Brantley Turner is the East Asia Education Director for Dwight Schools with campuses in New York, London, Seoul, Shanghai, Dubai, Online and is currently launching Dwight School Hanoi. Ten years ago Brantley co-founded the only Sino-US cooperative high school in China, Shanghai Qibao Dwight High School. Serving as the American Principal at Qibao Dwight until July 2022; Brantley continues to serve on the school governing board. She looks forward to sharing her non-traditional path to educational leadership and how making a ruckus is a part of her approach to all things school.     Show Highlights   Push yourself out of your comfort zone and out of the country to deal with leadership paradoxes. Saying YES to stuff will be the best  gift in your life. Tips to attract the smartest people by using an Assessment Center for interviews. Learn how rest can be a form of resistance. Belief in the power of disruption drives globalized education. A motto and strategy that keeps children in mind when creating teams of support for your learning community. Stop creating tribalism and avoid boxing your school in. “ I didn't say, ‘Let me change my value system,’ I said, ‘Let me try to walk in the shoes of that value system and see what I can get from it, or how I can counsel people to think or feel differently as opposed.’ And my motto for that is ‘I really try to focus on getting it right, not being right, getting it right can look really different.’”  - Brantley Turner  “If you don't feel like you're challenging this status quo in your current context, find a way to disrupt yourself, move your body, get out.” - Brantley Turner    Get thw episode transcript here!! Brantley’s Resources & Contact Info: Linkedin   Read my latest book! 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! Apply to the Mastermind 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!   SHOW SPONSORS: 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.   TEACHFX 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.   ORGANIZED BINDER 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