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Cultivating Character: One School’s Story
Guest post by Bill Coon, Ed.D. You enter a social studies classroom and are immediately greeted by a student who welcomes you and introduces himself. The student explains the learning target, or the...
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Teacher Evaluations—Creating a Comfort Zone
Guest post by Matthew Younghans In the ever-changing world of Annual Professional Performance Review (APPR), significant value has been put on teacher evaluations. While once a narrative write-up...
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What I Learned in D.C.: Advocacy Matters
Guest post by Steve Carlson A principal has many things to do—too many, in fact. This makes prioritizing crucial. It can also mean that we also sometimes neglect things that just don’t have the urgency...
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The Power of Teacher Leaders
Guest post by Clint Williams Administrators are asked to wear a great many hats to represent a number of roles on any given day. Perhaps most important is the role of learning leader. While that role...
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Career Academies: Rigor, Relevance, and Relationships
Guest post by Darrin M. Peppard Steve, a veteran math teacher, asked, “Why do we do our learning walks in classrooms that don’t match with our own content area?” With a confused look, I responded,...
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Using Formative Assessments for School Improvement
Guest post by Jessica Ainsworth The use of standardized or large-scale assessments affect the decision-making of policymakers, educational leaders, teachers, and other stakeholders—as those of us at...
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Yesterday’s Video Gamers Are Today’s Engaged Learners
Guest post by Kathryn Procope Whether it’s Madden NFL 17 and Call of Duty or Candy Crush and Words with Friends, both kids and adults today are spending countless hours playing video games. This time...
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Getting the Best Out of the School Community
Guest post by Angie Adrean After becoming superintendent of the Worthington City School District in 2015, Dr. Trent Bowers has stressed to our leadership team that we must connect, communicate, care,...
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Raising Wellness in Arizona
Guest post by Jeff Simon While many of us are making resolutions for 2017 to lose weight, save money, and live life to the fullest, Payson High School students are hard at work planning our annual...
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How to Engage Parents as Partners
When I became the principal of Henry Hudson Regional School seven years ago, there was little to no communication between the home and school. Parental involvement was no more than a booster club that...
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The Importance of Building Relationships Within the Community
Guest post by Cameron Soester In my time at Milford Public Schools, I have learned that it truly takes a village to help our students succeed. Schools and communities share a common goal of creating a...
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Every Student Matters
Guest post by John C. Bartlett When I woke up the morning after Election Day, my to-do list had a new priority: a visit to my English language learner classroom and a conversation with our 50 students...
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Expanding on Student Passion: Getting Creative with Career and Technical...
Guest post by Cameron Soester Milford High School places great importance on non-core classes. Our career and technical education (CTE) courses and organizations have experienced tremendous success...
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The Principal and Political Influence
Guest post by Jay R. Masterson The saying “all politics is local” has special relevance when it comes to K–12 education policy. Communities care deeply about how their children are educated. Everyone...
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Thinking Outside the Box with Student Leadership
Guest post by Clint Williams Skyridge Middle School’s Associated Student Body (ASB) program is an active organization that makes our school a great place to be. Our student leaders organize school...
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Money Matters: 5 Tips for Tackling Scholarship Application Essays
Guest post by Andrea Elzy Andrea “Drea” Elzy recently led a National Honor Society virtual college application essay writing workshop on the topic of scholarship applications. Here, she offers valuable...
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This New Year, Resolve to Develop a Growth Mindset and Build an Instructional...
Guest post by Justin Cameron Resolutions. Most of us make them. Personal resolutions and professional resolutions are too often prey to self-fulfilling prophecy resulting from a mindset that the...
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The Model Classroom: A Makerspace for Teachers
Guest post by John Carder By now, most educators have heard the term “makerspace.” The idea of a makerspace originated outside of the school setting as a place for community members to design and...
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Changing Grading and Reporting Practices to Enhance Student Learning
Guest post by Tom Dodd Three years ago, our teachers began changing the way they assess student progress at Lesher Middle School in Fort Collins, CO. Standard/criterion/competency-based grading and...
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See Your School Through the Eyes of a Student
To discover new ways to make our schools ever better places to learn, we have to understand the school experience—but as the students see it, not as we believe it to be. This belief is the foundation...
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