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Hispanic Families Hear and Are Heard
As the Hispanic population increased, parent participation did not. So one elementary school reached out to Hispanic parents to learn what they needed. The result is increased participation, higher achievement, and an unbreakable bond between school and home.
From the Principal Files
The Principal’s Job
What do principals do? A principal's job responsibilities are endless... They involve monitoring and mentoring, planning and policing, evaluating and envisioning. A principal is a PR person and policymaker, the hirer and firer, a cheerleader and a change agent. But what do the students in your school think you do? Click to read one of the most popular articles from the Education World archive. A fun school-wide activity too!
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Team Building
Most principals will tell you that time spent building cohesive teams is time well spent. Countless benefits are realized for student achievement and staff morale when time is invested in team building. The articles in this archive share stories and practical tips that will help you build a winning team in your school.
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The ABCs of Student Success O is for Overcoming Obstacles
Caught on the Web Wall of Words (Grades 1-3)
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Parent Newsletter Template December Holidays
Math @ Home Math Printables
Parent Pointers Listening to Children
quotED "Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are endless."
Education World's
Administrator's Desk Columnists
Pete Hall's Always Strive To Be a Better You
Turning Teacher Evaluations on Their Ears
The scheduling, the classroom observations, the reports, the checklists… Teacher evaluation time is an exhausting time. Just ask our ulcers. But when you keep SITTM in mind, and pair it with frequent classroom walk-throughs, students end up the big winners.
Diane Hodges’ Looking Forward to Monday Morning
A prolific author and a frequent presenter at education conferences, Diane Hodges offers ideas you can use to drive your staff happy! This week…
Holiday Caring
--- Shoebox Gifts
--- Cookie Exchange
--- Grin and Share It!
It's Just Not That Simple
“…The people most visibly drawn to extolling the joys and the privileges of teaching are high-powered attorneys, successful venture capitalists, and exceedingly youthful movie stars… meaning they have not come near an actual school in quite a while.”
Paul Young’s Young @ Heart
Truth Decay in the Principalship
A dentist’s lecture about tooth decay has Paul Young thinking about another kind of decay -- truth decay -- that can cause all kinds of problems for principals. Avoiding truth decay, while not always the easy path, can pay great dividends for principals.
Leah Davies, The Teacher Counselor
Instilling Perseverance in Children
Albert Einstein once said, “It’s not that I'm so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” Working through challenges when the going gets rough is a life skill that teachers can teach. Included: Ten activities for teaching about perseverance.
Mr. Ivan:
The Principal Poet
“The Lunch Line Pioneer”
Education World’s resident poet, Mr. Ivan, presents a poem that is sure to bring grins to school leaders everywhere. This week’s poem is “The Lunch Line Pioneer.”
In history class last Friday
I learned of pioneers
Who drove their covered wagons
Way out West for years…
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Meet the other members of Education World's columnist team:
Carlton Ashby
Larry Bell
Evelyn Cortez-Ford
Sandra Harris
Diane Hodges
George Pawlas
Don Peek
More from the Administrator's Desk
Wire Side Chat
Motivating Teachers: A Wire Side Chat with Todd Whitaker
"Outstanding principals know that if they have great teachers, they have a great school," Todd Whitaker, author of Motivating and Inspiring Teachers, told Education World. Whitaker shared his tips for motivating teachers.
Last Week's Featured Article
Principal’s Tough Stand Turns School Around
Frustrated by what he considered low expectations and minimal structure at American Indian Public Charter School, Dr. Ben Chavis set out to reform the school instituting no-nonsense policies regarding attendance, appearance, and instruction. And it worked.
Best Books for School Leaders
Bullying at School: What We Know and What We Can Do
Olweus is a renowned expert in the field, and Bullying at School is the definitive book on bullying/victim problems in school and on effective ways of counteracting and preventing such problems. Writes one reader: "Professor Olweus is without question the world's leading authority on the topic. His book is a succinct yet accurate and thorough statement of the problem and what educators and parents can do to alleviate it."
Click to learn more or to purchase this book.
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