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Boost Morale with These Simple Strategies

A Principal's Reflections

Morale can best be defined as the confidence, enthusiasm, and discipline of a person or group at a particular time. Respondents reported that having a fun work environment will increase the levels of enthusiasm, satisfaction, creativity, communications among staff and enhanced feelings of group cohesiveness (Ford et al., & Ryan, R.

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KidWind and Toyota Join Forces to Bring Renewable Energy Education to West Virginia

eSchool News

We are thrilled to work with Toyota and Clearway Energy Group to help bring more awareness about renewable energy to students and future wind energy employees in West Virginia,” said Michael Arquin, founder of KidWind. Since 2004, KidWind has held more than 800 training events for more than 50,000 teachers all over the world.

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PROOF POINTS: Debunking the myth that teachers stop improving after five years

The Hechinger Report

In a 2004 paper, economist Jonah Rockoff, now at Columbia Business School, tracked how teachers improved over their careers and noticed that teachers were getting better at their jobs by leaps and bounds at first, as measured by their ability to raise their students’ achievement test scores.

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How to Increase Family Involvement with Connection

Waterford

Many schools maintain a private Facebook group to communicate with families, keep them up-to-date on events, and build a school community. 2004, November). You may be surprised at how useful this insightful feedback is for improving your school culture. Journal of School Psychology. Redding, S., Langdon, J., Meyer, J., & Sheley, P.

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The Lessons Learned Online That Will Shape Education After the Pandemic

Edsurge

Small-group and peer-based learning offer valuable and engaging learning structures. When we began our residential summer learning program in 2004, we wrapped our curriculum around a “team model” that reflects the collaborative way that the world works. Team based competition is a great motivator and connector.

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Understanding, Teaching, and Reaching Digital Native Students—and Digital Native Caregivers

Waterford

Communicate with parents through tech: Use digital resources (like apps, texts, or social media groups) to keep parents informed about class activities and upcoming assignments.[10]. Those parents are most likely to respond to reminders and notifications over digital channels, like emails, SMS messages, Facebook groups, or app notifications.[10]

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AeroFarms Celebrates World Environment Day with Bronx School PS 85

eSchool News

About AeroFarms Since 2004, AeroFarms has been leading the way for indoor vertical farming and championing transformational innovation for agriculture. AeroFarms started a partnership with PACS in 2011, where it installed a farm in the cafeteria to be used for STEAM education and supplement the school’s food service offering.

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