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.PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP
3 key factors in shoring up school safety as students return
District Administration Magazine
Districts must be proactive in maintaining effective school safety and crisis response plans that account for students with disabilities in post-pandemic schooling. "As students are returning to in-person instruction, I think there are a few key factors for school districts to consider regarding issues of safety and threat assessments," said Brandon K. Wright, an attorney with Miller, Tracy, Braun, Funk & Miller Ltd. Among them, he suggested districts should review training, social-emotional learning and threat assessment practices.
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Despite pandemic, there's little evidence of rising teacher turnover — Yet
Chalkbeat
It's been a tough year for Stefanie Miller, a second grade teacher in Broward County, Florida. Last spring, she contracted a serious case of COVID-19, was on a ventilator for three weeks, and has had lingering symptoms, including fatigue, memory loss and lung problems. Miller taught remotely this school year and found it tough to keep students engaged.
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5 ways COVID-19 is influencing school construction projects
K-12 DIVE
With nearly $190.5 billion has been earmarked for helping schools cope with the ramifications of the novel coronavirus pandemic, some leaders are eyeing the use of those funds for related school construction projects. In 2020, Congress passed two relief bills provided nearly $67.8 billion to the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief fund — the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, in March, and the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, in December.
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CDC: Nearly 80% of teachers, school staff, child care workers have had at least one vaccine dose
U.S. News & World Report
Nearly 80% of – or 4 in 5 – teachers, school staff and child care workers had received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine by the end of March, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to the agency, over 2 million teachers, school staff and child care workers were vaccinated through the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program in March and between 5 and 6 million more have been vaccinated through state programs.
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8 things teachers say about working extra during COVID
District Administration Magazine
A majority of teachers who taught online or hybrid reported working an additional 900 hours — or 37.5 days — since the beginning of the COVID pandemic, a survey has found. Online teachers said they spent the extra time lesson planning, managing a learning management system, meeting with students and attending faculty meetings, according to a survey of 1,500 public K-12 educators conducted by Sykes, a customer engagement company.
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Nation's top principal on developing our greatness
Education Leadership (commentary)
"When I was assigned to Robeson, my first step was to meet with staff members, our students, and our families. I immediately fell in love with the spirit of each group I met with; it was just a matter of figuring out how to bring everyone together toward our collective mission."
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Leadership that grows over time
Tech & Learning
Understanding that leadership is a set of skills learned over time is at the heart of Dr. Maria Armstrong's career — first in business, then as an educator, counselor, administrator, superintendent, part of the U.S. Department of Education recovery effort in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, and now as the executive director of the Association of Latino Administrators & Superintendents. Armstrong was appointed executive director just as COVID-19 closed down the country.
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Can schools make summer programs more fun, effective by focusing on accelerated learning?
K-12 DIVE
The researchers and administrators who spoke during the LPI and AASA webinar predicted summer school won't be like it used to. For one, the "drill and kill" approaches of summer school in the past will be replaced with hands-on, experiential learning and instruction, which could make going to school in the summer months motivating and fun for students, they said.
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Day camps, paying teens to study: Summer school looks different. Will it help kids catch up?
USA Today
Ever since public schools reopened for older students in Tulsa, Oklahoma, last month, Shannon Luper's granddaughter has been eager to get out of the house. The local roller-skating rink, a Friday night spot for middle-schoolers, shut down during the pandemic. But Maria Dan, 14, adopted other pursuits, like tending to the school garden on weekends and delivering groceries for a local mobile food initiative.
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6 strategies for being a better, active listener
Entrepreneur (commentary)
Jill Schiefelbein, a contributor for Entrepreneur, writes: "Hearing is the physical act of recognizing sound. Just because you can hear something doesn't mean you're listening. My elementary schoolteacher's voice haunts me to this day: 'You aren't listening to me!' she said, before taking away our recess time. And she wasn't wrong. We weren't listening."
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How to gracefully handle a conflict among your team members
Fast Company
Children want to know what the rules are, and they want those rules to be applied dependably between them. Baseball players want to know how the umpire is "defining" the strike zone, and they want consistent at-bat calls across both teams. And if drivers followed their own rules and police thought up infractions sporadically, our public roads would be chaos.
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Managing a chronic complainer
Harvard Business Review
Lisa couldn't stand it any longer. Every time she met her colleague Peter, one of the senior executives at the large retail chain where they both worked, he would begin an endless lament about his work, the government, and his personal life. After listening to Peter's moaning, it didn't take long before she experienced a claustrophobic reaction.
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How to lead with emotional resilience right now
Forbes
An online quip recently caught my attention: "You are not working at home; you are living at work." Variations of this quote and the sentiment behind it have been part of many leaders' realities for the past year or more. While this article is being written as we surpass the one-year anniversary of Covid-19 in the United States, leading with emotional intelligence boosts leader effectiveness and empathy in any crisis a leader, team or organization may experience.
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.EDUCATION POLICY
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How do you recognize the social-emotional competencies students need to thrive? The Social, Academic, Emotional Behavior Risk Screener (SAEBRS) helps you identify and rate behaviors that align to CASEL’s five competencies so you can better foster student learning and development. Explore the interactive tool.
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.SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY
50 degrees of connectivity: How connected is your state?
District Administration Magazine
Superintendents and CIOs can track how powerful the broadband is in their state on a free website that aggregates, analyzes, and visualizes E-rate data. Connect K-12 is designed to help school district leaders negotiate better internet pricing to reach their connectivity goals, its developers say. Some 43 states have committed to achieving the FCC's 1-Mbps-per-student benchmark. For instance, Wyoming, where 72% of school districts have reached that connectivity standard, ranks sixth.
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K-12 leaders can work with local governments to address the digital divide
EdTech Magazine
The digital divide is an unrelenting problem in K–12 districts across the country. Students lack the connectivity and devices they need to succeed, and educators are struggling to provide meaningful learning environments without these tools. While there is no easy solution to digital inequity, there is help if K–12 leaders know where to look.
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Silver linings in K-12 online learning
eSchool News
No one could have imagined the impact a global pandemic would have on the education landscape. Educators were asked to pivot and teach online with almost no notice. Across the nation, teachers have been learning new technologies and pedagogies to ensure students are successful, often with little to no training and few resources. Students have been working hard, trying to adjust to the new online learning environment, and doing their best to keep up.
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SD-WAN solutions boost K-12 cybersecurity
EdTech Magazine
Cyberattacks against K–12 schools are increasing. In part, the rise in attacks is a product of the pandemic. Like other industries that made the switch to remote work, many schools have been targeted by malicious actors looking to exploit the rapid shift to remote learning. Also contributing to the growing number of attacks: outdated network configurations, undetected software vulnerabilities and unintentional insider compromise.
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What is Quizlet and how can I teach with it?
Tech & Learning
Quizlet is a fantastic tool for teachers to create quizzes for in-person and remote learning that makes building and assessing quick and easy. This is even smart enough to offer adaptive learning to suit the student.
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.PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
How to calm turbulent transitions back to (in-person) school
ADDitude Magazine
Returning back to in-person school for students with ADHD and autism means disrupted routines, uncomfortable transitions and emotional dysregulation. Here, learn how parents and educators can use social stories to smooth those rough spots, especially for young children.
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Counting down to restore calm in the classroom
Edutopia
Shifting your focus away from anxious thoughts to non-threatening things in your immediate surroundings can help your body stop producing stress hormones. This exercise was inspired by the 5-4-3-2-1 technique, developed by a therapist and former pilot to help people conquer a fear of flying.
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5 practical ways teachers can respond to, 'I don't get it.'
We Are Teachers
As teachers we want our students to succeed and learn. We spend hours planning lessons, searching for creative ways to impart our content and have our students master the information. After all that preparation, it can be frustrating when a student looks up point blank and says, "I just don't get it."
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4 challenging words preschoolers learned from audiobooks
District Administration Magazine
What's the best way for at-risk preschoolers to learn challenging words such as "disappointed," "enormous," "brave" and "protect?" Interactive, audio-enhanced storybooks have proven effective at boosting vocabulary and better preparing a vulnerable population for elementary school, according to researchers at the University of Missouri and the University of South Florida.
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Students are struggling. They're asking us to slow down and focus on relationships.
EdSurge (commentary)
Kimberly Rues, a contributor for EdSurge, writes: "A little more than a year ago, I remember sitting in meetings trying to figure out how we might do remote learning for a week or so to contain the novel coronavirus. I cringe now realizing that we were so incredibly short-sighted. Of course, hindsight is often crystal clear. That extended spring break ultimately was lengthened, then stretched out again, to the point that our district was learning from home for the remainder of the year."
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The coming coding revolution
eSchool News
In the 1400s, sons of good families were sent to be taught Latin by the Church. The monks who taught them weren't trained as educators, and they made heavy use of corporal punishment. So it wasn't much fun to learn to read back then. In this period, no one assumed that everyone needed to be able to read — quite the contrary. Reading was for religious purposes and learning to read English was seen as unnecessary at best, heretical at worst.
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Celebrating multilingual learner identity through personal narrative instruction
Language Magazine
The social isolation and countless hours of silent, independent assignments young linguistically diverse scholars have endured during the past year of online learning have left scores in dire need of lessons that affirm their identities while advancing their academic communication skills. In hopes of engaging acolytes in dual language or English language development coursework, empathetic educators often search for writing prompts that offer creative outlets for positive identity development and creative expression.
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13 effective study strategies to help students learn
MindShift
Between kindergarten and twelfth grade, students are expected to learn how to study, schedule their time and complete sizable assignments without procrastinating. Yet these skills often aren't taught explicitly. With the increased self-sufficiency necessitated by virtual education, educators and parents can help students learn and manage their goals more effectively by directly teaching study skills.
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Boosting student motivation in world language classes this year
Edutopia
With students learning in hybrid and virtual formats, optimizing engagement and increasing motivation are more challenging than ever before. In any setting, involving students in their own learning is key; we cannot expect them to be enthusiastic or motivated if they are merely fed information and lectured to.
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.EDUCATION RESEARCH
Survey: Even as schools reopen, many students learn remotely
The Associated Press
Large numbers of students are not returning to the classroom even as more schools reopen for full-time, in-person learning, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Biden administration. The findings reflect a nation that has been locked in debate over the safety of reopening schools during the coronavirus pandemic. Even as national COVID-19 rates continued to ebb in February, key measures around reopening schools barely budged.
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About 40,000 children have lost a parent to COVID-19
HealthDay News
An estimated 37,300 to 43,000 children have lost a parent to COVID-19, according to a research letter published online April 5 in JAMA Pediatrics. Rachel Kidman, Ph.D., from Stony Brook University in New York, and colleagues estimated the expected number of affected children for each COVID-19 death and then used the parental bereavement multiplier to estimate the total scope of parental bereavement based on various scenarios of COVID-19 casualty and excess death figures.
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Masks, ventilation stop COVID spread better than social distancing, study shows
University of Central Florida via Science Daily
A new study suggests that masks and a good ventilation system are more important than social distancing for reducing the airborne spread of COVID-19 in classrooms. The research comes at a critical time when schools and universities are considering returning to more in-person classes in the fall.
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Johnson & Johnson expands COVID vaccine trial to include adolescents
The Hill
Johnson & Johnson is expanding its coronavirus vaccine trials to include adolescents as young as 12 years old, the company said. The phase 2a trial began in September and was initially designed to study single-dose and two-dose regimens of the vaccine in healthy adults aged 18 to 55 years, as well as adults 65 and older. The study is now including children ages 12 to 17.
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.IN THE STATES
From a 4-fold increase in F grades in connecticut to expanding mental health services for Colorado's students, 8 ways states are confronting COVID-19
The 74
State education leaders across the nation are debating the most effective ways to maximize learning time for students after a prolonged year of classroom closures, with many considering extended summer programming, intensive tutoring programs, and other interventions. Similarly, parents are also split on what will be best for their children's progress. The 74's Linda Jacobson specifically highlights a number of states considering bills to allow parents the choice to have their child repeat a grade, a trend seen as national survey data from the CDC shows parents' skepticisms about remote learning continue to build.
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Indianapolis Public Schools struggles to recruit racially diverse staff, review shows
Chalkbeat
Indianapolis Public Schools' percentage of employee applicants of color has declined, according to a recent audit of recruitment and retention presented to the school board. As a part of the antiracism policy that the district adopted in June, officials are analyzing not only what students are experiencing and learning in schools, but also how the district hires and treats the people who lead those students every day.
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.ASSOCIATION NEWS
Ann Henley Conference Scholarship now open
NAESP
The Ann Henley NAESP annual conference Scholarship has been established in honor and memory of longtime NAESP staffer, Ann Henley, who passed away unexpectedly on Friday, April 5, 2019. She served in various roles at NAESP, most recently as NAESP's associate executive director of Membership and Marketing Services. In addition to her day-to-day responsibilities, she admired, supported, encouraged, and loved elementary and middle-level principals. Ann's support of school leaders, specifically the NAESP state representatives, and of public education is a major part of her legacy.
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NAESP announces 2021 National Outstanding Assistant Principals
NAESP
The National Association of Elementary School Principals recognizes 22 assistant principals as members of the 2021 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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