Developing relational trust between principals and teachers, leading to risk-taking and growth. Consultant/Trainer/Speaker. Author of Trust-Based Observations
Tacoma, WA
Joined August 2020
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Join me in congratulating Kim Newell and Yakima School District #7 our 2024 TBO Free Week of Training contest winner!!
Want to learn more? Go to: trustbased.com/#book
Great leaders build trust, not fear.
When teachers feel safe to take risks, innovation and growth thrive.
Learn how TBO transforms schools: trustbased.com
📅 Book a quick, no-pressure discovery call today.
Observation shouldn’t feel like a performance.
It should feel like leadership. Like trust. Like growth.
✅ No scores
✅ No scripts
✅ No “gotchas”
Just real conversations that help teachers thrive.
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When teachers prep for walkthroughs with hand signals and “super lessons,” we’ve lost the plot.
Observations should build trust—not just check boxes.
Let’s fix it.
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People don’t like being told what to do.
That’s why:
“I have a suggestion—would you like to hear?”
= huge.
It’s one small piece of a bigger trust-building system.
If this shifts everything, imagine a whole model built on it.
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What if observation wasn’t about compliance—but about cultivating greatness?
Too often, our systems push teachers into survival mode. But greatness can’t be forced—it grows in cultures rooted in trust.
That’s the heart of Trust-Based Observations.
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If Hattie’s highest effect size is collective teacher efficacy,
but our eval systems lower self-efficacy
How will we ever get there?
Observations must build trust—not anxiety.
🎙 w/ [@DarrinMPeppard] on Lean Into Leadership
#TBO #TeacherSupport #EdLeadership #CollectiveEfficacy
Craig Randall retweeted
Trust-Based Observations: Leadership that builds trust → teaching that transforms students. #TBO #SchoolLeadership #TeacherSupport #EdChat
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“The job of a school leader isn’t to fix teachers. It’s to unleash them.”
Lead with trust. Build people up. Watch your whole school thrive.
#TrustBasedObservations #EdLeadership #TrustMatters #TeacherEmpowerment
“The job of a school leader isn’t to fix teachers. It’s to unleash them.”
Lead with trust. Build people up. Watch your whole school thrive.
#TrustBasedObservations #EdLeadership #TrustMatters #TeacherEmpowerment
Trust-Based Observations: Leadership that builds trust → teaching that transforms students. #TBO #SchoolLeadership #TeacherSupport #EdChat
If Hattie’s highest effect size is collective teacher efficacy,
but our eval systems lower self-efficacy
How will we ever get there?
Observations must build trust—not anxiety.
🎙 w/ [@DarrinMPeppard] on Lean Into Leadership
#TBO #TeacherSupport #EdLeadership #CollectiveEfficacy
What if observation wasn’t about compliance—but about cultivating greatness?
Too often, our systems push teachers into survival mode. But greatness can’t be forced—it grows in cultures rooted in trust.
That’s the heart of Trust-Based Observations.
Want to lead to so you create "collective teacher efficacy," Hattie's largest effect size (1.57 with anything over.40 being substantial), and create a culture of trust? Go to [trustbased.com/#boo to learn more.
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So happy to hear that Trust-Based Observations resonated with you @StamStam193 . Next step: getting your principals trained.
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Loved this convo about an alternative to traditional observations. 9 steps - ACTIONABLE steps. I would love to be given an actionable step to improve in my teaching that is observed and followed up on! @GTavernetti podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
The reflective conversations are where the trust building magic happens—all the specific actions, “the how’s” that build trust between observer and teacher.
Trust-Based Observations include reflective conversations. @TrustbasedCraig
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Quick reminder for early planners:
TBO training bookings for 2025/2026 are open!
🌿 Early bird runs through May 15.
If building trust is a goal, let’s talk.
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Thanks for having me on the podcast @GTavernetti! I’m grateful for the opportunity and I thoroughly enjoyed the conversation.
On how to build trust with teachers: Do not give a teacher any suggestions for improvement before you have observed that teacher 4 times. @TrustbasedCraig @jethrojones @MrZachG
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On how to build trust with teachers: Do not give a teacher any suggestions for improvement before you have observed that teacher 4 times. @TrustbasedCraig @jethrojones @MrZachG
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Craig Randall discusses Trust-Based Observations, the book and the work. This Wednesday on Better Teaching: Only Stuff That Works. @TrustbasedCraig @MrZachG @jethrojones
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