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Mari Monroe is a high school teacher in San Diego who’s also a yoga instructor. When she started to incorporate elements around mindfulness from her yoga practice into the classroom, she realized just how eager students were for that type of instruction.
Here, she explains how she teaches and incorporates mindfulness through daily lessons she’s dubbed the ‘Mindful Minute,’ and offers advice for teachers looking to do the same, regardless of their comfort or familiarity with the topic.
The Washoe County school district in Reno, Nev., has been way ahead of most other districts in its approach to social-emotional learning, especially in measuring students' SEL skills, which are part of the district’s accountability system. Education Week, which first reported on Washoe’s SEL work in 2016, checked back in with the district this school year to learn how its work on social-emotional learning has been progressing. We visited high school classes that are pointedly about developing SEL skills such as coping with stress and the power of thought. Stephan Molder, an SEL teacher in Reno's Hug High School, says successful social-emotional learning starts with the adults in schools. He boils it down to this: "...It's all about building relationships with students. I never wreck the relationship, no matter what. I always try to save the relationship first.”
Tessa Falcetta, who has dysgraphia and ADHD, discusses why online learning is a good fit for her. ____________________
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In all that has been written about teacher evaluation, there has been one glaring omission: For teachers, it is frightening.
It’s intimidating to adjust to new performance expectations, anxiety-inducing when a job rating is attached to students’ test scores, and downright terrifying when less-than-rosy results come back.
All of that makes Renee Pryor’s job one of the most challenging in Tennessee’s Lincoln County school district—a job, she jokes, that “no one wants.” She is the administrator who works with new teachers and those who have gotten a lower score on one element of the reviews, typically the portion that is based on student-test scores.
Formally the district’s supervisor of evaluation programs, Pryor is in reality responsible for making sure that evaluations of the district’s 250 teachers trigger useful feedback and targeted support—rather than leaving them frustrated and bewildered.
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An artist-in-residence program at Four Seasons A+ Elementary School in St. Paul, Minn., is improving classroom engagement with a student population that includes deaf and hard-of-hearing children. This video is closed-caption enabled. ____________________
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A graduate of the Program for the Exceptionally Gifted, or PEG, at Mary Baldwin College, talks about her college experience. ____________________
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Parents and schools locked in pitched conflicts—over curriculum, book bans, policies that support LGBTQ students and staff—has been a dominant storyline for two years.
But the reality of school-family dynamics in many districts is not one of constant combat over highly politicized issues. That said, districts and schools often really struggle with fostering meaningful engagment with the families of the students they serve.
There are several ways that school districts can build effective relationships with parents and families. Inviting families to participate in the creation of district policies before a decision is made or providing spaces for parents to build community with each other are a few of the more intensive strategies that districts can implement. Joanna Geller, director of policy, research and evaluation at NYU’s Metropolitan Center, explains that there are also lighter touch techniques that districts can employ, such as providing translation services or simply inviting parents to board meetings can go a long way towards building positive family engagement. Here, she talks about what motivates parents to engage with their districts, and how districts can best support that work.
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At Audubon Nature Preschool in Chevy Chase, Md., a “classroom” can be a pond, a bamboo forest, a meadow, or a garden. That’s because Audubon is a “nature preschool”—one of a growing number of preprimary schools around the country where children spend all or part of their days outdoors and in all kinds of weather. Read more on edweek.org: http://www.edweek.org/ew/artic....les/2017/01/18/at-na ____________________
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Teresa Garcia estaba frustrada. Su español era mucho mejor que su inglés, y eso le impedía comunicarse con los maestros de sus hijos. Ella no estaba sola. En el distrito escolar de Federal Way, al norte de Tacoma, Washington, el 18 por ciento de los 22,500 estudiantes son hablantes nativos de español. En total, los estudiantes en el distrito diverso hablan 118 idiomas diferentes. "No podría apoyar a mis hijos de la mejor manera que se merecen porque no podía hablar inglés. Sé que muchas familias necesitan esta información en su idioma materno para apoyar a sus hijos ", explica García. García y otros padres trabajaron con el distrito para cambiar la forma en que las escuelas se comunican con las familias y para asegurar que la información se traduzca a varios idiomas. Ella también presionó a la legislatura estatal para aumentar la educación bilingüe en todo el estado. "El consejo más importante que puedo dar a cualquier padre", dice García, es no tener miedo de hablar. No sientas miedo de preguntar sobre lo que necesitas. No sientas miedo de ir a la escuela y hablar tu idioma ".
Wendy Robinson, the superintendent in Indiana’s Fort Wayne Community Schools for the last 13 years, is, perhaps, the state’s most persuasive advocate for traditional public schools, even as many Indiana politicians embrace robust school choice policies.
Her approach to fighting for public schools—particularly urban districts like Fort Wayne—is thoughtful, prepared, and confident. She is not only well-versed in research-based academic best practices, but also deeply knowledgeable about school finance, education policy, and the often divisive politics that drive the debate over K-12.
It’s an approach that has helped cement Fort Wayne as a diverse and thriving urban school system—a counter narrative to the often negative stereotype of big-city school systems—that wisely uses its resources to produce strong academic results.
“Our whole philosophy is that ‘no, we are not failing,’” Robinson says. “Our kids may need different resources, but we have as many kids who are considered highly able, who can go on to Stanford, and Yale, and all the other universities as kids in other areas [do]. But just because it’s public, it’s denigrated, and that really is a personal affront for me.”
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Teachers are the most important factor in helping children succeed academically, but it’s principals who hire, support, and develop teachers. Principals see quality teaching through an organizational lens; they can support teachers by pairing them with a mentor teacher, creating opportunities for them to observe classrooms in other schools, provide direct and helpful feedback, as well as organize teacher teams to empower educators to study data. Having good principals is also considered the most cost-effective lever to improve student learning at scale.
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Superintendent Chris Coffelt works tirelessly to recruit, retain, and improve the practice of teachers who might otherwise be drawn to bigger cities and bigger salaries outside his small Iowa school district. His work with developing teacher talent has made the 750-student Central Decatur Community School District a beacon of teacher leadership.
“Our classrooms and classroom teachers are no longer isolated,” Coffelt says. “They feel energized and supported.”
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Research shows that the surroundings that people learn, live and work in can deeply impact their mental and physical health. The International WELL Building Institute has created a certification that measures that impact, and several schools across the country have implemented those best practices to become WELL certified. In this video, IWBI’s president and CEO, Rachel Hodgdon, shares the different elements that go into the certification and offers tips for districts looking to incorporate parts of it on a smaller scale.
Patricia Deklotz, the superintendent of the Kettle Moraine School District in Wales, Wis., instills a culture of personalized learning for students and educators. Students can choose how and what they learn within the state’s standards, and teachers can create their own microcredentials to advance their careers.
“It’s important for me to show there are hard numbers behind the work we do with personalized learning, that we aren’t doing it just because we think it’s right,” Deklotz says.
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Regardless of their experience level, the shift to distance learning was challenging for teachers this spring. They adapted by finding new platforms and developing new skills to address the issues they faced. For first-time teachers, Larry Ferlazzo offers tips and resources to help them succeed in this new education environment.
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In this two-part series, Larry Ferlazzo, a high school teacher in Sacramento, Calif., goes in-depth on how to keep students motivated during remote learning. He covers the principles of autonomy, competence, relatedness, and relevance, and explains how they keep students tuned in when it’s so easy for them to tune out. In part one of this series, he focuses on autonomy and competence.
Take in some of the sights and sounds from a day at Collinswood Language Academy, a K-8 dual-language school in Charlotte, N.C. ____________________
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Preparing a child for kindergarten can be a daunting task for any parent. Beyond the challenges of managing separation anxiety, some may also try and get their children “up to speed” by teaching them the alphabet or how to count from 1 to 10. For families whose first language is not English there are also language and cultural barriers to contend with. But what are the most important skills on day one? In Portland, Ore., a kindergarten preparedness program offers parents strategies to help prepare their children to hit the ground running. Teacher Donna Shinagawa shares six tips with us.
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In Oregon, where Black students make up only 5 percent of the student body, Camp ELSO is working on introducing students of color to a multicultural approach for STEM education. From gathering in gardens, playing with plant-based dyes, and cooking up vegan meals, small groups of Portland youngsters of color were introduced to science in their community.
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