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Dec 03, 2018

[Professional Development] How Educators Can Apply the 30-60-90-Day Model to Make Meaningful Changes

Have you heard of the 30-60-90-day model? For educators, it’s an approach well worth exploring to develop more active plans for professional development and make sure that learning is put in to practice.

Sarah Cornelius

Oct 25, 2018

Educating Educators: How to Use the SAMR Model in Teacher Professional Development

SAMR is a professional development model, created by Dr. Ruben Puentedura, that provides a technique for moving through degrees of technology adoption. When used in teacher professional development sessions, you can help your teachers overcome some hurdles they may have in technology implementation, as well as learn some new strategies along the way.

Dr. Kristi Dorman

Sep 20, 2018

5 Alternatives to In-School Suspension

Research has shown that when it comes to education, seat time equates to success. These results are causing many schools and districts to reevaluate their approaches to discipline, particularly any forms that remove the student from the classroom for an extended period of time. While there are certain behaviors that will always merit such a response, there are ways of instructing a child on appropriate school behaviors while minimizing disruption to the student’s educational programming.

Scott Sterling

Sep 14, 2018

[Administrator Tips] 4 Simple Steps to Improve Your School Culture

Many suggested ways to improve school culture require resources, like time and money, which your district may not have. But, improving your school culture doesn’t have to take hours of time and an unlimited money supply. Here are four simple steps to improve your culture that you can take right now:

Brita Hammer

Aug 06, 2018

6 Best Practices for Recruiting Top Teachers

Hiring staff is a critical part of school administrators’ jobs, but when you have a position open at your school, the recruiting process can feel intimidating. How do you find candidates with the skills you are looking for? How do you make sure that they’re the right culture fit for your building? And how do you make THEM want to work for YOU at YOUR district? Here are six simple recruiting tips to help find your perfect candidate.

Kasey Witt

Aug 02, 2018

How to Help Your Students Find and Maintain Enthusiasm All Year Long

How can you keep up the enthusiasm for new and potentially challenging lessons throughout the entire school year? Keeping these three tips in mind is a good start.

Brita Hammer

Jun 08, 2018

[Weekly Inspiration] How you can move from a “yeah but” to a “what if” culture

Looking for some motivation for the week ahead? We’ve pulled one of our favorite TED Talks that will inspire you to create a culture of creativity at your school by saying “Yes!”

Brita Hammer

Apr 11, 2018

The Consequences of Suspension and What Schools Can Do Instead

Student misbehavior can be extremely disruptive to learning. It causes teachers and administrators stress and costs classmates the valuable instructional time that the teacher has to instead spend on addressing behavior issues. One disciplinary action that is often used to punish behavior problems is out-of-school suspension. Every year, three million students face out-of-school suspension according to the U.S. Department of Education (ED).