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.PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP
What does it mean to be an instructional leader?
School Rubric
Over the last 35 years or so, instructional leadership has exploded as one of the most discussed and written about topics in education. There are many other skills that an effective principal must cultivate to effectively lead a campus, but by and large, the idea of leading the learning and teaching that happens within the campus walls has become the most studied, talked about, and scrutinized role of a principal.
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These 5 challenges are chipping away at the optimism of principals
District Administration Magazine
The nation’s principals stood front and center as their schools grappled with remote instruction, masking disputes, and many of COVID’s other existential challenges. Not surprisingly, warnings of extensive burnout and a “mass exodus” of principals from the profession have been heard as K-12 emerges from the pandemic.
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A framework for supporting new teachers
Edutopia
Despite the fact that many new teachers enter the field hoping to make a positive impact on the lives of students, data reveals that many don't make it to their second year of teaching. Approximately 11 percent of new teachers leave the profession at the end of their first year, while almost half of new teachers leave the profession within their first five years.
So, what happens between the completion of student teaching and the end of the first year as an official classroom teacher?
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With students in turmoil, US teachers train in mental health
Associated Press
Since the pandemic started, experts have warned of a mental health crisis facing American children. That is now playing out at schools in the form of increased childhood depression, anxiety, panic attacks, eating disorders, fights and thoughts of suicide at alarming levels, according to interviews with teachers, administrators, education officials and mental health experts.
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Preventing suicide among young children: 5 takeaways for educators
Education Week
The national mental health crisis has impacted students of all ages, yet efforts to address at least one specific mental health issue affecting those of school age—suicide—have largely focused on high schoolers. The mental health issues of a schools’ most vulnerable population, its youngest students, are often overlooked in this area.
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A road map to helping young students with dyslexia succeed
THE Journal
At least 40 states have passed legislation mandating how teachers deal with dyslexia in the classroom, from proper screening methods to timely intervention strategies. And yet, misconceptions about dyslexia linger even among educators. In fact, research indicates over half of teachers, administrators, and the general public harbor mistaken beliefs about the disability and the specific challenges students with dyslexia can face.
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7 new ways to stem a rash of new school attendance problems
District Administration Magazine
The new causes of chronic absenteeism that arose during the COVID pandemic require a fresh set of solutions from educators. Transportation challenges, student health, school climate, mobility and poverty — long the leading causes of chronic absenteeism — also became much more severe during the pandemic.
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Bilingualism, a superpower hidden in plain sight
Language Magazine
How can educators ensure that emerging bilingual students are well served in their schools, and how can we as educators foster linguistic diversity as an asset rather than as a problem?
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Let's stop assuming students are up to no good
Education Week
Schools are slowly beginning to recover from the disruptions of the pandemic, and most students are returning to class, removing their masks, and recovering from months of remote or hybrid learning. It is now our responsibility, as educators to create a nice, easy landing from the free-fall they have just experienced.
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Getting started with standards-based grading
Edutopia
According to research, standards-based grading creates a more equitable learning environment, as students are given clear learning targets and rubrics that they can use to reach mastery of classroom content. SBG empowers learners not just to learn concepts but to master them, perpetuating deeper learning of content.
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Why we need formative assessment
eSchool News
Formative assessment, while not a new concept by any means, has been receiving a lot of attention recently due to discussions regarding student learning loss and the need for more digitized solutions for remote learners.
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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
Universal school meals back on table in bipartisan Senate proposal
K-12 Dive
A bipartisan bill introduced by Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Michigan, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and co-sponsored by 50 other senators would keep universal school meals in place through September 30, 2023.
This provision and other meal waivers, all currently set to expire June 30, give schools and summer meal programs flexibility to handle ongoing supply chain issues and feed all children in schools operating U.S. Department of Agriculture meal programs.
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The Biden-&-Harris action plan for building better school infrastructure
White House website
Vice President Kamala Harris is announcing the Biden-Harris Action Plan for Building Better School Infrastructure to upgrade our public schools with modern, clean, energy efficient facilities and transportation—delivering health and learning benefits to children and school communities, saving school districts money, and creating good union jobs. The action plan activates the entire federal government in leveraging investments from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and American Rescue Plan to advance solutions including energy efficiency retrofits, electric school buses, and resilient design.
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.SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY
Classroom teacher/virtual teacher pair-ups could be a perfect match, here's how
We Are Teachers
Virtual learning opened windows of opportunity that we never imagined prior to 2020. As we return to a more traditional model, it would be a huge mistake not to consider these benefits. In fact, many districts have begun partnering with online tutoring and virtual teaching companies for just this reason.
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All about edtech bots
eSchool News
Bots are become more and more common in education, and it seems their potential is almost limitless
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Teachers use games for more enjoyable learning
Voice of America
Creative teachers have long found games could make their classes more enjoyable for students. During the pandemic, many have looked for new ways or games to help their students learn. It is part of a learning theory called "gamification" to keep students' interest.
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Students with disabilities develop technology skills to expand career options
EdTech Magazine
Having these options is important because though a September 2011 report from the National Center for Special Education Research found that after high school — 85 percent of young adults with disabilities go on to employment, postsecondary education and/or job training — their options may be limited.
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3 ways educators can leverage videos
eSchool News
When educators record themselves, they have the chance to self-reflect, learn from each other, and grow their instructional practices
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Enterprise-grade workplace productivity tools can be transformative for educators
THE Journal
Schools can streamline administrative processes and enhance staff collaboration with workplace productivity solutions that have been made popular by some of the world’s largest and most-respected companies. Enterprise-grade technologies to digitize processes as foundational as human resources paperwork, for example, can provide schools some of the same kind of efficiency and data-access gains that businesses have experienced through digital transformation.
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.PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
School leadership development? There's a framework for that
ASCD
Leading schools is a tough job. Momentous responsibilities coupled with unpredictable challenges fuel frequent turnover. That’s why it behooves districts to prioritize ongoing support and development for principals and other school leadership roles, regardless of what stage of the leadership continuum individuals are in.
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What we say and how we say it
Language Magazine
Even behind masks or through a screen, the language that educators use is one of the most powerful tools available to build a relationship with students, support their identities, and scaffold their learning.
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Culturally responsive and sustaining teaching
MiddleWeb
While the majority of students in US public schools are students of color from linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds, the vast majority of educators (around 80 percent) in K-12 public schools are white. Many students have been harmed by pedagogy that has not acknowledged systemic racism, and educators play an important role in either addressing or not addressing these harms.
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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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Facilitating learning through imaginative play
Edutopia
If all preschoolers do is play all day, how could they possibly be learning? Outsiders might believe that play is just play, but to an educator's eye, play serves a multitude of different and important functions.
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.EDUCATION RESEARCH
How left brain asymmetry is related to reading ability
ScienceDaily
Researchers report that two seemingly opposing theories of language processing are both correct. The study shows that greater left-brain asymmetry can predict both better performance and average performance on a foundational measure of reading ability, depending on whether analysis is conducted over the whole brain or in specific regions.
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Loose parts play is the real brain booster that fancy toys pretend to be
Let Grow
The phrase "loose parts play" can sound a little stilted, as if some schoolmarm couldn't bring herself to say, "Just go out and play with whatever junk you find!" And yet, maybe the loose parts movement really needs that extra layer of legitimacy to help adults start to recognize it as the brain-and-body-building superstar it is.
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How positive reinforcement improves student behavior
VeryWell Family
Children with learning disabilities are prone to behavior problems requiring the use of positive reinforcement.1 Having a learning disability can make a child worry that they are different from their peers, which can lead him to act out in the classroom, at home or both.
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.IN THE STATES
Georgia recess requirement bill awaits Kemp's signature
The 74
Georgia’s more than 740,000 public elementary school students could be spending more time climbing on jungle gyms and racing down slides thanks to a bill passed by the Legislature.
House Bill 1283 requires schools to schedule 30 minutes of recess per day for children in kindergarten through 5th grade.
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De Blasio promised to overhaul NYC's 'gifted' programs. Chancellor David Banks will likely shift course.
Chalkbeat
The city has long grappled with the program’s vast underrepresentation of its Black and Latino students: They fill only 14% of gifted seats, but make up nearly 60% of kindergartners citywide. But attempts to reform the program have often been met with backlash, including from Asian-American families whose children make up a majority of enrollment in the classes, and who worry that any changes will shut their children out of high-performing schools.
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.ASSOCIATION NEWS
NAESP Announces 2022 National Outstanding Assistant Principals
NAESP
The National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) recognizes 22 assistant principals as members of the 2022 class of National Outstanding Assistant Principals. NAESP is committed to supporting elementary and middle-level assistant principals, and part of that commitment is recognizing assistant principals for their contributions to their school communities.
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Leadership Tips
NAESP
Join Adam Welcome and Rachael George as they talk simple leadership tips that can make principals lives easier and their practice stronger. In this episode we discuss: When to treat something as urgent; keeping things simple; how to manage relationships; and engaging with criticism productively.
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