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Masked Leadership

Masked Leadership

Five things to help middle school leaders to stay positive and supported

During your career as an educator, you had many discussions with different stakeholders about changing the face of education. You also had multiple sessions about ridding your students of the high-stakes, standardized...
Author: Frank Rudnesky
Number of views (314)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Leadership
Tags: Distance learningCOVID-19coronavirusRemote Learning
Building the Classroom of the Future

Building the Classroom of the Future

We’re only a couple of months into the academic year, but for many educators it already feels much longer. Teachers are working more hours than ever before, with the added strains of preparing lessons in new...
Author: AMLE
Number of views (238)/Comments (0)/
Topics: InspirationSchool Culture/ClimateTeaching
Tags: Teacher MotivationDistance learningCOVID-19Remote Learning
The Enduring Power of Rituals

The Enduring Power of Rituals

Well-designed rituals encourage student participation and are an important part of school culture

Picture it. Twenty-four Grade 8 students are standing on one side of a creek, high in the Sierra Mountains in Northern California. Water rushes by, melted from the mountains behind them. This is the last day of their...
Author: Chris Balme, Roberto d'Erizans
Number of views (1006)/Comments (0)/
Topics: LeadershipSchool Culture/ClimateTeachingSchool Culture/Climate
Tags: Distance learningCOVID-19
Sudden Shift: Reflections on Online Learning

Sudden Shift: Reflections on Online Learning

Lessons learned about humanity, what’s essential, and being prepared

Managing the shift to online instruction at the outset of a pandemic brings to mind the truth that we can hardly call this a “shift.” It was more of a drastic change and philosophical realignment in...
Author: Jason D. DeHart
Number of views (521)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Teaching
Tags: COVID-19coronavirus
Lessons Learned from Emergency Remote Teaching

Lessons Learned from Emergency Remote Teaching

The power of connection, communication, and a little grace

In mid-March 2020, like many other educators across the United States and around the world, I shifted to emergency remote teaching due to the global pandemic. During the first few weeks I was trying to figure out...
Author: Kasey Short
Number of views (746)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Teaching
Tags: Distance learningCOVID-19coronavirus
What Will Middle Schoolers Need When School Reopens?

What Will Middle Schoolers Need When School Reopens?

Four things for educators to consider in support of students

We’re five months into the pandemic and still dealing with many unknowns. We are dealing with whether school will be virtual, face-to-face, or a blend of both, and we don’t yet know the long-term toll...
Author: Phyllis L. Fagell, LCPC
Number of views (3660)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Health, Wellness, Guidance
Tags: Social Emotional LearningCOVID-19coronavirus
E-Learning: Post Pandemic Teaching

E-Learning: Post Pandemic Teaching

The effects of a monumental shift in the model of schooling

Can you feel it? It’s an educational paradigm shift. Every few years there is a shift in educational philosophy and pedagogy that take the field of education by storm. The COVID-19 pandemic may very well...
Author: Michele Schuler
Number of views (737)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Teaching
Tags: Distance learningCOVID-19coronavirus
Middle School Reopening Strategies

Middle School Reopening Strategies

Ideas from a Canadian school on safe school opening this fall

As school districts across the United States and Canada develop guidelines for school opening this fall, there will be varying strategies required. Most school districts are considering one of three potential...
Author: Bill Garner
Number of views (1418)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Leadership
Tags: Distance learningCOVID-19coronavirus
Questions Before Opening Schools

Questions Before Opening Schools

Real issues, realistic solutions

With so many things happening in our world and in our country, now is the time to talk about some of the transformational changes that need to occur within our schools. Each facet of society will need to make changes...
Author: Jack Berckemeyer, Kim Campbell, Dedra Stafford
Number of views (2584)/Comments (0)/
Topics: LeadershipTeaching
Tags: Jack BerckemeyerSocial Emotional LearningCOVID-19
Zooming In on Middle School Teachers

Zooming In on Middle School Teachers

Teaching Remotely

Read about burnout, back-up plans, and the surprisingly sweet moments of connection teachers have experienced firsthand in our “Zooming In” interview series. In this series, four teachers share their...
Author: AMLE
Number of views (3534)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Teaching
Tags: Teacher MotivationDistance learningCOVID-19coronavirus
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