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iCARE, Part Three: Helping Troubled Students Care
Guest post by Thomas Kachadurian Two weeks ago, I introduced you to iCARE, and last week, I shared how this initiative has helped to unite our school community. In this final post, I will explore how...
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Get Real With Visible Learning
Guest post by Jamie Richardson Creating authentic learning for students is challenging. No longer do students simply complete a project, get a grade, and move on to the next assignment. Their learning...
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Giving Students a Voice in School Improvement
Guest post by Kasey Teske In secondary schools, the greatest untapped resource is our students. Most of our students care deeply about school and have numerous ideas about how to improve their campus...
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Guest post by Stephen Spahn As chancellor of Dwight School for the last 50 years, I have had the distinct privilege of witnessing some of the more dramatic changes in education. As the world continues...
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A Professional Learning Community That Achieves Results
Guest post by Jack Baldermann At Westmont High School (WHS)—a Title 1 school just outside Chicago, IL—our team has sustained tremendous growth and significant gains in student achievement. WHS...
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National Principals Conference 2018: A Forum for National Problem-Solving
Guest post by Amber Schroering After the recent Parkland shooting in Florida, I found myself sitting in church and couldn’t bring myself to sing. I just stood there, almost feeling numb, wondering how...
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AVID: A Transformative Pathway for School Improvement
Guest post by Nick Nelson During the 2015–16 school year, The Dalles High School in Oregon was awarded a state grant for AVID training. We didn’t know much about AVID at the time, just that it was a...
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Canines in the Classroom: How Gem Transformed Our School
Guest post by Laurie Wade When I first proposed introducing a therapy dog to my district in 2011, I was met with a lot of raised eyebrows and skepticism. There was the expected chorus of objections:...
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Playing to Our Strengths: Helping Teachers Hone Their Practice
Guest post by Jethro Jones I had someone ask me the other day, “What does effective teaching look like to you? What do you look for when you walk into a classroom?” I thought this was a really...
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Everyone Has a Story
Guest post by Brandon Mowinkel The role of a principal is complex, tiring, and stressful, to say the least. Balancing the needs of your staff, students, school, and community can wear on you,...
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The Poor Man’s Guide to Family Engagement in Our Schools
Guest post by Patrick Arguelles Doing more with less Virtually every school district in the nation is dealing with budget reductions. For most school leaders, there is little unjustified spending to...
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Good Leadership Starts With Strong Recruiting
Guest post by Cameron Soester Principals and assistant principals have a host of responsibilities. We deal with school safety, the learning environment, staffing needs, student discipline, and even...
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7 Strategies to Enhance School Safety
Guest post by Bill Ziegler Without a doubt, the most pressing issue in schools today is safety. It seems like a week can’t go by without hearing about a school shooting or someone talking about school...
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How Can We Best Engage Families?
Guest post by Brad Currie Transforming the way in which we engage families in our classrooms, schools, and districts is paramount if educators are going to exhaust all options to promote the success of...
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Prove It: Ensuring Efficacy in Digital Learning, Part One
Guest post by Eric Sheninger I’ll never forget the day I presented my digital transformation plan to our superintendent at the time. I had spent days preparing and rehearsing all of my points,...
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Schools Could Learn a Thing or Two From Driver Education
Guest post by Brian M. Stack I have spent more than a decade as the principal of a high school that has gained national recognition as an early adopter of a competency-based learning model. As one who...
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Flipped Staff Meetings: Great Advice to Give and Follow
Guest post by Paul Hermes “You should try to make your classroom more student-centered and interactive. Don’t talk at your students so much.” “Do you think you could integrate the concepts of the...
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What Can Summer Vacation Teach Us About School?
Guest post by Paul Hermes Now that the end of the year is upon us and many of us are taking a well-deserved break from our demanding jobs as school administrators, I find myself thinking about summer...
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Prove It: Ensuring Efficacy in Digital Learning, Part Two
Guest post by Eric Sheninger In my last post, we explored the importance of demonstrating efficacy to build support for, and ensure the success of, your school’s digital transformation. The...
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Three Ways to Inspire Teachers
Guest post by Danny Steele, principal, Thompson Sixth Grade Center, Alabaster, AL Teachers are hungry for inspiration. They are committed to their work and see the value in it… but it can still be...
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