A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 16, 2022

While you might not be able to control the actions of others fully, you can work to ensure that you are fully present during conversations, meetings, and professional learning events. Curious leaders inspire while also breaking down traditional barriers when it comes to transforming culture. An engaged leader is one who empowers.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 24, 2018

As a supplement to traditional discussion strategies technology can serve as a catalyst to increase engagement by getting more people actively involved during lessons. Backchannel Chat has some good answers to both of these questions below: A backchannel is a conversation that takes place alongside an activity or event.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Just like with learning, it's a process, not an event. To complement traditional means of professional learning, work to create or further develop a Personal Learning Network (PLN). When it comes to leadership, there is no one right way or quick fix.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 30, 2019

One-and-done events might get everyone pumped up and excited, but what comes next? Like change, learning is a process, not an event. For the purposes of this post, let’s put aside more traditional pathways that are either provided to educators or ones that are sought out, such as conferences and workshops.

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TeachThought

JULY 20, 2024

Understanding AI Concepts Start by helping students grasp core AI ideas like algorithms, data analysis, and pattern recognition through traditional teaching methods Analogies and Stories: Compare an algorithm to a recipe a chef follows, highlighting the step-by-step process.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Could changes in Neanderthal ear morphology reflect a bottleneck event in their evolutionary past? Their findings suggest a sharp decline in morphological diversity that coincides with a long-suspected genetic bottleneck event. Semicircular canals shed light on bottleneck events in the evolution of the Neanderthal clade.

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Sapiens

JANUARY 14, 2025

Tsamarenda, a young man wearing a traditional red and yellow toucan feather crown, was personally delivering the seeds. In a political rally organized for the event, he proudly told a crowd in Bomboiza how they were already exporting the fruit to the United States, Canada, China, and Russia.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 12, 2010

As a result, I have seen my own knowledge increase in these areas, participated in exciting professional development opportunities, presented at both my school and at other events on web 2.0, After throwing around numerous options we decided to call this event the Tri-State Educational Technology Conference (TSETC).

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 26, 2025

Using Bayesian chronological modeling and data from over 150 archaeological sites, the study examines how two major climatic events—the Antarctic Cold Reversal (ACR) and the Younger Dryas (YD)—influenced early human dispersal across the continent. This event, however, appears to have played a different role in human settlement.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 15, 2014

We can’t ignore that social media has completely transformed the way in which we receive and understand current events. Every school has a story, or a “brand” that captures the mission, the norms, the traditions and the values of the school population. How do you achieve that? With transparent communication and lots of it!

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 10, 2016

Issues such as the status quo, traditions, mindset , fear, apathy, funding, infrastructure, and time seem to consistently rear their ugly heads. The ability to initiate, manage, and sustain change relies on a leader’s ability to think of it as a process as opposed to an event. This takes vision, planning, patience, and perseverance.

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Sapiens

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

I (Mariam) grew up in a Pakistani diaspora family, where I observed roti-making as an organizing tradition of my home culture, but one that remained a gender-exclusive space for girls, mothers, and aunties. We both started our lifelong studies of roti at a young ageboth as a frequent eater and observer of the food. where I teach.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 18, 2015

The primary audience at each event has been teachers, which by no means is a bad thing. With this power comes a greater responsibility to act accordingly to not only challenge the status quo, but also in many cases make bold decisions to transform traditional school cultures. Image credit: [link] Here in lies the issue though.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 28, 2021

I enjoyed the tactile experience of writing down my events, notes to myself, and lesson ideas. I discovered that Google Calendar could replace my traditional paper planner and serve as my digital planner, providing a clear visual outline of my week, month, or even year. Events must be copied by hand. That was problematic.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 10, 2012

This versatility, allowing parents to receive updates on their own terms, makes Twitter unlike any traditional communication tool that I’ve ever used as a principal. Develop a school Facebook page to advertise events and provide up to date school information. ALWAYS return parent phone calls and emails in a timely fashion!

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 24, 2014

So much time and energy gets put into traditional newsletters and websites even though the impact is fairly minimal. Tools like Ustream allow you to share live events such as concerts, athletic contests, art shows, etc. It does not have to be a time sap either.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 19, 2022

With about 70 percent of online students working full or part time, a Wiley report says that online learners are far more likely than on-campus students to click on links to virtual job fairs, networking events and other online employment services. Just as on LinkedIn, users can connect with alumni and employees at prospective job sites.

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

This data enables researchers to connect climatic patterns with human migration events, suggesting that Central Asia's climate may have played a role in directing early human movements through the region.

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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. The Final Straw As I prepared to start my eighteenth year in education, a series of events eroded my trust in the system. I still remember a parent emailing and asking me, “Why can’t you just teach English?”

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 24, 2010

This versatility, allowing parents to receive updates on their own terms, makes Twitter unlike any traditional communication tool that I’ve ever used as a principal. Develop a school Facebook page to advertise events. As far as transparency goes, is there any application more effective than Twitter?

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

(Younger children in the school take courses using more-traditional online tools, including Microsoft Teams.) She’s a champion of a model of education that favors students reading classical texts and otherwise focusing on the traditional canons of arts, literature and culture.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 14, 2024

This can lead to new opportunities, media coverage, being invited to present at local or national events, and recognition for your efforts. While it might seem like a risky shift from traditional methods, the potential benefits students make it a worthwhile endeavor. The key is to take calculated risks.

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Cult of Pedagogy

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

And so the power is really in reflecting on that and just sitting with it before we continue with the traditional ways of communicating with families.” Traditional communication has typically referred to those we reach out to as parents , as in parent-teacher conferences , or in more specific roles, as in Mother’s Day events.

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History Tech

JULY 10, 2023

And one consequence of the altered agenda is that my summer reading list, a treasured tradition dating back to the summer following my first year of teaching middle school, is now […] Let’s just say that my May and June did not go as planned and leave it at that.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 26, 2016

We were still using traditional means of communication such as memos, on-site events such as our annual Back to School Night, PTO meetings, email blasts, and face-to-face conferences when needed. Many parents worked multiple jobs and just didn’t have the time to attend events and meetings on-site or even read an email or memo.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I’ll share my journey shifting from a traditional approach to teaching in a low-tech classroom to a blended learning model by capitalizing on my students’ connectivity and devices. On Wednesday, October 14th I’ll be doing an extended Q&A about blended learning and my bestselling book Blended Learning in Grades 4-12.

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TeachThought

AUGUST 1, 2024

Open House Events: Host an open house for parents to see the classroom and meet the teacher. You may find students—especially those put off by a traditional classroom—completely at ease when dealing with video games and related technology.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 20, 2018

People craving more than a drive-by event, traditional school professional development day, or mandated training have an authentic outlet that caters to their interests. From a growth perspective, the Personal Learning Network ( PLN ) concept has dramatically impacted countless educators across the globe.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2025

Forty percent of fourth graders cannot put events from a story into sequential order, and one third of eighth graders cannot determine the meaning of a word in the context of a reading passage. That’s a big deal. It’s something that we hadn’t paid a lot of attention to traditionally.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

The revamped event, appropriately named " Ignite ", is a great example of a national organization breaking away from traditional conference constructs to create a relevant and meaningful learning experience for it''s membership Content selection.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 21, 2020

Many are unsure if they will be returning to school on a traditional schedule, a blended learning schedule, or completely online. Students may be struggling with fear, anxiety, and depression as a result of the events that have taken place in the last few months. Teachers are preparing for an uncertain future.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 2, 2010

It was a great event and I am so proud of the accomplishments that are clearly apparent amongst all of the top students in my area. The valedictorians and salutatorians for that matter are recognized for their achievement of academic greatness at events like this and commencement ceremonies across the country.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 16, 2017

Change is a process, not an event. NJ mandated every district to adopt an evaluation tool that was more detailed and moved away from the traditional narrative report. Saying this and fully understanding the intricacies involved with the process of change are two totally different things.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 6, 2010

To get that same information on our traditional website would have taken a week’s worth of emails and action by two or three different staff members. I’ll save my thoughts on organizing a major EdTech event at my school for another day. The ease of getting information out quickly out there has been quite convincing.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 20, 2020

The events of the last nine months have launched the phrase “blended learning” into the mainstream. Most of the schools and districts I work with are focusing on the rotation models because they work well in a traditional school setting. The Station Rotation Model. The Playlist Model.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 3, 2021

However, the events of the last year have made it clear that educational landscapes can shift at any time. Instead, we need to develop a skill set that is adaptable enough and flexible enough to travel from the bumpy, cobblestone streets of traditional education to the choppy waters of learning in the cloud.

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Anthropology News

MARCH 4, 2025

However, this does not mean that they have lost interest in the language and traditions of their parents and grandparents. In addition, these courses are accompanied by community events, such as a religious community dinner celebrating the holiday of Pessah/Passover in the traditional Tunisian Jewish manner.

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