Dr. Rich McGrath

School Administrators of Iowa recognized Dr. Richard McGrath as one of the leading elementary school principals in Iowa in 2011. Dr. McGrath’s passion is to ensure that all children are reading at grade level or better. McGrath has served as principal in a diverse school district in Iowa for nearly a decade.

School Administrators of Iowa recognized Dr. Richard McGrath as one of the leading elementary school principals in Iowa in 2011. Dr. McGrath’s passion is to ensure that all children are reading at grade level or better. McGrath has served as principal in a diverse school district in Iowa for nearly a decade.

The third episode of Dr. McGrath’s Edu-Chat focuses on Principals as Lead Learners. In the conversation, Dr. Rich McGrath spoke with elementary school principal, Dawn Stansbury about the importance of principals to model and fully demonstrate competency and strategy understanding. Dr. McGrath explained, “We wanted to capture conversations among leading education experts on a wide variety of subjects, so these brief, three-minute chats, will allow other education thought leaders to engage in an ongoing dialog about what is new and what is news in the education environment. It is part of a passionate commitment to bringing the conversation of learning into the mainstream.”

The second episode of Dr. McGrath’s Edu-Chat focuses on Teachers as strategic thinkers. In the conversation Dr. Rich McGrath spoke with Diane Fleming, a seasoned professional TAG teacher, about getting teachers to understand that they are strategic thinkers. Dr. McGrath explained, “We wanted to capture conversations among leading education experts on a wide variety of subjects, so these brief, three-minute chats, will allow other education thought leaders to engage in an ongoing dialog about what is new and what is news in the education environment. It is part of a passionate commitment to bringing the conversation of learning into the mainstream.”

The second episode of Dr. McGrath’s Edu-Chat focuses on Teaches as strategic thinkers. In the conversation Dr. Rich McGrath spoke with Diane Fleming, a seasoned professional TAG teacher, about getting teachers to understand that they are strategic thinkers.

Dr. McGrath suggested in a recent blog that No Child Left Behind means that data integrity is urgently required because achievement gaps impact children of poverty.

Dr. Rich McGrath is an expert in all phases of education, particularly versed in school-wide reform of inner city schools; with experience leading a school of students with over 90% poverty and over 60% English Language Learners.

Dr. Rich McGrath is an expert in all phases of education, particularly versed in school-wide reform of inner city schools; with experience leading a school of students with over 90% poverty and over 60% English Language Learners.

Dr. Rich McGrath is an expert in all phases of education, particularly versed in school-wide reform of inner city schools; with experience leading a school of students with over 90% poverty and over 60% English Language Learners.

Anyone who has learned a second language fluently reports the biggest impact on language acquisition was being forced to speak it. Ironically, production is the one of the last aspects of language automaticity to develop, yet most critical. Dr. Rich McGrath (drrichmcgrath.com) is an expert in all phases of education, particularly versed in school-wide reform of inner city schools; with experience leading a school of students with over 90% poverty and over 60% English Language Learners.