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District Administration Magazine
When considering ways to create healthier K-12 buildings, it's important to address high-touch surfaces like door hardware. Surface transmission is a risk, especially at high-traffic doors like main entrances and restrooms.
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Education DIVE
Recently Education DIVE published an article designed for parents and educators entitled, "2020 School Year: The Most Dangerous COVID Spreader of All." In it, we predicted that schools would form an ideal environment for the virus to spread. Therefore, opening schools to in-person learning before the transmission and severity of COVID-19 have been greatly mitigated by vaccine and/or treatments is extremely dangerous and will assuredly result in the spreading of coronavirus — not only to the people in the schools that open, but to the people in the homes and communities connected to those schools.
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The Hechinger Report
In Las Vegas, where more than 1 in 6 workers are now unemployed, Fernando Valenzuela decided to quit his job this summer. He's one of nearly 4,300 substitute teachers in the Clark County School District earning roughly $100 per day, without sick leave or health coverage. Though Valenzuela, who filled a full-time teaching vacancy at the Nevada Learning Academy, earned a bit more — $120 a day — than the Clark County average, it was still not enough for him to brave the risks of working at a school during the escalating coronavirus pandemic.
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eSchool News
As a father of three children, at about this time of year, there was always excitement surrounding the anticipation of who may be in our kids' classes next year and who would be their teachers. Summer reading lists were checked off and the annual ritual of shopping for notebooks, pens and backpacks would soon commence.
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District Administration Magazine
Students with behavioral issues may become agitated more easily upon the return to classrooms because of all the changes to their routine and school building. They may more quickly get to the point of needing to be restrained for their safety or the safety of their classmates. But the idea of staff getting that close to a student, even while wearing personal protective equipment, may make families and staff uneasy as the novel coronavirus outbreak continues.
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NPR
The decision about whether to reopen schools while the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage is complicated by logistics, health questions and politics. It's particularly difficult in districts where there is a wide diversity of language, and where many families are enduring poverty. School superintendents and administrators are caught between wanting to educate — and often feed — their student body and keeping kids safe. In Indiana, their hands have been forced by state legislators, who say they might withhold funding unless schools reopen.
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MiddleWeb (commentary)
Dina Strasser, a contributor for MiddleWeb, writes: "It's been an interesting summer. I read somewhere that just as animals have a 'fight, freeze, or flee' response to extreme and present danger, so do human beings; it just shows up differently. Spending hours on Facebook shouting down the racist neighbor of your uncle, say, or bingeing Warrior Nun on Netflix after looking at the COVID-19 stats for your state."
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Leadership Freak
Relentless problems feel like driving around with garbage in the backseat. You wonder if the journey's worth it. Don't pretend things smell good when they stink. Dig into problems, but don't set up residence. Move from smelly problem to preferred future. But how?
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Fast Company
The coronavirus pandemic forced many companies — including my own — to shift from working in an office to switch to working from home. This new context in which we were operating forced me to evolve and grow as a leader.
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Classcraft
In an effort to adapt to the sudden outbreak of COVID-19, many school administrators are going virtual overnight and are, understandably, feeling slightly overwhelmed. Transitioning from a brick-and-mortar to a virtual school is no small task, and you may find yourself in uncharted territory.
So, where do you start?
Here are five questions you should ask about online learning to help get you started.
Forbes
Arguably, mornings are the most important part of the day. They can springboard us into a day filled with productivity and inspiration or trigger our worst instincts and preview a day filled with chaos and angst. As a result, establishing healthy morning habits can be an integral part of our individual formula for success. Admittedly, everyone's situation is different and each day in fact is unique so the goal isn't to develop a script that's confining or overly prescriptive.
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Forbes
The coronavirus pandemic is affecting people's physical and mental well-being the world over. As the weeks and months pass by, many are facing a deluge of emotions — from sadness and anger to tiredness and exhaustion. This is largly because when experiencing psychological stressors, such as those associated with the "new normal" including quarantine, we're biologically programmed to produce a physiological response — the fight or flight mode — which exhumes enormous amounts of energy.
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Training Industry Magazine (commentary)
Bobbi Kahler, a contributor for Training Industry Magazine, writes: "Ten years ago, I bought my first pair of cross-country skis. I'll never forget my first time out. I was both excited to learn and a little fearful: What if I fell? What if I hurt myself? What if I wasn't very good? What if I looked like an idiot? Yet, the prospect of learning to gracefully glide across the beautiful Colorado snow was alluring."
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Fast Company
Who wouldn't want to be more likable and have people think of them in a positive manner? There are many benefits to having others like us. Personally, we'll form closer and deeper relationships with those that we want to be in our lives. In the workplace, being likable will result in better relationships with our colleagues and increase our chances for promotion.
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Entrepreneur
Sports are a huge part of American culture for many reasons. The drama, athleticism and personal story lines all make for a visual and emotional feast. Add some munchies, your beverage of choice and a halftime 3-on-3, and it's no wonder sports sit at the center of American weekend festivities. But occasionally sports mean more than that, and the legends help us learn something greater. Here are my top sports legends and what they teach us about leading others.
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First and foremost, we want to take a moment to recognize and express our gratitude toward the brave first responders — EMTs, firefighters, police officers, doctors, nurses and so many others — who have gone (and are still going) into action during the COVID-19 pandemic, putting their own health at risk to help those infected by the virus. And to the essential workers in the food, energy, transportation, safety and manufacturing industries (just to name a few) that have kept us fed, our lights on and our world moving — thank you all.
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Forbes (commentary)
Alexandra Friedman, a contributor for Forbes, writes: "Recently, one of my clients received a promotion. A brilliant, hardworking executive in her organization, she couldn't have been better equipped for the job. Yet when she told me the news, she sounded hesitant: 'Right place, right time,' she said, later asking, 'Who am I to be managing a team?'"
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As we head into the new school year, it is going to be essential to have the flexibility to provide both in-class, as well as distance learning opportunities. Online curriculum resources will play an important role in helping to support teachers and students.
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Forbes
As we enter fall 2020, employers are confronting a number of complex factors that threaten to cause or exacerbate mental health challenges in the workplace. Employees continue to struggle with the direct threat of COVID-19; a recent MetLife survey found that 74% of workers are concerned about "at least one aspect of their well-being as a result of the virus." Frontline workers face the daily trauma of putting their health at risk, teachers and parents are navigating distance learning, and office workers struggle to either adapt to long-term remote work or anxiously debate whether they are comfortable with a return to the office.
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Inc. (commentary)
Keith Ferrazzi, a contributor for Inc., writes: "The future of work arrived out of nowhere, on the back of a once-in-a-century pandemic. Team dynamics got challenged as members dealt with illness, trauma, and crisis. We've all been forced to rapidly and radically adapt to new working norms. The Ferrazzi Greenlight Research Institute has spent more than 15 years studying high-performing teams, but I've never seen entrepreneurs rise to the occasion as they have this year. When the crisis subsides, the temptation will be to turn back that progress and retreat into old behaviors."
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Education Week
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has informed states that they should not count on getting the same waivers from federal testing mandates for this school year that they got last spring as the pandemic shut down schools. In a Thursday letter to chief state school officers, DeVos said that these annual, summative assessments in English/language arts, math, and science are "at the very core" of the bipartisan agreement behind the Every Student Succeds Act, the main federal K-12 education law. And at a time when vulnerable students have been hurt the most by the pandemic, such tests are "among the most reliable tools available to help us understand how children are performing in school."
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eSchool News
This is the prevailing sentiment in millions of homes these days as many families gear up for what likely will amount to another semester of virtual learning due to the coronavirus pandemic, CNN reports. For most of these families, the online learning they endured this spring was passable at best, the result of schools and school districts scrambling to adapt their respective face-to-face curricula for the online environment.
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EdTech Magazine
Despite the potential for in-class participation this fall, some schools are deploying hybrid learning models that see students balance on-campus and at-home education, while others have opted out of in-person reopening entirely. But even those going full steam ahead into reopening face the specter of potential pivots to distance learning delivery. The result? Needing a plan to support students at scale, which demands IT infrastructure that can keep pace with evolving expectations and rapidly changing pandemic priorities.
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eSchool News
When Highline Public Schools starts its academic year on September 9, the district will implement an engaging distance learning model that Superintendent Dr. Susan Enfield and her team developed over the summer. Based on the case rates of COVID-19 in the area, the district made the decision to offer only distance learning until November. Enfield reached this conclusion in collaboration with other districts in the region of Washington. She and her fellow superintendents felt they had to announce the decision early enough that families and staff could plan their professional and personal lives, so they actually made the call before the state Department of Education had sent its metrics to guide whether schools could open in person or not.
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THE Journal
A bunch of education associations and education technology companies have weighed in on updates to a rubric for helping school districts determine their readiness for online learning. "Back to School Rubric v2.0" will also assist schools in identifying areas for improvement. The new tool is a product of 20 entities, including the Consortium for School Networking, the State Educational Technology Directors Association and ClassLink, which produces a single-sign-on program for education.
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EdTech Magazine
YouTube has long been the home of pop music videos and keyboarding cats. But the pandemic has created a new class of potential viral stars waiting in the wings, ready to explain organic chemistry or decode algebra. Justin Bieber probably isn’t too worried. But online video lessons are growing exponentially as K–12 student learning goes online, and there is no doubt that a few teachers will rise to the top to help more students learn. That's a rapid divergence from how education has evolved in the past.
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eSchool News
The back-to-school season is in full swing amidst a global pandemic that's seen US COVID-19 infections rise to 4.86 million in early August. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that around 7 percent of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S. have been among children younger than 18, though one reason for this may be because most US schools shut down in March when COVID-19 took hold globally.
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Tech & Learning (commentary)
Carl Hooker, a contributor for Tech & Learning, writes: "As a teacher, I experienced firsthand the issues that arise from teaching remotely. Keeping students engaged while maintaining balance with increased time on screens is a challenge for many teachers who struggle with integrating technology. That being said, teachers who are now forced into blended and remote learning have seen several opportunities to help personalize instruction with their students. The challenge is getting teachers the tools and help they need when they need it."
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MindShift
COVID-19 forced Keriann Wilmot's son to trade his classroom for a computer. It was a tough transition for a 10-year-old with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. "It was a different environment for him," Wilmot says. "He wasn't used to this kind of work from school coming in the format of an email in his Chromebook every single day." Her son would avoid math and writing and instead go straight to his favorite subjects: science and social studies. But even then, online assignments could be a problem.
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“Together, We Thrive,” the latest series of webinars and resources from Classcraft, is designed to equip educators with the tools they need to support students through MTSS or PBIS, maintain consistency when shifting between in-person and remote learning, actively engage parents, and promote equity. Join us!
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EdSurge
Of all the behaviors necessitated by the pandemic — wearing face masks, ordering takeout or groceries online, working from home — only one has taken over the lexicon, serving variously as a verb, adjective or noun: Zooming. We Zoom for work, or with friends. We get on Zoom to talk to grandparents, or grandkids. We suffer from Zoom fatigue, and do our best to watch out for Zoombombing.
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Tech&Learning
With remote learning continuing to be in effect for many schools, teaching a hands-on subject such as science is a challenge for educators. Not being able to allow students to experiment, test and explore firsthand, however, has encouraged new teaching practices. In Orange County, Florida, science teachers have gone back to basics in a way, according to Veronica Franco, former STEM Gifted Education Teacher and STEM Futures Director. Unable to participate in on-site school experiments, students explore their neighborhoods and backyards in science-based scavenger hunts that involve identifying flora and fauna. Teachers also assign project-based tasks, such as coming up with ideas to help a local farmer with his excess strawberry harvest.
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Education Week
It's tempting to put students' social, emotional and mental well-being on the back burner as schools scramble to make up for lost learning and navigate the tough logistical and political challenges of safely opening school buildings. But ignoring social emotional learning could be a recipe for disaster. The fact is: Children can't process and retain new information if their brains are overwhelmed with anxiety.
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Edutopia
In these strange times in the midst of a pandemic, nothing tells a student that you are invested in them personally more than a phone call. Even in a five-minute conversation, the teacher gets to intently listen to the student as if no one and nothing else matters, easily trumping group Zoom calls and prerecorded video messages.
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MiddleWeb (commentary)
Michelle Russell, a contributor for MiddleWeb, writes: "I want to write about what it's been like returning to school, hoping it will be helpful for teachers who haven't started back yet or might start today. I'm finding it hard to describe what it's been like, because it's different than anything I've experienced as a teacher before."
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Eduacation Week
Learning is a social activity, but how can kids learn social skills when they can't fully engage in person? Of the districts whose reopening plans Education Week has analyzed, less than a third plan to include at least some in-person classes. But their students and teachers will have to interact with one another while wearing facial masks and staying six feet apart to limit the spread of the COVID-19 respiratory disease.
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ADDitude Magazine
Asynchronous learning challenges the executive functions of students with ADHD — and their parents, too. Use these tips to set up an effective home school for your child that minimizes distractions and requests for your attention during the work day.
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Edutopia
For tweens and young teens, navigating distance learning this school year will require an array of skills they might not yet have developed, writes middle school director and author Jody Passanisi for MiddleWeb. Without the rules and routines of a physical classroom — the external "regulatory systems" that allow kids this age to learn from watching peers and teachers — middle school students will need extra help to build up the self-regulatory skills needed to "set themselves up for success physically, materially and emotionally."
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NPR
COVID-19 forced Keriann Wilmot's son to trade his classroom for a computer. It was a tough transition for a 10-year-old with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. "It was a different environment for him," Wilmot says. "He wasn't used to this kind of work from school coming in the format of an email in his Chromebook every single day." Her son would avoid math and writing and instead go straight to his favorite subjects: science and social studies. But even then, online assignments could be a problem.
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MindShift
At Dwight D. Eisenhower Charter School in Algiers, a low-slung brick building across the river from downtown New Orleans, school leaders greet students as they make their way into the building. All are masked. In the cafeteria, a movable wall cuts the space in half, separating the students into socially distanced groups of nine. Strips of tape mark separate pathways for students and staff. Big pumps of hand sanitizer sit on each desk, and everyone, teachers and students, is wearing a mask.
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EdSource
The California Legislature adjourned without having resolved what school districts say is a huge barrier to returning to in-school instruction: legal protection from COVID-19-related lawsuits. Without that safeguard, school officials warn, some districts will be skittish about opening up schools and instead continue in distance learning until they get it.
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NPR
New York City will delay its start of in-person classes at public schools until Sept. 21 as part of a deal with the United Federation of Teachers, Mayor Bill de Blasio and other officials announced. The union, which represents most of the city's educators, had been on the brink of voting whether to authorize a strike over safety precautions related to the coronavirus. The new agreement is aimed at addressing health concerns for educators and their students.
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NAESP
Join CASEL for guidance on beginning the new school year with equity-focused SEL strategies centered on relationships and built on the existing strengths of a school community. Participants will: Take time to cultivate and deepen relationships, build partnerships and plan for SEL; design opportunities where adults can connect, heal and build their capacity to support students; create safe, supportive and equitable learning environments that promote all students' social and emotional development; and use data as an opportunity to share power, deepen relationships and continuously improve support for students, families and staff.
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NAESP
Empathy fatigue is what happens when someone cares too much about too many people and becomes emotionally depleted. Anyone can get it, but it is more prominent among those who work in caring professions like health care. But empathy fatigue also occurs in education, and teachers are especially susceptible to it.
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