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Steps That Administrators Can Take to Address Secondary Trauma Stress

Insight Education Group

Schools are realizing the very real presence of Secondary Trauma Stress (STS). Secondary Trauma Stress or compassion fatigue is defined by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network as the “emotional duress that results when an individual hears about the firsthand trauma experiences of another. Lighten the load for educators.

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Meet Digital Promise’s New President and CEO Jean-Claude Brizard

Digital Promise

Related to that, we often think of education as a narrow pathway from Pre-K through post-secondary education. At the same time, we can help practitioners lean on those experts to really inform the kind of work that needs to happen in our classrooms, the way we’re designing our schools, and how we can facilitate greater equity.

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6 findings to inform your state’s principal preparation

eSchool News

They are also better prepared to meet the needs of diverse learners. “However, principals who receive high-quality training feel better equipped to handle the real-world demands of the role and tend to stay in their jobs longer.

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Why These Educators Meet Regularly to Align Instruction with Mind, Brain, and Education Research

Edsurge

I posted a notice on the staff blog and emailed a few colleagues directly to see who was interested in creating an informal professional learning community (PLC) focused on MBE. To my surprise, people were interested and they voted to meet before school at 7 a.m. I unofficially named the PLC “NeuroNIST” and planned our first session.

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Keep, Start, Stop: A Student Feedback Strategy

Catlin Tucker

He uses it when he meets with each member of his team to exchange feedback at the mid-point and end of the calendar year. principal about staff meetings, kids about their helpfulness around the house) using the keep, start, stop strategy. Both he and his team members think about and provide feedback through this lens.

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Dallas ISD Selects Carnegie Learning Math Curriculum for all Secondary Schools

eSchool News

“For me, it was really clear how the curriculum was going to benefit secondary students. Designed to meet Texas Education standards, the Texas Math Solution leverages data and proven blended learning to improve student performance. Once we started with the program, it was a snowball of success.”

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How Family Engagement Leads to Student Success

Waterford

Involvement includes family participation in school events or activities, while teachers provide learning resources and information about their student’s grades. While teachers can offer advice, families and caregivers also have important information about their child that teachers may not know. Family Engagement = Student Success.

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