Jethro Jones
Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, AK
Principal, Tanana Middle School
Fairbanks, AK
Jethro Jones is the Principal of Tanana Middle School, and host of the Transformative Principal Podcast, where he interviews principals, leaders, and influencers who help improve K-12 education throughout the world. While growing up, Jethro attended five elementary schools, a middle school, and three different high schools. This experience instilled a desire to provide the most nimble educational experience possible, so that all students — no matter how long they are at his school, can pursue their own interests and work to their individual potential. Jethro has always pushed the envelope on learning situations. As principal at Kodiak Middle School he implemented a flexible schedule that allowed students to have Tier 2 interventions and enrichments. These complex logistics are facilitated with the Pickr app, which Jethro helped develop to allow continuous adjustments of schedules tailored to meet students’ needs. Jethro has provided simple solutions to complex educational problems as a principal, district coach, library supervisor, and middle school teacher.