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.PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP
New research points to a looming principal shortage
Wallace Foundation
Teacher burnout and shortages have been making headlines for months now as schools have struggled to adequately staff their classrooms. But what about the school leaders who are managing the constant changes and crises, and facing sometimes hostile criticism of their decision making? Turns out they’re not immune to the burnout their colleagues are reporting, and experts say the fallout could severely impact the principal pipeline for years to come.
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Schools may drop masks when COVID risk is low or medium, CDC says
The 74
The change comes as part of a wider reconfiguration in COVID policy now recommended by the CDC, easing masking guidelines for most Americans. Rather than using community case rates as the sole metric to determine risk levels, the agency will now use a new formula that also takes COVID hospitalizations and hospital capacity into account.
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5 tips for one-way masking in schools
Tech & Learning
More states, districts, and schools are ending mask mandates. However, despite these changes, some educators and students are choosing to continue wearing masks, even when others go unmasked.
Linsey Marr, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech and a leading authority on airborne viruses, discusses best practices for one-way masking.
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Can a principal also be an instructional coach?
MiddleWeb
A prevailing myth in education is that formal school leaders cannot also coach teachers.
I’ve heard this from multiple educators. "How can you be an evaluator and also support teaching and learning?"is a common question. The myth persists because for a long time supervision and evaluation have been a sole responsibility within instructional leadership.
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Home visits give educators and families time to connect
K-12 Dive
Parent Teacher Home Visits is an optional program for both educators and families. Although many teachers, especially those in early elementary grades, make home visits before the school year to welcome children and their parents, this is a specific program with five core practices.
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We must transform how schools address barriers to learning
EdSource (Commentary)
Some schools also are trying to meet the needs of more students by expanding and integrating services in the context of the community school initiative; some are enhancing their focus on social and emotional learning and mental health education. Such improvements are relevant, but they fall far short of significantly reducing the problems teachers encounter every day.
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Better teacher feedback can happen outside of the evaluation process
Brookings Institute
Over the last decade, nearly every state in the U.S. implemented major reforms to its teacher evaluation systems. These reforms sought to use evaluation for two purposes: 1) to inform personnel decisions, such as rewarding highly effective teachers and removing ineffective ones, and 2) to provide feedback to teachers to help them improve their practice. The idea was appealing — two birds, one stone.
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Reimagining gifted education and special education
Psychology Today
Optimal Match is a perspective on education wherein each child — across all profiles of abilities and/or disabilities — is provided with learning opportunities that challenge them and also give them the right kinds of guidance and support, so they can learn as well as possible, and feel good about themselves at home and at school.
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Where do IEPs stand two years into COVID?
eSchool News
Now that students have generally returned to their school buildings, educators are preparing for customary IEP reviews and progress reports. However, they are likely juggling a caseload that includes students who were not able to get IEPs during remote learning, not to mention a backlog of new IEP referrals that stacked up while our students have been transitioning between in-person, remote and hybrid situations.
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With no one-size-fits-all literacy approach, educators rely on variety of approaches
K-12 Dive
Experts have linked students' future educational success to their ability to read at grade level by the end of the 3rd grade. But when it comes to literacy strategy, there isn't a specific model or one-size-fits-all approach that works for every learner. Instead, teachers and curriculum designers can investigate multiple options, seeding them throughout lesson plans.
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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
Challenges to anti-CRT, LGBTQ laws grow
K-12 Dive
Challenges are spreading on the local level, tailored to the circumstances — such as how, why and at what level of government the prohibition was passed — surrounding the bans and their content.
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.SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY
Reversing digital disruption for students
Tech & Learning
Students struggle with digital disruptions affecting everything from their health to sleep to school performance. Schools can help families understand that there are solutions to these problems. Taking everything away from children when distraction becomes destructive is not a viable long-term solution as it can result in kids finding their own ways to steal moments to be connected, further exacerbating the problem.
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Using STEAM activities across the curriculum to boost engagement
Edutopia
At a time in their lives when they are exploring meaning and purpose, craving social acceptance, and seeking opportunities for agency, many middle school students find themselves in classrooms that are centered on grades, compliance, and independent work. However, STEAM activities can provide opportunities to meet their early adolescent needs with rigor, relevance, and responsiveness.
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4 ways to make STEM classrooms more inclusive
Edutopia
Early in my career as an elementary school science teacher, I would spend hours searching for posters for my classroom’s walls. I wanted students of all races, genders, and faith traditions to see themselves in those images and to draw inspiration from them. One of my favorites featured Michael Jordan in his No. 23 Chicago Bulls jersey, accompanied by a quote explaining how his “failures” made him a better player.
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What can Minecraft offer in non-STEM education? Plenty, according to a new study
Science Alert
It's not hard to imagine how the logic-based mechanics of Minecraft's construction system could help teach knowledge and practical skills in fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
But whether there's room to cover more nuanced, theoretical matters in other disciplines, such as history or humanities, remains something of an open question.
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.PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
New teachers need experienced mentors
Chalkbeat
During my first year, my mentor teacher was my teammate, and although she helped me through that pivotal time, she was not given the tools or resources to be a true mentor. She was a sounding board for my ideas, an empathetic ear, and showed me how to do things like book field trips or request a guest teacher. However, because she was never trained to be a mentor and taught different subjects than I did, we didn’t have routine meetings to focus on my professional goals. The leadership team at my school observed me twice and only gave feedback on my instruction once. It was not enough for me to grow authentically as a teacher.
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Teachers abandon letter grades in search of a fairer way
Washington Post
Sixteen-year-old Sam Luo nearly panicked when he learned about his Advanced Placement English Language teacher's grading system at his California high school. Gone was the 100-point system he knew well. Homework, extra credit, behavior — they would no longer count.
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.EDUCATION RESEARCH
How teachers enter the profession affects how long they stay on the job
The Conversation
Two major factors matter when it comes to predicting how long a new teacher will stay on the job – how they got certified and the kind of school where they first teach.
As researchers who study the job market for new teachers, we recently published these findings based on our study of 175,664 new teachers in Texas from 2000 to 2015 in Education Policy.
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.IN THE STATES
.ASSOCIATION NEWS
Voting now open in the 2022 NAESP Vice Presidential Election
NAESP
The NAESP Vice President Election is open from March 1 - March 11, 2022. On March 1, eligible voters should have received an email with a customized link to cast their vote. For more information on the voting process and candidates, visit naesp.org/election.
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Proposed resolutions to platform approved by NAESP Board of Directors
NAESP
The NAESP Platform serves as the statement of beliefs for the Association and its members: elementary and middle-level principals. It consists of a summary of all resolutions adopted by business meetings, and since 1974, by delegate assemblies. The Platform is reviewed and updated annually and submitted to the board of directors in spring.
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