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Celebrate Good Times…………………Come On!
Written by-Jack Birmingham Now that you have that “Kool and the Gang” song stuck in your head until another 80s classic pops onto your Walkman (some leaders will actually need to Google Walkman), I can think of no better time than now to understand the value of celebrations for the culture that you are trying […]
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Cultivating a Positive School Culture
Written by: Chrystal Street, Principal of Brownstown Elementary School When you walk into Mediocre Intermediate to enroll a 5th grader, you are welcomed. The friendly secretary hands you the paperwork and tells you to bring it back when it is completed. She then starts to finish a personal conversation that she was having with a […]
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Student Well-Being: Utilizing School Threat Assessment Teams During and Beyond the Pandemic
By Dr. Shane Conwell, Superintendent, DeKalb County Eastern Community School District, & Dr. Nick Elam, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Educational Leadership, Ball State University While schools have rightfully shifted this year to keeping staff and students masked and socially distanced, school leaders must continue to build on the time, effort, and growth made over the last […]
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REL Report: The Teacher Pipeline for Indiana’s K–12 Public Schools
Leaders at the Indiana Commission for Higher Education and the Indiana Department of Education are concerned about teacher shortages and want to better understand the teacher pipeline for the state’s K–12 public schools. A new REL Midwest study examined the characteristics of and outcomes for 11,080 students who first enrolled in an Indiana public college or university […]
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Call for Proposals
IASP continues to serve you with the highest level of support. We are planning and preparing for an outstanding Assistant Principals Conference and Fall Professionals Conference in November and look forward to seeing you there in person. Proposals to present are currently being accepted online and we would love for you or your team to […]
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A New Era of School Safety
By Stephen Balko Director of School Building Physical Security and Safety, Indiana Department of Education Virtual learning. Personal protective equipment. Social distancing. A year ago, these were terms we knew, but they weren’t part of educators’ daily vocabulary. But now, a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, we understand how these critical elements are directly intertwined […]
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Building Collaborative, Relationship-Based School Resource Officer Programs
By Chase LyDay, Chief of Police at Avon School Police Department Carefully-selected, specifically-trained School Resource Officers (SROs) are uniquely suited to be one of the most impactful professionals in a school district. The goal of School Resource Officer programs is to bridge the gap between law enforcement and the community by investing in healthy, positive […]
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STEM Integrations Community Partnership Series: Supporting Student and Educator Safety with External Expertise
Written by Krista M. Stith & Rachel L. Geesa: STEM Integrations, LLC Creating a safe physical and technological infrastructure in schools is a complex, challenging, and time-consuming task for educational leaders. An impactful safety plan must engage a thoughtful process of educational leaders to involve many stakeholders and continuously evolve the plan with prevention and […]
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REL Tool: A Second Grade Teacher’s Guide to Supporting Family Involvement in Foundational Reading Skills
REL Southeast has developed a Teacher’s Guide to supplement the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) practice guide, Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade. The Teacher’s Guide complements and extends the practice guide by providing step-by-step guidance for second grade teachers to support families in practicing foundational reading skills at home. The […]
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Creating the Best Possible Alternative School Experience
by Lindsey Wright, MA, LCSW and Rebecca Humphrey, MA, LMHC In our combined 40 years of experience we have worked in partnership with alternative schools and have seen firsthand how they can divert kids from or pull them directly into the Juvenile Justice System. We welcome an outside lens into our residential facility and continuum […]
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Changing Lives through Alternative Education
Authors: Josh Amyx, Assistant Principal at Richmond High School, Celeste Johnson, Data Coach and Lead Teacher for Richmond Graduation Academy, and Emily Philpot, English Teacher in the Alternative Program at Richmond High School. I am a firm believer that education changes lives. It continues to change mine! In high school, I never really cared about […]
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“Assessing with PLCs in Mind”
Written by Brian Dinwiddie, Curriculum Coordinator, Community School Corporation of Southern Hancock County By definition, Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) are more than assessment data, but it is an integral part of their success. It is imperative that when teachers head back to their classrooms after PLC meetings, they have a specific plan for what actions […]
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