100. Schools Full of Readers: Featuring Evan Robb
As I have shared on this podcast before, when I was younger, I didn’t enjoy reading. Of course, once I got older, I found great pleasure in reading books and I love to share the joy of reading. In this special milestone 100th episode, I ask the question, Do the students in your school love to read? This week’s guest, Evan Robb, shares how his battle with reading and writing as a child established his belief and strategies to increase literacy in all schools.
In this Episode, we discuss:
- Fighting Isolation
- Distance Learning Grading
- Providing Hope with Growth Mindset
- And Social Emotional Learning
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- Twitter: https://twitter.com/ERobbPrincipal
- Website: https://evan-robb.com/
- TEDX: https://youtu.be/oS4WMsdLIM4
- Blog: https://therobbreviewblog.com/
- The Robb Review Podcast: https://therobbreviewpodcast.podbean.com/
About Evan Robb:
Evan Robb is presently Principal of Johnson-Williams Middle School in Berryville, Virginia. He has over twenty years of experience serving as a building level principal. Prior to being a school principal, he was an English teacher, department chair, and Assistant Principal. Evan is a recipient of the Horace Mann Educator of the Year Award. In addition, the NCTE Commission on Reading selected him to serve on its national board.
A TEDx Speaker, Evan offers inspirational keynotes, workshops, and on-going professional learning opportunities across the country on leadership, mindset, culture, impactful change and how to improve literacy in schools. Evan has shared his ideas with thousands of educators at dozens of workshops across the country.
His first book titled, The Principal’s Leadership Sourcebook: Practices, Tools, and Strategies for Building a Thriving School Community was published by Scholastic in the fall of 2007. His next book, The Ten- Minute Principal was published by Corwin in May 2019. Evan and Laura Robb collaborated with Dave Burgess Publishing to write, Team Makers, which was published in August of 2019. In addition, Evan is partnering with Laura Robb to write, A School Full of Readers, with Benchmark Education, Fall 2019.
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