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.PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP
5 ways school leaders can work to prevent teacher burnout
Edutopia
Hiring, training, and retaining phenomenal educators has always been key to success in education. In the year dubbed "The Great Resignation," however, teacher retention has become an ever-present challenge. There's a strong link between teacher burnout and attrition, and as burnout rates continue to increase and teaching roles become more complex, school leaders must look to burnout reduction to retain and grow their faculty.
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AASA launches wellness campaign for district leaders
K-12 Dive
Stress on superintendents has continued to build this year as pressures mount over pandemic safety measures and contentious issues like critical race theory. Some worry the pressure could force district administrators to avoid making controversial but necessary decisions.
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How to spot a struggling new teacher and help them stay
Tes
For school leaders, this means we are always running the risk of appointing someone who just doesn't settle and disappears in the night after a few weeks — or never even makes it onto a plane to start their post at all.
It is an inevitable tightrope that schools walk, spending time, energy and money trying to avoid it and, thanks to ever more sophisticated recruitment processes, perhaps it happens less than it did in the past.
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Are schools now encouraging vaccinations for 5- to 11-year-old students?
District Administration Magazine
Principal Jaime Stone respects families' choices on COVID vaccinations, but it's clear where her administration stands on inoculations with a wider range of students now eligible.
"We hold clinics during the school day, which means we value this enough to remove students from some academic time to do this — and we know we'll get better participation," says Stone, principal of Camden-Rockport Middle School in Maine.
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As threat of Omicron variant looms, school closures continue ticking upward
The 74
The numbers suggest that nearly 10% of the nation's roughly 98,000 K-12 schools have experienced closures this year. In Maryland, more than 3 in 10 schools have been affected by at least one day of disruption this academic year. In North Carolina, where such events have been most frequent, the number is above 4 in 10.
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Report: Mental health services inadequate for the current needs of students
THE Journal
The availability of mental health services is inadequate to the current need. A new report from the U.S. Department of Education has suggested that there's a "unique opportunity" right now to rethink the mental health help provided by schools and programs by dedicating a portion of relief funding to a dramatic expansion of social workers, school counselors, school nurses, and school psychologists available to support students.
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Returning to school must include a reinvestment in Section 504 plans
Center for American Progress
As schools grapple with returning to in-person learning, the education system must account for and prioritize the unmet needs of students with disabilities. While students with disabilities are entitled to services and supports in school under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the Rehabilitation Act, they still face barriers in school that lead to educational disparities — issues that have only been compounded by the pandemic.
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Being Black in Education: Where is the system going wrong?
K-12 Dive
The footprint of educators of color — and more specifically Black educators — in Black students' lives and academic careers is well-documented.
Black students are significantly less likely to be suspended or expelled when racially matched with their teachers, according to a decade of data from New York City Public Schools analyzed by the Annenberg Institute at Brown University.
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Why digital equity is about so much more than access and infrastructure
EdSurge(Commentary)
While this new legislation should absolutely be celebrated, we must recognize it as only a critical first step toward digital equity and not as a conclusion reached or goal met. Achieving digital equity only just begins when students and teachers have sufficient access. Real digital equity requires more than just boxes and wires; it requires tailor-made planning best fit to meet school and district needs.
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In order to provide all students with an equitable opportunity to become strong readers, teachers must provide systematic, explicit instruction that incorporate all 5 pillars of how students learn to read. Download this playbook for expert advice on implementing the science of reading and using assessments to support equity.
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Social-emotional learning and the perils of teaching as therapy
Education Week
There's a lot of enthusiasm for social and emotional learning. Indeed, district spending on SEL increased by nearly 50% between the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school years. There's a crying need for that kind of mentoring and support, especially after the disruptions of the past year and half, and it's likely that some of the COVID-19 relief funds — still largely unspent — will get funneled toward this cause.
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What can schools do to navigate the effects of long COVID?
K-12 Dive
Schools have become accustomed to flexing protocols to respond to the rapidly changing pandemic environment, but navigating "long COVID" — persistent and recurring post-COVID conditions experienced for four or more weeks after initial infection — remains uncharted territory.
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Making the most of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
Language Magazine
The Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program is an important — but largely unmet — promise to provide debt relief to support teachers, nurses, firefighters, and others serving their communities. By cancelling loans after ten years of public service, PSLF removes the burden of student debt on public servants, makes it possible for many borrowers to stay in their jobs, and entices others to work in high-need fields.
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Teaching Channel Talks 49: Redefining your approach to behavior management
Teaching Channel
Too often, the focus on behavior is through a negative lens. Instead of working against misbehavior, we should start by identifying and teaching desirable behaviors and forming strong classroom relationships to support them. Join Shannon Rice and Wendy Amato as they redefine the context around behavior and give recommendations for successfully managing it in your classroom.
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Donations improve how kids learn amid ongoing COVID concerns
U.S. News and World Report
Grantmakers are increasing spending on education, hoping to turn the pandemic into an opportunity to fine tune the use of educational technology, develop better lesson plans, and build connections with families and after-school programs that could help reduce students’ mental-health challenges due to COVID. They want to help school districts change the way people like Mansur teach, while reducing learning gaps.
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As school communities have struggled to address the mental health needs of their students, the focus has been on treatment. Understandable.
However, we can start proactively helping our students in elementary school. Brain-based mental health literacy & resilience training provide strong Tier 1 support.
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.EDUCATION POLICY
How budget gridlock in Congress is adding confusion to school spending plans
District Administration Magazine
The primary effect on school districts and state educational agencies of the federal budget stalemate for FY 2022 is the inability to plan for the next school year, said Julia Martin, legislative director of Brustein & Manasevit PLLC, in Washington, D.C.
House and Senate Democratic leaders have announced plans to push for a second continuing resolution that will extend funding into next year.
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What the law says about parents' rights over schooling
Education Week
It is the rallying cry heard in supermajority-controlled statehouses, contentious school board meetings, and the run-up to Virginia’s recent election of a Republican governor: parental freedom! A freedom that credulous, grievance-fueled parents claim they can exert in schools over the curriculum, the books in the library, even health measures during a deadly pandemic.
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States supplement ESSER funds with additional federal aid
K-12 Dive
The 11 states that have not appropriated their ARP funds have lagged because the money became available late into or after their legislative sessions.
Administrative and logistical delays have also led to states receiving their last third of ARP Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds later than initially planned.
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.SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY
'Don't rush to spend on edtech'
The Hechinger Report
As of Nov. 4, the U.S. Department of Education has approved 46 state plans for the latest round of $122 billion in federal funds to help schools recover from the pandemic. Education technology is a priority in many plans. But, states and districts often lack information about which edtech works, according to Bart Epstein, president and CEO of the nonprofit, EdTech Evidence Exchange.
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Google Docs update and Workspace enhancements for educators
Tech and Learning
The Google Docs update, aimed at educators and students, includes a new search functionality to help make adding citations far easier. Also added is a new automated entry function, which aims to speed up repetitive work, a bit like using a smartphone's auto-typing.
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Teaching in the 'Metaverse'? Roblox looks to make it a reality
Education Week
Hoping to expand its presence in K-12 schools, gaming company Roblox announced this month a new $10 million fund to support the creation of online learning experiences that take advantage of its platform’s unique way of letting users play, explore, and socialize in an endlessly evolving virtual world.
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Using tracking sites to bring current events to students
eSchool News
There is a lot of conversation about supply chains and logistics in the news these days. As a picture is often worth a thousand words, maps and tracking sites that allow students to visualize the traffic making up these supply chains can be helpful.
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Minecraft and makerspaces: Learning design through play
Tech and Learning
Minecraft: Education Edition has made more people than ever aware that esports and video games can be used as a learning tool. At the Indian Creek Library in Olathe, Kansas, we have created a hands-on learning environment where teens can take their love of video games and translate that into real world skills such as design, coding, and interpersonal skills. This connected play and learning is particularly valuable for youth, as shown in research shared by NASEF, the non-profit North America Scholastic Esports Federation.
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.PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Do your teachers know what good teaching looks like?
eSchool News
Pick any high-priority instructional initiative in your district. Can you think of at least one teacher who is excelling in that priority area?
Maybe it's an early-elementary teacher facilitating small group math learning. Or, maybe it's a high-school science teacher appropriately deploying sheltered-instruction techniques into a lesson rich with academic language.
Now ask yourself… how can every other teacher get a chance to see that teacher's classroom?
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Create an English language immersion experience
Learning English
Have you ever seen an advertisement for a language immersion program? These programs can take place in a school or other location where a learner can practice using their second language in a natural setting. The language immersion situation forces the learner to use the new language throughout the day. They must try to communicate their ideas and understand native speakers. Speaking and hearing others use the language at meals, while shopping or taking part in other activities gives language learners valuable (and enjoyable) practice.
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Creating authentic audiences for student work
Edutopia
While some of the assignments have been simply tweaked to provide a real audience, other projects have required more time and preparation. Here are some examples of ways that I have offered opportunities to my students to write and present to an audience outside of our classroom, categorized by the level of time and preparation required.
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Bringing what worked during virtual learning into the classroom
Edutopia
With equipment pouring into many schools, students now have access to a digital device for virtual and blended learning. Most teachers, of course, have had a crash course in virtual teaching and learning over the past two years, and while most schools have returned to in-person learning, it’s important not to lose the benefits of virtual learning practices that worked.
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Literacy walks: How an open-door policy can transform our teaching
We Are Teachers
We can make positive change by brief visits to one another's classrooms, where we observe what students are doing in response to instruction. I added italics to emphasize that these observations are about noticing what helps learners progress — we have to stop thinking about them as gotcha moments. Literacy walks (and walks in other content areas) are a great tool to transform our practices.
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How to fend off 'educational numbness' with experiential learning
MindShift
Educational numbness has been further intensified by pandemic restrictions, according to Germán. Now, as students return to school buildings and readapt to their learning environments, they are at a breaking point. Teachers have noticed behavioral issues such as fighting and “trash your school” challenges. “We’re seeing a very visceral reaction,” said Germán.
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.EDUCATION RESEARCH
Study: Remote learning's toll on standardized test scores
Government Technology
School districts that switched to remote instruction during the coronavirus pandemic did far worse on spring 2021 standardized tests than those that kept their classrooms open, according to a new analysis of scores in Minnesota and 11 other states.
On average, proficiency rates on statewide accountability tests dropped by 14.2 percentage points in math and 6.3 percent points in reading compared to 2019.
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Federal education investments offer once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to transform students' trajectories
Forbes
Learning loss? Interrupted learning? Call it what you want. The important question is, "What we do next to support students?" A report on student progress conducted by Curriculum Associates provides a disheartening snapshot of student learning in the fall — when many students were just returning to school buildings. Researchers reviewed diagnostic scores from more than nine million students around the country and found that the number of students performing two or more grade levels below their actual grade level was greater than before the pandemic.
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.IN THE STATES
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The pandemic has undone years of educational gains in Texas schools. Here's what the road to recovery looks like.
Texas Tribune
In Texas, state officials have looked at the results from the 2021 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR test, to identify gaps in learning.
The results point to trouble ahead. The pandemic appeared to undo years of improvement for Texas students meeting grade requirements in reading and math, with students who did most of their schooling remotely suffering significant declines compared to those who attended in person.
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.ASSOCIATION NEWS
Staffing Challenges: Lessons Learned During Crises of 2020-2021
NAESP
During unprecedented crises of 2020-2021—a global pandemic and social injustice—schools and their leaders pivoted their practices to meet emerging and changing needs of students. NAESP and the American Institutes for Research set out to learn how these crises affected the principal profession and what principals need to help students and schools recover.
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Register now for 2022 conference in Louisville
NAESP
NAESP is excited to bring the one national event that provides the strongest unified voice for pre-K–8 educators and opportunities to learn and network with principal peers from around the country. Join us in Louisville July 15-17, 2022, for professional learning experiences designed to inspire bold thinking and innovative leadership.
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