 33:13
  calibrate,
• 33:13
  you
• 33:14
  can't
• 33:14
  build
• 33:14
  the
• 33:14
  muscle.
• 33:15
  It's
• 33:15
  so
• 33:15
  much
• 33:15
  easier
• 33:16
  to
• 33:16
  just
• 33:17
  focus
• 33:17
  on
• 33:18
  content
• 33:19
  and
• 33:20
  data.
• 33:21
  It's
• 33:21
  so
• 33:22
  much
• 33:22
  easier
• 33:22
  to
• 33:22
  do
• 33:23
  that.
• 33:23
  And
• 33:24
  when
• 33:24
  you
• 33:26
  center
• 33:26
  things
• 33:26
  like
• 33:27
  student
• 33:27
  voice,
• 33:28
  especially
• 33:29
  at
• 33:29
  the
• 33:29
  middle
• 33:29
  level,
• 33:30
  where
• 33:31
  there
• 33:31
  are
• 33:32
  all
• 33:32
  sorts
• 33:32
  of
• 33:33
  developmental
• 33:34
  moves
• 33:34
  we
• 33:34
  as
• 33:34
  human
• 33:35
  beings
• 33:35
  have
• 33:35
  to
• 33:35
  make
• 33:36
  in
• 33:36
  order
• 33:36
  to.
• 33:37
  To
• 33:37
  know
• 33:38
  our
• 33:38
  voice,
• 33:38
  to.
• 33:39
  To
• 33:40
  use
• 33:40
  our
• 33:40
  voice
• 33:40
  with
• 33:41
  intent,
• 33:42
  to
• 33:42
  reflect
• 33:42
  on
• 33:43
  our
• 33:43
  intent,
• 33:43
  there
• 33:44
  are
• 33:44
  all
• 33:44
  sorts
• 33:44
  of
• 33:44
  moves
• 33:45
  that
• 33:45
  we
• 33:45
  have
• 33:46
  to
• 33:46
  learn
• 33:46
  how
• 33:46
  to
• 33:46
  do.
• 33:46
  And
• 33:47
  it
• 33:47
  is
• 33:47
  messier
• 33:48
  at
• 33:48
  the
• 33:48
  middle
• 33:48
  level
• 33:49
  than
• 33:49
  is
• 33:49
  anywhere
• 33:50
  else,
• 33:51
  but
• 33:51
  it
• 33:51
  is
• 33:52
  absolutely
• 33:52
  essential
• 33:53
  that
• 33:54
  it's
• 33:54
  happening
• 33:54
  there.
• 33:56
  And.
• 33:56
  And
• 33:57
  so
• 33:57
  then
• 33:57
  you,
• 33:58
  as
• 33:59
  the
• 33:59
  point
• 34:00
  person
• 34:00
  of
• 34:01
  a
• 34:01
  leadership
• 34:01
  team
• 34:02
  in
• 34:02
  your
• 34:02
  building,
• 34:04
  you
• 34:04
  are
• 34:05
  the
• 34:05
  antidote
• 34:07
  to
• 34:09
  inertia
• 34:10
  and
• 34:10
  to
• 34:10
  people
• 34:11
  just
• 34:12
  wanting
• 34:13
  to
• 34:13
  narrow
• 34:14
  their
• 34:14
  focus.
• 34:15
  And
• 34:16
  so
• 34:16
  I
• 34:16
  understand
• 34:17
  when
• 34:17
  you
• 34:17
  said
• 34:18
  earlier
• 34:18
  that
• 34:18
  you
• 34:18
  would
• 34:19
  like
• 34:19
  to
• 34:19
  have
• 34:19
  Dr.
• 34:20
  Monroe
• 34:20
  there
• 34:20
  every
• 34:21
  day
• 34:21
  because,
• 34:24
  you
• 34:24
  know,
• 34:25
  you've
• 34:25
  got
• 34:25
  big
• 34:25
  shoulders.
• 34:26
  But
• 34:26
  the
• 34:27
  load
• 34:27
  is.
• 34:28
  Is
• 34:29
  what
• 34:29
  it
• 34:29
  is.
• 34:29
  Yes,
• 34:30
  it
• 34:30
  is.
• 34:30
  It's
• 34:31
  heavy.
• 34:32
  It's
• 34:32
  heavy,
• 34:33
  but
• 34:33
  it
• 34:33
  is
• 34:33
  the
• 34:34
  right
• 34:34
  work.
• 34:34
  It
• 34:34
  is
• 34:35
  the
• 34:35
  right
• 34:35
  work.
• 34:35
  And
• 34:36
  the
• 34:36
  energy
• 34:36
  is
• 34:36
  the
• 34:37
  right
• 34:37
  energy.
• 34:38
  It
• 34:38
  is
• 34:38
  middle
• 34:39
  level
• 34:39
  energy
• 34:39
  works
• 34:40
  everywhere.
• 34:41
  Dr.
• 34:41
  Monroe,
• 34:41
  what
• 34:42
  did
• 34:42
  you
• 34:42
  hear?
• 34:43
  I
• 34:43
  heard
• 34:43
  so
• 34:44
  much.
• 34:44
  You
• 34:44
  know,
• 34:45
  I
• 34:45
  processed
• 34:46
  through.
• 34:47
  Through
• 34:47
  words
• 34:48
  and
• 34:50
  I
• 34:50
  took
• 34:50
  notes
• 34:51
  as
• 34:51
  we.
• 34:51
  As
• 34:52
  we
• 34:52
  chatted.
• 34:53
  And
• 34:54
  what
• 34:54
  I
• 34:54
  loved
• 34:55
  was
• 34:55
  the
• 34:56
  conversation
• 34:56
  around
• 34:57
  the
• 34:57
  status
• 34:57
  quo
• 34:58
  and
• 34:58
  moving
• 34:59
  from
• 34:59
  something
• 35:00
  that
• 35:00
  is
• 35:01
  control,
• 35:02
  right,
• 35:03
  to
• 35:03
  something
• 35:03
  that's
• 35:03
  transformational
• 35:04
  and
• 35:04
  transformative
• 35:05
  and
• 35:06
  that
• 35:06
  requires
• 35:06
  risk.
• 35:07
  So
• 35:08
  we
• 35:08
  will
• 35:08
  all
• 35:08
  have
• 35:08
  to
• 35:09
  check
• 35:09
  ourselves
• 35:09
  for
• 35:09
  our
• 35:10
  risk
• 35:10
  tolerance.
• 35:11
  But
• 35:11
  if
• 35:11
  we
• 35:11
  want
• 35:12
  to
• 35:12
  drive
• 35:13
  the
• 35:14
  education
• 35:14
  that
• 35:14
  our
• 35:15
  current
• 35:15
  generation
• 35:16
  needs,
• 35:17
  we
• 35:17
  really
• 35:18
  need
• 35:18
  to
• 35:18
  check
• 35:18
  our
• 35:18
  mental
• 35:19
  models
• 35:19
  and
• 35:19
  our
• 35:20
  risk
• 35:20
  tolerance
• 35:21
  in
• 35:22
  order
• 35:22
  to
• 35:22
  drive
• 35:23
  what
• 35:24
  is
• 35:24
  absolutely
• 35:25
  essential
• 35:26
  for
• 35:26
  the
• 35:26
  students
• 35:27
  and
• 35:27
  educators
• 35:27
  that
• 35:28
  come
• 35:28
  in
• 35:28
  with
• 35:28
  their
• 35:28
  invisible
• 35:29
  backpacks.
• 35:30
  So
• 35:30
  I
• 35:30
  heard
• 35:30
  that.
• 35:31
  Then
• 35:31
  I
• 35:31
  heard
• 35:31
  wash,
• 35:32
  rinse,
• 35:32
  repeat,
• 35:33
  and
• 35:33
  shrink
• 35:33
  to
• 35:33
  fit,
• 35:35
  which
• 35:35
  is
• 35:35
  so
• 35:36
  apropos
• 35:37
  to
• 35:37
  the
• 35:37
  traditional
• 35:38
  status
• 35:38
  quo.
• 35:39
  It
• 35:40
  reminds
• 35:40
  me
• 35:40
  of
• 35:41
  when
• 35:41
  I
• 35:41
  went
• 35:42
  through
• 35:42
  school
• 35:42
  and
• 35:43
  I'm
• 35:43
  going
• 35:43
  to
• 35:43
  date
• 35:43
  myself.
• 35:44
  We
• 35:44
  all
• 35:44
  sat
• 35:45
  in
• 35:45
  row
• 35:46
  and
• 35:46
  we
• 35:47
  had
• 35:47
  to
• 35:48
  keep
• 35:48
  our
• 35:48
  hands
• 35:49
  crossed
• 35:49
  in
• 35:50
  front
• 35:50
  of
• 35:50
  us
• 35:50
  with
• 35:50
  the
• 35:51
  number
• 35:51
  two
• 35:51
  pencil
• 35:53
  kind
• 35:53
  of
• 35:53
  vertical
• 35:53
  in
• 35:54
  front
• 35:54
  of
• 35:54
  us.
• 35:54
  And
• 35:54
  we
• 35:54
  are
• 35:55
  ready
• 35:56
  for
• 35:56
  the
• 35:57
  line
• 35:58
  white
• 35:59
  paper
• 35:59
  to
• 35:59
  be
• 36:00
  laid
• 36:00
  on
• 36:00
  the
• 36:00
  desk.
• 36:02
  And
• 36:03
  it
• 36:03
  was
• 36:04
  very
• 36:04
  different
• 36:04
  for
• 36:04
  me,
• 36:05
  okay,
• 36:06
  Because
• 36:06
  I
• 36:07
  was
• 36:08
  oftentimes
• 36:09
  the
• 36:09
  only
• 36:09
  student
• 36:10
  of
• 36:10
  color
• 36:10
  in
• 36:10
  my
• 36:10
  classroom.
• 36:12
  So
• 36:12
  we're
• 36:12
  questioning
• 36:13
  shrinking
• 36:14
  to
• 36:14
  fit
• 36:14
  and
• 36:15
  the
• 36:15
  imposter
• 36:15
  syndrome.
• 36:17
  Also
• 36:17
  heard
• 36:18
  that
• 36:18
  we
• 36:18
  have
• 36:19
  to
• 36:19
  be
• 36:19
  vulnerable,
• 36:20
  so
• 36:20
  we
• 36:20
  have
• 36:20
  to
• 36:20
  give
• 36:20
  a
• 36:20
  piece
• 36:21
  of
• 36:21
  ourselves.
• 36:22
  We
• 36:22
  gotta
• 36:22
  give
• 36:22
  a
• 36:23
  piece
• 36:23
  of
• 36:23
  ourselves
• 36:24
  because
• 36:24
  a
• 36:24
  piece
• 36:24
  of
• 36:25
  ourselves
• 36:25
  is
• 36:25
  so
• 36:26
  essential
• 36:27
  to
• 36:27
  the
• 36:27
  formula
• 36:28
  for
• 36:28
  success.
• 36:29
  So
• 36:29
  when
• 36:30
  we
• 36:30
  think
• 36:30
  about
• 36:30
  the
• 36:30
  humanizing
• 36:31
  approach
• 36:31
  to
• 36:32
  education,
• 36:33
  each
• 36:34
  one
• 36:34
  of
• 36:34
  us
• 36:34
  have
• 36:35
  to
• 36:35
  bring
• 36:36
  ourselves
• 36:36
  into
• 36:37
  the
• 36:37
  space
• 36:38
  to
• 36:38
  truly
• 36:38
  be
• 36:38
  collaborative
• 36:39
  and
• 36:40
  to
• 36:40
  create
• 36:41
  a
• 36:41
  true
• 36:42
  sense
• 36:42
  of
• 36:42
  Community.
• 36:43
  So
• 36:44
  I
• 36:44
  wanna
• 36:44
  give
• 36:44
  Rhonda
• 36:45
  the
• 36:46
  last
• 36:46
  word.
• 36:47
  Rhonda,
• 36:47
  you
• 36:48
  know,
• 36:48
  this
• 36:48
  is
• 36:48
  a
• 36:48
  podcast
• 36:49
  that
• 36:50
  we
• 36:50
  hope
• 36:51
  many,
• 36:51
  many
• 36:52
  educators,
• 36:52
  teachers
• 36:53
  are
• 36:54
  listening
• 36:54
  to.
• 36:55
  And
• 36:55
  we
• 36:55
  know
• 36:56
  that
• 36:56
  we
• 36:56
  have
• 36:56
  listeners
• 36:57
  around
• 36:57
  the
• 36:57
  world,
• 36:58
  right?
• 36:59
  Around
• 36:59
  the
• 36:59
  world.
• 37:00
  What
• 37:00
  do
• 37:00
  you
• 37:01
  want
• 37:01
  to
• 37:01
  say
• 37:01
  to
• 37:01
  them?
• 37:01
  Well,
• 37:02
  what
• 37:02
  I
• 37:02
  will
• 37:02
  say
• 37:02
  in
• 37:03
  just
• 37:03
  like
• 37:03
  I
• 37:04
  said,
• 37:04
  thinking
• 37:05
  about
• 37:05
  what
• 37:06
  I
• 37:06
  want
• 37:07
  my
• 37:07
  legacy
• 37:08
  to
• 37:09
  be.
• 37:10
  You
• 37:10
  know,
• 37:10
  very
• 37:11
  often
• 37:11
  we
• 37:11
  hear
• 37:11
  the
• 37:12
  buzzwords
• 37:12
  transformation,
• 37:13
  innovation,
• 37:16
  change,
• 37:16
  right?
• 37:17
  And
• 37:17
  very
• 37:18
  often
• 37:19
  we
• 37:19
  say
• 37:19
  we
• 37:19
  want
• 37:20
  change,
• 37:20
  but
• 37:20
  change
• 37:21
  comes
• 37:22
  at
• 37:22
  a
• 37:22
  cost
• 37:22
  and
• 37:23
  a
• 37:23
  price.
• 37:24
  And
• 37:25
  very
• 37:25
  often
• 37:26
  people
• 37:26
  aren't
• 37:27
  willing
• 37:28
  to
• 37:28
  make
• 37:28
  the
• 37:28
  sacrifice
• 37:30
  and
• 37:30
  put
• 37:31
  in
• 37:31
  the
• 37:31
  time
• 37:31
  to
• 37:32
  implement
• 37:32
  the
• 37:32
  change.
• 37:33
  And
• 37:34
  so
• 37:34
  the
• 37:34
  biggest
• 37:34
  thing
• 37:34
  that
• 37:35
  I
• 37:35
  would
• 37:35
  say
• 37:35
  to
• 37:35
  leaders,
• 37:36
  when
• 37:36
  you
• 37:36
  really
• 37:37
  think
• 37:37
  about
• 37:37
  what
• 37:38
  you
• 37:38
  want
• 37:38
  your
• 37:39
  legacy
• 37:39
  to
• 37:39
  be,
• 37:40
  make
• 37:40
  sure
• 37:41
  you
• 37:41
  sit
• 37:41
  down
• 37:42
  and
• 37:42
  talk
• 37:43
  to
• 37:43
  a
• 37:43
  student,
• 37:44
  because
• 37:45
  it's
• 37:45
  important
• 37:46
  to
• 37:46
  know
• 37:46
  what
• 37:46
  their
• 37:47
  needs
• 37:47
  are
• 37:47
  in
• 37:48
  order
• 37:48
  to
• 37:48
  fill
• 37:48
  their
• 37:49
  needs.
• 37:50
  Not
• 37:50
  focusing
• 37:51
  on
• 37:51
  the
• 37:51
  data,
• 37:52
  because
• 37:52
  the
• 37:52
  data
• 37:52
  will
• 37:53
  always
• 37:53
  be
• 37:53
  the
• 37:53
  data.
• 37:55
  The
• 37:55
  summative
• 37:56
  assessments
• 37:56
  will
• 37:57
  always
• 37:57
  be
• 37:57
  the
• 37:57
  assessments,
• 37:58
  right?
• 37:59
  But
• 37:59
  where
• 37:59
  you
• 37:59
  really
• 38:00
  see
• 38:00
  transformation
• 38:01
  occur
• 38:02
  in
• 38:03
  society
• 38:04
  is
• 38:04
  how
• 38:05
  you
• 38:05
  have
• 38:05
  inspired
• 38:06
  a
• 38:07
  young
• 38:07
  person
• 38:08
  to
• 38:08
  reach
• 38:09
  their
• 38:09
  full
• 38:09
  potential
• 38:10
  and
• 38:10
  you've
• 38:10
  helped
• 38:11
  them
• 38:11
  navigate
• 38:11
  a
• 38:12
  path
• 38:12
  in
• 38:12
  order
• 38:12
  to
• 38:12
  do
• 38:13
  so.
• 38:13
  And
• 38:14
  so
• 38:14
  I
• 38:14
  would
• 38:14
  just
• 38:14
  encourage
• 38:15
  any
• 38:17
  leader,
• 38:18
  teacher,
• 38:18
  leader,
• 38:19
  administrator,
• 38:21
  district
• 38:21
  leader,
• 38:23
  really
• 38:24
  think
• 38:24
  about,
• 38:25
  what
• 38:25
  do
• 38:25
  you
• 38:25
  want
• 38:25
  your
• 38:26
  legacy
• 38:26
  to
• 38:26
  be?
• 38:26
  We
• 38:27
  cannot
• 38:27
  continue
• 38:27
  to
• 38:28
  educate
• 38:28
  students
• 38:29
  like
• 38:29
  we
• 38:29
  did
• 38:30
  in
• 38:30
  the
• 38:30
  1950s
• 38:31
  and
• 38:32
  expect
• 38:32
  them
• 38:32
  to
• 38:33
  change
• 38:33
  this
• 38:33
  country.
• 38:34
  And
• 38:34
  when
• 38:35
  we
• 38:35
  talk
• 38:35
  about
• 38:35
  change,
• 38:36
  recognize
• 38:37
  it
• 38:38
  has
• 38:38
  to
• 38:38
  be
• 38:39
  be
• 38:39
  more
• 38:39
  equitable.
• 38:40
  Black
• 38:40
  and
• 38:40
  brown
• 38:41
  students
• 38:41
  need
• 38:41
  to
• 38:42
  be
• 38:42
  included
• 38:42
  in
• 38:42
  the
• 38:43
  equation
• 38:43
  of
• 38:43
  implementing
• 38:44
  that
• 38:44
  change.
• 38:45
  Right?
• 38:46
  And
• 38:46
  they
• 38:46
  need
• 38:46
  to
• 38:46
  be
• 38:46
  given
• 38:47
  the
• 38:47
  space
• 38:47
  and
• 38:47
  the
• 38:47
  opportunity
• 38:48
  and
• 38:48
  the
• 38:49
  resources
• 38:49
  in
• 38:49
  order
• 38:50
  to
• 38:50
  do
• 38:50
  so.
• 38:51
  And
• 38:51
  so
• 38:52
  that
• 38:52
  is
• 38:52
  something
• 38:53
  that
• 38:53
  I
• 38:53
  will
• 38:54
  continue
• 38:54
  to
• 38:54
  push
• 38:54
  for,
• 38:55
  I
• 38:55
  will
• 38:55
  continue
• 38:55
  to
• 38:56
  advocate
• 38:56
  for,
• 38:57
  and
• 38:57
  I
• 38:57
  will
• 38:57
  continue
• 38:58
  to
• 38:58
  use
• 38:58
  my
• 38:59
  resource
• 38:59
  to
• 39:00
  elevate
• 39:00
  that,
• 39:01
  elevate
• 39:01
  those
• 39:02
  voices.
• 39:02
  Because
• 39:03
  very
• 39:03
  often
• 39:04
  they're
• 39:04
  not
• 39:05
  at
• 39:05
  the
• 39:06
  forefront
• 39:06
  of
• 39:06
  decisions
• 39:07
  that
• 39:07
  are
• 39:07
  being
• 39:07
  made
• 39:08
  that
• 39:08
  impact
• 39:09
  such
• 39:09
  a
• 39:10
  large
• 39:10
  group
• 39:11
  of
• 39:11
  students.
• 39:12
  And
• 39:12
  those
• 39:13
  are
• 39:13
  words
• 39:14
  of
• 39:14
  wisdom
• 39:15
  by
• 39:15
  Rhonda
• 39:16
  Simley,
• 39:16
  a
• 39:17
  middle
• 39:17
  school
• 39:17
  principal
• 39:18
  in
• 39:18
  this
• 39:18
  great
• 39:18
  country.
• 39:19
  Rhonda,
• 39:20
  thank
• 39:20
  you
• 39:20
  so
• 39:21
  much
• 39:21
  for
• 39:22
  joining
• 39:22
  us
• 39:22
  here
• 39:22
  in
• 39:22
  the
• 39:23
  Wheelhouse
• 39:23
  today.
• 39:29
  And
• 39:29
  that's
• 39:30
  a
• 39:30
  wrap
• 39:30
  of
• 39:30
  episode
• 39:31
  5
• 39:31
  of
• 39:31
  season
• 39:32
  12.
• 39:33
  A
• 39:33
  Very
• 39:33
  Special
• 39:34
  thank
• 39:34
  you
• 39:34
  to
• 39:34
  our
• 39:34
  guest,
• 39:35
  middle
• 39:35
  school
• 39:35
  principal
• 39:36
  Rhonda
• 39:36
  Simli
• 39:37
  and
• 39:37
  the
• 39:37
  Wheelhouse
• 39:38
  team,
• 39:39
  Kathy
• 39:39
  Mone,
• 39:40
  Michael
• 39:40
  Pipa
• 39:41
  and
• 39:41
  Dr.
• 39:41
  Alicia
• 39:42
  Munro.
• 39:43
  As
• 39:43
  we
• 39:43
  close
• 39:44
  this
• 39:44
  episode,
• 39:45
  the
• 39:45
  challenge
• 39:46
  is
• 39:46
  not
• 39:47
  simply
• 39:47
  to
• 39:47
  admire
• 39:48
  student
• 39:48
  honesty.
• 39:50
  The
• 39:50
  challenge
• 39:50
  is
• 39:51
  to
• 39:51
  respond
• 39:51
  to
• 39:51
  it.
• 39:53
  If
• 39:53
  students
• 39:53
  are
• 39:53
  telling
• 39:54
  us
• 39:54
  they
• 39:54
  want
• 39:54
  to
• 39:54
  be
• 39:54
  heard,
• 39:55
  not
• 39:55
  heard,
• 39:56
  Ed,
• 39:57
  then
• 39:57
  leadership
• 39:57
  has
• 39:58
  to
• 39:58
  do
• 39:58
  more
• 39:58
  than
• 39:58
  celebrate
• 39:59
  student
• 39:59
  voice.
• 40:01
  It
• 40:01
  has
• 40:01
  to
• 40:01
  interrogate
• 40:03
  the
• 40:03
  daily
• 40:03
  experience
• 40:04
  of
• 40:04
  school.
• 40:05
  It
• 40:06
  has
• 40:06
  to
• 40:06
  ask
• 40:07
  what
• 40:07
  students
• 40:07
  feel
• 40:08
  in
• 40:09
  classrooms,
• 40:09
  hallways,
• 40:11
  offices,
• 40:12
  interventions,
• 40:13
  discipline
• 40:14
  systems,
• 40:15
  and
• 40:15
  adult
• 40:16
  interactions.
• 40:17
  Because
• 40:18
  the
• 40:18
  test
• 40:19
  of
• 40:19
  a
• 40:19
  school's
• 40:20
  values
• 40:21
  is
• 40:21
  not
• 40:21
  what
• 40:22
  adults
• 40:22
  intended,
• 40:24
  it
• 40:24
  is
• 40:24
  what
• 40:24
  students
• 40:25
  experienced.
• 40:27
  Kids
• 40:28
  do
• 40:28
  not
• 40:28
  experience
• 40:29
  our
• 40:30
  intentions.
• 40:32
  They
• 40:32
  experience
• 40:33
  our
• 40:34
  systems.
• 40:36
  That
• 40:37
  is
• 40:37
  the
• 40:37
  work.
• 40:39
  Not
• 40:39
  polished
• 40:40
  mission
• 40:40
  statements,
• 40:42
  not
• 40:42
  performative
• 40:43
  care,
• 40:45
  not
• 40:45
  leadership
• 40:46
  language
• 40:46
  disconnected
• 40:47
  from
• 40:48
  lived
• 40:48
  reality.
• 40:50
  Real
• 40:50
  leadership,
• 40:52
  the
• 40:52
  kind
• 40:53
  that
• 40:53
  is
• 40:53
  willing
• 40:53
  to
• 40:53
  listen
• 40:54
  without
• 40:54
  defensiveness,
• 40:56
  examine
• 40:56
  without
• 40:57
  excuse
• 40:57
  making,
• 40:59
  and
• 40:59
  change
• 40:59
  without
• 41:00
  delay.
• 41:01
  Because
• 41:01
  a
• 41:02
  school
• 41:02
  can
• 41:02
  look
• 41:02
  calm
• 41:02
  to
• 41:03
  adults
• 41:03
  and
• 41:04
  still
• 41:04
  feel
• 41:04
  cold
• 41:04
  to
• 41:05
  kids.
• 41:06
  And
• 41:06
  if
• 41:07
  students
• 41:07
  keep
• 41:07
  telling
• 41:07
  the
• 41:08
  same
• 41:08
  story,
• 41:09
  at
• 41:09
  some
• 41:09
  point,
• 41:10
  it's
• 41:10
  no
• 41:10
  longer
• 41:10
  feedback,
• 41:12
  it's
• 41:12
  evidence.
• 41:14
  The
• 41:14
  most
• 41:15
  dangerous
• 41:16
  phrase
• 41:16
  in
• 41:16
  school
• 41:17
  leadership
• 41:18
  may
• 41:18
  very
• 41:18
  well
• 41:19
  be
• 41:20
  we
• 41:20
  already
• 41:21
  do
• 41:21
  that.
• 41:23
  Thank
• 41:23
  you
• 41:23
  so
• 41:23
  much
• 41:24
  for
• 41:24
  joining
• 41:24
  us
• 41:24
  for
• 41:24
  this
• 41:24
  episode
• 41:25
  of
• 41:25
  the
• 41:25
  Wheelhouse.
• 41:26
  If
• 41:26
  this
• 41:27
  conversation
• 41:28
  challenged
• 41:28
  you,
• 41:30
  share
• 41:30
  it
• 41:30
  with
• 41:30
  a
• 41:31
  principal
• 41:31
  or
• 41:32
  a
• 41:32
  leadership
• 41:32
  team
• 41:32
  serious
• 41:33
  enough
• 41:33
  to
• 41:34
  ask
• 41:34
  not
• 41:35
  just
• 41:35
  what
• 41:35
  their
• 41:36
  school
• 41:36
  intends,
• 41:38
  but
• 41:38
  what
• 41:38
  their
• 41:38
  students
• 41:39
  actually
• 41:39
  experience.
• 41:41
  Until
• 41:41
  next
• 41:42
  time,
• 41:42
  keep
• 41:42
  building
• 41:43
  schools
• 41:43
  where
• 41:43
  students
• 41:44
  are
• 41:44
  not
• 41:45
  simply
• 41:45
  managed
• 41:46
  well,
• 41:48
  but
• 41:48
  known
• 41:48
  well.