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.PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP
'Grow your own' teacher programs: What to know
Tech & Learning
As school districts around the country continue to struggle with teacher shortages, an increasing number of education leaders are developing their future educators from within their own classrooms. Such a “grow your own” teacher approach can help build diversity and shape an instructional staff that reflects a district’s demographics.
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Other forces are working against K-12 leaders who are scrambling to hire
District Administration Magazine
Insmall but growing Western communities, school administrators are grappling with their educators being priced out of the market by rising real estate costs, the Free Press reports. But these school systems are unquestionably the outliers. Even as districts are giving teachers raises to combat staff shortages, more administrators are now having to make difficult decisions, including laying off teachers and shutting down buildings, as falling enrollment and other pressures swallow up the recent influx of COVID relief funding, reports from across the country indicate.
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Is K-12 ready for skills-based hiring?
eSchool News
There are very few silver linings emerging from the worldwide pandemic related to education, but one of them is a crystalizing view about the importance of “skills visibility.” Skills are becoming and will soon be the currency in the new emerging global talent and hiring ecosystem.
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Administrators in action: 4 steps for strengthening your EL program
Colorín Colorado
The end of the school year is an ideal time for administrators and leaders of English Learner (EL) programs to self-assess and revise initial instructional goals with a focus on improving outcomes for ELs. This period offers an opportunity to revisit initial plans and revise them for next year according to and considering student needs, assessment data, program evaluations and teacher feedback, as well as to plan professional development for the upcoming year.
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Prioritizing racial equity in student mental health spending
Center for American Progress Action Fund
As state and district leaders continue allocating recovery funds, they should increase their focus on hiring diverse mental health professionals and staff who understand the culture of the student populations they serve; providing training to avoid discrimination in mental health screenings; and making spending sustainable through community input and investment in long-term partnerships and training programs.
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School librarians can fortify curricula across subject areas
K-12 Dive
Librarians help support students in their literacy journey, from finding books that scaffold struggling readers to encouraging learners to voice their own critiques. Classroom teachers without access to librarians can also supplement literacy needs by holding read-alouds or offering students suggestions on creating more conducive reading environments.
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School librarians are disappearing: Here's why they shouldn't
BookRiot
School librarians are disappearing. Data shows that there’s a decrease in school librarian positions over time. Whether this librarian shortage is from budget cuts, lack of applicants, or people simply not understanding what librarians do, the jobs aren’t available. Libraries inside schools still exist and are often not closed. In some schools, teachers are expected to utilize these librarianless spaces themselves, adding to teachers’ already over burdened workload.
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We could all use more Kindness on our campuses (and in the world). This week’s resource is focused on putting Empathy into action through Kindness. You will find 5 days of Kindness challenges for Staff to do alongside their students. All challenges are 10 minutes or less.
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.EDUCATION POLICY
Lawmakers and witnesses discuss race, gender in classrooms
K-12 Dive
Lawmakers and witnesses expressed varying viewpoints about limitations on classroom materials and discussions during a House subcommittee hearing, with some calling out restrictions on references to racism and sexual orientation as assaults on free speech rights and attempts to fuel bigotry.
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FTC announces plan to target ed tech tools that 'illegally surveil children'
The 74
Through a new policy statement, the commission signaled its intent to “scrutinize compliance” with COPPA, the federal law that limits the data that technology companies can collect on children under 13 without parental consent. The statement, approved through a unanimous bipartisan vote by the five commissioners, reminds education technology companies that they are prohibited from using student data for commercial purposes, including for marketing and advertising, should not retain student data for a period longer than what’s deemed “reasonably necessary,” and must have sufficient security to ensure data remain confidential.
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FCC's E-Rate program needs to cover cybersecurity, senators told
StateScoop
The E-Rate program's protective technologies like next-generation firewalls, endpoint-detection software and multi-factor authentication protocols can be prohibitively expensive for schools already lacking the resources to hire cybersecurity professionals, let alone the tools needed to put up an adequate defense.
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.SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY
What makes a 'smart' classroom?
Government Technology
"Smart classroom" is a common term in the ed-tech lexicon, but educators and tech developers say it has more to do with how teachers use emerging technologies than the sheer amount of tools at their disposal.
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How an Iowa teacher is leveling up to meet his state's new computer science curriculum mandates
THE Journal
The Computer Science Teachers Association’s A Model Curriculum for K–12 Computer Science report defines computer science as “the study of computers and algorithmic processes, including their principles, their hardware and software designs, their applications and their impact on society.”
Computer science develops students’ computational and critical thinking skills and shows students how to create — not just use — new technologies. Computer science prepares students for success now and in the future.
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What the U.S. is doing right when it comes to STEM education
District Administration Magazine
Encouraging STEM education starting in K-12 is vital to the future of the U.S. and its workforce, but we can’t rely on standardized tests alone to determine progress. When we look at indicators like standardized testing alone, we miss a significant part of the picture
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Governors, private sector, education leaders advance computer science education
National Governors Association
Governors shared updates on their states’ successes in expanding computer science education and discussed strategies and best practices with industry partners and other stakeholders – including CSforAll, Code.org, Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA), Expanding Computing Education Pathways (ECEP) Alliance and Girls Who Code.
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How to evaluate & nurture your district's cybersecurity readiness
THE Journal
School districts provide a tantalizing target to many cyber criminals because public schools are widely known to lack the resources and IT personnel required to respond to attacks. A school district’s broad attack surface provides a host of vulnerabilities due to a lack of cybersecurity safeguards and the improper storage of documents on cloud drives.
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Digital citizenship starts at home
District Administration Magazine
What your district can do to support K-12 parents as partners in teaching appropriate digital behavior.
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Katie Novak returns with an all-new UDL Now! that provides practical and savvy strategies to help all learners succeed with Universal Design for Learning. This powerful guide covers MTSS, equity, standardized tests, and student choice and voice. Save 20% with discount code NOWS22. Offer expires 9/30/2022.
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How blockchain can encourage learning
EdSurge
Blockchain has gotten plenty of attention lately as a new mode of exchange, allowing experimental cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and the sale of NFTs in ways that leave an unalterable, fully transparent public record that tracks the transfer and ownership of digital things.
And the technology may help address an age-old challenge in any classroom: motivation.
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.PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The future of teacher professional development
The Edvocate
Why do education administrators feel compelled to frontload the academic calendar with PD that isn’t related or that educators already know?
Here’s a secret: it’s no longer necessary to set aside groups of days for campus professional development. It’s better to offer training through micro-credentialing, especially if you’re looking to improve tech skills among your educators.
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What are microdentials and how can they support teacher professional development?
eSpark Learning
The word microdentials is a combination of the words micro and credentials. They refer to small competency exams and tests that prove how much you know. Conversely, macro credentials include college degrees, teaching certifications, and various other formal assessments you have passed. Microdentials are less formal but can be meaningful for educator development.
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How to build relationships with instructional coaches
eSchool News
Educational practice is shifting from isolating practice to collaborative efforts, and creating healthy and productive team dynamics is often a challenge. Instructional coaches can positively impact these relationships, but the trust must be in place for it to occur. Even in systems where working with a coach is expected, building those initial relationships can be challenging.
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Are personal learning networks the key to keeping teachers?
EdSurge
While educators building communities to learn and share ideas isn’t new, today’s personal learning networks offer educators the chance to hone their focus and build their practice in specific areas of professional development. Educators can access the knowledge and expertise of others and share their own experience in a constructive, solution-oriented setting. These networks are proving valuable to veteran and new educators alike, all seeking to focus and improve their practice.
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Promoted by Truth Initiative
Vaping: Know the truth from Truth Initiative is a free vaping prevention curriculum and quitting resource available in the U.S. for use among middle school students that gives young people the facts about e-cigarettes and tools to help those vaping quit through the first-of-its-kind text message program, This is Quitting from truth.
Youth e-cigarette use remains an epidemic with more than two million middle school and high school students vaping nicotine in 2021. Vaping: Know the truth engages young people through its peer-to-peer voice and self-led digital instruction. Learn how to get this free program for your school.
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Responding to COVID by training effective early childhood educators
Language Magazine
In order to unlock and accelerate the learning of EL/DLLs, it is critical that educators be knowledgeable about dual language acquisition. Educators who work with EL/DLLs need the depth of understanding and skills to bring asset-based practices to life in their classrooms and to understand how to partner with families in culturally and linguistically affirming and relevant ways.
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.EDUCATION RESEARCH
Why music should be in every classroom
ASCD
The argument for including music in our schools, homes, and daycare programs before the pandemic was compelling; today, it is urgent. Making music together can foster a vital sense of belonging, providing an antidote to isolation. In fact, more than 30 years of research into musical practice and the brain shows that music helps with many of the necessary skills needed for learning, growth, and development.
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New survey gives insight into teacher views on assessment, unfinished learning, and more
NWEA
As schools around the country administer spring assessments, a new survey gives us insight into how teachers feel about the tests — especially amid more than two years of disrupted learning.
Teachers generally see assessments as crucial to understanding the full impact of the pandemic, analyzing opportunity gaps between groups of students, and making resource-allocation decisions, according to the survey conducted by Educators for Excellence (E4E) and sponsored by NWEA.
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.IN THE STATES
Should kindergarten change in California?
EdSource
Should kindergarten be mandatory in California? Should it always be a full-day program like first grade? These questions are at the heart of two newly introduced bills that could significantly shift the early education landscape in California if they eventually become law.
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As an all-inclusive research-into-practice resource center, Marzano Resources is committed to helping your school or district become highly effective at preparing every learner for their future. Whether you need a one-day workshop or a multi-year partnership, our experts have the knowledge and experience to help you reach your goals.
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AC Language School offers supplemental materials for prek-12th grade in English and Spanish for English Learners. We offer summer school, New Arrival, and after school programs, backpacks, and online programs to support second language acquisition. Everything that the teacher needs for their classroom is included in our supplemental curriculum!
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.ASSOCIATION NEWS
Middle-Level Meetups
NAESP
Are you an NAESP member leading a middle school looking to connect with peers, discuss challenges, and share resources? Join NAESP Center for Middle-Level Leadership Fellows Dr. Kevin Armstrong and Jessica Cabeen for the Center’s new initiative – Middle-Level Meetups! Held every other month via Zoom, Middle-Level Meetups will help you grow your professional learning network and equip you with strategies to implement within your schools. Registration is open to current NAESP members and includes access to a specialized professional learning community within Canvas. Come learn with us!
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Team Captain
NAESP
Wendi Witthaus has spent nearly all of her 32 years in education teaching and supervising middle schoolers—many of them at-risk. “Middle school students are very entertaining,” she says. “You never know what they are going to say or do. Every day is a new day.”
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We want to discover, develop and successfully market innovative products to prevent and cure diseases.
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