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School Leaders Now
Staff meetings are an essential part of your toolbox as an administrator. Making a meeting great is an art you can master by using careful timing, considered curation and thoughtful cues. This work starts with recognizing the power of the sticking to a relevant staff meeting agenda. Your typical agenda with its 5 or 6 bullet points for discussion might never even be opened. Instead think of the agenda as a contract between you and your staff members. In the contract, you set forth the terms of the meeting, and in return for engagement, you promise to keep the meeting on topic and on time.
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Education World
All senior educators are very concerned about the tremendous need for new and better principals. Different strategies are in place to fill vacancies in the principalship. Principals can be developed from the existing ranks of educators, hired from outside the education field or through a combination of both. To meet the immediate needs, most school districts want to grow their own principals. Many districts will hire from outside their districts but there can be a learning curve involved. Growing your own almost ensures a good basic knowledge of the schools, policies, communities, etc.
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Leadership Freak
You have a small bucket of remarkable strengths, a large bucket of average strengths, and a huge bucket of weaknesses. The good news is 70 percent of leaders survive their weaknesses. "30 percent of all the leaders we've studied have at least one fatal flaw." Zenger and Folkman
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MiddleWeb (commentary)
Jenny Grant Rankin, a contributor for MiddleWeb, writes: "You're entering the final stretch of teaching your 2017-2018 classes. The school year is more than halfway through, winter vacation breaks are over, and you might find yourself feeling the aches of burnout. Whether you are a new teacher or a veteran teacher, this is the time of year when a second wind can be a lifesaver. It is not too late to reassess your habits and processes in order to do a burnout-fighting spring cleaning."
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Inc.
A quick Google search of the word leadership gave me about 376 million results. And while it wouldn't give me the total for "leadership books" (if anyone knows, leave it in the comments), the same search on Amazon landed me with more than 100,000 possibilities. With endless resources, the question of the day is "How do you define great leadership?" While I've read my fair share of books, I can confidently say that it boils down to this: Great leadership is about serving others.
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Education DIVE
Every year, the Council of Chief State School Officers recognizes a National Teacher of the Year for going above and beyond in and out of the classroom, impacting the profession not just within their districts but in state and national policy. This year's four finalists include New Jersey Teacher of the Year Amy T. Andersen, an American Sign Language teacher; Department of Defense Education Activity Teacher of the Year Kara Ball, a STEM educator; Ohio Teacher of the Year Jonathan Juravich, who teaches art; and Washington Teacher of the Year Mandy Manning, who teaches English and math to immigrant and refugee students.
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Education Week (commentary)
Jill Berkowicz and Ann Myers, a contributor for Education Week, writes: "We begin writing this particular blog with a usual opening. Schools are busy places where dynamic activity demands complex decisions at warp speed. Leaders want to do their best for their teachers and their students. Teachers want to do their best for their students. Surely there are those who don't meet those expectations and others who may not try. We all know how exciting schools are. Learning environments are dynamic with more moving parts than can be counted."
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By: Alok Trivedi (commentary)
 Entering the world of business means you must step up your leadership game. Great leaders take years to develop their skills. Throughout their journey, they put ambition to the test. Leadership is a skill just like juggling or speaking another language. It takes hard work and constant refinement to remain skilled at the craft. The following five tips can help you develop and refine your business leadership skills.
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Politico
The Trump administration has overhauled the rules for investigating discrimination in the nation's schools in a way that the Education Department says will boost efficiency but advocates fear will weaken enforcement of civil rights. The new guidelines are the latest in a series of actions under the direction of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos that have led civil rights groups and Democrats to blast the Trump administration for "diminishing" civil rights enforcement — a major focus of former President Barack Obama’s Education Department.
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THE Journal
In spite of research showing that school funding leads to better outcomes for students during their school years and afterward, a new report finds dramatic unevenness among education funding across states. New York and Alaska, for example, spend more than 2.5 times what Arizona and Idaho spend. There's been no improvement since the end of the "great recession" in those states that don't provide additional funding to districts with high student poverty.
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The Hechinger Report
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says she first became passionate about school choice after visiting a private school in Michigan that provided scholarships to low-income students. Although the scholarships gave students a "chance to succeed and thrive," she knew that for every student who received a scholarship, "there were others stuck in schools not meeting their needs," she said in a speech this March. She added, "The realization of this injustice moved me to get involved."
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Education Week
The shooting that left 17 high school students and staff members dead in Parkland, Florida, has supercharged debate in state capitals over what policymakers should do to enhance school safety. But governors and legislators are confronting — once again — the political and logistical hurdles to swift action on school security. Since the 1999 Columbine High School shooting in Colorado, state and local politicians have enacted a range of laws to address school security. Additional legislation followed the 2012 school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.
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EdTech Magazine
Modern learning spaces can have a big impact on both students and teachers. However, they require holistic planning in order to be successful. In CDW's modern learning environment engagements with numerous school districts across the country, the following best practices have emerged.
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The Washington Post
The Chicago Board of Education voted to close four South Side high schools and one elementary school and build a new $85 million high school — despite fierce opposition from the community and education activities. Five years ago, Chicago officials closed nearly 50 public schools in a move that drew widespread protests from the community. Community members are angry again at the prospect of new closures, saying the plan will hurt black students from low-income families — who will be sent to other schools — while the newly built school will primarily benefit white students.
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Education Week
Sandy Hook taught the nation that little children could become gun violence victims in their classrooms. It taught us, or it at least showed us, that teachers, school psychologists and school leaders could be killed in schools as well. School leaders began to respond with preparation in securing facilities, training staff and student drills, in building relationships with law enforcement, and in bringing community mental health agencies into schools. The leadership of the response was mostly that of proactive school leaders with little help from legislatures to initiate prevention strategies.
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The Hechinger Report
Just like athletes become stronger under the guidance of a good coach, so do teachers. There are many ways to design a coaching program, but the general idea is that a veteran educator observes a teacher in the classroom and then gives constructive feedback on issues ranging from managing student misbehavior to framing open-ended questions that push students to think harder. The teacher then tries to incorporate what the coach suggests and the cycle of observation and feedback repeats. The number of sessions and frequency vary.
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Edutopia
New teachers have a lot to be excited about. They've embarked on a fantastic journey of meeting students, creating lesson plans and beginning an extremely meaningful career. On the downside, one aspect of teaching that causes more dread than excitement for early career teachers is grading. Grading is a cumbersome task for all teachers, but for early career teachers it can be debilitating. We know we need to give timely and relevant feedback, and we know grading is important, but how can we make the process easier on ourselves? These are some tricks of the trade that may help new teachers struggling with grading.
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The Hechinger Report
Children are capable of understanding science, technology, engineering and math concepts when they are less than a year old but these skills must be developed intentionally, according to a new report released by The Center for Childhood Creativity at the Bay Area Discovery Museum. The authors of "The Roots of STEM Success" reviewed more than 150 studies and found that kids capable of developing complex thinking skills before they are even verbal. The report also found that different types of play are essential for developing skills critical for STEM fields, like curiosity, questioning and analysis.
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Edutopia (commentary)
Jessica Hamman, a contributor for Edutopia, writes: "The first time I met my adult student Mary, she was skeptical but desperate. She was a treasured bus driver for the local school district and had recently received word that the route she had driven for 20 years was about to change. She would have to navigate a new route filled with unfamiliar street signs. Mary had come to the literacy council where I worked to confront the secret she had kept for decades from coworkers, friends and family: She couldn't read."
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By: Savanna Flakes (commentary)
 Chronic or persistent stress can impact a child's developing brain and has been linked in numerous studies to a variety of high-risk behaviors, chronic diseases and negative health outcomes in adulthood, such as smoking, diabetes and heart disease. We need to become trauma-informed educators and use a multisystem approach to support students who have experienced trauma, even if we don't know who they are.
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MindShift
Cameron is no ordinary dog, and not just because he was born on Valentine's Day. To Maggie, a first-grader at Burgundy Farm Country Day School, the Labrador/terrier mix with chestnut-brown eyes and "really fluffy" black hair who spends most days on campus is more like a friend. When Cameron is near, Maggie feels "really, really, happy," she said. "I feel safe around him," she added. "He'll lay down and ask me to scratch his tummy," she explained, because Cameron likes Maggie.
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eSchool News
Early intervention: It's a common mantra for any student with learning difficulties, including dyslexia. But as Terrie Noland, national director of educator engagement for Learning Ally, pointed out in a recent edWebinar, those services are not consistently available to students across the United States. In "Dyslexia: Hidden Costs and Money-Saving Techniques for Districts," Noland makes a case for front-loading the funding to shrink the learning gap at an earlier age and offers cost-effective solutions to help students engage in their education.
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Edutopia
Back in 2012, the idea for Code.org was just a glimmer in Hadi Partovi's eye. He was already a successful entrepreneur — Partovi was part of the founding team that sold voice recognition pioneer Tellme Networks to Microsoft in 2007—but he was looking for something more meaningful as his next step.
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By: Douglas Magrath (commentary)
 Knowledge of basic linguistic principles should include dialects — both L1 and L2. Learners at the higher levels need to know that they will encounter different dialects as they interact with native speakers. An understanding of linguistics will enhance one's ability to teach and develop materials for ESL learners. Understanding dialects will help instructors as they deal with the different varieties of English as well as the home languages of their students.
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Digital Journal
A veteran educator and principal, Swirsky shared some of the most useful apps that he uses for his job, in an effort to work more efficiently. Regarding the impact of technology in the field of education, Swirsky said, "I never would have predicted that students as young as age seven would be creating 3-dimensional designs using CAD (computer-aided design) software and printing out their designs using 3D printers."
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Chalkbeat
The lights were dimmed low in the high-ceilinged auditorium of Denver's Doull Elementary School, where 13 barefoot students sat cross-legged on yoga mats arranged in a wide circle. Their instructor, Trini Heffron, asked them a question: "What is yoga about?" An older boy raised his hand. "I think yoga is about getting calm and chill," he said.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
The House of Delegates approved a bill to expand recess in Virginia elementary schools. The chamber voted 98-2 to approve Senate Bill 273 from Sen. Chap Petersen, D-Fairfax City, which would allow recess in elementary schools to be counted as instructional time. Currently, local school boards must allot a set amount of classroom instructional time each year, and recess does not count toward that time.
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The Garden City Telegram
Parents of students enrolled in Garden City public schools are about to get access to a new way of tracking their children, if that access isn't already available to them. USD 457 is piloting a new system that will help parents and faculty members keep track of kids using the district's bus system. To get the ball rolling, the program launched in January at Garden City High School, Kenneth Henderson Middle School, Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center, and Plymell Elementary School. The idea is to get the bugs out of the program now before doing a complete rollout in the fall 2018 semester.
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NAESP
Traditionally, conversation as more than an afterthought to a principal's evaluation has been fairly uncommon. In situations where summative mid- and end-of-year evaluations were the norm, principals most often learned they were doing either a good job or a not-so-good-job. And best of luck with that.
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NAESP
Don't miss out on the great speakers, informative sessions, and networking with colleagues. The NAESP Conference experience is like no other. Visit NAESP's Pre-K–8 Principals Conference website to learn the latest news and see who will be there.
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