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New America
Recently, the National Association of Elementary School Principals released The Pre-K-8 School Leader in 2018: A 10-Year Study — the ninth study in a series of research studies that report data collected on the school climate, challenges and conditions of pre-K through grade 8 principals and assistant principals. Among the report's key findings: principals' top concern is addressing students' emotional problems, a shift over the last decade.
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Getting Smart
There is quite a buzz right now in the K-12 world around models of learning that focus on providing students with relevant experiences. These models call themselves by different names: problem-based learning, project-based learning, experiential learning — or our preferred nomenclature at the Center for Advanced Professional Studies, profession-based learning. Most schools and districts want to feel ownership in their initiatives, as they should. The result is a fragmented landscape with pockets of innovation operating in silos.
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Education World (commentary)
Steve Haberlin. a contributor for Education World, writes: "I never saw great value in being formally observed by an administrator or peer-evaluator, receiving some feedback and never hearing from them again. As an elementary teacher, that just didn't feel like the best approach. Sure, I received direct feedback and benefited from having an outside person "objectively" observe my teaching practices — but it felt flat, like something was missing. What was missing, in my opinion, was the coaching aspect. Someone to work alongside me, to guide me, to coach me to greater success."
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By: Catherine Iste (commentary)
 Bosses can be leaders, managers, supervisors, team leads or project heads. Yet, despite the different responsibilities and levels within which the title boss can fall, all good bosses share the same positive characteristics of being good listeners, knowing their strengths and efficiently managing time. In addition to those well-understood traits, here are three counterintuitive characteristics of good bosses.
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School Leaders Now (commentary)
John Spencer, a contributor for School Leaders Now, writes: "When I was a kid, I knew I could depend on a simple formula to succeed: Behave well in school, get into the right honors courses, go to the right college, get the right degree, and then climb the corporate ladder. This formula worked for my parents and for my grandparents. However, the world is changing. The ladder is gone, and in its place is a maze. Our students will inherit a world where change is the only constant, where automation will replace low-skilled manufacturing, and where artificial intelligence will replace analytical jobs."
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Forbes
Smart philanthropy starts with an effective approach to our work. In philanthropy, we seem to be perpetually rushing from one thing to the next. There's always a new technology to learn or more grant applications to evaluate. Yet while everyone is feeling busy and moving quickly, the real change we seek comes along at the pace of snails. Instead of spending all of our valuable time working harder, we should also evaluate how we can work smarter.
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Forbes
Prepare your employees to be coached and your managers to become effective coaches. Employees don't want annual reviews. They want more coaching, feedback and talent development focused on their strengths. A culture of engagement starts at the top. When senior leadership commits to move from backward looking performance evaluation to forward-looking performance development, they commit to increasing engagement and the results are significant. Integrating this approach into your organization will be one of most important investments you can make.
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Japan Math’s K – 2 curriculum teaches math through problem solving.
Aim: Developing the will and skill to use math.
Methodology: Problem solving for deeper understanding
Program: Efficient and Effective Topic Arrangement
Click here for more information: japan-math.com
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Inc.
In the outstanding book "Servant Leadership in Action" — a collection of essays by forty-four renowned servant leadership experts and practitioners — best-selling author Stephen M.R. Covey offers up the litmus test that defines the best servant leaders. He writes: "The answer is trust. Trust is the litmus test. Trust is to servant leadership what profit is to a business. It's the outcome. It's the core measure. The scoreboard.' That said, I'll ask my readers the same question Covey asked his: What is the level — and quality — of trust you have with the people you lead?
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Fast Company
Whether you're lucky enough to have a great boss or have an uncomfortably rocky relationship with your manager, it pays to put some thought into your interactions. The language you use with your boss could end up dictating whether you get promoted, end up on the chopping block or fall somewhere in between. With that in mind, here are five phrases you should make an effort to avoid uttering to your boss — even if they seem appropriate on the spot.
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The Lead Change Group (commentary)
Jane Perdue, a contributor for The Lead Change Group, writes: "'Dave should have picked me to be on that special project team. He's my boss. He should have known I wanted to participate.' Should. Such a limiting word. It gifts us with frustration and anger. 'I should have been asked to lead the discussion group. They should have known that I'm good at that kind of work.' Should. It leads us down paths of disappointment and resentment."
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Education Next
Who decides what education products and services schools buy? For the most part, it’s district purchasing agents, school principals, technology coordinators and bureaucrats — anyone but the end user in the classroom. It's an ineffective market, with products and services handed down to teachers from purchasing decisionmakers on high. Take the $18 billion we spend in the United States on professional development for teachers every year. For the most part, teachers don't pick the programs. Their schools and districts do. And the research on the return on that investment is damning, with all those dollars failing to move the needle on student outcomes.
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Getting Smart
Albemarle County surrounds historic Charlottesville, Virginia home of Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe and UVA. The sprawling county is diverse and growing. Pam Moran has been a staff member of Albemarle County Public Schools for 32 years. After a dozen years as superintendent, Dr. Moran is retiring. She's quietly become one of America's leading educators not because she's outspoken but because the work she leads is so compelling.
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Leadership Freak
Listening is the first step back from the abyss of lousy leadership. But what if your boss is a lousy listener? Listening leaders are better leaders.
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ATD
There is a difference between excellence and perfection. Excellence allows you to excel, while still giving you the freedom to grow, develop, and enjoy the process. Perfection is an unattainable goal that takes the joy out of the talents we have been given, the skills we have learned, and the jobs we have acquired.
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Forbes
Do you sometimes struggle with time management? Or does the day lack enough hours to attend to your projects, habits, commitments and more? When half past five rolls around, do you look at your to do list and feel you didn't accomplish much of anything? If you're struggling to take charge of the day, consider using a popular productivity strategy known as the four Ds of effective time management.
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CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP
U.S. society believes teachers are interchangeable because education is standardized. Countries who have consistently higher student scores prove great teachers are the driving force behind educational success. We have been expecting teachers to be effective without training. We must support teachers who help kids compete in the global marketplace.
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School Leaders Now
Are the kids on your busses sometimes out of control? Are you constantly writing detentions because your drivers report getting hit by flying cookies and swear words? School bus behavior issues go beyond disrespect. They also create a safety hazard for everyone on board. PBIS, or Positive Behavior Intervention Supports, can be used with your bus drivers and students to make the ride to and from school a calmer, safer experience.
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By: Aileen Miracle (commentary)
 Planning is a passion of mine. Through my Kodaly levels, I learned so much about long- and short-range planning, and how to best develop plans that could meet all of my daily, monthly and yearly goals. When I begin my planning for the next school year, I first start with song lists, which for me is a grade-level list of songs, listening pieces and books cross-referenced by concepts, skills and extensions.
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Education Week
How can a federal commission, charged with figuring out how to prevent the next school shooting, ignore the issue of guns? That's the question Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the top Democrat on the Senate education committee, put to U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos in a letter sent Monday. In particular, Murray is trying to understand why DeVos recently told Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., that assessing the role of guns in school violence is "not part of the [commission's] charge, per se."
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EdTech Magazine
A lot is demanded of teachers. In addition to their daily task of educating students, teachers must also continue to learn. Traditionally, that requires educators to take courses, whether in the classroom or online. In efforts to make time-mandated and compliance-based professional learning efficient, technology offers microcredentialing as a vehicle for educators to pursue personal growth. Also known as digital badges, these tools are increasingly used to improve student focus as well as provide a means to incentivize teachers to complete new disciplines.
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eSchool News
Digital educational materials have provided many benefits for K-12 educators and students, including computer adaptive assessments to tools that allow students to collaborate and communicate 24/7. At the same time, tech programs have their own set of challenges, particularly when it comes to logging on. For years, users have needed to create and memorize a username and password for every system and app. During the edWebinar "Simplify Digital Access in K-12: Learn How District Leaders Eliminate Barriers," the presenters discussed the importance of adopting a single sign-on program to manage digital access, the questions to ask when choosing a vendor, and tips for rolling out the new system.
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Education DIVE
Online and hybrid education has long been a hot topic in higher education, but the impact of virtual learning on K-12 schooling is continuing to grow. With this growth comes new opportunities for students from all walks of life. With online learning, students with mobility issues can more easily access the materials they need; homeschooled students have more resources available to them; and students at schools that don't offer AP or language classes can still get the education they need.
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By: Savanna Flakes (commentary)
 There are cultural changes in how children behave and navigate the learning experience, how standards are approached and have increased in rigor, and how technology can be integrated into the classroom. Thus, every teacher deserves a great coach. Research studies by Jim Knight show that coached teachers were more effective in implementing new skills than just stand-alone professional development, and their students did better academically and emotionally
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By: Sheilamary Koch (commentary)
 When I recently surveyed ESL and ELL teachers on their favorite games to play with students in class, most of the games recommended involved moving around the classroom or playground. One reason is these activities are most frequently requested by students — who unsurprisingly are attracted to what's best for their well-being and learning. Among research that backs up what these children seem to know are multiple studies conducted by Terrence Dwyer that show exercise improves academic performance, classroom behavior and social skills.
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Education DIVE
Preschool and elementary school classes don't have to be in the same building or even part of the same district to be in greater alignment. Professional development opportunities that include both early-childhood and elementary school teachers is one way to reach more consensus about the skills and knowledge that children need before they enter kindergarten.
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Education Week
Current and former English language learners have made significant progress in the past 15 years on the test dubbed the "Nation's Report Card" — improving faster than English-only students. That's the takeaway from a study released this morning in the journal Education Researcher. Michael Kieffer, an associate professor at New York University, and Karen Thompson, an assistant professor at Oregon State University, found that 4th and 8th grade multilingual students' scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress in math and reading have risen two to three times faster since 2003 than those of students who speak only English at home.
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By: Bambi Majumdar (commentary)
 A new report released by iNACOL, "Levers and Logic Models: A Framework to Guide Research and Design of High-Quality Competency-Based Education Systems," shows an urgent need for a competency-based framework for K-12 ed. It presents logic models to help practitioners understand how competency-based education can impact education. There is a rising awareness of CBE. Schools and district administrators are realizing that they need to equip students better for the digital business world.
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NAESP
Together with Crayola, NAESP offers a special opportunity to apply for a Champion Creatively Alive Children Grant. Your school could receive a $3,500 grant (a $2,500 check and $1,000 worth of Crayola products) to establish a creative leadership team and build the creative capacity of your professional learning community. The deadline to apply is Friday, June 22. Click here for more information.
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NAESP
To keep NAESP's publications at the forefront of education issues and trends, the Association has established a group of editorial advisors. This group assists NAESP by: Suggesting themes and articles for Principal and other publications; writing articles and one book review per year; contributing to conference news; and providing honest feedback on publications and other NAESP services.
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