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00:08	Yeah , and welcome to another exciting livestream with our
00:28	friend , Dr Dean Wilson from the Center for Leadership
00:31	and Learning Dean . Obviously you're one of my all
00:34	time favorite people to talk about . Uh , and
00:37	one of our favorite guests here on the livestream and
00:40	today will be no different . But we are going
00:42	to do some things a little differently is we've kind
00:45	of pulled over the last few weeks , some of
00:47	our good friends as our canvas advocates or in our
00:50	canvas in structure kind of influencer group to ask them
00:55	what they would ask an administrator to kind of get
00:57	us started as we get to sit today in front
01:01	of an administrator like Dr Dean Wilson , um ,
01:04	and thank you so much for being a part of
01:06	today's livestream . We can't start without thanking you for
01:08	sure . Um , but before we get started ,
01:10	we always want to remind you please like subscribe hit
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01:16	those people in your inner circles can see some of
01:18	the great things that Dr Dean is going to share
01:20	today , which it will be great . I guarantee
01:23	it . So again , Dr Dean , thank you
01:25	very much for being on the ship . We're looking
01:28	forward to it . Eddie . Hey , welcome canvas
01:30	community . We are super excited to be here and
01:33	all things in structures so we are locked cocked ,
01:35	ready to rock . Let's do this thing . Eddie
01:38	. And if you didn't know , Dr Dean is
01:40	actually in jay Leno's garage . He's got boats ,
01:43	motorcycles , and cars , uh , to really show
01:46	off the fun house . That is not a virtual
01:49	background . Could could fool you . I think fooled
01:52	me a little bit when we first jump on the
01:54	call , but I let's just jump right into it
01:58	. Like questions galore , right ? We need you
02:00	. If you would , if you feel comfortable in
02:03	asking a question on these social platforms , a question
02:06	that you might have towards your administrator that you just
02:08	really want to know because we have an administrator and
02:11	he's going to ask , the question is going to
02:12	answer the questions . So we have a first ask
02:14	here and this asked was why would I use canvas
02:17	? Isn't this just going to go away after the
02:19	pandemic ? You shall pass . Right , Right .
02:26	So Eddie chris uh , let's talk about this .
02:29	Uh , this too shall pass , right ? Um
02:31	, this too shall pass in terms of the pandemic
02:35	. Um , but why should the things that have
02:39	been able to help students learn differently ? Go away
02:42	with the pandemic ? Um , for me , it's
02:44	not an either or it's not a , we've got
02:47	to get rid of canvas and we've got to go
02:49	back totally face to face . The future is blended
02:53	. Um , if you want to talk about making
02:55	progress , it's neither on the left or the right
02:57	, it's usually right in the middle . So for
02:59	me when I look at canvas , I think man
03:02	what an asset this is for all communities . Um
03:06	, I look at my own students agnostic of time
03:08	, agnostic of space place . My students still have
03:12	access To their content , still have the ability to
03:15	receive real time feedback , still have the ability to
03:19	do things differently when I look at what is happening
03:24	and what has happened in K-12 and even entire ed
03:27	canvas isn't something that's going to go away , canvas
03:30	is one of those tools that will help us to
03:32	continue to get better . And what I mean by
03:35	that is better at meeting students needs , meeting them
03:38	where they're at and making learning personal . Uh ,
03:40	for me , canvas isn't a , isn't a thing
03:44	. Uh , it's a place where we can go
03:46	in order to organize and collaborate , communicate and really
03:50	ensure student learning . So that's , that's , that
03:53	would be my answer to that as an administrator .
03:56	Um , why , why would I use canvas ?
03:58	It provides multiple opportunities and modalities for students to learn
04:02	? Isn't this just going away ? No man ,
04:05	the future is in blended learning or relearning whatever we
04:09	want to call it . Uh , this to won't
04:12	pass , this will only get better as we move
04:14	forward . You know , I always find this question
04:18	to be a little problematic for someone that was such
04:21	a high energy , enthusiastic , positive coach , um
04:26	, in my role . And I , you know
04:28	, I understand the mindset . I get it because
04:31	a lot of this was kind of forced or pushed
04:33	into their direction by people that maybe they don't see
04:38	every day or people that , um , feel like
04:41	it was a great decision for the building , but
04:43	we know we have people in our buildings that maybe
04:45	make the best decisions for themselves in their classrooms and
04:48	that's all great , we really do support all of
04:50	that . Um but I know that the one thing
04:53	that I've always tried to put in retrospect is a
04:56	lot of us were doing this before the pandemic hit
05:01	in hopes that it would be useful in their classrooms
05:05	in a blended environment or in a face to face
05:08	environment . I don't think any of us ever envisioned
05:11	, you know , that we would have a pandemic
05:14	that would allow a lot of people that were kind
05:17	of dragging their feet to test the waters in kind
05:20	of an emergency situation , right ? Like , okay
05:22	, we're pumping the brakes here now , we've got
05:25	to do it even though I've kind of drug my
05:27	feet a little bit . Um so I love the
05:29	question in itself , but I do think , I
05:31	do think there's like so much negativity in it ,
05:33	like this is going to go away , so why
05:36	am I going to continue to use it ? Which
05:37	I'm glad you kind of brought in , you know
05:39	, as administrators , we should be using it and
05:41	lead by example , because it allows you as an
05:43	administrator to do so much . So could you give
05:46	a few examples Dr dean on um what you necessarily
05:50	might have used canvas for as an administrator , like
05:53	very specific things for those out there that may say
05:56	, and I don't even know what I would use
05:57	it for as an admin . Oh man , I
06:00	can tell you this organization that I currently work for
06:02	, we use our board meeting on it . So
06:04	now we're actually ensuring that our board members are learning
06:07	in the same modality that our students are . So
06:09	as they log in for board they're able to look
06:11	at the board packet , they're able to go through
06:13	the information um in the same modality that our students
06:16	are . Uh I live in a very rural place
06:18	um rural Utah , we have more cows in this
06:20	county than we do people and that is a true
06:22	statement . Um When I start to look at issues
06:25	of equity um a lot of our students may have
06:28	to travel 30 40 mi to get to a school
06:31	um in a snow day which when we get snow
06:34	out here it's in the feet , not in the
06:36	inches . Um I look at this as a great
06:39	safeguard moving forward um to ensure that we can have
06:43	not only emergency style learning but truly blended learning where
06:47	um like I said agnostic of time space location ,
06:50	we can still collaborate and communicate um As an administrator
06:53	for me I'm looking at this in terms of I'm
06:56	going to ensure that my P . D . Is
06:57	on canvas and I'm instructing and modeling and investing in
07:01	my teachers as a building level principal or a building
07:04	level administrator . I have to be not necessarily an
07:07	expert in all things but if this is one of
07:09	the big things it's my job and I need to
07:11	do a mere check if I can't do it myself
07:14	. How can I ask my teachers to if I
07:16	can't figure out a way to ensure that I can
07:19	teach this properly ? How will I ever expect the
07:22	water to get to the end of the row ?
07:24	Um So for me canvas has been a very big
07:27	mere check . Um It's forced me to take a
07:29	look at you know is this a first order change
07:31	where people just need a little bit of help in
07:33	order to move forward ? Or is this a second
07:35	order change ? It's going to require new skills ,
07:38	new training and an inspection of what I , I
07:41	expect . For me , it has been a very
07:44	, very good way to take a temperature check of
07:47	the school . Um , and really forced my own
07:49	learning . Um , I think that educators , especially
07:52	educational administrators , can no longer , you know ,
07:55	ensure that the tech person does this thing , we've
07:58	actually got to engage . We've got to empower ourselves
08:02	as administrators . Um , if we really want to
08:05	meet the needs of not only our students , but
08:07	really our teachers . Um , you know , I
08:09	always say our teachers job is to ensure student learning
08:12	. My job as an administrator is to ensure adult
08:15	learning . And if we're all learning and we're all
08:17	learning at high levels in our building and there's only
08:19	good things that can really come from that . So
08:22	for me again , I need to be the best
08:25	model , an exemplar of use that I can possibly
08:28	be . Um so that's that's on me , that's
08:31	on admin , we've got to do a better job
08:32	of modeling what best practice looks like , you know
08:35	, I think modeling is is the key word here
08:37	. We're getting some great comments from facebook , I
08:39	got a little click happy there . So you saw
08:40	a bunch of pop up at once , I don't
08:42	trying to confuse the Doctor Dean . Um but we
08:45	want to I definitely want to hone in on this
08:47	one because and brings up a good point that again
08:50	, a lot of teachers in our building or kind
08:53	of feel that the pandemic is over . Um and
08:56	kind of our rolling towards , well this is over
08:58	now . We don't need this tool anymore . I
09:01	think they're used to so many things in education having
09:03	some roll over , right . Um , so what
09:05	are you doing specifically to kind of continue that buy
09:07	in by your faculty ? Um , that kind of
09:11	helps with that . I know you touched upon it
09:12	a little bit , but are there very specific things
09:15	that you might be doing um , to kind of
09:17	help them continue using the tool ? Absolutely . Um
09:21	, if you want to move an educator show their
09:24	impact on a student . And for us , the
09:28	current college that I work out , we had an
09:30	intense campaign where we actually took students that pushed through
09:34	the pandemic , pushed through and learned remotely continued to
09:37	learn uh , in a blended model when we needed
09:40	to , with face to face instruction . And it
09:43	was amazing to see our teachers and our instructors take
09:47	a look at these students that had overcome immense challenges
09:51	, had overcome a lot , especially as our adult
09:54	learners to come back to college and then hit a
09:57	pandemic and try to re learn all of these things
09:59	for us . We found exemplars within our own walls
10:02	that we could highlight in , showcases examples of grit
10:05	, resilience and really um to be completely honest ,
10:10	the one word I would use for these students are
10:14	contenders . They're not quite a champion , but man
10:17	, they are in their training every day . They're
10:18	fighting every day . Our instructors championed our contenders and
10:22	for me that was the one thing that I can
10:24	say really got buy in for remote e all things
10:29	. Digital learning was really providing exemplars of success ,
10:33	highlighting those teachers that are doing great things with the
10:35	tools . Um I know our little is an elementary
10:37	, had a really , really hard time . I
10:39	get it . I've got two daughters that are in
10:42	fourth grade . That means I have twins . Yeah
10:45	, it was hard for those littles to learn ,
10:47	but it's amazing what they have learned . Um if
10:52	I were to ask them day one of pandemic versus
10:55	you know , day 400 wherever we're at , um
10:58	they have an immense skill set that they wouldn't have
11:01	been able to gain without this pandemic . And I
11:04	know that's a lot of silver linings and I know
11:06	that's a lot of , well , yeah , that's
11:07	nice . You know what attitude and gratitude go hand
11:11	in hand when it comes to being administrator . If
11:13	you lead with love . Uh , you know ,
11:15	it's , it's all about acting non verba words ,
11:18	not deeds , not words , making sure that we're
11:21	doing the work , not just talking about it .
11:24	Work talk is very cheap in this business . So
11:27	get those good things that are happening in your school
11:30	, put a spotlight on it , you know ,
11:32	making from Lincoln popped in here . It's kind of
11:34	a good segue into our next form of topics .
11:37	Megan from Lincoln asked . She really thank you for
11:39	hosting , which I love . Uh , dr Dean's
11:42	her favorite , but best tips for training faculty when
11:45	, when migrating to canvas from a different LMS .
11:49	And , and again , this kind of leads us
11:50	to that turnover question in education . We're so used
11:53	to like the next big thing or the next best
11:56	thing . And we know that if we wait around
11:58	long enough , I'm speaking to you as an educator
12:01	at this point . If I waited around long enough
12:03	, it will change , right ? And I will
12:05	forget all about , you know , curriculum maps and
12:09	some former tools that don't even exist anymore . Um
12:12	, so what are some best tips and strategies that
12:14	you have when you stand in front of a staff
12:16	that says , well you've been using one thing for
12:18	a few years and now we're going to transition you
12:20	to the next . Um I can speak from the
12:22	heart here . I had an educator actually stand up
12:24	in a meeting and say I need you right now
12:27	to promise me I will not be doing a new
12:29	LMS in the next , you know , eight years
12:31	, very heated , but it was great , good
12:34	guy and everything was fine , but that's happened right
12:37	. I I think educators fear that they're just going
12:40	to have to learn something new , so why ?
12:42	And that's part of bringing them along and buying them
12:45	in . So what are some things you've done as
12:46	an administrator to kind of help bridge that gap um
12:50	for training faculty when they're going from one LMS to
12:53	the other ? Well , the first thing I always
12:55	like to tell people is there's no future in the
12:57	past and uh , the past won't dictate future .
13:01	We have the president , we have , what's now
13:02	. So what's in our hands , what do we
13:05	control ? I do this a lot with my teachers
13:07	, um kind of finite and education . We only
13:09	get so much of it . And uh , what
13:11	we've learned is we can actually have less of it
13:13	than we thought with the pandemic in terms of uh
13:15	instructional time . So I always do this . What
13:18	is in our hands ? Do we control it ?
13:19	Do we not ? In terms of an LMS ?
13:22	There's a lot out there canvas is hands down the
13:24	best . Um Having said that when I look at
13:28	teacher buy in and I look at investing in teachers
13:30	really for me , I've got to ensure that we
13:33	have a high trust , low fear environment and I
13:35	say that a lot . But I mean that I've
13:38	got to ensure that my teachers understand there's a why
13:40	for what we are doing . It's not just to
13:43	check a box , it's not compliance based . Um
13:46	, we have got to have that . Why in
13:48	place . Why are we doing this to better serve
13:50	our students ? Why are we doing this ? Once
13:52	we've , we've gone through really one cycle with canvas
13:55	, we have our templates . We have an understanding
13:57	. We have an ability to move forward . Um
13:59	, for me , as I look at what is
14:01	happening in education and what in structure and canvases done
14:05	. I mean , I look at surgical , I
14:07	look at mastery connect , I look at all of
14:09	the tools that really impact student achievement that are linked
14:12	within structure that are under the umbrella . We have
14:15	a huge opportunity to pair the right tools for the
14:18	right reasons as we move forward . Um , the
14:21	other thing is when I'm dealing with the faculty ,
14:24	you've got to be honest as administrator . This was
14:28	really , really hard . This was something that none
14:31	of us signed up for . Neither did our students
14:34	. What can we do to make it humane for
14:37	both our students and our teachers ? What are those
14:40	things that we can do ? Being very honest with
14:42	our teachers , I don't expect all of us to
14:44	run a five minute mile . Some of us are
14:46	going to take 15 minutes , as long as we
14:49	get to the end of the line , we will
14:51	get to the end of the line . Um ,
14:54	I don't care when adults learn , I care that
14:56	they learn and there is no guarantee that canvas is
15:00	going to stay or you know , there's no guarantee
15:02	that it will go away . What I can say
15:05	is canvases very well aligned to the educational practices and
15:09	pedagogy that really does lead to high levels of student
15:13	learning . Um , this is a great place to
15:15	ensure that we have a common space for our resources
15:18	. We have an assessment management , we can tie
15:20	to this . We have validated questions , we can
15:22	tie to this . We can really do a lot
15:24	of things that great teachers naturally do . Um ,
15:27	we just got to make sure that as we move
15:30	forward with the faculty when we migrate over , don't
15:32	over promise and under deliver , I can promise you
15:35	what we're doing with canvas is in the best interests
15:38	of our students for today . If tomorrow there is
15:41	something better , I can guarantee you we're going to
15:43	do it because it's not about loyalty to canvas or
15:45	to any other L . N . S . It's
15:47	loyalty to our students and loyalty to our teachers .
15:50	And damn it , we owe it to both of
15:52	those groups to give him our best as admin .
15:55	Um , I said , and I meant it we
15:56	owe our teachers and our students our absolute best .
16:00	Yeah , absolutely . I can't agree with that more
16:03	. And I think part of what has drawn me
16:06	to this company again , it's different , right ?
16:09	People feel like I have to say this . I
16:10	don't have to say this . I was an educator
16:13	for , you know , 12 years . I don't
16:15	have to say this . That it's that it's rooted
16:18	in educational pedagogy . It's rooted in people like me
16:22	who are educators that we're kind of moving up and
16:25	decided that they wanted to make a greater impact on
16:29	the things that education has to offer . And that's
16:32	why I'm here right in the company and that's why
16:34	you're here is kind of an advocate for what they
16:37	do in the Center for Leadership and Learning . And
16:39	that just speaks so much to the culture and attitude
16:43	of this company , right ? The company that really
16:46	does truly care about being the best LMS for students
16:50	. But great question . Megan , really appreciate it
16:52	. We're moving along here , we've got so many
16:54	more to get to . I love this question from
16:58	from one of our great canvas admins here . What
17:01	technology do you wish you knew more about as an
17:04	administrator and when you've got some time for me to
17:06	help you talk through them . So what are some
17:09	things that you really wish you could get to know
17:12	whether it be inside canvas LMS or some of the
17:14	external tools ? Because I guess we've got canvas admin
17:19	out there that are looking for ways to get in
17:21	and uh and see you as an administrator so that
17:24	they can start walking you through some of these cool
17:26	tools . You know , honestly , I would want
17:29	to know more about mastery connect . Um and the
17:31	reason why I say that is as we look to
17:33	the future , there's no doubt that assessment is going
17:36	to be a part of the future . Um I
17:38	don't believe in learning loss and I really don't like
17:40	that terminology . Um I know it's out there .
17:42	How are we going to measure learning loss ? Um
17:44	We haven't lost anything , we just have yet to
17:47	teach it and let's measure it once we've taught .
17:50	Um and for me , as I look at the
17:52	tools within canvas or I look at the tools within
17:55	in structure , um having a deeper knowledge of mastery
17:58	connect . Um when I first started out , I
18:01	would have definitely helped because whether I'm using , you
18:05	know , the ability for my students to take a
18:07	quiz remotely and have that data transfer immediately or hold
18:11	a virtual PLC so I can share , you know
18:13	, a data across my teacher teams and be able
18:16	to really utilized that tool in a really meaningful way
18:20	in terms of looking at student data , looking at
18:23	uh you know , different assessment points in the ,
18:26	in the year , having a better background knowledge of
18:28	mastery can that definitely would have helped um moving forward
18:32	. One of the other tools , I'm definitely interested
18:34	in his portfolio , um as we move to more
18:36	of a competency based model or more of a personalized
18:39	learning model , I think that those are tools that
18:41	only helped to really get good exemplars of what post
18:45	secondary our secondary students are able to do in the
18:48	classroom that's maybe not as binary is a true false
18:51	or multiple choice . So for me honestly uh understanding
18:55	mastery connected and specific to canvas man , template your
18:59	school templates , templates , templates , templates uh that
19:03	creates consistency for your your teachers , it creates consistency
19:07	for your parents and your end user which are your
19:10	students . So please template . I uh you know
19:14	dr Dean is the master of the segue because I
19:17	definitely wanted to talk about one of our case studies
19:20	that we did with a lathe public schools in canvas
19:22	. And and Dean's very dr Dean is very familiar
19:24	with that . But I've got to share this story
19:26	because from an admin point of view , if you're
19:29	really looking for more mastery connect content and if you
19:34	are an administrator out there , this case study is
19:38	the case study to look at . They talk about
19:40	P . D . And and the things that they
19:42	did with the Center for Leadership and Learnings canvas leadership
19:45	institute . So I'd love to kind of turn some
19:48	attention to that . You you talked about a little
19:50	a little bit as well but I'm going to throw
19:52	in the chat while you maybe speak a little on
19:54	it um with a straight connect stuff . I'll throw
19:57	the link in the chat so if people are watching
19:58	and they want to get some more info on that
20:01	they can do that . But I love as an
20:04	administrator in our room today talking about that teacher leadership
20:08	component um and being able to invest in teachers which
20:11	is I think kind of the gist of the way
20:13	the case study went . So I'm gonna post that
20:14	in the chat so people can take a look at
20:16	that . We'll talk more and let dr Dean talk
20:18	a little bit about Olathe . Well shoutout to Olathe
20:22	. I absolutely love y'all . Um I cannot tell
20:25	you how much I have grown with your district and
20:30	by learning by some of the things that you all
20:32	are doing . Um I don't want to speak for
20:34	Olathe . But what I will tell you is this
20:37	um when they came to the table to figure out
20:39	how they were going to roll out mastery connect and
20:41	how they were going to plug in some of the
20:42	different tools and components . Uh Their leadership team was
20:46	really really uh succinct in terms of ensuring adult learning
20:52	. Um They didn't want a one and done ,
20:54	they didn't really want it to be a , hey
20:56	well we're just gonna will train and then just push
20:59	it forward . Um Their administrators invested in the P
21:02	. D . With their teachers . Um Side by
21:04	side , hand in hand , they were in it
21:06	together from the get go . Um They didn't fool
21:09	around at first . Um If you want to get
21:11	trained right train right ? Um That is a really
21:15	really sound bit of advice . If you want to
21:18	train right then you better start training right ? Um
21:21	They trained right out of the gate . Um They
21:23	brought in experts from mastery connect , they brought in
21:26	experts from the CLL . Um Did a totally custom
21:29	roll out one of the other individuals from the Center
21:32	for Leadership and Learning top viable . Did an amazing
21:35	job of hosting multiple sites at once to ensure that
21:38	the message was consistent to ensure that the message was
21:41	clear . Um And the other good thing that Olathe
21:44	did is they continue to follow up on their own
21:47	efficacy isn't working is it not ? If it's not
21:50	they'll reach out and ask for different bits of device
21:53	um and share the success . I mean , the
21:55	case study is absolutely amazing , but when you look
21:58	at that , it's really an administrative team engaging in
22:01	best practice . They're going to learn the tool with
22:04	their teachers , not teach it to their teachers ,
22:07	they're going to learn it with their teachers for their
22:09	students . Um , it wasn't something that their teachers
22:12	were going to do to their students . Um ,
22:15	and really for me , as I looked at Alaska's
22:18	case study , they really made mastery connect a part
22:21	of learning , Not apart from learning , they integrated
22:25	it into what they were doing day to day in
22:28	the classroom , in each building and as a district
22:31	and the results speak for themselves . So , um
22:33	, I absolutely love the thoughtful approach that Olathe took
22:40	with their teacher teams . So I have another question
22:43	here , Carrie , one of our educators in the
22:46	cannabis advocates , wanted to know , what are some
22:49	pieces of the greater puzzle that we don't know about
22:52	as teachers that you wish you could share as an
22:55	administrator . So what I wish I could share with
22:59	educators is the gift of empathy . Um , I
23:04	didn't know that there were so many students in our
23:06	district that didn't have access to a device . I
23:09	didn't know that there were so many students that didn't
23:12	have adequate internet . I didn't know that a lot
23:16	of our teachers were using their phones instead of a
23:18	laptop in order to deliver classes because they only had
23:22	a desktop in their room . Um , the pieces
23:25	of the greater puzzle that I wish everyone will continue
23:29	to study on are issues of equity . Um ,
23:32	what are the disparities that exist within our district that
23:37	don't necessarily have anything to do with race , creed
23:40	or color that have more to do with poverty and
23:42	position ? Um , what can we do to ensure
23:45	that , you know , what we have the ability
23:48	to go into impacted communities , um , and ensure
23:52	that at a basic level infrastructure is there , you
23:55	know , from that ? How do students and how
23:58	do teachers engage differently ? Um , I wish we
24:01	could look at the engagement rate of different subsets of
24:05	students so that we can have a really intent fel
24:08	intervention plan as we return to a more normalized learning
24:11	environment . Um , for me , uh , I
24:15	learned the gift of empathy and what I really learned
24:17	is equity , um , and access are the two
24:20	biggest issues . Um , I want to tackle moving
24:23	forward . Um , so much so I'm actually leaving
24:27	my position as a vice president of a college .
24:30	Yeah , heard of live breaking news , breaking news
24:34	and I'm going to be the executive director of a
24:36	charter school . Um the reason being I am a
24:39	passion and purposeful person . Um , the next 3-5
24:44	years are going to dictate the next 20 in terms
24:47	of education and I don't want to be on the
24:49	sidelines of history . I want to be in the
24:52	footnotes helping write it . Um , and the way
24:54	that we do that with , the way that we
24:56	do that successfully is we put the issue of equity
24:59	and access first and foremost , we tackle those issues
25:02	and everything else can fall in line . Um ,
25:06	but those two issues I believe need the most priority
25:08	moving forward . Well , you've given , you've given
25:12	your life to education , that's for sure . Dr
25:14	Dean . It's fantastic . That's great news . Um
25:17	, I love to hear breaking news right here .
25:19	Who would have thought we are breaking news here on
25:21	the structure and campus live streams . Um , I
25:24	love this question , not just because he's a buddy
25:27	um , but uh that has a little bit to
25:30	do with it too , but he's a district leader
25:32	here in northern indiana . Um and had the question
25:35	, you know , what is the secret ingredient that
25:37	you feel we need more of in our building ?
25:40	So you know , I'm thinking about this all the
25:42	time as a coach in schools that I've worked with
25:46	, you know , what is the thing that just
25:48	makes , makes it click for that educator or school
25:51	staff member to finally kind of get over the hump
25:54	and begin to realize that these tools aren't just pandemic
25:57	tools that they are um through that , right ,
26:00	that they can be beyond that . So what's that
26:02	secret ingredient that you've either found or that you feel
26:05	you need more of in your buildings ? He's still
26:10	searching , do you want to know the most addicting
26:15	thing in the world ? Its success and celebrate it
26:21	. Okay . You want to know what the secret
26:24	to life is ? It's celebrating the good things that
26:29	are happening . It is creating that culture of ,
26:32	I don't know what that is but I really want
26:33	to be a part of it . It's the field
26:36	, you know what and I I don't know how
26:38	to quantify this . It is your cadence , it
26:42	is your ability to connect . It is your passion
26:45	. You know when you walk through the building ,
26:47	when you walk through that door , you walk through
26:49	like it is your last day . Do you walk
26:52	in like it's your last day , not your first
26:53	day but your last day , that's what the secret
26:56	ingredient is . Now when I wake up every single
26:59	day and I go into that building , I tell
27:01	myself two things . One , I owe it to
27:04	these kids too . I owe it to these adults
27:07	. If I can't be at my best for eight
27:10	hours , just eight , That's not even two thirds
27:13	of the day , 1/3 of the day . If
27:15	I can't be at my best for eight hours for
27:19	the people that need me , I'm probably the wrong
27:21	person for the job . So for me , the
27:23	secret to success is finding those , those pockets of
27:26	excellence and celebrating them for students , for teachers ,
27:31	even for parents . Um , that's what really turned
27:35	schools that really turns the tide in terms of emotion
27:39	and culture . Um , if you don't like the
27:41	story about your school , pick up the pen and
27:43	start offering it . Um , there is no reason
27:45	why you can't tell the best story about your school
27:48	. Um , that's for me , the biggest thing
27:50	is what we tend to focus on becomes greatest .
27:53	So put the lens on those things that are working
27:55	well . It's not to shy away from the things
27:58	that aren't , but man's success breeds success and it
28:01	is the most addicting thing in the world . Once
28:03	people get a taste of it , they will try
28:05	their best to get that over and over and over
28:08	again . So we've got to provide those opportunities to
28:10	invest in our educators and highlight the great things that
28:13	they are doing with students . Well , you made
28:15	an impact on the big boss man . He came
28:17	in here , martin the secret to life celebrating success
28:21	. Great comment . Dr Dean for the Wind .
28:24	Obviously we have just nonstop today asked questions to DR
28:30	Dean is an administrator on things that he would like
28:32	to see from educators or I . T . Personnel
28:35	, especially when we kind of frame it in a
28:37	canvas and structure lens . To me , what Dr
28:40	Dean just said was also creating experiences , right ?
28:43	We are trying to find ways . It is very
28:46	hard , I think in today's um , landscape to
28:51	find ways to motivate students or to motivate teachers .
28:55	And I think the easiest way that I could ever
28:59	as a coach or district leader , Um , the
29:01	easiest way I could ever impact them to be more
29:05	engaged in any tool or platform . I wanted them
29:08	to try was to create an experience . They have
29:11	to have fun , they have to find a way
29:14	to relate it to students , right ? How is
29:16	this going to impact my kids tomorrow ? I don't
29:18	want to talk about what it's going to do in
29:20	the next 15 years . I need to know how
29:22	it's going to impact them tomorrow . But I also
29:24	need you to engage me , right ? And teachers
29:27	are the ultimate engage ear's because they do have to
29:30	keep people on task and and involved in the process
29:35	for multiple hours of the day . So , um
29:38	I love that , I love that keep them engaged
29:40	and celebrating those successes . I I've always told the
29:43	story about how I wasn't a really fantastic teacher to
29:45	start out with and when I really began to build
29:48	relationships with kids and I started to celebrate the small
29:52	stuff that was happening in my room around their peers
29:55	really increased a lot of buying . So I think
29:58	that secret ingredient is create the experience and celebrate those
30:02	successes . Fantastic . We have another question coming in
30:06	from our Youtube channel , great session as the admin
30:09	and structure for several years or instructor for several years
30:11	, still learning Keeping up with new features and I
30:14	love it . I wish we could have the Ask
30:16	an admin allies section at least once a month .
30:18	Can we dr Dean are you up for it ?
30:21	Because this is all day every day . Regular section
30:25	, you know , here's what I'm gonna tell y'all
30:28	. Um for me man , you said it earlier
30:31	, I give my life to education . Well ,
30:33	education is giving me a life that allows me to
30:35	have a Thunderdome . It allows me to have a
30:38	pretty good experience . And all I've got to do
30:40	is show up and help others . Um My debt
30:43	to society is not yet paid . Um those that
30:46	grew up around me definitely know that I've got a
30:49	lot to give back , so yeah , absolutely .
30:51	I'd be more than happy to jump on uh provided
30:54	it's uh it's beneficial and useful . So , absolutely
30:57	, we'd love to , we're never going to turn
30:59	dr Dean down . Come on , come on .
31:02	All right . So , we only have a few
31:04	more moments and we don't want to take up too
31:05	much of your time because we know you're very busy
31:07	. But I have this last question from Andrea here
31:09	, who's an educator in our building ? We are
31:12	seeing a culture shift through the pandemic . How do
31:14	you create culture and that sustain that Through the next
31:18	4-5 years ? All right . So here's the thing
31:21	I'm going to tell you , you don't create culture
31:23	, culture will create itself . You exist within the
31:27	culture that has been created . Um , too many
31:30	times people try to grab on to something that's a
31:32	ghost . Um , Culture is a ghost . It
31:36	comes , it goes , it is what it is
31:39	. Um , here's what I'm gonna tell you about
31:40	culture , The more positive deposits you have the less
31:44	negative withdrawals you're going to experience . Um , and
31:48	what I mean by that is if you are focusing
31:50	on those positive things , if you are focusing on
31:53	those high leverage strategies , those high leverage implementations ,
31:57	you are going to have success for your teachers ,
32:00	you're going to have success for your students . Um
32:02	, as I look at , what am I going
32:04	to do to create a culture , I'm going to
32:05	stay hungry , I'm going to stay humble as an
32:08	administrator . I have got to ensure that my job
32:11	is to continue to learn . I've got to ensure
32:14	that I'm out there 180 days ahead of my teachers
32:17	, ensuring that it's not what's next , it's what's
32:20	coming because we can handle anything . I'm not out
32:23	there looking for the next thing . I've got faith
32:26	in my staff , I have got trust in my
32:28	teachers , I know we can overcome anything . And
32:32	if you know anything about educational research , Mr .
32:34	Hadi thinks that that whole collective teacher efficacy is a
32:38	pretty big deal . And so for me , that's
32:40	my number one focus is investing in educators . Um
32:44	there is no amount of time that I can give
32:47	to another educator that isn't going to have a multiplying
32:50	effect on a student . If you want to change
32:53	your community , invest in those that touch those that
32:56	are coming up within it , because those that are
32:59	exiting your community aren't going to be your culture creators
33:02	, it's those that are coming up . So investing
33:05	in educators that are investing in the youth is the
33:07	best thing you can do to create a sustainable culture
33:12	. Man , If you have administrator friends might drop
33:16	right , I was gonna , I thought we were
33:17	gonna fist bump , there were gonna be would would
33:19	go like that , nope , I'm going the wrong
33:21	way . We gotta we gotta find the right way
33:22	to do that . But absolutely just fantastic . If
33:26	you have administrator friends , if you are an administrator
33:29	and you're in a circle of administrators , please please
33:31	please share this session out because any moment you get
33:36	three seconds with DR Dean , you're getting good stuff
33:39	. Not only that , but you also have some
33:41	debts to pay . Apparently from our good birthmark booth
33:45	, Dr Dean is serious debts to pay , which
33:47	might mean this is a regular segment . You may
33:49	have just signed on to do a to do a
33:52	doctor Dean . You know , ask administrator session per
33:55	month . We are just thrilled to have you and
33:57	we're so thankful , so appreciate you giving us the
33:59	time today . Um get your insights are just invaluable
34:03	to us and we just love that you've continued to
34:05	work for educators and for the people here and in
34:08	structure and all of the work you do for the
34:10	censorship for leadership and learning here as an advocate .
34:13	It's fantastic . I appreciate that . I appreciate working
34:17	with you . You are one of the great ,
34:18	you're one of my legends , Mark Booth . I
34:20	see you . I see you , you who run
34:23	the next asking admin . Let's get punchy with it
34:25	. Let's uh , let's have one more tile on
34:28	the screen . Next time I'm calling you out ,
34:30	Mark Booth . Yes , I am . Um ,
34:32	and the last thing I'm gonna say is three things
34:34	and it's three things that I think every human being
34:37	needs to hear . And I challenge anybody that's watching
34:40	this live or anybody that's going to share this out
34:42	to do what I'm about to do . Find people
34:45	in your circle in your school and tell them these
34:48	three things . I love you , I care about
34:51	you . I want you to do well in life
34:53	. We need more love in this world . We
34:57	have the ability to spread that love . So with
35:00	that I got nothing but love for all . Y'all
35:02	get out there . Keep changing the world . Stick
35:05	to the fight when you're the hardest hit . It's
35:07	when things get tough that we must not quit .
35:09	Got nothing but love for everybody . Thanks for all
35:11	you do . Mm .

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