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.PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP
President Biden to announce strategy to address our national mental health crisis
White House website
In his first State of the Union, the President will outline a unity agenda consisting of policy where there has historically been support from both Republicans and Democrats, and call on Congress to send bills to his desk to deliver progress for the American people. As part of this unity agenda, he will announce a strategy to address our national mental health crisis.
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How schools can seize a can't-miss chance to strengthen mental health care
District Administration Magazine
Educators must embed mental health into every aspect of the school day to meet student social-emotional needs that have been intensified by the pandemic.
For some communities, COVID was just the latest ordeal in a string of natural disasters, racial injustice and other crises, said Susan Barrett, director for the Center for Social Behavior Support at Old Dominion University, during her Elementary and Secondary Education Act Network conference presentation Friday.
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School counselors and psychologists remain scarce even as needs rise
Education Week
Pine Grove Area High School, located in a small town in eastern Pennsylvania by the same name, closed its school building for the pandemic on Friday the 13th back in March 2020. In the nearly two years since, the social isolation, followed by the carousel of a hybrid schedule and the jolt of returning fully to school in person, has been hard on students’ mental health.
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Boosterthon
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The Daily Mile
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A way to get parents more involved in supporting student mental health
District Administration Magazine
As school leaders contend with a growing K-12 mental health crisis, they may be overlooking a critical ally — parents. And as important as parents are, not all adults are prepared to support children who are struggling with social-emotional distress, says James Mazza, a leading suicidologist and psychology professor at the University of Washington.
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Prioritize educator diversity to address racial injustices
Brookings Institute
As states and districts across the country discuss how to recruit and retain an effective teaching force and begin to prepare for the next school year, they should prioritize having a teaching force that’s representative of the broader demographics of public school students in the United States. For reference, just over 50% of students are from nonwhite racial and ethnic backgrounds, compared to roughly 20% of teachers.
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Grow-your-own teacher pipeline model gains steam
K-12 Dive
Grow-your-own approaches are an increasingly popular teacher pipeline strategy as education leaders work to solve the puzzle of how to address teacher shortages.
These programs vary by district and state, but often provide high school juniors and seniors with dual enrollment opportunities to start gaining college credit toward a teaching degree. The programs then may further financially support those students when they enter colleges of education.
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How leaders can cope with the unexpected
MiddleWeb
Despite the best organization and the use of a schedule, the day may become topsy-turvy at any time. It might be an urgent phone call, a disciplinary crisis, some inappropriate classroom activity, a visit from an upset parent, or the crash of the school’s online learning platform.
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The school nurse shortage is getting worse
Discover Magazine
Almost 60% of schools in the U.S. don't have a full-time nurse, according to a study published in The Journal of School Nursing in 2018. Of these schools, 35% share a part-time nurse with other schools and 25% do not have a nurse on campus at all.
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The science of reading is a powerful lever for equity. Tune in to this on-demand webinar for guidance on implementing the science of reading within an MTSS. You’ll explore effective literacy assessments and the use of systematic and explicit instructional strategies to remove barriers to reading success.
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Student behavior issues call for compassion
Government Technology (Commentary)
As learning loss and behavioral issues have gotten worse over years of disruption to normal classroom routines, the need for educators to model compassion and understanding is greater than ever.
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Leveraging guest speakers to increase student learning
Edutopia
Guest speakers are fundamental in breaking down the barriers of the classroom walls to deepen learning. The experience gives students the opportunity to connect with professionals and create meaningful learning connections. When I plan for a guest speaker to come into my classroom, I see it as an opportunity for students to practice professionalism and critical thinking.
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TEACHER VOICE: Social and emotional learning is helping close equity gaps at my school
Hechinger Report (Commentary)
if you think back to the subjects that caused you the most frustration in school, you will likely recall wishing you were given clear reasons why learning them was important and how they would benefit you in the present or later in life.
Understanding and identifying constructive ways to deal with that frustration and helping students interact with one another respectfully are among the guiding goals behind social emotional learning, or SEL.
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The United States needs bilingual education
High School Insider (Commentary)
Bilingual education is a basic necessity in today’s global society. It’s a form of education in which students need to learn two or more languages. It’s designed to provide dual language programs, in which instruction is given in two languages.
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Don't give up on measuring student growth for 2022 accountability
New America
The U.S. Department of Education has made clear not only that state assessments must be administered as usual this spring, but that the accountability rules of the Every Student Succeeds Act are back in force. This fall, every state will need to dust off its accountability plan and identify its lowest-performing schools for Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) and schools with low-performing groups of students for Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI).
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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
New transparency bills would force teachers to post instructional materials
Washington Post
Lawmakers in at least 17 state capitols and Congress are pushing legislation that would require schools to post all instructional materials online. Their goal, at least in part, is to enable parents who distrust their children’s schools to carefully examine teaching materials — enabling protests or, in some cases, giving people fodder to opt their children out. That includes materials on race and racial equity but also any other topic that might spark disagreement.
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.SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY
10 cool AR and VR tools for the classroom
eSchool News
We all know that augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are super fun, but AR and VR tools can also be incredibly powerful when integrated into classroom learning.
What’s the difference?
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Explaining the difference between HyFlex and hybrid teaching models
EdTech Magazine
While there are differences between the two, HyFlex shares similarities with the hybrid model. In fact, the term "HyFlex" is a combination of the words "hybrid" and "flexible." The HyFlex and hybrid teaching models each provide ways for students to be engaged in lessons, discussions and nonclassroom course activities, both in person and online. However, each model accomplishes this in its own ways.
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Tech leads the way to equitable education for K-12 students
EdTech Magazine
The recent rise in educational technology has allowed K-12 students to become more connected than ever before, despite being physically farther apart. This is partially due to an increased focus on connectivity for students at school and at home, as — even at the state level — leaders are working to get learners online. Additionally, the increase in technology has broken down geographical barriers that formerly determined how students could learn. From virtual field trips to specialized classes, ed tech is taking students all over the world.
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.PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
A collaborative model for professional development
Edutopia
Teachers consistently stated that they wanted something that was collaborative, was relevant to their specific students, allowed them to quickly apply their learning, and was within the school day. Interestingly, all of the research-based practices that we promote for students are really just best practices for learners of all ages, including adults. One way to meet teachers’ requests is called labsite learning.
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How to talk with students about the Russia-Ukraine war: 5 tips
Education Week
The Russian invasion of Ukraine this week is resulting in images in the media of buildings exploding in fire, people bloodied and injured from missile attacks, and fearful children and parents getting in cars and buses to flee to safety. It is difficult to watch but hard to ignore. That is the case for children and teenagers as well as adults.
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Using sketchnoting to support student engagement
Faculty Focus
Student engagement with course content is paramount to their understanding of course topics. However, inspiring students to complete assigned readings or to share ideas during class discussions can be challenging. One strategy to support student engagement is sketchnoting, also known as graphic recording or visual note-taking.
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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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4 practical ways to make instruction accessible for multilingual learners
Edutopia
Designing instruction that is accessible to English learners (ELs), or multilingual learners, is of the utmost importance. It’s simply not enough to make content available to learners. That’s like being given a car but no keys to use it. Equitable instruction is instruction that provides every learner with what they need for academic success.
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.EDUCATION RESEARCH
Classroom reading groups: 5 lessons from recent studies
Education Week
After two years of pandemic disruptions to students’ reading progress, schools nationwide are scrambling for ways to help them progress faster. Small-group instruction in reading is one of the most commonly used approaches to differentiate learning, but studies suggest that traditional ability-based classroom groups don’t always work and the structure of those groups can make a big difference in their effects, both on students’ reading achievement and their feelings of connection.
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New federal data shows pandemic's effects on teaching profession
U.S. News & World Report
Among schools that reported having at least one teaching vacancy, more than half were due to resignations, according to new federal data that provide a sobering new understanding of the pandemic’s impact on the teaching profession.
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PROOF POINTS: Researchers blast data analysis for teachers to help students
Hechinger Report
The numbers were supposed to shed light on what was happening in public schools. That was the idea behind the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. It mandated that every third through eighth grade student had to take an annual test to see who was performing at grade level.
In the years after the law went into effect, the testing and data industries flourished, selling school districts interim assessments to track student progress throughout the year along with flashy data dashboards that translated student achievement into colored circles and red warning flags.
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Promoted by Stepping Stones Museum For Children
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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.ASSOCIATION NEWS
A Culturally Responsive Approach To Student Instruction
NAESP
The principal’s role in creating inclusive schools hinges on their work as advocates for students to have access to appropriately challenging instruction that builds on and respects prior learning and cultures. It’s part of the Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (PSEL): Equity and Cultural Responsiveness. But according to the brief Evolution of the Principalship from a new research series, Leaders We Need Now, from NAESP and the American Institutes for Research, it was a top concern among principals in 2020–2021 that they didn’t have enough time to address, especially during a pandemic and as the national conversation on racial justice swelled.
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NAESP Twitter Chat: Moving Up! SEL and the Middle-Level Transition
NAESP
March is Middle-Level Education Month! To celebrate, NAESP Center for Middle-Level Leadership fellows Jessica Cabeen and Dr. Kevin Armstrong will host a Twitter chat about creating smooth transitions for middle schoolers. We’ll discuss solutions to common issues students face as they transition into and out of the middle level and the role of social-emotional learning, academics, and family engagement in ensuring students are set up for success. It’s March 9 at 8 p.m. ET. Use #NAESPchat to take part.
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