Transformative Principal
Hosted by Mike Caldwell and Jethro D Jones and Jethro Jones · Jethro Jones
4.6from 106 ratings
- 870
- Episodes
- 142
- Transcribed
- 106
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2013
- First episode
- 15M
- YouTube views
About Transformative Principal
Jethro Jones interviews instructional leaders from around the nation to learn and teach what it takes to become a transformative principal. Episodes address topics like Response to Intervention (RTI), Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS), Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS), the latest advances in educational research, standards-based grading, and interviews with industry leaders like Bill Daggett, Rick Wormeli, Todd Whitaker and even people outside the education like Seth Godin, JeVon McCormick, Liz Wiseman, and more.
- Publisher
- Jethro Jones
- Category
- education · education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Dec 2013
- Latest episode
- 4 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
142 of 870 episodes have a transcript.
4 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
ISTE 2026: Inside the iSTAR Writing Tool
27 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Lessons from Dozens of Charter School Visits with Nanette Merrill
20 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
ISTE 2026: Ready to Lead with AI with Kip Glazer
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ISTE 2026: Inside the iSTAR Writing Tool
Published 4 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And so all of, you know, SIM is a part of adolescent literacy which includes specific skills but also content literacy. They all have an element of being measurable, so that means different things depending on what the tool is, but it means that teachers can observe evidence of progress and then if they're able to then help them, their students improve by examining that evidence and giving on-the-spot feedback. Generalizable is another key element because we are doing all of what we do so that students are able to have the right strategy for their task or their assignment, and so whatever they're learning we want it to be valuable in all classes, all grade levels, as they're going forward, and in life. […]
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- Suzanne Myers
- Jocelyn Washburn
- Bonnie Palysak
- Nanette Merrill
- Kip Glazer
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 15,335,793
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 101 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.0 / 5
- 5 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 86 / 100
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- Quality
- 100
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 96
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Mike Caldwell and Jethro D Jones and Jethro Jones host the show. Published by Jethro Jones.
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