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
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Topics: Member Preview

Tags: Distance learning COVID-19 coronavirus

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
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Tags: Social Emotional Learning COVID-19 coronavirus

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
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Tags: Distance learning COVID-19 coronavirus

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
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Topics: Leadership

Tags: Distance learning COVID-19 coronavirus

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
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Topics: Teaching

Tags: Teacher Motivation Distance learning COVID-19 coronavirus

Opening Middle Schools for the 2020-2021 School Year

Suggestions and considerations for principals

As educational leaders look to the start of the 2020-2021 school year, the only thing for sure is the uncertainty of the situation with the COVID-19 pandemic. How school opens will largely be based on the situation in...

Author: David Straffon, Elliot Y. Merenbloom
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Topics: Leadership

Tags: Scheduling Distance learning COVID-19 coronavirus

Equity, Webcams, and More

Consider the connection to equity when asking or requiring students to have their cameras on

Sustainably and systemically focusing on equity (everyone gets what they need), diversity (the combination of people of different backgrounds), inclusion (everyone is invited in and feels they belong), and justice...

Author: Jen Cort
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Topics: Diversity and Social Equity Teaching

Tags: Distance learning COVID-19 coronavirus

Promoting Resiliency and Helping Families Thrive While Sheltering at Home

After helping more than 18,000 families navigate cancer, Pat shares 10 themes of family resiliency he’s learned that apply to navigating all of life’s unplanned obstacles.

Over the past eight weeks, families have been tested in ways they never thought imaginable. Amidst the pandemic, we’ve been forced to learn new ways of navigating obstacles pertaining to every aspect of our...

Author: Pat Colleluori, HEADstrong Foundation, CDO & Nick’s Brother
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Topics: Family and Community Health, Wellness, Guidance

Tags: COVID-19 coronavirus

Equity in the Virtual Classroom

On a normal school day, you could walk into any middle school classroom in the world and find a group of young people with a wide range of experiences and identities, all in a unique moment of their development as...

Author: AMLE
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Topics: Diversity and Social Equity Teaching

Tags: Distance learning COVID-19 coronavirus

Creating Norms When Nothing is Normal

The value of setting a learning framework with student input during remote learning

Norms are the patterns of behavior defining how we treat each other, ourselves, and our shared spaces. Norms exist in all physical and virtual classrooms. We often create norms at transition points such as the start...

Author: Jen Cort
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Topics: Teaching

Tags: Distance learning coronavirus

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Lessons Learned from Emergency Remote Teaching

The power of connection, communication, and a little grace

What Will Middle Schoolers Need When School Reopens?

Four things for educators to consider in support of students

E-Learning: Post Pandemic Teaching

The effects of a monumental shift in the model of schooling

Middle School Reopening Strategies

Ideas from a Canadian school on safe school opening this fall

Zooming In on Middle School Teachers

Teaching Remotely

Opening Middle Schools for the 2020-2021 School Year

Suggestions and considerations for principals

Equity, Webcams, and More

Consider the connection to equity when asking or requiring students to have their cameras on

Promoting Resiliency and Helping Families Thrive While Sheltering at Home

After helping more than 18,000 families navigate cancer, Pat shares 10 themes of family resiliency he’s learned that apply to navigating all of life’s unplanned obstacles.

Equity in the Virtual Classroom

Creating Norms When Nothing is Normal

The value of setting a learning framework with student input during remote learning

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