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Speaker 1: When I grow up, I want to be a principal

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Speaker 1: of a school. What does being a principle mean to you?

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Speaker 1: When kids are in trouble, they go to the principal's office,

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Speaker 1: They rule the school. When I grow up.

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Speaker 2: I want to be a pilot with a uniform white,

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Speaker 2: always flying high up in the sky. When I grow up,

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Speaker 2: I want to be a firefighter putting out flames, or

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Speaker 2: maybe a police officer keeping people safe. It's so fun

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Speaker 2: to learn what you can be growing up growing up.

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Speaker 2: When I grow up, I want to be an artist

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Speaker 2: that paints for trits. Want to be a scientist that

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Speaker 2: does experiments. Oh, so many people you will be growing up,

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Speaker 2: growing growing Yeah, growing up, growing up, growing up.

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Speaker 1: Hi, and welcome to Growing Up with Emily, a Lingo

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Speaker 1: kids podcast helping amazing kids to grow up and be

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Speaker 1: even more amazing. And Emily, it's me. You know. As

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Speaker 1: a kid, I was always asked what do you want

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Speaker 1: to be when you grow up? And I wanted to

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Speaker 1: be so many things. Does that sound familiar? Then? I

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Speaker 1: am glad you are listening, because you are going to

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Speaker 1: find out what it takes to be anything you want.

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Speaker 1: Are you ready to make school your superpower. Yeah yeah,

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Speaker 1: growing grow in Up Bay. Last episode we met Housley,

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Speaker 1: a real athlete who shared with us a few tuts

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Speaker 1: about gymnastics. Today, we're in New York City exploring the

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Speaker 1: job at the top of the school pyramid, the principal.

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Speaker 1: And yes, the principal's office is a place some kids

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Speaker 1: go when they've broken the rules. But this is not

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Speaker 1: a job for meetings. Principals have big hearts. Do you

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Speaker 1: like to solve problems and take charge? If you've ever

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Speaker 1: dreamed of being a principal, you won't want to miss

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Speaker 1: this episode. Today we're going to meet one of the greatest,

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Speaker 1: big hearted principles on the planet.

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Speaker 2: Rowan up, rowing up.

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Speaker 1: Do you know why principals are everyone's friends?

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Speaker 3: No?

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Speaker 1: Why because they have pal in their title. Princip pal Ah,

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Speaker 1: I get it. Principal. That's funny. You know what's funny.

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Speaker 1: The principal at our school, missus Hadley, talks into a

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Speaker 1: walkie talk you, mister brow. The cafeteria needs to be

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Speaker 1: ready by ten o'clock. Roger, Wait, who's Roger? Roger is

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Speaker 1: a walkie talkie word. It means message received and understood. Oh,

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Speaker 1: principles make sure everything is running smoothly in and around

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Speaker 1: the school. They can only be at one place at

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Speaker 1: a time, but they have to talk to people working

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Speaker 1: all over the campus. In an emergency, Principles need to

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Speaker 1: communicate quickly. That's why they use a walkie talkie. Roger latt, Hey,

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Speaker 1: did you know that early America had one room schools

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Speaker 1: with kids of all ages learning together and only one teacher. Yep.

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Speaker 1: Then in the early eighteen hundreds the population grew, schools

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Speaker 1: had classrooms for specific grades. One teacher would be the

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Speaker 1: head teacher who taught and acted as principal. If I

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Speaker 1: were a head teacher, my head would explos you're right.

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Speaker 1: That tells you what an incredible individual a principle is.

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Speaker 1: And don't forget principals have bosses too. They report to

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Speaker 1: the superintendent of the school district. What else does school

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Speaker 1: principals do. My principal, Missus Hadley, pops into our classroom

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Speaker 1: to watch. Does the teacher get a great like we do?

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Speaker 3: Not?

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Speaker 1: Exactly. Principles visit classrooms to support learning and suggest ways

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Speaker 1: to improve teaching. Adults are just like kids, always learning,

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Speaker 1: always growing. Guess what's happening at our guest principal school today.

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Speaker 1: What a science fair. Everyone is here, teachers, students, parents,

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Speaker 1: and members of the community. I love science. Let's go.

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Speaker 1: Want to hear a joke before we enter? Oh no,

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Speaker 1: come on, you'll love it. How did Ben Franklin feel

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Speaker 1: when he discovered electricity? Excited? I know this one. He

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Speaker 1: was shocked? You got it. Thankfully he didn't get shocked.

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Speaker 1: That would have been dangerous. Oh boy, let's go see

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Speaker 1: some real science. Okay, okay, okay, I've already checked in

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Speaker 1: with the school secretary. You need to wear a name

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Speaker 1: tag to show you're a guest. School safety and security

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Speaker 1: is another big, big principal job that's super important. One

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Speaker 1: of the reasons we're meeting the principal is because she

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Speaker 1: and her dedicated team transformed a rundown, neglected, poor school

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Speaker 1: into one of the highest performing schools in New York State.

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Speaker 1: Talk about a real hero. This woman changed the lives

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Speaker 1: of hundreds of kids. Incredible. This school looks like an

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Speaker 1: A plus now. Cool stuff is happening everywhere. I'd be

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Speaker 1: proud to go to this school. Look, Ilie, that must

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Speaker 1: be her a stage. Oh yes, that's her. Here's our chance.

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Speaker 1: Are you ready? To meet a real principal. Let's do it.

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Speaker 1: What's her name? Her name? Take, says Alexa Sordan. Hi,

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Speaker 1: their principal, Sordan. I'm with Lingo Kids and we want

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Speaker 1: to find out what it takes to be a principal.

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Speaker 1: Can we ask some questions?

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Speaker 3: Sure? Absolutely?

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Speaker 1: Great? First off, how long have you been a principle?

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Speaker 3: I have been a principal for ten years. That's an

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Speaker 3: entire decade.

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Speaker 1: Wow, that's like a lifetime, well at least for some

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Speaker 1: of our listeners. Maybe you can give us some tips

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Speaker 1: at the end on how our listeners can start learning

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Speaker 1: these skills, especially if they want to be principals. We

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Speaker 1: also receive some excellent questions from our Lingo Kids listeners.

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Speaker 1: Missus Sordan, do you have to get to school before

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Speaker 1: everyone else?

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Speaker 3: Yes, the principle should be the first person in the

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Speaker 3: greet everyone as they arrive. However, I have an assistant principle,

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Speaker 3: and my assistant principle is the person that's there before everyone,

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Speaker 3: and I'm the one that's there after everyone goes home,

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Speaker 3: So I stay late and I close the building.

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Speaker 1: Missus Jordan, how do you handle trouble makers.

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Speaker 3: We do start with a conversation because I want to

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Speaker 3: know what's happening with you today? Why are you not

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Speaker 3: your best? For example, if a student in third or

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Speaker 3: fourth grade does something that does not reflect respect, then

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Speaker 3: that student gives back time. So they'll spend their recess

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Speaker 1: Emily just told us how busy principles are, and it

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Speaker 1: sounds like a very difficult role. Why did you want

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Speaker 3: I wanted to make a difference. So when I was

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Speaker 3: a student, I didn't have a great educational experience. School

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Speaker 3: was very boring. The teachers did not connect with me

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Speaker 3: parents drop you off and then pick you up. And

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Speaker 3: I wanted to be able to create a place where

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Speaker 3: see you, I Tello, how are you, Maria Heloe, how

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Speaker 3: are you Charlie? I see you today? So a place

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Speaker 1: How do you reach into your potential? What does it mean?

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Speaker 3: So maybe your friend is great at reading and you're not,

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Speaker 3: and that's okay because maybe you're great at math, maybe

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Speaker 3: you're great at art, maybe you're amazing at dance. So

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Speaker 3: school should be a place where we discover our many

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Speaker 1: Wow, thanks for sharing with us, Alexa. What can kids

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Speaker 1: do now while they're still growing up to become a principle?

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Speaker 3: So being a principle is about being a leader, and

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Speaker 1: To kids, what are some group activities you like to do?

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Speaker 1: I play soccer and I'm pretty good. I want to

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Speaker 3: It sounds like you have developed the physical skills up

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Speaker 3: want to think about is can I be a role

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I score and I'm the goalie. But some teammates

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Speaker 3: Think about one thing that you do well, so when

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Speaker 3: and they see your strategy and you share it with them.

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Speaker 1: I can't wait to try that left footed goalie. To

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Speaker 1: and play with your heart. Got it, Thanks Emily and Alexa.

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Speaker 1: I like to paint and draw with my friends. How

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Speaker 3: When I think about someone that's an artist, like my daughter,

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Speaker 3: if you want to have a group of artists, then

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Speaker 3: why don't you think about organizing an art show and

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Speaker 1: Oh wow, an art show that sounds fun. My neighbor

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Speaker 1: I'll paint posters and put them around town.

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Speaker 3: But don't forget about the other artists. As a leader,

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Speaker 3: all so that if you makes everyone feel included.

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Speaker 1: The project should feel like we instead of me exactly.

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Speaker 3: You want to be the boss without being as.

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Speaker 1: be a principal of a school, it's great to practice

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Speaker 2: It's so fun to learn what you can be growing up,

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