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.PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP
4 principles school leaders can follow when balancing student safety and privacy
District Administration Magazine
Schools must balance two complex issues — safety and privacy — as they look to technology to help them identify students who may be experiencing a mental health crisis. While the pandemic upended much of what we recognize as traditional schooling, it also reaffirmed the critical role that schools play in supporting students' mental health needs.
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How can schools keep quarantined students learning?
Education Week
Just weeks into the start of the academic year, schools in some areas have seen thousands of students placed into isolation or quarantine after contracting COVID-19 or having been exposed to someone with the coronavirus, as the Delta variant has caused case counts to spike in many parts of the country.
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Educators nationwide completely reimagined summer school this summer. It could signal a new era.
The Washington Post
At the start of the summer, recess at Silverbrook Elementary looked weird. Whenever Shannon Mueck, who led summer learning at the Northern Virginia school, stepped outside to the playground, she saw children engaged in solo play: swinging alone, sitting by themselves or repeatedly pacing the perimeter. Kids at all grade levels, especially the youngest students, seemed unsure how to interact with one another after months of remote schooling and coronavirus-driven isolation.
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Amid legal battles, masks become part of one school's dress code
EdSurge
A battle is raging in Texas over whether schools can mandate mask-wearing, with the state's Supreme Court so far allowing mandates to stay in place. But a small district northeast of Dallas found a workaround to find a different way to keep masks in use — dress codes.
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School leaders aim for in-person instruction as COVID concerns linger into new year
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The top priority for many local school superintendents is clear as another school year begins — They want students in school five days a week. Challenges remain as COVID-19 and its variants continue to spread at a time when much of the student population remains too young to be vaccinated. And battles are being waged over school health protocols, such as mask mandates and vaccine requirements for employees.
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Where teachers are required to get vaccinated against COVID-19
Education Week
High teacher vaccination rates are widely considered by public health experts to be a key component of keeping schools safely open for in-person instruction. State policymakers, buoyed by the fact the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine now has full FDA approval, are considering whether to mandate that teachers get the shot.
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Hostile school board meetings have members calling it quits
The Associated Press
A Nevada school board member said he had thoughts of suicide before stepping down amid threats and harassment. In Virginia, a board member resigned over what she saw as politics driving decisions on masks. The vitriol at board meetings in Wisconsin had one member fearing he would find his tires slashed.
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As schools reopen, child psychiatrists expect to see a surge of kids who need help
NPR
As schools across the country reopen, mental health professionals are anticipating a surge in the number of kids seeking help in the coming weeks. That's not unlike previous years. "Historically, our busiest times of the year are a couple of weeks into the school year, perhaps the end of September, beginning of October," says Dr. Richard Martini, a child and adolescent psychiatrist at the University of Utah and Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City.
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This fall, student data can drive learning plans that help all students catch up and move new learning forward. We’ve put together resources, worksheets, and other tools to help your team identify student needs, guide student-centered instruction and intervention decisions, and accelerate each student’s growth. Open the free toolkit.
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How to ensure classroom air safety during COVID-19
eSchool News
Ensuring classroom air safety is more critical than ever this year–and every school year in the foreseeable future. As we prepare for a return to in-person learning for the 2021-2022 school year, discussions continue to focus on how schools will keep students and faculty safe from airborne COVID-19 and other viruses and pathogens.
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Meeting the challenges of our mask mandate
MiddleWeb
Back to school. Most years this phrase elicits an excitement that is almost palpable. Teachers are eager to get into the classroom and meet the new faces that will make up their classes. Students are eager to be with friends that they haven't seen all summer and to show off the latest styles that they've adopted while binge watching some of their favorite shows.
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Are you a servant leader?
Inc.
The idea of servant leadership dates back to 1970 when it was coined by Robert Greenleaf in his essay The Servant as Leader. Other researchers followed in Greenleaf's footsteps in the decades that followed and built on his research. The Greenleaf Center continues promoting and researching servant leadership to this day. One of the products of that research was the identification of five critical factors that all servant leaders share--and where other leaders fall short.
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Does making simple decisions feel overwhelming? Here's how to regain control.
Entrepreneur
Anxiety about not jumping on every opportunity that comes your way is real and very normal, especially for a perfectionist. Perfectionists tend to set very high standards for themselves and tend to be very critical of themselves. When they don't reach those standards, they experience all sorts of negative emotions like guilt, shame, anger, depression and anxiety.
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The one habit you need to have more good days
Fast Company
You know when you have a really good day — when you're killing it at work or school, and you feel like your most grounded and authentic self? When you feel strong and in control? It's probably because your keystone habit came out to play.
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.EDUCATION POLICY
Biden administration pledges $85M to support student mental health
K-12 DIVE
Since the start of the pandemic, there has been a 31% increase in the proportion of mental health-related emergency rooms visits in youth ages 12 to 17, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More youth are also reporting increases in depression, anxiety and stress, according to a YouthTruth survey.
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Not all data is equal. Great data provides leaders with valuable insights into classroom practice. The best data fuels PLCs, professional learning, and school improvement efforts in meaningful ways that result in visible gains. Improve data discussions at your school with our free data discussion checklist. Download now.
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.SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY
As tablets decline, notebooks will drive growth in computing devices
THE Journal
Computing devices are seeing slower-than-expected growth this year, owing largely to shortages caused by the public policy response to the pandemic. Nevertheless, overall growth in 2021 will be positive, according to a new report. However, that growth will continue to slow through 2025, with tablets actually going seeing negative growth. Education is one of the positive drivers.
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Accessible websites: Best practices for educators
Tech & Learning
For educators, one of the best things about creating a district, school or classroom website is being able to easily and efficiently communicate critical information with students and families. By focusing on making it accessible, educators can be sure that all stakeholders are on the same web page.
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3 tech tools for teaching literacy
EdTech Magazine
Despite kindergarten being a crucial time for literacy development, those classes saw an average 16 percent drop in enrollment nationwide in 2020, according to a report from NPR. Teachers have found it particularly difficult to teach early reading skills virtually. Add in the number of kindergarteners whose parents have opted to hold them out this fall, and it's no wonder experts are concerned about young learners' reading skills heading into the 2021-2022 school year.
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.PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Defending a teacher's right to disconnect
Edutopia
Technology is compromising the health and well-being of teachers, blurring the already-indistinct boundaries between work and home and leading to an unsustainable "always on" mentality, researchers assert in a new study.
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Supporting new teachers this year
Edutopia
As we move back to in-person class, teachers will need to support students with compassion and trauma-informed strategies, and teachers — rookies in particular — will need support from colleagues and school leaders. Teachers will have the herculean task of engaging students who are starting the school year already behind, with the added weight of loss, grief and health worries as distractions to learning.
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Resources for teaching 9/11's 20th anniversary
MiddleWeb
As we approach the 20th anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2001, it is important to remember that middle school students today were not alive in that year, and their connections to and knowledge about the events of 9/11 vary significantly. Some students' families are personally impacted by the tragedy and others may know very little about it.
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Active learning: 5 tips for implementing the approach
Tech & Learning
Students engaged in high-quality active learning lessons learn more than those who learn from traditional lectures, research shows. But keeping students actively engaged in a productive manner is not always easy. Here are some methods and strategies for adding more active learning to your teaching.
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James Tressel, President of Youngstown State University said, “We feel blessed that we have this opportunity to really make our employees and our students and or community confident, because all of these..." Quad-Sink is a mobile, high volume hand washing station that can service 120 students in just 10 minutes.
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Extraordinary virtual learning opportunities are still available for the summer! Explore space, travel to prehistoric times or enjoy our many other STEAM-focused virtual workshops.
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4 things to do before school reopens
ADDitude Magazine
Most schools will reopen for full-time, in-person learning this school year. Is your child prepared? Use this checklist to help your student with ADHD transition away from distance learning back to the four walls of a classroom.
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.EDUCATION RESEARCH
How dangerous is Delta for K-12 students?
Tech & Learning
One bright spot throughout the pandemic is that COVID-19 has, for the most part, been less likely to cause severe disease in children. That's part of what has driven a push to get the majority of U.S. K-12 students back into physical classrooms full time.
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Study: Remote learning helped parents and teachers relate to each other
University of Alberta via Phys.org
The COVID-19 pandemic caused major upheaval, sending students home to remote learning and leaving teachers and parents scrambling to adapt. But it also created the opportunity for a deeper appreciation of their respective roles and challenges, according to a study led by a University of Alberta researcher.
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.IN THE STATES
.ASSOCIATION NEWS
Apply for open NAESP board positions
NAESP
NAESP has open positions on its Board of Directors. Do you have what it takes to step up your volunteer leadership game? NAESP is seeking candidates to fill the role of vice president, director at large, middle, as well as directors for zones 3, 4, and 6.
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Jumpstart school transformation with a 100-day plan
NAESP
Entering a school as a new principal is a daunting task, whether a seasoned veteran or a novice principal. Entry plans are a common requirement upon being hired. A 100-day entry plan with input by all constituents can be the answer. Ultimately, it is not just creating a plan that will help. Instead, engaging the entire school community in deep conversations before writing goals will often reveal to you the real challenges a school faces. Together, you can create an entry plan that can quick-start a school transformation.
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