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.PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP
Bracing for whiplash: Helping your team build resilience for the uncertainty to come
Tech & Learning
At the start of the 2020-2021 school year, many districts had plans to return fully in-person before December. Now, with cases surging across the country and full vaccination still months away, alternative plans have been deployed. Regardless of your district's current trajectory, there are strategies that can be used to support a smooth transition across any modality.
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COVID cases among teachers appear to be rising. What does that mean?
Chalkbeat
In New York, Texas and a slice of the rest of the country where data is available, teachers and other staff where school buildings are open have higher COVID infection rates than their surrounding communities. Critically, the data does not show whether teachers caught the virus in schools, or offer definitive answers about the risks of school reopening.
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Forever changed: Education predictions for 2021
THE Journal
2020 packed a wallop unlike any other period in living memory. The pain is still with us — and will continue to be for a long time. But the start of this new year brings an opportunity for us to renew our hope and energy. How will that play out for K-12 education, especially in the area of technology? We turned to a number of education leaders to find out what they expect — or look forward to — in 2021. Here's what they told us.
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6 simple steps for parents and teachers to maximize learning during COVID's second wave
The 74
As we stare down the barrel of a second wave of school closures, we know one thing for certain: There's no going around parents. Teachers must work with them and through them, or children will fall further behind with every passing day. The bad news? Most teachers and parents are ill-prepared to collaborate. This became painfully apparent last spring. The good news? There is a simple process through which educators and families can team up to help kids reach learning goals.
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Building the toolkit for paraprofessional success
By Savanna Flakes (commentary)
 Paraprofessionals — you are kind of a big deal! You use your talents to inspire and to encourage students to discover their own strengths. Your role is unique, and with limited time to plan with collaborating teachers, you passionately meet the needs of many students. This article is for you, with the goal of strengthening your toolkit. I've compiled a list of practices under three critical elements of this dynamic role: knowing thy student(s), collecting data, and facilitating student independence.
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With the pandemic shining new light on early childhood educators, proponents look to 'radical' changes
EdSurge
Along with Dolly Parton, good weather, well-stocked toilet paper aisles and the "stop video" function on Zoom, the pandemic has brought a newfound appreciation — reverence, even — for early childhood educators. Families, fellow educators and the general public have begun to see just how integral child care professionals are to a smoothly functioning economy, says Ashley LiBetti, associate partner of policy and evaluation at Bellwether Education Partners, a national nonprofit that aims to improve outcomes for underserved children.
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How to deter cheating, test anxiety in remote learning
K-12 DIVE
Keeping cheating in check has become even more challenging during pandemic-era school closures. State assessment and testing officials are concerned, for example, that parental help may skew results. Curriculum Associates, which makes the i-Ready test, found some scores improved when students took exams remotely. Experts caution against using remote testing to establish authentic levels of learning loss.
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5 innovations for shifting toward student-centered learning
District Administration Magazine
The shift to online and hybrid learning, and the ed-tech that comes with it, is giving educators greater opportunities to deliver instruction that is more student-centered, says a new survey. Innovations are emerging that may redefine education, says the Clayton Christensen Institute's "Breaking the Mold" survey. The results provides insights and recommendations for "powering through the pandemic and evolving toward a more student-centered future," wrote the author Thomas Arnett, a senior research fellow in education at the Clayton Christensen Institute.
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How empathy helps bridge generational differences
Harvard Business Review
Mimi Nicklin, a business coach and executive, has seen many leaders blame poor performance and communication on generational differences. But she argues managers should spend less time forcing Millennial and Gen Z employees to conform to company culture and more time on perspective taking and listening. In her experience, practicing empathy can vastly improve team collaboration and lead to better business and individual outcomes.
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5 reasons why good leaders must be great followers
Entrepreneur
"He who cannot be a good follower, cannot be a good leader." Aristotle's old adage has never seemed more prescient. Consider the current COVID crisis: It has taken a pandemic to prove that distant, aloof and larger-than-life leaders are no longer effective. Now more than ever it has become advisable for the modern manager to empathize with, and lend an ear to, those he manages.
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• Solve for digital access issues
• Use for in-person, virtual, and seamless hybrid learning
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8 characteristics of great leadership. How many do you have?
Entrepreneur
Are you wondering how to increase the energy of those around you and encourage your team to go further than they ever thought possible? Amplify your people more than ever before by incorporating empowered leadership into your company ethos — because the more empowered you are as a leader, the more you can inspire and empower your team to reach their fullest potential.
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How to plan simply for 2021
The Lead Change Group
You maybe have not yet set out your goals for 2021, just like any other year. Of course, like 2020, 2021 will not be any other year. In the U.K., we started the year with our third national lockdown. So, these are not ordinary times.
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How to turn negative rumination into useful reflection
Leadership Freak
We all know people who slither down the rabbit hole of bad memories and wriggle out frazzled on the other side. Ruminations shape responses and attitudes. The future reflects the rumination of the present.
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How to effectively give feedback to your boss
Fast Company
Lots of decisions that are made in the workplace have unintended consequences. Adopting a new software system may make some tasks harder to do than they were in the past. Selecting a new preferred vendor may make it harder to reach a sales associate. In each of these situations, it's critical to be able to provide feedback to the decision-makers in a way that will allow you to be heard.
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6 daily habits to instantly spot a great leader
Inc.
You may have heard those words spoken by Democratic congressman Andy Kim, the first Asian American to represent New Jersey in Congress. Kim was referring to the condition of the Capitol Rotunda and the National Statuary Hall, inside the Capitol, when he laid his eyes on it after it was ransacked by Trump supporters.
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Leadershift: Switching gears while staying on course during a crisis
Forbes
When leaders sit around the table building their organization's strategic plan, forecasting a worldwide pandemic is not usually part of the discussion. Why? Well, because most of us think a pandemic would never happen in our lifetime. But it did. And it completely turned our lives upside down. From the way we conduct business to the way we manage staff to the way we lead our organizations, everything has changed.
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Covid-19 spreads indoors via microscopic droplets in the air. Therefore, increasing the rate of ventilation in your classrooms is critical.
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.EDUCATION POLICY
New COVID stimulus package offers schools more funding to innovate
Tech & Learning
As the world learns the details found within the 5,000+ page bill passed by Congress, it looks like stars could be aligning for education leaders to really work on implementing innovative learning models. A $900 Billion package with $54.3 Billion dollars now being allocated for K-12 education down to district and school levels, a new Department of Education Secretary, and an overall consensus that the old system on the whole was not prepared to adequately serve students anytime, anywhere — the environment for change gives a glimmer of hope for what could be for education.
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.SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY
Best laptops for elementary and secondary students
Tech & Learning
The best laptops for students is a relative term as variations in age and studies can mean different students have very different needs. That said, there are plenty of do-it-all laptop options out there. From the best laptop for remote learning to the best laptop for secondary students studying design, there are many choices to consider. Battery life, processing power, screen size, portability and connectivity are just a few features worth keeping in mind.
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Digital teaching and learning in the smartphone era
eSchool News
For much of the past two decades, educators have commonly referred to millennials as "digital natives." Given that they are the first generation to grow up with access to personal computers, the descriptor seemed apt at the time. But today's students–the emerging Generation Z–are demonstrating what it really means to be a true digital native.
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How administrators can support remote SEL
EdTech Magazine
"Maslow before Bloom," the concept of addressing basic human needs before academic learning, is emerging as a mantra in contemporary education — and for good reason. Amid a long-lasting pandemic, a national reckoning with racial injustice, and political polarization, students' social and emotional health is — and should be — a clear priority in education. Supporting children's social-emotional learning is not a new concept for educators, but doing so remotely has presented new challenges. Administrators now have the new task of supporting teachers and students' SEL in an unfamiliar context, and without a playbook for how to do so.
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.PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Do instructional videos work better when the teacher is on screen? It depends.
EdSurge
As the pandemic has forced more teaching online, plenty of instructors have been trying to figure out the best way to keep students' attention and interest with lecture videos or Zoom sessions. Meanwhile, learning scientists have been taking a more clinical approach, using experiments to test the question: How important is it for the teacher to be visible on screen?
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3 practices of resilient teachers during COVID-19
eSchool News
2020 has been a tough year to be a PreK-12 teacher. As spring was beginning with all the promise of the final push of the year, schools nationwide abruptly shut down. Teachers, sometimes over the course of a weekend, had to shift to remote teaching while at the same time navigating their own quarantine experience. Our team of researchers, all former elementary and secondary teachers who are now teacher educators, saw this as a moment in educational history that had to be captured–and so we asked teachers these questions: What are your top 5 issues? How are you problem-solving? On who or what are you relying for help?
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Energizing kids' online learning this term
MiddleWeb
While the news about COVID-19 vaccines is promising, many of our students will continue to learn from home for the next few months or longer. A big question then is this: How do we create and host energizing environments that sustain learning?
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A daily ritual that builds trust and community among students
Edutopia (commentary)
"I dedicate our learning today to my dad. He grew up working class in Baltimore, and when he was your age, his mother was dying of cancer. Every day after school he would have to come home to bathe her and clean her sores. Later, he became the first person in his family to attend medical school, and today he is a leading cancer doctor. He is one of the most humble, hard-working people I know."
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5 engaging activities for virtual classrooms
Teaching Channel
In Drive, Daniel Pink outlines that true motivation comes from having opportunities for autonomy, mastery and purpose. By taking ordinary tasks and transforming them into competitions or captivating stories, we dramatically escalate our students' interest and sense of determination. To keep our students engaged in remote and hybrid learning models, we can invite students to participate in intriguing challenges to drastically heighten their motivation and excitement.
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Creating community by reading aloud
Language Magazine
The COVID-19 pandemic has unearthed so many challenges for our loved ones and our communities. In my work as a literacy advocate, I think about our children who have been so deeply affected by school closures, remote learning, and social isolation. One of the most powerful ways we can bring children together to experience a sense of community during this unprecedented time is through shared stories in the form of reading aloud. And nearly everyone enjoys it—in fact, the Scholastic Kids & Family Reading Report: 7th Edition™ shows that more than 80% of both kids and parents love or like read-aloud time because they consider it a special time together.
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3 ways to make virtual learning more impactful
eSchool News
The pandemic has necessitated the widespread adoption of virtual learning, but if it's going to be a primary and effective learning tool for the foreseeable future, we have some serious work to do. McKinsey reports that studies of current virtual classrooms show that only about 60% of low-income students regularly participate, compared to 90% of high-income students. Similarly, only between 60% and 70% of students in schools that serve predominantly Black and Hispanic students log into online instruction regularly.
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4 tips for blended learning success
eSchool News
This school year (and likely the early part of 2021) continues to look different for each and every school, and even if those schools are in the same district. Despite these differences, we all shared three major challenges: the need to teach both face-to-face and online (sometimes concurrently); collaborate and connect while social distancing; and remain fluid, flexible, and agile in an evolving learning environment.
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.EDUCATION RESEARCH
.IN THE STATES
Amid surges, teachers line up for their vaccines
NPR
Don Brown has been driving a school bus for more than 20 years in the Chicago area. And for all that time, he's noticed one odd student habit. As they climb aboard his bus, "when they get to the top step, they always cough," he says. "This was even before the pandemic! Or, when they get ready to get off, they say 'Bye, bus driver!' and they cough."
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More F's, more worries: Michigan school leaders rethink grading during pandemic
Chalkbeat
Halfway into the school year, Michigan students are failing classes at higher rates, concerning educators who say it's more evidence of the coronavirus's disruption of learning. About 20% of elementary and middle school students and up to 35% of high school students in the Detroit Public Schools Community District failed at least one class in the first quarter. Those rates are about twice the rates of the previous school year, according to district estimates.
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.ASSOCIATION NEWS
Weave a web of expertise
NAESP
Educators are increasingly relying on teams as they discover that traditional methods of problem-solving, decision-making, communication, and implementation are not fast or flexible enough to respond to the challenges of the times. The issue? When things go wrong, many find it easier to "do it themselves," defeating any value that derives from working in groups. And even when things go right, a sharp eye can often discover room for improvement.
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So little time
NAESP
Like educational professionals at all levels, APs have a lot on their plates. Not only are they tasked with supporting the principal in running their buildings, but they also take on specific subsets of school responsibilities by grade level, subject matter and administrative specialty.
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