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Effective Principals, Effective Schools: January 2014
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Effective Principals, Effective Schools. Tools principals can immediately use to improve their school. Monday, January 20, 2014. 10 Things School Leaders Do to Kill Enthusiasm for Technology. In late December NASSP. Sent an email that included links to the top articles of 2013. One of them caught my eye, Ten Ways Principals Kill a Teacher's Enthusiasm for Technology. I'd enjoy hearing from you about how strategies you use to successfully work with your teachers to increase the use of technology. Ron is a...
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Effective Principals, Effective Schools: A Different Kind of AP Course
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Effective Principals, Effective Schools. Tools principals can immediately use to improve their school. Tuesday, March 11, 2014. A Different Kind of AP Course. Across American high schools have added Advanced Placement. Classes. The program is booming. Those classes are known for their rigor and the way they help students prepare for college. But six years ago AP teachers in the Bellevue School District. Here's a story from the Seattle Times. You can also watch a short video. Ron is a former principal and...
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Effective Principals, Effective Schools: March 2013
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Effective Principals, Effective Schools. Tools principals can immediately use to improve their school. Sunday, March 31, 2013. Using Facebook with Students. Social media has become an useful instructional tool and is used by more and more teachers to interact with their students and by principals to communicate with families and community. A recent report found that more than 70% of Americans have an account. In The School Leader's Guide to Social Media. Wednesday, March 27, 2013. As a school leader how ...
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Effective Principals, Effective Schools: STEAM rather than STEM: Adding the Arts
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Effective Principals, Effective Schools. Tools principals can immediately use to improve their school. Friday, March 14, 2014. STEAM rather than STEM: Adding the Arts. Pasco, Kennewick, Richland, WA) describes the positive impact of STEAM programs on students in several elementary and high schools in the area. Even though the program is having an impact there are still concerns that the arts will some how be lost in the curriculum. I'd enjoy hearing from you about STEM or STEAM programs in your school.
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Effective Principals, Effective Schools: November 2013
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Effective Principals, Effective Schools. Tools principals can immediately use to improve their school. Monday, November 18, 2013. Working with Gen Y Teachers. Characteristics of Gen Y Employees. 8226; Highly educated, value education and attribute their success to education;. 8226; Very comfortable using technology and expect it to be available in the workplace;. 8226; Tend to be creative, innovative and self-confident;. 8226; Committed to making a difference and contributing to positive social change;.
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Effective Principals, Effective Schools: March 2014
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Effective Principals, Effective Schools. Tools principals can immediately use to improve their school. Monday, March 31, 2014. Questioning the Value of Walkthroughs. Principals reported that they used walk-throughs to "check up" on teacher performance and to be visible throughout their school. While principals saw the walk-throughs positively, their teachers found them less valuable and even intrusive. The study published in Educational Researcher. Friday, March 28, 2014. The local Nashville newspaper.
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Effective Principals, Effective Schools: February 2014
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Effective Principals, Effective Schools. Tools principals can immediately use to improve their school. Monday, February 24, 2014. Collaborative Inquiry and Professional Learning. There is a growing recognition that when a school faculty comes together around a shared vision and a collective commitment to improved student learning, the results are meaningful and long lasting. Many schools use professional learning communities as a way to engage in professional learning. A professional community of learner...
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Resources - Literacy Matters
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High Quality Reading Passages. Sample Close Reading Guide. Quickly Create an Assessment Rubric. RubiStar - http:/ tinyurl.com/ob3om7r. Free Downloadable Rigor Resources by. Http:/ www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415732871. 20 Literacy Strategies to Meet the Common Core. Free downloadable lessons to teach each of the ten reading informational standards). Http:/ www.solution-tree.com/free-resources/commoncore/20lsmcc. Jim Burke - http:/ englishcompanion.com. Center Activities for Grades K-5. Big list o...
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Are We Too Late? Teaching with Development on the Brain | thoughtful education
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A blog about teaching and learning, and the folks that do both. A first attempt with backchanneling in the science classroom →. Are We Too Late? Teaching with Development on the Brain. November 4, 2011. It has been a while since I last posted. One reason is that I tend to be, unfortunately (to some parts of my life), a perfectionist. I started writing two different posts recently which I just couldn’t finish, and I was not happy with what I had written. Blog, Rigor is NOT a Four-Letter Word. Between the ...
