Demetrius Ball is a dynamic leader focused on serving his family and community. As a current high school principal Demetrius is committed to creating a climate and school culture that is welcoming and inclusive for all students and staff members and sees strong relationships as the key to helping students and staff thrive.
He has presented at local, regional and national conferences on topics such as technology integration, podcasting, the power of developing your professional/personal learning community, Restorative Justice, and Culturally Responsive Teaching.
Demetrius is a graduate of the United States Military, West Point, New York, where his leadership journey truly began. After graduation he served 5-years as a field artillery officer in the Army completing two tours in the Middle East. Demetrius lives in Northern California with his wife, Valu, his West Point classmate, and 4 children.
Show Highlights
Masterminds are crucial to your longevity and minimize turnover and burnout rates in education.
Build collaboration for leaders like we do for teachers to gain a leadership edge.
Safe environment to have challenging conversations to learn from the experience of peers who have been there.
Become a connected educator and get to Point B faster with confidence, and ready to use tools.
Online platform formatted to build personal connections, interactions and outcomes without excuses with “thought partners.”
The catalyst and most challenging part about being a participant.
Demetrius shares why the Mastermind is “vital” for leaders.
“Finding the support will be crucial to your longevity. No one wants to necessarily bounce around from school to school, community to community. Find that group that's gonna help sustain you. It's more than just the joy of your career. It's about maintaining your health.”
-Demetrius Ball
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Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional development™ work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership.
Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today!
The mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders.
100% of our members agree that the mastermind is the #1 way they grow their leadership skills.
Apply to the mastermind today!
HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Transform how you lead to become a resilient and empowered change agent with Harvard’s online Certificate in School Management and Leadership. Grow your professional network with a global cohort of fellow school leaders as you collaborate in case studies bridging the fields of education and business. Apply today at http://hgse.me/leader.
With TeachFX, teachers are creating classrooms that are alive with conversation. Our app gives teachers insights into high-leverage practices like: How much student talk happened? Which questions got students talking? It’s eye-opening for teachers, and scales the impact of coaches and principals. Start your free pilot at teachfx.com/blbs.
Why do students struggle? I'd argue that they lack access to quality instruction, but think about it. That's totally out of their control. What if there was something we could teach kids there was something within their control that would help them be successful in every class? It's not a magic pill or a figment of your imagination.
When students internalize Executive Functioning Skills they succeed.
Check out the new self-paced online course brought to you by OB that shows teachers how to equip their students with executive functioning skills.
Learn more at organizedbinder.com/go
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Dr. David Franklin is an award winning school administrator, education professor, curriculum designer, author, and presenter. He earned a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from California State University, East Bay, a Master’s Degree in Education Technology from National University, and holds a B.A. in Music from the University of California, San Diego.
Dr. Franklin is the founder of The Principal's Desk, an online community with a membership of over 215,000 educators from across the world. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Education for Colorado State University and a Marzano Research fellow trained in High Reliability Schools, Instructional Rounds, Collaborative Teams, and PLCs.
Dr. Franklin has presented at national and international education conferences and is a sought after presenter in the areas of academic intervention, school leadership, creating a shared vision, creating common assessments, and data analysis.
Show Highlights
Let Lenny Kravitz ruin your music career to courageously lead your school.
The importance of focusing on culture before you focus on academics.
School leadership is a musician. Tips to create your soundtrack.
Tips to understand the necessary process of being a new principal and creating a new foundation.
The secret to pinpoint the root cause of school attendance to get a 98.5% attendance rate.
“The Principal’s Desk” you need to spend time at.
Lead with your expertise to tap into your veteran teachers and light their spark again.
“The three guiding principles.I always get back to people, process, and product. It's the people. That's foundational. I think for any organization, especially schools. I want the right people and I don't want the same type of people. I want different types of people in there that all can work with kids in different ways, but I want people who have that practical life experience as well,who can also take the content.”
-Dr David
Get the episode transcript here!
Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional development™ work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership.
Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today!
The mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders.
100% of our members agree that the mastermind is the #1 way they grow their leadership skills.
Apply to the mastermind today!
HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Transform how you lead to become a resilient and empowered change agent with Harvard’s online Certificate in School Management and Leadership. Grow your professional network with a global cohort of fellow school leaders as you collaborate in case studies bridging the fields of education and business. Apply today at http://hgse.me/leader.
Last year, teachers using TeachFX increased their student talk by an average of 40%. TeachFX uses AI to help teachers see the power of high-leverage teaching practices in their own classroom-level data. It’s like having a personal instructional coach...on your phone, tablet, or laptop. Start your free pilot at teachfx.com/betterleaders.
Why do students struggle? I'd argue that they lack access to quality instruction, but think about it. That's totally out of their control. What if there was something we could teach kids there was something within their control that would help them be successful in every class? It's not a magic pill or a figment of your imagination.
When students internalize Executive Functioning Skills they succeed.
Check out the new self-paced online course brought to you by OB that shows teachers how to equip their students with executive functioning skills.
Learn more at organizedbinder.com/go
Copyright © 2023 Twelve Practices LLC
Jason P. Dropik (Babaamii-Bines / Eagle Clan) is the School Administrator for the Indian Community School (ics-edu.org), in Franklin, WI, which serves Native students in the metro Milwaukee area. A member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (BadRiver-nsn.gov), Jason is committed to supporting students, families, staff, and the community both near and far. Having recently completed a two-year term as President of the National Indian Education Association (NIEA.org), he advocated for and spoke on the importance of tribal sovereignty, policy, appropriations, and student support across the country. As a Board Member of NIEA, Jason continues with that work, championing training and providing information for schools and community organizations, while creating visibility and understanding of Indigenous perspectives. He is involved in many organizations throughout the state, doing his best to ensure that Native voices are present in diverse groups. He has served as a Board Member for the Wisconsin Association of Environmental Education (WAEE.org), an Advisory Council Member for the Midwest Environmental Advocates (MidwestAdvocates.org), and many other community organizations. He is a graduate of the Urban Indian American Indian Teacher Training Program from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2004). He holds a Master's Degree in Administrative Leadership from Concordia University (2017), and recently completed his Superintendent's License from UW-Milwaukee (2023). His greatest passion is creating spaces for Native students to develop their identity, take pride in their language and culture, and to celebrate the rich legacy and the promising future of Indigenous communities. Jason, along with his wife and children, share a home in Franklin, WI.
Show Highlights
Retain and attract more leaders of color by understanding the leadership lens they look through.
Training and information for schools to create visibility and understanding of indigenous and other marginalized perspectives.
Create spaces where people feel valued, loved and appreciated for all that they bring.
Avoid forcing your students or staff to blend in by eliminating the “other” option.
Take a seat at the table and avoid “being on the menu” to broaden perspectives.
Designate affinity spaces for representation reflective of the communities that you serve.
Eliminate barriers to ensure diverse safe places that navigate challenging situations with balance.
Join the BIPOC Mastermind specific for leaders of color to expand the room with a trusted environment to overcome isolation.
“When you think about that perspective of what Asian Americans are experiencing as well as our African American and Hispanic Latino communities are still under-represented. There's progress made in some areas, in some communities, but overall, as a system, we're failing. We're failing our kids and failing those communities that continue to have strong advocates that are supporting kids, but also don't have the shared experience that some people do that come from marginalized communities.”
-Jason Dropik
Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional development™ work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership.
Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today!
The mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders.
100% of our members agree that the mastermind is the #1 way they grow their leadership skills.
Apply to the mastermind today!
HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Transform how you lead to become a resilient and empowered change agent with Harvard’s online Certificate in School Management and Leadership. Grow your professional network with a global cohort of fellow school leaders as you collaborate in case studies bridging the fields of education and business. Apply today at http://hgse.me/leader.
With TeachFX, teachers are creating classrooms that are alive with conversation. Our app gives teachers insights into high-leverage practices like: How much student talk happened? Which questions got students talking? It’s eye-opening for teachers, and scales the impact of coaches and principals. Start your free pilot at teachfx.com/blbs.
Why do students struggle? I'd argue that they lack access to quality instruction, but think about it. That's totally out of their control. What if there was something we could teach kids there was something within their control that would help them be successful in every class? It's not a magic pill or a figment of your imagination.
When students internalize Executive Functioning Skills they succeed.
Check out the new self-paced online course brought to you by OB that shows teachers how to equip their students with executive functioning skills.
Learn more at organizedbinder.com/go
Copyright © 2023 Twelve Practices LLC
Erika has been an educator for over 20 years, currently serving as the Assistant Superintendent in the Ashland School District. A special educator at heart, she is passionate about supporting all students through individual support to reach their limitless potential. She is excited about her new book, co-authored with Tiffany Burns, Connecting Through Conversation: A Playbook for Talking with Students.
Tiffany loves working with kids. In her two decades in education, she taught elementary, middle, and high school students, and worked as an instructional coach, curriculum writer, and university adjunct instructor in Oregon, Alaska, and Mexico. She loves her current role as an elementary school principal where she gets to lead, learn, and play with her favorite people–kids and their grown-ups.
Show Highlights
Guide your children out of the tree with a heart centered approach to transform student impulsiveness post pandemic.
The micro-PD to create a systematic way to create a culture of connection.
Dig into equity and trauma-based practices to close the gap in lack of resources.
Three components to stop talking about why relationships are important, and show what makes a strong connected relationship.
Techniques to avoid power struggles and close the loop because emotions are contagious.
The book every teacher needs to construct day-to-day interactions and conversations to build a culture of connection in our schools.
Tools needed in our schools that go against instinct.
“I would encourage all of the Ruckus Makers listening to really focus on how each interaction you have with a student or a fellow educator is serving to build a connected relationship we're learning. Know and give yourself grace. It's not always instinctive or easy. Oftentimes it is really hard. So, prepare, write it down, make a plan. We got into this because we love kids so use your conversations to make sure that they feel that every single day.”
-Erika Bare
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Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional development™ work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership.
Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today!
The mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders.
100% of our members agree that the mastermind is the #1 way they grow their leadership skills.
Apply to the mastermind today!
HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Transform how you lead to become a resilient and empowered change agent with Harvard’s online Certificate in School Management and Leadership. Grow your professional network with a global cohort of fellow school leaders as you collaborate in case studies bridging the fields of education and business. Apply today at http://hgse.me/leader.
Last year, teachers using TeachFX increased their student talk by an average of 40%. TeachFX uses AI to help teachers see the power of high-leverage teaching practices in their own classroom-level data. It’s like having a personal instructional coach...on your phone, tablet, or laptop. Start your free pilot at teachfx.com/betterleaders.
Why do students struggle? I'd argue that they lack access to quality instruction, but think about it. That's totally out of their control. What if there was something we could teach kids there was something within their control that would help them be successful in every class? It's not a magic pill or a figment of your imagination.
When students internalize Executive Functioning Skills they succeed.
Check out the new self-paced online course brought to you by OB that shows teachers how to equip their students with executive functioning skills.
Learn more at organizedbinder.com/go
Copyright © 2023 Twelve Practices LLC