Own It with Deidre Roemer, Deontay Torres, and Dayzia Marek Transformative Principal 413

Own It with Deidre Roemer, Deontay Torres, and Dayzia Marek Transformative Principal

Deidre Roemer is Leverage Points, @deidre_roemer, is the Director of Leadership and Learning in West Allis-West Milwaukee School District. We also talk to two students, Dayzia and Deontay about their experiences as students.

Dottke Project-based Learning School * I was searching for something different. * I’m allowed to be creative * Aquaponics lab, * able to create and learn * Need one-on-one and personalization. * Quarter is 3 months and designed my own t-shirts. * Designed own t-shirt with a dripping heart. * Slow down and learn a process. * The speed of learning is exactly what I need. * I wasn’t challenging myself. * It may seem like a longer process. * Time is never stagnant and it keeps going. The world is changing, and we need to work towards that. * Challenge them to do something themselves first. * Don’t start with aquaponics. Start with something smaller. * Aquaponics took a lot of time before. * “Your comfort zone will kill you” * Most of the things worth doing are not comfortable. * There’s no way that I’m going to feel better if I keep doing that thing. * You don’t need a lot of funding. * Treating the students like the young adults they are. * The students will take care of the ideas for you. * Students have high levels of personal responsibility! * Staying true to yourself. * Being able to speak about their work. * Deeper Learning Competencies * Academic Mindset - how to create a sense of belonging in every school community. * School sites - what it looks like at each school. * Strategic plan * Collaborative Leadership Model * Must allow for the personalities of the students and the passions of the adults to make it all work. * Our teachers are still the experts in their content. * Connecting our learners to outside experts. * How to be a transformative principal? Know the learners you’re serving. *

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Equity-driven student empowerment.

Went out of maintenance mode and started working on what our kids can really do.

Replicate what “they” did… not a good idea.

Setting their goals around what they want to do.

School needs to be different for two different populations.

Creating more equity. Framework driven model. Deeper learning competencies.

Teachers can use #UDL if it works for them.

District structure change.

District is the place that you come for support and resources.

Learner panels - PBL high school - credit recovery.

PD has become teacher showcases.

The Hub and the Nest -

The teen’s perspective - The Hope Squad.

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