Jan 18, 2019
In this inaugural episode, host Kristina MacBury chats with
Dwight Carter, a former high school principal in Central Ohio and
NASSP Digital Principal of the Year. Carter, a co-author of several
books on education, is currently an Effectiveness Coach for
Dynamix. Carter describes his education excellence mission as doing
something every day to positively impact students. In his book,
Leading Schools in Disruptive Times, he explains the
positivity comes from CAT (Cope, Adjust, and Transform). Carter
discusses how he reacted to racist graffiti at his school—being
visible and providing reassurance to his staff and students. Carter
talks about Dynanix’s launch of Be GREAT Huddle, as a means to
implement positivity, and which will include a private Facebook
group, which you might want to consider joining. External
recognition and intrinsic motivation—two extremely important
concepts in education—need to be balanced, Carter notes. Other
significant education excellence aphorisms: Good grades don’t
always translate into happiness. It’s important to create
boundaries for electronic devices, which students really are
looking for. This episode was sponsored by NWEA, www.nwea.org and Better Lesson, https://betterlesson.com.