Johnathan Cranford is an in-school suspension teacher in Houston, TX and author of The Art of In-School Suspension: A Discipline Program that Benefits Staff and Students.  On today’s episode we dive into Johnathan’s passion project, making ISS effective.  He emphasizes the importance of having an educator in the room, focusing on a system of doing your work, and building in SEL instruction.  The bar for ISS is often low in schools and he believes some investment will pay big returns for students, teachers, and administrators.  Johnathan can be reached through his website www.theartofiss.com   Sponsors   Transformative Principal Mastermind   Lead a school everyone can be proud of.   Being a principal is tough work. You’re pulled in all kinds of directions. You never have the time to do the work that really matters. Join me as I help school leaders find the time to do the work they became principals to do.   I help you stop putting out fires and start leading.   Learn more at https://transformativeprincipal.com   Just Right Reader   Just Right Reader Decodables are a great way to help your students learn how to read, with research-based strategies that are proven to be effective. Each grade level has over 100 books. Send books home in packs of ten, with video lessons accessible via QR codes on each book, with lessons in Spanish and English. Learn more at https://justrightreader.com