Administration & Leadership

Discover the challenges, strategies, and triumphs of troubleshooting, guiding, and inspiring not just a classroom, but an entire academic community.

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  • Building Staff Capacity to Support Growth in Students With Disabilities

    Leadership teams can intentionally plan time for teachers to collaborate and build their understanding of effective special education.
    Samantha Ellison
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  • How to Address School Avoidance

    To help reduce chronic absenteeism, schools can help students learn how to self-regulate and manage feelings of discomfort.

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  • A Guide to Psychological Safety for Educators

    A school administrator discusses the concept of psychological safety and how it applies in schools.

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    The Thoughtful Teacher’s Tech Integration Playbook

    This collection of articles and videos offers teacher-tested advice on everything from setting up effective routines and choosing the right tools to knowing when to step back and unplug.
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  • Why ‘Use Your People’ Is a Key Lesson for Principals

    Principals often start out in the role trying to do everything themselves, but learning to delegate is a must—both for themselves and for their schools.
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  • The Power of Microlearning in Professional Learning Communities

    School leaders can set up professional development in manageable chunks to help maximize teachers’ growth.
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  • A 7-Step Process for Difficult Conversations With School Staff

    For a principal, it can be hard to address a staff member’s performance. This process helps you feel more confident and prepared.
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    The Case Against Zeros in Grading

    Teachers can rethink their grading practices to make them more mathematically fair for students and allow for redemption for a missed assignment.
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  • Under the careful watch of principal Keith Moore (r) and a staffer, in-person learning resumes for the first time since March at Campbell Elementary in Austin.

    Schools, Not Teachers, Must Reduce Stress and Burnout—Here’s How

    Educators’ health and well-being should be prioritized in school culture; school leaders can help create the conditions for that.
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  • Making Sure Each Child Is Known

    A middle school in Nevada uses a simple strategy to build deeper connections between teachers and students.
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    Too Much Focus on ‘Learning Loss’ Will Be a Historic Mistake

    Learning loss is real and needs to be addressed, but how we go about it should be commensurate with the size of the moment.
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    The Power of Being Seen

    How well do you know your students? In a Nevada school, a simple strategy pushes teachers to look beyond the lessons.
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  • How Administrators and Veteran Educators Can Team Up to Mentor New Teachers

    School leaders can support their new teachers by setting up a structured series of discussions and classroom observation sessions.
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  • 4 Tried-and-True Ways Principals Can Strengthen School Culture

    The most effective principals implement simple, consistent leadership practices to help their school community thrive.
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    Defending a Teacher’s Right to Disconnect

    Remember personal time? For many educators, technology has driven it toward extinction—and it’s time to get serious about reclaiming it.
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