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Admin & Management

4 ways a Maine district is charting its post-COVID course

Westbrook School Department. intends to use some stimulus funds to add temporary staff to reduce class sizes in 2021-22 and better target instruction to individual students’ needs.

3 priorities for stimulus spending to recover from COVID

Three waves of stimulus funding have sparked ideas and innovation across the public school system as superintendents and their teams lead COVID recovery.

4 ways principals can excel as instructional leaders

Principals can collaborate more with teachers on instruction when principal supervisors focus on coaching rather than compliance, a new report says. 

Can ESSER funds be used for travel for PD?

Official answers from Education Department staff to questions posed by Title I educators and administrators.

Virtual reality energizes pre-service special ed teachers

Pre-service teachers at the University of North Georgia now use virtual reality avatars to instructional strategies for K-12 students with disabilities.

How 4 PLCs strengthen education-to-employment pipeline

Four communities will bring together high school educators, community college faculty, workforce development professionals, community organizations and business owners.
Thu Apr 15th, 2021

Anti-racism, and a district’s 4 other stimulus spending priorities

Social justice education and teacher empowerment will play key roles as Madison Public Schools leverages stimulus funds to move past COVID.

Thu Apr 15th, 2021

4 concepts to drive a more focused COVID recovery

For the first time in a long time, district leaders are facing fewer spending constraints as they look for innovations to move past COVID's disruptions.
Thu Apr 15th, 2021

4 ways to know when to use a shortened school day

IEP teams may be tempted while students are slowly returning to school buildings to shorten the school days of students with disabilities who exhibit behavioral issues.
Wed Apr 14th, 2021

How the hope and potential of ‘at-promise’ moves mainstream

The idea was simple: Replace the label for the student referred to as "at-risk" with the more positively framed "at-promise."
Wed Apr 14th, 2021

5 pillars help paraprofessionals take action on equity

Equity means every student should have access and opportunity at the right moment in their education to a physically, societally, socially, and emotionally safe environment.
Wed Apr 14th, 2021