Building Inclusive Schools

Bryan Miltenberg is the proud principal of Aquebogue Elementary School in Riverhead, New York. He's been a teacher, dean, and middle school assistant principal, and has presented and published on topics including school climate and culture, instructional technology, self-aware leadership, inclusivity, time management, and co-teaching partnerships. Against all logic, he remains a suffering lifelong Mets and Jets fan. Show Highlights Establish transformational belonging at your school by avoiding these misunderstandings. The different mechanisms Bryan put in place to understand the rapid changes occurring in his school to understand what people were experiencing. We all have an "eyes problem." Build something inclusive with tips to increase teacher retention. Tips to build a pipeline that attracts culturally and linguistically diverse candidates to see your school as a place that they wanna be. Create a Punk concert environment for your students to connect with their learning community. Take the Michael Jordan and Brene Brown approach to adversity and harsh feedback. Leaders need to play the long game by balancing the tension between urgent and significant. " I tell that story, not...