Editor’s Note: This the first in a series of blog posts reimagining how schools should move going forward. Taking to account the current state of K-12 schools, the increase in teachers and leaders leaving the field, and the tools we have available to us. Check out the overview post here. There is a long-standing…
Promoting daily, incremental growth to help raise your school to new levels of success. As we approach the two-year mark since this whole craziness started, I keep asking myself the simple question: Are we doing this right? As a school, are we headed in the right direction and are we leading the children out…
“I would like fish for dinner.” So, you’ll need to get your fishing gear and go to the lake or the ocean and catch some so you can cook it tonight. Or you can drive to a seafood shop and see what fresh catch they have today. Or you can walk over to the supermarket…
We know leaders in education meet together in various venues across the internet… Teachers find teachers, admins find admins, human resource experts find other human… you get the picture. We think that’s great! However , K12Leaders.com is a un樂威壯 ique community where leaders in ALL roles across education come together to collaborate, share, and grow….
I was fortunate this week as an education leader: I spent two full days working with students. Our graduating students are working hard on their Senior Projects, all of which are interesting and impactful. I was asked to help with one senior’s project in particular; training a cadre of younger students to take over running…
At the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022, we developed a Ukraine-Russia Conflict 2022 Media Literacy Choice Board to support students and teachers in exploring current events from a critical media literacy perspective. To engage in critical media literacy is to access, analyze, and produce a variety of media, with…
Safety doesn’t happen by accident. It happens when we are aware and equipped with resources to make Informed decisions. I was recently approached to pull together a team of experts in my district on a presentation for some of our students. We are teaching them about the realities and dangers of sexting among pre-teens and…
Teachers and school leaders have been through the wringer during the pandemic. First they were praised for spinning up remote learning in mere days. Then, they were ostracized for not making the remote experience as good as the in-person one. After that, it was COVID protocols, CRT, and fights about what books our kids should…
This week our Governor and Commissioner of Education had a press conference about ending the mask mandate in schools. It was all anyone could talk about. However, what was not being discussed was how educators would talk to their students about what happens IF schools have the option for mask wearing. How will we approach…
One of the problems with data, and K12’s reliance on it, is that data ages. And ages quickly. But public education, especially, in its quest for accountability has established itself around officially reported data that states require from school districts periodically through the year. The complexities of collecting, auditing, reporting, and responding to district-reported data…