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School Leaders Now
Let's be honest. The last few weeks of the school year can be tough. It seems like every single event, from field trips to awards ceremonies, was saved for the end of May and the beginning of June. Parents whom you couldn't get ahold of for the last nine months are all of a sudden calling twice a day, making sure their kid will pass. Fifth graders can't wait to move to sixth grade; eighth graders are itching for high school. Seniors checked out a long time ago. This time of year can be hectic, exhausting, and stressful for teachers and school leaders.
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Training Industry Magazine
Simply put, emotional intelligence is both the awareness of and the ability to regulate one’s own emotions and tune in to others’. The term was originally coined by Michael Beldoch, a psychologist at Cornell University, in 1964. The first model of emotional intelligence was developed by John Mayer (a psychologist at the University of New Hampshire) and Peter Salovey (now president of Yale University) in 1990.
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By: Catherine Iste (commentary)
 Busy is a four-letter word. It can be an excuse, "Sorry, I can't, I am too busy!" Or a justification, "He's so stressed because of how busy he is." Or even a cry for help, "I can't do anything joyful; I am just too busy." However, tough it may seem, we can stop the busy cycle. Here are two very simple steps to reduce distractions and be less busy.
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Inc.
To control your outer world, you must first control your inner world. Due Quach addresses that message to two audiences: inner-city youth and business leaders. A refugee from Vietnam who was raised in a poor, violent neighborhood of Philadelphia, Quach went on to Harvard where she felt lost and alienated. She later applied lessons from neuroscience and meditation to cope with her own PTSD. Those experiences propelled her in 2014 to found Calm Clarity, a nonprofit that helps people in stressful conditions manage their emotions for better outcomes. She trains both young people from backgrounds like her own and business leaders, including entrepreneurs and Fortune 500 executives.
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Harvard Business Review
Imagine yourself at a restaurant, trying to decide between two desserts: a chocolate cake and a fruit bowl. You've been trying to eat healthier, but the cake just sounds so tasty ... What do you do? As it turns out, your decision is likely to be influenced by how busy you perceive yourself to be. Busyness has previously been studied through the lens of time pressure. Researchers found that when people feel that they're under significant time pressure, they tend to make decisions based on emotions. For instance, when consumers are placed in situations where they lack time to complete a task, they grow anxious and become more likely to give in to their impulses. They are more likely to choose the cake, so to speak.
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Leadership Freak
Don't ad lib when emotion is high. Prepare yourself to respond to an angry employee. Develop a plan. How to respond to an angry employee: No. 1 — Emotion comes first. Diffuse hot emotion before solving tough issues. Hot emotion, like stress, makes people stupid.
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Forbes
Starting a business seemed like the perfect idea. You can do whatever tasks you want, whenever you want, right? Wrong. As your business grows, you keep gaining responsibilities and at times, it can seem as if you're falling ever further behind. Little things you do while away from work can reduce stress and have a significant impact on how you do your job. Even better, many of them can be easily incorporated into your day, some of them even before you have breakfast.
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HR DIVE
A generation ago, the workplace was a formal situation — men wore coats and ties, women wore stockings and heels, and meetings were conducted at giant, imposing tables made of dark wood. Employees referred to their bosses as "sir," and generally kept to themselves. (Of course, there was rampant misogyny, harassment, three martini lunches — those parts tend to get left out.)
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School Leaders Now (commentary)
Amy Lynn Tompkins, a contributor for School Leaders Now, writes: "Dear Principal Hotline, Every year I tell myself and my family that this is the summer that I will do a better job at work-life balance. But it takes about three days before I start getting up at 5 AM to race into school to work on the schedule or teacher assignments. And then it's hard to get out the door at the end of the day. There's always more to do. Another email to answer. How do I unplug? Where do I draw the line? My family needs me, and I need some time as a person and not just as a school leader."
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Fast Company
Oh, the seductive allure of office gossip. We all know those people in the office, the ones that always seem to have the "insider knowledge." They're the ones we seek out when we want to add some spice to an otherwise boring workday. It's hard not to be attracted to office gossip, and Don Rheem, author of Thrive by Design: The Neuroscience That Drives High-Performance Cultures knows why. Gossip, Rheem says, feeds into our brain's natural desire to feel included, connected and valued.
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Harvard Business Review
Fair managers can reap big dividends. Extensive research finds that employees who feel fairly treated are better performers, helpful to colleagues, more committed to their workgroups and the organization, and less likely to steal or be rude to others. Yet, all too often, employees find themselves being treated unfairly — their boss makes decisions concerning them without consultation or due process, or their boss is inconsistent in applying rules. They may think that their boss is incompetent or biased, or even worse, just plain mean. Although this may be true of a few bosses, most recognize the importance of fairness and want to act fairly. So why then do some act unfairly, even when they recognize its corrosive effects?
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By: Catherine Iste (commentary)
 Tropical islands, mountain getaways and remote locations may force us to limit our cellphone use while we are on vacation this summer. And while some of us love the idea of disconnecting for a little digital detox while we are away, for others the thought of abandoning email, voicemail or other office lifelines may inspire more dread than relaxation. Instead of hiding in the bathroom sending emails, take these five simple steps to stay connected and still relax on vacation.
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Chief Learning Officer
Bilingual workers are in demand. According to one estimate, the number of jobs for people who can speak more than one language has nearly doubled in recent years, with employers adding positions for speakers of Chinese, Spanish and Arabic in ever-increasing numbers. And demand exists across the talent continuum. Although the need for bilingual workers remains high for low- and middle-skill service workers in industries like customer service and hospitality, the fastest growing categories include "high prestige" jobs, a category that includes financial managers, editors and industrial engineers.
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Disability Scoop
Disability advocates say that federal education officials acted illegally by fundamentally altering the way they handle discrimination complaints in schools. A lawsuit filed accuses the U.S. Department of Education of skirting its obligation to investigate complaints of disability and race-based discrimination in the nation's schools.
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The Atlantic
On Thursday President Donald Trump met with residents of Santa Fe, Texas, including family members of students killed in the shooting at the town's high school. The hour-long conversation on Houston's Coast Guard base was closed to the press, and Trump left without giving comment, heading immediately to a $5,000-a-plate Republican fundraising luncheon at the St. Regis Hotel.
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Education Week
In April, the newest National Assessment of Educational Progress scores once again showed minimal progress in U.S. math and reading achievement and a widening achievement gap between our highest and lowest performers. Against this backdrop, educators today are eager for solutions that have long seemed elusive to age-old challenges in education.
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GRADE FOR LEARNING FOR LIFE
Grading for Learning is rooted in shifting to the idea of “practice-work” not “homework”.
It’s based on consistently practiced skills. Behaviors become the measurement. Grade for Learning is to help create positive behaviors that will serve them throughout their academic careers and individual lives.
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EdTech Magazine
Schools often launch new technology without a plan for supporting and coaching teachers through the process of using the devices and software in their classrooms. Supporting teachers is key to launching and continuing the marriage of educational technology and curriculum. It also helps them raise student achievement.
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Education DIVE
School libraries have been having a tough time in recent budget battles. Many schools no longer have a full-time certified librarian on staff. Some administrators still think of a school library as the place where all the books are kept, and with that mindset, make it the first budget line to go. But today's school librarians are, generally speaking, a far cry from the shushing lady shelving tomes of an administrator's own childhood.
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School Leaders Now
Voyaging to other planets, investigating unsolved crimes, exploring the lives of favorite people and celebrities, entering new worlds — all of these wonders, and so many more, are found on the pages of books. Why, then, does it take so much effort to convince kids that summer reading is worthwhile? As summer approaches, students are walking away from their classrooms determined to say goodbye to the rigors of daily education. Though well earned, this separation leads to the phenomenon known as the summer slide, or the loss of reading gains made during the year.
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Edutopia
Educators all acknowledge that building strong relationships is a vital part of the educational process. In fact, it may be the first and most important step in getting students to learn. Strong relationships increase student motivation and reduce behavioral issues, and they improve student achievement and classroom climate.
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MindShift
Bullying takes many forms, but when it involves a food that triggers severe allergies, it could be potentially deadly. Once, when Brandon Williams, a 16-year-old from Kentucky, was on a trip with his bowling team, his teammate decided to eat some food from McDonald's on Williams' bed. One item had so much mayonnaise that it dripped onto Williams' bed and jacket. But for Williams, who was diagnosed with a life-threatening egg allergy when he was one, it was a potentially dangerous situation. "I told the person not to eat on my bed," Williams recalls. His teammate just smiled at him, then he shoved the mayonnaise-laden sandwich in Williams' face.
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Education DIVE
Teacher Heather Wolpert-Gawron believes speech and debate programs should start early — kindergartners have opinions, she's quick to point out. Teaching children to understand how they speak to others, when applying for a job or even meeting a future friend, is as crucial to their lives as their ability to write.
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The Hechinger Report
It was well after homeroom had begun in most schools in central Maine when teacher Juliana Rothschild knocked on the front door of a student's house. The student, Jessica Cousins, wasn't in trouble for skipping school. Instead, school was coming to her. Rothschild transformed Cousins' kitchen table into a makeshift workstation. They set up two laptops and began their weekly, three-hour class.
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Oregon State University via Science Daily
Playground safety, access to play equipment, peer conflict resolution and quality engagement between adults and students are among the factors that contribute to a quality recess experience, new research from Oregon State University shows. "Kids are inherently wired to play and they need recess," said William Massey, an assistant professor in OSU's College of Public Health and Human Sciences and lead author of the study. "But we can't just think of recess in terms of having it or not having it. Recess can be good for child development but it also can be an absolute disaster if not done well."
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Penn State via Science Daily
A program that helps low-income parents prepare their children for school has benefits that extend beyond kindergarten and into into third grade, including performing better academically, acquiring better social emotional skills and needing fewer additional school services.
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eSchool News
Homework is one of those topics that consistently baffles teachers. Every few years, new research comes out arguing the merits or pitfalls of assigning homework. Generally, I think that any teacher could make the case for or against assigning homework, depending on the circumstance.
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Disability Scoop
The number of students receiving special education in the nation's public schools is on the rise, according to a new federal report. There were 6.7 million kids with disabilities in classrooms across the country during the 2015-2016 school year, accounting for 13.2 percent of all students. That's up from 6.6 million the year prior. The figures, which come from an annual report issued by the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics, cover children ages 3 to 21 receiving services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
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By: Sheilamary Koch (commentary)
 Recently, my husband and I held a toy-making workshop with recycled materials in a primary school. While everything the kids made was brilliant, we both couldn’t help but notice that the lower primary students attempted wilder and more imaginative creations than the upper primary group. The younger students were also more persistent in making seemingly impossible toys hold together. Interestingly, our casual observations align with research conducted 50 years ago by George Land.
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Education Week
Nationwide, 28 percent of teachers were absent for more than 10 school days during the 2015-2016 school year. That's more than 901,500 pre-K-12 teachers who were not at work when they would have otherwise been expected to be, according to an analysis by the Education Week Research Center of recent federal data. The federal Civil Rights Data Collection counts days that are taken off for sick or personal leave when defining teacher absences, but does not include professional development, field trips or other off-campus activities.
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A proposal to expand California's ban on "willful defiance and disruption" suspensions in early elementary grades — so it includes all grades K-12 — is expected to be a topic of discussion as state lawmakers and the governor's office work to hammer out a final budget deal. Under state law, willful defiance refers to students behaviors that lead to "disruption of school activities or otherwise willfully defy the valid authority of school staff." This issue could be part of the budget talks for two reasons. First, Gov. Jerry Brown surprised youth and civil rights advocates working on the issue by including an extension of the current law, which only covers grades K-3, in his May Revision of his proposed 2018-2019 budget.
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EdSurge
This weekend, while some teachers kick their feet up to begin summer vacation, educators in Washoe, Nevada, are rallying. They hope to build support for pro-education government officials who will turn the tide on district budget cuts and overcrowded classrooms. Roberta Duvall is a Washoe County School District principal at B.D. Billinghurst Middle School. With a ratio of up to 38 students per teacher, which rose after budget cuts, her school is trying to do a lot with a little. But one of the initiatives she keeps on the top of her list is to consistently improve school climate through a focus on social-emotional learning practices. She has pinpointed developing these skills in teachers and students.
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NAESP
How are effective principal-superintendent relationships developed? Strong leadership partnerships don't happen in isolation. As an award-winning past superintendent with Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia and now executive director of AASA, The School Superintendents Association, Dr. Daniel A. Domenech will share key insights on how Pre-K-8 principals can build dynamic, collaborative, and intentional partnerships with superintendents. In this webinar, you will learn how savvy administrators form interdependent relationships that brings a team approach to meeting student needs. This webinar takes place Wednesday, June 13 from 3-4 p.m. ET.
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NAESP
When Ryan Daniel became principal of Chillum Elementary School in 2017, she knew the school was located in a subsidized housing complex and that English was a second language for most of its students. She was also aware that the person she was replacing at the 360-student school in Hyattsville, Maryland, had been in the role for 19 years. "I knew that change would be difficult for some and welcomed by others, and that there was work that had been started, but that the school yearned for new energy, new life and fresh ideas," says Daniel.
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