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.PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP
How school districts and states are trying to attract teachers during the pandemic
ABC
Alarms about teacher shortages predate the pandemic. According to the Institute of Education Sciences, recent studies have "suggested a large decrease over the past decade in enrollment in teacher preparation programs, an important source of teacher supply, and projected a substantial national teacher shortage over the next decade."
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Teacher apprenticeship: What is it and why now?
New America
So-called degree apprenticeships are relatively uncommon in the U.S. apprenticeship system, but are a promising model for providing structured, low-cost training for occupations that require associate and bachelor’s degrees, including a high number of in-demand positions in fields like education and healthcare.
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Districts are raising wages to fix shortages. Is it sustainable?
Education Week
School districts are rushing to raise wages for non-teaching positions like bus drivers, substitute teachers, teacher aides, cafeteria workers, and custodians, teeing up dilemmas for administrators and school business officials as they try to meet workers’ needs.
Increasing wages during the school year can cause headaches for school administrators, who suddenly have to find room in their tight annual budgets for unexpected expenses.
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How to lead with empathy
Edutopia
Empathetic leadership, born from an authentic understanding of teachers’ needs, is an essential component of expert school leadership. It’s a mindset that principals and teachers say should inform decision-making and help establish a schoolwide culture of purpose and respect.
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Teachers get top marks for handling of pandemic: Survey
U.S. News & World Report
Parents overwhelmingly back decisions public school leaders are making to navigate the pandemic and give teachers top marks, according to new polling that also shows perceptions of teachers unions are at a record-high despite the disruptions so far this school year.
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Providing equitable opportunities for English learners to participate in rigorous grade-level content begins with understanding where they are at so educators can build on their strengths. During this webinar, you'll explore the role of assessment in supporting ELs within an MTSS alongside challenges and solutions. Tune in for expert guidance.
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Tutoring partnerships take shape to address learning loss
K-12 Dive
Cardona advised in a speech Thursday that districts should aim to provide tutoring 30 minutes per day, three times a week to students who fell behind due to COVID-19 disruptions. This kind of individualized tutoring has often been out of reach for lower-income students, but districts and states are now looking at models to provide tutoring for all students by tapping into the $122.7 billion in education pandemic relief under the American Rescue Plan.
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How teachers can support students experiencing homelessness
We Are Teachers
It's a heartbreaking fact that over 1.5 million public school students are experiencing homelessness in the U.S., according to the latest statistics. That means, at some point during an educator’s career, it's likely they will have a student in their class who is affected by these circumstances.
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3 alternatives to assigning detention
Edutopia
Detention is not an effective discipline tool for some students, and in fact it might increase the recurrence of negative behavior. Detention and other punitive measures, like suspensions and expulsions, can contribute to other issues, such as recidivism among students, despite harsher or longer punishments. These measures have the potential to increase apathy and defiance. They can jeopardize teachers’ and staff’s efforts to build relationships and trust. Finally, they can have a negative effect on a student’s academic performance.
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What is transitional kindergarten?
U.S. News & World Report
If your child is too advanced for preschool but not quite ready for kindergarten — perhaps because of a fall birthday — transitional kindergarten may be a solution. Pioneered in California, where the state has made transitional kindergarten universally available (although not required), it's an idea that is gaining momentum nationwide, says Elizabeth DeWitt, a senior professional learning curriculum specialist at Learning Without Tears in Maryland.
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As school communities have struggled to address the mental health needs of their students, the focus has been on treatment. Understandable.
However, we can start proactively helping our students in elementary school. Brain-based mental health literacy & resilience training provide strong Tier 1 support.
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.EDUCATION POLICY
Congressional Democrats target bans on teaching about racism in schools
U.S. News & World Report
The legislation itself has the modest goal of directing some $10 million a year over five years to the National Museum of African American History and Culture, which would in turn use the funds to develop and make available high-quality teaching materials related to teaching African American history, provide professional development for early childhood, elementary and secondary teachers, establish a teacher fellowship program and engage with local and state leaders interested in incorporating the museum’s resources into their curriculum.
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.SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY
Creating a culture of innovation at schools
Tech & Learning
School leaders need to be constantly evaluating their programs and practices, looking at what’s working and what’s not, and updating accordingly. They also should actively foster a school culture and climate that permits and encourages innovation.
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5 ways to help teachers with tech right now
We Are Teachers
When it comes to planning teacher professional development, says Judy Bowling, media and technology coordinator with Livonia Public Schools in Livonia, MI, this school year has been challenging. In previous years, district leaders would have used substitutes to free teachers for school day professional development or provided learning opportunities after school hours. This year, those options aren’t available; there is a sub shortage, teachers are burned out, and they may not be comfortable with in-person professional development.
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How to introduce new tech in districts, without tech burnout
EdTech Magazine
In the wake of this implementation pace, educators and students may be on the verge of tech burnout: a state of digital fatigue that can generate negative effects ranging from mental exhaustion to reduced productivity and disengagement.
Tech use alone, though, often isn’t the main cause of tech burnout, according to Akilah Willery, a Texas-based K–12 education strategist for CDW•G.
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Why I'm hopeful we can narrow the digital divide in education
Forbes
The "digital divide," the gap between those who have access to computers and the internet and those who do not, has been with us for decades and has seemed intractable. But as we begin a new year, I'm hopeful that new programs can help open doors of opportunity for those who have been left behind in the past.
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.PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
A 5-step plan to improve professional learning in your school
EdSurge
For those who have been educators for any length of time, I’m sure this is a familiar scenario. The question is, why do we allow it to happen? It's up to those of us in leadership positions to prevent this. We must commit to creating meaningful, purposeful professional learning experiences for our educators.
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Learn tips and strategies to deliver inspired feedback, master MTSS, and create a culture and curriculum that’s inclusive and effective for every learner. Bestselling author Katie Novak (Innovate Inside the Box and UDL Now!) and Mike Woodlock show you how. Order A UDL Playbook for School and District Leaders today!
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How to assess inclusiveness in teaching
EdSurge
There is a key difference between an educator saying they want to meet the needs of diverse learners and that instructor actually taking the actions that would meet that goal.
The first step in making this goal of reaching diverse learners is to reflect on what it means to be inclusive in teaching, and letting that guide our teaching.
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7 attention-getters to use instead of raising your voice
Edutopia
For many new teachers, classroom management can be one of the biggest obstacles to achieving success.
Without a toolbox of strategies to get students’ attention, raising your voice may feel like the only option when students are engaged in a loud activity or simply not meeting expectations.
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.EDUCATION RESEARCH
We are losing a generation
Brookings Institute
Governments across the globe will spend about $5 trillion on K-12 education this year. But unless they get all children and young people back to school, keep them in class, and recover the central elements of learning, this generation could lose two or three times that amount in wages.
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Empower your teachers with exciting new virtual STEAM-powered classes, clubs and workshops at award-winning Stepping Stones Museum for Children. The Stepping Stones Studio makes it easy to inspire and delight young learners with a celebrated lineup of play-filled, brain-building educational offerings now accessible to everyone, everywhere. “This is the most wonderful hands-on experience for children! The Traveling Seeds workshop was extraordinary. The students were engaged and learned a lot. I enjoyed watching the children play and learn at the same time,” a 1st grade teacher, Norwalk Public Schools, Norwalk CT. Click the link here for detailed information: https://www.steppingstonesmuseum.org/app/uploads/2021/12/21-School-and-Groups-Flyer-VIRTUAL-120821.pdf
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5 popular reading programs may be harmful to children
Psychology Today
A debate is raging over five major reading programs in America said to be incompatible with cognitive science. The crux of the matter is that these expensive, taxpayer-funded programs all emerged out of a discredited theory of reading methodology that has dominated reading curricula and teaching practice for three decades.
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.IN THE STATES
Governors in 4 states plan for end to school mask mandates
Associated Press
The decisions in Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey and Oregon were announced as state and local governments grapple with which virus restrictions to jettison and which ones to keep in place. The changes also come amid a growing sense that the virus is never going to go away and Americans need to find a way to coexist with it.
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Denver special education evaluations plummet during pandemic
Chalkbeat
Statewide, initial evaluations fell by about 16% and similarly have not recovered. That means 4,200 fewer children across Colorado were evaluated in 2019-20 than in 2018-19.
If children don’t get evaluated in a timely manner and start getting services, they can fall even further behind, lengthening the time it takes to catch up and affecting their self-esteem.
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.ASSOCIATION NEWS
Explore the stories we tell ourselves
NAESP
We rely on stories to make sense of the world and our place in it. But how often do we stop to reflect where these stories came from or whether what we’re telling ourselves is true? In this webinar, explore the relationship between implicit biases and stereotypes. Through facilitated self-reflection and group discussion, consider how the stories we tell ourselves can spark connection and create blind spots, even when we have the best intentions.
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Prioritizing PSEL in pandemic-era education
NAESP
Because of the pandemic, social injustice, and increased demands to address inequity, school leaders entered into a new era of education that led to likely permanent changes to the principal profession and new demands on them as they support their students and staff.
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