A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 2, 2023

Managing budgets, developing memos, attending meetings, responding to emails and phone calls, and other tasks also consumed a significant portion of my time. For learning, consider curating data weekly and present at an upcoming staff meeting. For example, elementary will conduct walks in secondary to provide feedback and vice versa.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 5, 2021

As someone who is in schools and classrooms on a weekly basis, I am tasked with validating the excellent practices taking place while also providing practical feedback for growth. These are challenging times, and I cannot express my gratitude enough to dedicated and resilient educators who continue to show up for kids and each other.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 24, 2025

Today you'll meet Courtney Walker, the 2024 NASSP National Assistant Principal of the Year and Assistant Principal at Carrollton High School in Georgia. Key Takeaways: Teacher Retention and Leadership: Addressing teacher shortages by providing opportunities for teachers to lead without leaving the classroom. Her ideas are exciting!

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 3, 2018

Santha Walters uses drones in her English classroom to teach writing, collaboration and more. Learn how she does it, what standards she teaches, and technical issues of working with drones in the classroom. This Thursday, April 4 at 2pm ET/11 am PT join me for 12 Tips for Building Your Digital Classroom sponsored by PowerSchool.

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Waterford

JULY 6, 2020

You may already be familiar with parent involvement and engagement, or listening to and working with parents in the classroom. It means embracing the belief that all voices and perspectives are welcome in your classroom,[1] and intentionally providing space for those voices to be heard.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 28, 2019

Subscribe to the Show Matt Miller Matt Miller is an educator, blogger and the author of “Ditch That Textbook,” a book about revolutionizing the classroom with innovative teaching, mindsets and curriculum. She’s now working with future secondary teachers and new faculty members at University of Indianapolis. She holds an M.Ed.

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Waterford

JULY 7, 2022

You can encourage families to join your school’s family-teacher association or arrange virtual family-teacher meetings for families with transportation issues. Graduate from high school and attend post-secondary education[2]. Develop self-confidence and motivation in the classroom[3]. Require redirection in the classroom[4].

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 28, 2020

I want teachers to find a balance between their lives at school and their lives beyond the classroom. On the other side of this tension are secondary teachers with 150+ students. Most secondary teachers are still employing a teacher-centric approach to their jobs. I wrote this book primarily for secondary teachers.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2020

The chime she rang to remind students to take a calm breath before focusing their attention signaled that this breathing practice had become embedded into classroom culture. Traveling between classrooms and across grade levels gives me insight into how teachers are changing their practices. She wasn’t the only one.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 26, 2017

Today, Starr Sackstein @mssackstein shares 5 feedback strategies to supercharge your writing instruction and classroom culture. In today’s show, Starr Sackstein discusses 5 peer review strategies for the classroom including: Having a class culture for positive peer feedback. Peer Feedback in the Classroom Book Giveaway.

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Waterford

DECEMBER 10, 2020

For many students, December’s an especially memorable time of year, with winter activities, pageants, and classroom parties during the days before break. This is an inclusive classroom. Hoping to avoid controversy, many districts have created guidelines about how to appropriately celebrate holidays in the classroom.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 13, 2018

As of June 16, 2018, Today’s Meet closed (read the full details here ). That iconic backchannel chat platform for classroom teachers and learners, the one that for ten years was the first name thought of when discussing feedback and collaboration, one that quickly became a staple in classrooms and conferences.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 30, 2016

Ironically, I see my students for about the same total amount of time because we are on an A/B schedule and our class meets every other day. Instead, classrooms on a block schedule provide the luxury of allowing students to engage with information and with one another in a variety of ways.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 25, 2023

While this basic level of access is an important starting place, it’s time to move towards a more intentional—and equitable—system for selecting the right tools to meet student needs. Schools often think about digital equity in terms of access to devices, the internet, and tools.

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ViewSonic Education

OCTOBER 6, 2023

From grade school to higher education, Smart Classrooms have become a mainstay of the modern educational environment. For the uninitiated, Smart Classrooms are digitally equipped learning spaces that come tailored with an array of teaching and educational resources, most of which are dependent on some form of digital technology.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 4, 2024

The ads and pitches contained compelling messages about how various tools would meet the needs of every learner while closing achievement gaps. Myth 3: Direct instruction has no place in a personalized classroom When it comes to high-effect strategies, direct instruction still has a great deal of impact on achievement.

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Quite often, in the classroom or the boardroom, introverts are forgotten, especially when the loudest person always runs the show. Set up meetings to chat with your child’s teacher to explain unique concerns and necessary accommodations. Transforming The Classroom to Support Innovative Introverts. Spread Awareness.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

For over 30 years, Advancement Courses has been a leader in professional development, providing expertly-crafted, classroom-applicable courses to thousands of teachers across the country. From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Tired teachers need strategies to stay refreshed and feel good.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 5, 2022

students’ leadership capacity through The Leader in Me framework; competency-based education and student progressions; deeper learning modalities in their schools, classrooms, and external partnerships; and. Workshop 4 (secondary teachers / instructional coaches) = redesigning secondary lessons for deeper learning.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 3, 2024

At this point in the school year, you have had time to establish classroom routines, nurture your relationships with students, and design and facilitate entire units of study. He uses it when he meets with each member of his team to exchange feedback at the mid-point and end of the calendar year.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

In California, College Connect is Rowland Unified School District’s solution to making college and post-secondary pathways more equitable for every student. In April 2021, the district launched monthly parent advocacy meetings focused on restorative justice, literacy, and college and career readiness.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Get an overview of the framework everyone is discussing and understand how it impacts learning in your classroom on today’s show. TARA stands for the Teacher Assistant for Resources & Administration which keeps tools, resources, lessons, IEP’s, and meetings tracked in one place. What excites Liz in classrooms today.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 12, 2024

I greatly appreciate your assistance in creating a prompt that meets these requirements. Meet your new AI buddy, MacMaster Max , here to guide you through your Mac skills project. I'm the final authority in the classroom and will be grading their work according to what I've taught them. Testing the Prompts.

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Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts

MARCH 4, 2019

Confluence and Influence – Inquiry Hub Secondary School. Background: The 2018-2019 school year is Inquiry Hub Secondary’s 7th year since it was founded. Here are the original courses and the updates to meet the new BC curriculum requirements: Original Courses. Transforming Our Classrooms – Ignite Presentation.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 10, 2013

Today I had the opportunity to meet with Eric Sheninger before he headed off to the 2013 NASSP Conference. It was a great opportunity to not only get to exchange ideas with Eric regarding technology’s role in the classroom, but to see the learning community that has been nurtured and developed at his school.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 29, 2020

Since I covered a mixture of books in a past article , many on pedagogy, this time, I decided to concentrate on content that could facilely move from my reading chair into the classroom. To me, that’s the best way to use technology to enrich lessons while we meet students where they want to learn. I came up with six.

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Digital Promise

JULY 15, 2021

For more than 30 years, California’s Outreach and Technical Assistance Network ( OTAN ) has been at the forefront of meeting the technology needs of adult education providers, including English as a Second Language (ESL), Adult Basic Education (ABE), Adult Secondary Education (ASE), and Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 12, 2019

As another school year approaches, teachers are scrambling to set up classrooms, make photocopies of syllabi, attend mandatory meetings, and prepare their curriculum. Make a visual reminder of why you teach and post it somewhere in your classroom where you can see it each morning. 1 Articulate Your WHY and Revisit It Daily.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 25, 2021

We were impressed by his deep experience, in the classroom and across all levels of learning, and his longstanding commitment to equity for all learners at all levels of the education system. We are excited to work with Jean-Claude as he builds on the foundation of learner-focused initiatives and partnerships that Karen helped to create.”.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 16, 2019

So, for Thought Leader Thursday, today, we’d like to challenge you to consider if you have areas to improve in your classroom relating to students of a different ethnic background from your own. corridor as an ELA Instructional Coach, Language Arts Department Chair, Secondary Language Arts teacher, professor and compliance specialist.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 19, 2017

A version of this post was originally published in July 2017 on Teach Secondary. As a result, it can be difficult, if not impossible, to meet the diverse learning needs of young people – and also of teachers – in such a setting. The post How to redesign your classroom on a budget appeared first on NEO BLOG. Easy fixes.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 8, 2024

The third idea is to create dynamic classrooms that promote collaboration and engagement. Creating dynamic classrooms that promote collaboration and engagement can enhance the overall culture of the school. So if I'm a principal, I'm going to announce it maybe broad to a staff meeting. It's everything. That's awesome.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Superintendent Scott Rocco provided me with a great opportunity to not only work with teachers in his district, but to also push me outside my comfort zone, which has always been secondary education. At the meeting later that day I introduced each of the tools to the group and noted which ones did not require student access to a computer.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 15, 2024

– Vicki, your podcast host and friendly fellow classroom teacher. And we have grade checks every three weeks in every secondary school in the state. It runs more like a track meet than anything else. If you have parents involved, you'd have to have a parent meeting. Spot a mistake in this transcript? Oh my goodness.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 7, 2023

I meet with the teacher-led small group and verbally explain my instructions to the students there. Students at the independent station are directed to log into Google Classroom, put on headphones, and play a breathing exercise/meditation video. Through student feedback, I have improved my stations to help meet individual needs.

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Digital Promise

MAY 23, 2023

The past several years have seen a rapid rise in the use of edtech in classrooms, accelerated by the pandemic and the sudden shift to remote learning. The high school student created a robust database of current platforms being used and offered invaluable feedback on how the implementation of tools may differ from classroom to classroom.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 8, 2018

As a secondary science teacher in Wayne County, a tight-knit rural community in southwest Tennessee, I know most of my students beyond the classroom. I’ve always believed the best professional learning for any teacher takes place in the classroom – a belief foundational to micro-credentials.

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