A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 12, 2010

So many exciting things have happened recently as a result of my own learning and growth in educational technology and leadership. Forming partnerships are an extremely important aspect of educational leadership. In case I didn''t mention, TSETC is FREE and will be open to ANY/ALL EDUCATORS!!!!!

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 6, 2010

Let me begin by saying that I was absolutely honored that various members of my Professional Learning Network (PLN) and the greater educational community reached out to me to address administrators looking to embrace social media, plan an educational technology conference at my school, and discuss leadership in the digital age.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

This sentiment reflected an expectation to adhere to the traditional script of teaching English Language Arts. These words, toxic yet final, confirmed their lack of leadership. The disrespect from district leadership overshadowed my professional achievement. My story reflects a larger narrative in schools across the country.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 2, 2015

With or without leadership support, teachers need to be open and willing to change as schools, for the most part, continue to prepare students for a world that no longer exists. Teachers must reach out and engage parents and utilize them as key players in their child’s education.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

Over the past couple of days I have been preparing a presentation for K-12 Principals entitled "Harnessing the Power of Educational Technology" (I''ll share more about this at a later time). Technology is not always my driving force as many think. change opinion leadership'

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 18, 2024

During holidays, she would prepare more food than we could ever eat papo secos , a traditional Portuguese bread, always accompanied every meal, and bolo de laranja , a Portuguese orange cake that I could never resist. Together, their legacies have shaped my teaching practice.

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Dr. Shannon Doak

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

I have been thinking recently about leadership at schools, specifically in the area of educational technology. Often when people ask me what I do for work, I tell them that I assist teachers and students use educational technology to improve learning.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 17, 2024

About the same amount said they avoided taking on leadership roles for fear of being seen as bossy. This gap may exist partly because of the stereotype that women are natural caregivers, steering girls towards traditional helping professions,” the report states.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Embracing the role of technology in education and successfully integrating it into daily instruction. We have also seen a movement to extending learning outside of the traditional day through the use of blogs and Google Sites, something that I hope more teachers will experiment with in 2011. These academies will include S.T.E.M.,

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 22, 2020

She was a classroom teacher for over twenty years and is currently a technology integration coach in the Pleasanton Unified School District. She has been working in the field of educational technology since 1998 when she earned her Masters Degree in Ed Tech Leadership. Lisa is the epitome of a life-long learner.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 31, 2016

Learning has fundamentally changed with the evolution of the Internet and other technologies that allow for ubiquitous access to information and knowledge. Possibly one of the most important shifts needed in schools is to provide individualized and personalized learning experiences to students.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 21, 2025

My mantra now is: I'm a successful educator and businesswoman. I'm a second-year doctoral student in educational leadership. I'm an educator. When people outside of school ask you what you do say, at a social event how do you describe your work? My focus is on charter schools, multiliteracies and school librarianship.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

I entered the classroom through an alternative certification program , which meant I hadn’t received the same level of preparation as teachers who came through traditional teacher training routes. Early Mentorship in Jacksonville As a new teacher in Jacksonville, I faced a steep learning curve.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The announcement that Zovio would sell its OPM was made during an earnings call in which Zovio’s leadership reported second-quarter losses of $4.7 In other words, even if a public university’s online global campus isn’t profitable, the leadership may think it will help them avoid bankruptcy or a merger. and Corinthian Colleges, Inc.,

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Empower Communities: An assessment and accountability system that is inclusive of youth voices helps ensure that communities that are minoritized by the education system have the chance to challenge false narratives and assumptions. Likewise, youth can help educate school, district and state leaders on community needs and wants.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 25, 2023

In 2017, I formed an after-school student activism and leadership club with a small group of seventh grade students. For my students, leading this PD session and experiencing a shift in the traditional power dynamic opened up a new sense of advocacy possibilities.

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ED Surge

JULY 25, 2022

Yet, many of the traditional strategies employed, while absolutely essential to professional growth, can be cumbersome and disruptive for teachers, their students and even those responsible for offering support. Improved methods of new teacher support Providing adequate support for new teachers has long been a top priority for schools.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 27, 2022

Too many school leaders have been thrust into their positions without having support or development regarding leadership development. They will often get professional learning on Instructional Leadership but less frequently around collaborative or transformational leadership.

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Education Leadership Cultures Tradition 122

ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2024

Since its inception, the Digital Promise Center for Inclusive Innovation (CII) has focused on bridging that distance by engaging educators, students, families and communities in co-leadership, co-research and co-design of education solutions.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 11, 2022

In addition, I worried about whether we would meet our students' academic, emotional, and social needs, especially for students that attend a non-traditional school. Throughout the pandemic, discussions about supporting students have centered on traditional, comprehensive schools.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 14, 2023

By senior year, the dream is for students to have recovered from the trauma of homelessness and to have transitioned out, according to the school's leadership. The goal is to stabilize students enough to return to traditional schools, DeVries says. What does Monarch School's leadership think? A 2020 report for the U.S.

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ED Surge

JULY 18, 2024

Another program brings students and families to campus for a day to learn about university traditions and how to get involved on campus. Before the pandemic, orientation leaders typically held leadership positions in high school, as a club president, for example, Brister says.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 23, 2020

“The pessimistic view is that [students] are going to hate it and never want to do this again, because all they’re doing is using Zoom to reproduce everything that’s wrong with traditional passive, teacher-centered modes of teaching,” said Bill Cope, a professor of education policy, organization and leadership at the University of Illinois.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Esports programs are growing at colleges across the country for their ability to attract and engage students—just like traditional sports. But higher education serves all kinds of students, and the gaming community isn’t exactly known as a bastion of inclusivity (remember Gamergate ?).

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Tutoring Tradition Leadership Research 136

ED Surge

MAY 5, 2023

And in a survey administered by the National Education Association in 2022, 55 percent of teachers and support professionals who responded indicated they are thinking about leaving the profession earlier than they had planned. Preparing School Leaders Improved working conditions and community building starts with leadership.

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ED Surge

JUNE 23, 2023

When I was nine years old, my mother enrolled my brother and me in folklorico — a traditional cultural dance that emphasizes Mexican folk culture — at our local recreation center. During one of my social justice blocks, we dedicate a week to the Day of the Dead and its traditions. At first, I was annoyed.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Six New Hampshire schools have no grade levels – a traditional hallmark of just about every school. “It’s It’s really a cultural shift,” said Virginia Barry, New Hampshire’s commissioner of education. And the state’s leadership has remained consistent. “A Most are trying to figure it out.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Plenty of higher education institutions, including a dozen members of the MIT Digital Credentials Consortium, are involved with experimenting with how to better display digital credentials. And those platforms don’t just host proof of completion of traditional college courses. It wasn’t really giving students the credit they deserve.”

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ED Surge

APRIL 20, 2022

Supervisors and HR professionals were also more muted in their appreciation of alternative credentials compared to traditional college degrees: Among executives, 61 percent said they place high value on traditional degrees, compared to 50 percent saying the same for alternative credentials.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 22, 2020

She was a classroom teacher for over twenty years and is currently a technology integration coach in the Pleasanton Unified School District. She has been working in the field of educational technology since 1998 when she earned her Masters Degree in Ed Tech Leadership. Lisa is the epitome of a life-long learner.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 18, 2015

students, particularly those who already find that traditional schooling doesn’t meet their needs very well. Three competing visions of educational technology. Education in a digital world [VIDEO]. Using technology to reinforce 19th century teaching practice. Image credit: Cell phone prohibited , SmartSign.

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ED Surge

MAY 5, 2023

Tacy Trowbridge Lead for Global Education Thought Leadership & Advocacy Adobe What importance does creativity play when it comes to college and career pathways? Whether high school graduates transition to college or a career, there is a good chance that they will tap into their creative skills.

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Advocacy K-12 Critical Thinking Project-Based Learning 113

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

The EL motto, “We are crew, not passengers,” is a quote from Kurt Hahn, the German Jewish educator who fled the Nazis in the 1930s and went on to start Outward Bound, which co-founded the Expeditionary Learning network (later renamed EL Education) in partnership with Harvard’s Graduate School of Education in 1991.

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ED Surge

APRIL 26, 2024

. — McGrath Another key strategy involves adopting a multi-layered approach to workforce feedback , which challenges the traditional top-down model. This fosters a supportive leadership culture that comprehends campus dynamics and provides enhanced support accordingly.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Augmented reality (AR) is a technology that enriches the classroom learning experience by overlaying digital content onto real-world content, simply using devices that already exist in most classrooms, like tablets and smartphones. In educational settings, AR can be used in numerous ways to enhance teaching and engage students.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 16, 2022

I was always completing tasks for other people—school leadership, district leadership, state officials—at the expense of the students in my care. There’s always been a degree of this in education as the pendulum swings back and forth, but last year, it reached a boiling point. There was the NCELI (N.C. I felt trapped.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 25, 2017

Audrey Watters said: These new technologies, oriented towards consumers and consumption, privilege an ideology of individualism. In education technology, as in advertising, this is labeled “personalization.” So we see education being reframed as a technologically-enhanced series of choices – consumer choices.

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