Episode Details

Brian Edmister is the principal of Genesee Valley Elementary School in Genesee Valley New York.

Brian was a fellow participant of the Model Schools Conference.

• Attended many different colleges to complete his degree.
• Design your own session.
• Standards based grading.
• Must create your culture before you change anything.
• When you create a grade, you create a label.
• Giving the kids a chance to be in charge of their own learning.
• Schools Attuned
• Giving teachers permission to fail at something.
• 1 page of all academic, 1 page of social development on report card.
• Levels of access can be unlocked with badges for showing digital citizenship.
• Robot Farm
• Allowing kids to demonstrate proficiency.
• Communication build trust.
• How to be a transformative principal: Build culture.

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