Educators in North Dakota's Northern Cass School District #97 lead two days of professional development for peers who wish to co-teach. "It's usually held during the day as we try to limit the amount of before- or after-school training," says Superintendent Cory Steiner, who also provides insights for these sessions. Full-time subs and other administrators […]
Since implementing D3 ("Distributive, Dedicated, Dynamic"), the Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township in Indiana has experienced many benefits from teacher collaboration. For example, special education faculty members now co-teach in general education classrooms and work with students who require additional support. Other teacher collaboration benefits include providing equity for the district's large English language […]
Ferebee served previously as superintendent of Indianapolis Public Schools, where he oversaw Hispanic and black graduation rates surpass the district average—with the latter breaking the state average.
Newtown Public School District in Newtown, Connecticut received one one free year of service for the Anonymous Alerts app for middle and high schools. Administrators chose to adopt the app in part because of the ease of use. Administrators, including Director of Security Mark Pompano, see incoming alerts and which official responds to them. "We […]
The new bus routing initiative at West York Area School began began in December where the district assigns one teacher to each of the 25 elementary bus routes. Below are some details about the program. Daily assignments In Pennsylvania, West York Area School District Superintendent Todd Davies has assigned one teacher to each of the […]
In December 2018, Sand Springs Public Schools in Oklahoma rolled out the STOPIt app so students and parents could anonymously report incidents and communicate with administrators. Each school has assigned administrators who receive messages on their smartphones from the anonymous bullying reporting app. These officials have access to a shared map where they can see when […]
