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Teaching Students to Advocate at Their Own IEP Meetings

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How to Prepare Students to Advocate. Consider these questions when preparing younger elementary students to attend an IEP meeting: What do you like about school? For older elementary and middle school students, try asking some of these questions to help them learn to lead: Describe some of the challenges you face in school.

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Kids Co-Creating Curriculum

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We’ve had some kids in the county that have co-created curriculum with teachers around things that are of interest to them, such as how to create music in a sound studio, and building an elective for that. And their job is to teach all the other kids how to fly this drone.”. Drones in the Classroom. He actually ran for school board.

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From Testing to Transformational Change with Pam Moran

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How to Get Buy-in For Transformational Change from Teachers. Moran has served as the Superintendent of Albemarle County Public Schools since January 2006. So if it was implementing state standards with the intention of kids passing tests, then people in some divisions had a lot of resources, people in other divisions far less.

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SEL: A Leadership Roundtable

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Reeves, 2006) Being able to identify the “go-to” or most trusted person in a network to leverage their relationships with others to effect change is more likely to result in change than working from the superintendent down, although you need both approaches. It was run by our elementary school guidance counselor.

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Empowering Superintendents to Connect Technology and Learning

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Once a technology plan is adopted, superintendents needs to make sure all constituents have a laser focus on implementing it as developed, evaluating successes and failures, and then discussing how to move forward. Instead of isolated lessons, students learn how to connect their studies with real-world problems.

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Leading the Digital Transformation in Rural Districts During Crisis and Beyond

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While they may be proficient in using edtech, they don’t know how to create comprehensive lessons to use it in the classroom. With not all kids having the same access, they need to figure out how to develop lessons to accommodate all students. Glenn Robbins is Superintendent of Brigantine Public Schools in New Jersey.

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The Key Role of Tech in Accessibility for All

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And while teachers may embrace using technology, they won’t necessarily understand how to use it effectively. This is really for all learners—adults as well as students—not just for those students with disabilities,” said Dr. Carol Kelley, Superintendent of Oak Park Elementary District 97 (IL). Dr. Carol L.