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To build coping skills successfully, students need consistency. By educator Lindsey Paricio-Moreau via Teach Plus
"Louisa, an 11th grader in my chemistry class, sobbed while explaining to me that her anxiety was so high that she had to miss a full week of class."
Could consistent SEL support have helped? Explore ideas via educator Lindsey Paricio-Moreau and @teachplus.bsky.social
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"Every student holds a spark within them – sometimes buried beneath struggles with behavior or academics. Our job isn’t to extinguish that fire, but to help them find their awesome, discover their why and turn that spark, that energy and even those struggles into passion, purpose and success. That’s when real learning – and healing – begins." —Leader Bryan Pearlman
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Can we have better classroom conversations in challenging times? Via Greater Good Magazine
💡 Need ideas for supporting students as they share their own perspectives – and seek to understand one another's?
This read from @greatergoodmag.bsky.social can help:
greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...
How do you connect with fellow colleagues in similar leadership roles?
Asking for a new leader!
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Hispanic Heritage Month resources for your school community, via National Museum of the American Latino
Explore a resource collection that can power your team's celebrations of Hispanic and Latino culture – this month and year-round!
latino.si.edu/learn/teachi...
Screenshot from Learning Forward, featuring a table that outlines a support plan for new teachers.
If you could give fellow leaders one piece of advice about supporting new teachers, what would it be?
Here's some inspiration via Learning Forward:
"Everyone on your staff brings their own gifts and talents. By naming the strengths you see, you can make sure everyone on your staff knows where to turn for ideas."
Read on for more ways to support authentic staff collaboration, via leader Victoria Lightfoot:
A back to school toolkit, via Learning Forward: Tell your community about the value of professional learning. Strengthen your professional learning strategy. Support new and veteran teachers.
Teachers can get more from professional learning when the whole school community is behind them.
Find ready-to-share handouts to let families know what PL matters, via Learning Forward.
#BackToSchool #EduSky
learningforward.org/backtoschool/
Principal Adam Mokelke didn't just spring a phone-free policy on his school community – he spent a year laying the groundwork.
Read on for ways you could start working toward this change now.
Screenshot from a "Schoolwide SEL Walkthrough Protocol" found at the link. The section in the screenshot includes the first piece of a rubric focused on classroom climate and practices.
You and your teachers have discussed SEL. But how are your practices looking in action throughout your school community?
This SEL walk-through guide from CASEL can help surface insights to push your work forward.
schoolguide.casel.org/casel-walkth...
What can you accomplish in 5 minutes each morning?
The start of a staff culture transformation, suggests P @drvsmith.bsky.social ✨
How teachers can use AI to listen, reflect and build math classroom community. By educator Al Rabanera via EdSource
For educator & @teachplus.bsky.social fellow Al Rabanera, AI is a thought partner, surfacing patterns and opportunities to support students.
Read on and consider sharing this perspective with your team:
edsource.org/2025/how-tea...
🔑 Shared commitment
🔑 Community assets
🔑 Collaborative planning
Read on to learn how these 3 keys can lead to strong connections with students' families this school year, via leader Maricela Rodriguez.
Screenshot from the linked resource which offers a protocol for holding meaningful five-minute conversations with students' caregivers.
It can be hard to make time to speak with students' families, but a 5-minute chat done right can help you shift toward a more culturally responsive school environment.
Find out how to make every minute count with this guide from CASEL: schoolguide.casel.org/uploads/site...
Screenshot of a chart from the linked resource that can be used to map when, how and by whom information is presented to new teachers.
🌊 🌊 When a teacher joins your staff, there's an ocean of information for them to absorb. This tool from TNTP can help you chart their course.
Click for a full onboarding guide from TNTP: tntp.org/wp-content/u...
Conference room table with the words "Cougar Pride" visible on a wall in the background. On the table are several small piles of school "swag" for new staff.
Close up of a school swag collection for new staff, including a letter from the principal, a school T-shirt, sunglasses and a water bottle.
How do you celebrate the arrival of new team members?
(Inspiration via P Beth Thomas)
Screenshot of a guide available at the linked resource, which offers teachers resources in support of the question, "What state must I be in to create the environment my students need?"
🔖 Looking for strategies to launch the school year with solid SEL supports in place?
Save this discussion guide from CASEL to share with your team.
schoolguide.casel.org/resource/tea...
11 tips to support math learning and teaching over breaks via NCTM
Don’t let math momentum fade over summer! 🧠
@nctm.org has tips and tools to help educators and students stay engaged during the break.
www.nctm.org/Conferences-...
Seeking resources to reflect meaningfully on Juneteenth and beyond?
Here's an array of tools from your fellow school leaders:
"We're pretty intentional about making sure that there are displays, books, resources, posters and flags throughout our school, even stickers on the office door that send a message of inclusion. Families may not say anything when they’re walking through our schools, but they are always looking. For example, a few years ago, a family with same-sex parents came into school for the first time, and they told me that when they saw the Pride flag, they knew they would belong here. That was very powerful to me. The school said nothing. It was a flag, on a pole, that said everything to them." —Leader Michael Moore
Here's to the ways you let EVERY student and family know: You belong here.
#EduSky
A photo of a staircase. The front of each step has a sticker with the name and logo of a college or university in Virginia.
One step at a time, these students are reaching their college dreams! 💫
(Via AP Michele Repass)
Screenshot from Strategic Data Project's Summer Melt Handbook, showing how to prepare an exit survey for graduating seniors to better gauge whether they may change their original plans to attend college.
Even after students are accepted to college, they are many tasks they must complete before they matriculate – and many of them need support.
Read on for ways to prevent "summer melt," via The Center for Education Policy Research @harvard.edu
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Thank you for sharing, Ingrid!
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Screenshot from the linked resource, capturing the section called "Soliciting Student Feedback/Input." It lists 10 questions, starting with: "What is the part of high school you enjoy the most? What is most challenging about being in high school?"
Have you ever tried holding "exit interviews" with your students?
These conference questions from @ctrisenetwork.bsky.social can surface insights to support your work in the fall.
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Screenshot from the seventh page in the linked document that reads "When the Fight for Equity Becomes an Ethical Dilemma," followed by three prompts to help gauge what is happening in your institution.
As you refine your school's equity vision this spring and summer, this Leading Lessons Guide from NAESP can help your team collaboratively assess current practices and future goals.
www.naesp.org/resource/cen...
Promotional image for 'Thank A Black Teacher Day' featuring two photos of individuals wearing branded T-shirts alongside the logo of the Center for Black Educator Development. Text encourages appreciation for Black teachers and highlights their positive impact on students.
Promotional poster for Black Teacher Appreciation Day by the Center for Black Educator Development. The poster includes images of joyful teachers and students in classroom settings, with text stating that only 7% of U.S. teachers identify as Black.
Image promoting Black Teacher Appreciation Day by the Center for Black Educator Development. Features four individuals wearing T-shirts with the text "We Need Black Teachers." The main text states "Black students make up over 15% of the K-12 population." The background includes classroom settings with additional people.
Promotional poster for Black Teacher Appreciation Day, featuring a statistic from the Center for Black Educator Development that states students who have had Black teachers are 38% more likely to feel they belong at school.
Happy #BlackTeacherAppreciationDay! How did a Black teacher change your life? Today is an opportunity to help everyone learn how Black teachers impact the lives of all students. Use #ThankABlackTeacher and share.
Learn why #WeNeedBlackTeachers: thecenterblacked.org/we-need-blac...
Every teacher in your school community brings their own special spark!
Share this Teacher Persona Quiz as a piece of your #TeacherAppreciationWeek celebration!
A close-up image of a small white sign stuck in grass. The sign reads "We remember August... We sometimes joked about the frequency in which the words 'pivot' and 'unprecedented' were being used."
An image from the linked article, showing several staff members walking through a grassy area, looking at a row of white signs.
"'What do I even say?' This was one of many questions I asked myself when trying to plan our final staff meeting of the school year."
Check out how leader @gustafsonbrad.bsky.social set up a reflective walk for his team.
www.bradgustafson.com/single-post/...
Thanks for making a meaningful difference, today on National #SchoolPrincipalsDay, and all year.
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