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School Leaders Now
Without fail, when the clock starts approaching 1 or 2 p.m. every day, our brains and bodies seem to slow down. Whether you blame it on a carb-heavy lunch or even your body temperature dropping, nearly everyone feels sluggish and unmotivated during the dreaded afternoon slump. This includes school leaders. However, there are steps you can take to keep energy well into the afternoon. Instead of making yet another trip to the coffee maker, here are five science-backed tips for keeping your energy high when you usually feel like taking an afternoon nap.
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Education Next
Policy researchers spend a lot of time talking about how little the research we spend our time generating gets applied in practice. While the statutory push in ESSA for schools to use evidence may seem an elegant solution to this dilemma, it also poses a real risk that school leaders will feel pressure to choose approaches that have been easier to evaluate, rather than those that are the most central to improving educational practice.
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Entrepreneur
In recent years, the power in the hiring process has shifted to the job-seeker. From company career sites to employer-review platforms like Glassdoor, job-seekers have access to endless information about a company. As a result, they're better informed and able to go about the job search in a new way. Employers? They have yet to adapt.
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MiddleWeb (commentary)
Rita Platt, a contributor for MiddleWeb, writes: "Most teachers know that good teaching starts and ends with strong relationships. Students who know and feel known by their teachers are more likely to work hard, behave well, and be open to new ideas. Similarly, families who feel connected to the school are more likely to support the school’s mission and teachers. We work all year to build and nurture relationships with our students and their families. Why stop over the summer?"
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Forbes
"Why when I hire a pair of hands, do they come with a brain attached?" What a strong reminder from Henry Ford of how leadership is challenging. Whether you want to be a leader or not, it's beneficial to know if people want to follow you. My intention is to provide awareness, so you can take action. It may sting, but it will accelerate your success. There are three signs to look for that it's time to adjust your approach to leadership.
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The Lead Change Group (commentary)
Julia Felton, a contributor for The Lead Change Group, writes: "I recently heard a story that shocked me. Three judges sat on a parole board, where they got to decide which prisoners would be granted parole. On this one specific day, three different prisoners came in to have their cases reviewed. All three had served two-thirds of their sentence, but only one was released. Why?"
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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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Harvard Business Review (commentary)
When Apple CEO Steve Jobs approached AT&T about partnering on a new kind of mobile phone — a touchscreen computer that would fit in your pocket — Apple had no expertise in the mobile market. Yet AT&T executives quickly came to believe so strongly in Job's vision that they skipped internal process protocols to land the deal. Randall Stephenson, then CEO of AT&T, famously said, "I told people you weren't betting on a device. You were betting on Steve Jobs." Apple went on to secure massive commitments from AT&T's suppliers, who spent hundreds of millions to build factories for iPhone-specific parts.
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Fast Company
You're interested in stepping up into a management role with your current company, but there's just one question that keeps nagging at you: Are you ready? Sure, you've produced consistently great results in your existing position and have forged some solid bonds with many of your colleagues. You're proud of that — but, you're also unsure of whether or not that truly means you're cut out for a step up the proverbial ladder.
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Leadership Freak
Arrogance holds you back. Humility propels you forward. You'd be wrong if you said humility is kin to fear. Courage is the willingness and ability to fail and try again. Arrogance needs to appear perfect so it plays it safe. It won't try unless success is certain. Arrogance fears and rejects failure. Humility accepts responsible failure and keeps going.
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HR Morning
Of course, most employers don't set out to intentionally pay female employees less than male employees. Nevertheless, it ends up happening a lot more than you'd expect. Recent studies reveal that, on average, women still earn 82 cents for every dollar earned by men. And a lot of companies could be paying women less without even realizing it.
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Entrepreneur
As a leader, your mission is to develop and sustain a dynamite team that can achieve performance and deliver results yet unseen. Heavy pressure is upon you to bring brand new, unconventional ideas, which inspire your team to greatness. Gone are the days where you were only expected to impress those who hired you. Your team members are really the ones whose trust, respect and loyalty you need to earn and gain. You have to act fast.
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By: Catherine Iste (commentary)
 While I was inclined to say no to this question, I have been proven wrong. After asking it in the varied offices of several different clients, I was greeted with a variety of tips, tricks and methods for enjoying the time we spend at work. First, there is something very deliberate about the word enjoy. It does not imply being happy about everything. In fact, as a line manager pointed out to me, one of her favorite things about her job are the problems.
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Forbes (commentary)
Erin Hoffman, a contributor for Forbes, writes: "Think of a great boss or leader you've had. What made them great? I've asked hundreds of my management trainees this question and the responses are always the same. 'He expected a lot of me.' 'She inspired me.' 'They pushed me to grow and do more than I thought possible.' However, when I ask these managers if they are that kind of leader for their team, the answer is usually no."
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Education Week
If U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos scraps the long-standing federal office that supports English learners, a broad community of advocates and experts, including two former directors of the office, warn the move could harm students who already lag their peers on every academic measure. Under the proposal, DeVos would fold the office of English language acquisition, or OELA, into the office for elementary and secondary education. The plan would eliminate the director's position for OELA, a job currently held by José Viana.
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STUDENT DEBATE IS MORE EFFECTIVE
Debate methods like Socratic Seminar, get kids actively engaged with discussion:
• Students think more critically.
• Learn to communicate ideas.
• Challenges them to listen to other opinions.
• Challenge others intelligently and build off of their ideas.
The ability to communicate ideas clearly and respectfully will benefit students their whole life.
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Education Week
Many districts are about to get a big boost in funding for the most flexible piece of the Every Student Succeeds Act: the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants, better known as Title IV of the law. The program just got a big, $700 million boost from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2018, bringing its total funding to $1.1 billion. And it could get even more money next year, because the House appropriations subcommittee in control of federal education spending is seeking $1.2 billion for the program in new legislation.
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EdTech Magazine
Raising classroom outcomes takes more than adding screens and smartboards. Here are some ways administrators can target barriers to improvement.
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Education Week
Today, 98 percent of households with 2- to 8-year-old children include a mobile device, like smartphones, tablets and iPods or other smart-mobile devices, an increase from 75 percent in 2013. Moreover, 45 percent of these children have their own dedicated device — up from just 12 percent in 2013.
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EdTech Magazine
As the growth in personalized learning initiatives has emphasized, students will exhibit differing aptitudes for subjects depending on their strengths. However, issues with classroom equity have left some students unable to perform, not because they are having trouble grasping the material but because of issues related to geography, race, gender, ethnicity, language or economics.
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Education World
During the school year, teachers are master balancers. In addition to the daily diet of rigorous academic content and classroom management, colorful sticky notes and intricate calendars remind us of pending tasks. Conferences next week! Make parent phone calls! Prep for Friday PLC! With all the hubbub, it can be overwhelming to tackle a large project or learn a new skill. Fortunately, summer offers a slightly slower pace that's perfect for tackling serious professional development. Conferences and seminars give you access to experts but they're not your only option. If you're looking for a more customized plan, here are a few ideas to get you started on your own DIY summer professional development.
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Getting Smart
In education today, more and more individuals and organizations are committing themselves to designing learning environments that cultivate a broader, more holistic set of student outcomes. Luckily, an array of high-quality outcome frameworks are available to help educators and leaders make sense of today's expanded definition of learner success.
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School Leaders Now
Most classrooms have those disengaged students who couldn't care less about what is happening in school. They're sometimes the quiet ones who refuse to speak or work, and sometimes they're the troublemakers who seek to disrupt — as a method for not doing work. Take all of those kids and put them in a single classroom, and you have the model for alternative education. Engaging alternative education students may sound tough, but consider that all it may mean is that they didn't cope well in a traditional school setting.
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USA Today
Environmental factors such as health and education played a role in both the rise in IQ scores during the 20th century, as well as a long-term decline dating back to the mid-'70s, a study from Norwegian researchers suggests. The study focuses on the Flynn effect, a term used to describe the steady rise in IQ scores during the 20th century. IQ scores started trending downward after 1975, the study shows. Researchers with Oslo's Ragnar Frisch Center for Economic Research studied scores from more than 730,000 men between 1962 and 1991 who participated in military conscription testing. Researchers then narrowed down to focus on families with brothers to determine whether genetics or environmental factors played a greater role in IQ scores.
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eSchool News
What can we learn from human psychology about designing learning environments geared for maximum motivation? Let's start by identifying core human motivations using Maslow's Hierarchy of Human Needs. Psychologist Abraham Maslow studied human motivation as a whole, rather than the discrete pockets of motivation prior studies had identified. Maslow's Hierarchy is depicted as a pyramid, with the base of the structure housing the most basic needs and more rigorous needs building on top of those.
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University of Washington via Science Daily
The early years are when the brain develops the most, forming neural connections that pave the way for how a child — and the eventual adult — will express feelings, embark on a task, and learn new skills and concepts. Scientists have even theorized that the anatomical structure of neural connections forms the basis for how children identify letters and recognize words. In other words, the brain's architecture may predetermine who will have trouble with reading, including children with dyslexia. But teaching can change that, a new University of Washington study finds.
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Education DIVE
The recent retention experiment in Louisiana illustrates the frustration educators and lawmakers face in determining the best way to promote learning for students. While promoting those who are not ready for the next grade has its own set of pitfalls, retaining students who don't meet benchmarks and standards also seems to present its own social and educational challenges including a higher risk of dropping out. The issue of retention has become more widespread as more states hold students back in connection with new reading laws.
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WDTN-TV
A proposed bill would mean Ohio would join other states that have put seatbelts on school buses. The bill was introduced by State Representative John Barnes, Jr., a Democrat, just days after a deadly crash in New Jersey that took the lives of two people and injured 43 others. Eight states are already buckled up with laws that address safety restraints in school buses.
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The Associated Press via ABC News
A Kansas law that stripped public school teachers of guaranteed tenure doesn't violate the state or federal constitution because legislators had the power to modify or end the policy, the state Supreme Court declared. The court ruled against two veteran teachers who sued their rural school district after it did not renew their contracts in May 2015. They argued that the Republican-controlled Legislature deprived them of a property right through an expedited process for passing the law in 2014 that violated their right to due legal process.
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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, 12 Midnight ET. Click here for more information.
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NAESP
NAESP is happy to announce that Jackie Joyner-Kersee will be the closing keynote speaker at the NAESP Pre-K–8 Principals Conference in Orlando on Wednesday, July 11. As one of the most decorated female athletes of all time and named the "Greatest Female Athlete of the 20th Century," Jackie dominated the track and field circuit for 16 years and won three gold, one silver and two bronze medals spanning four Olympic Games during her illustrious career.
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