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Upcoming Network Meetings

Thursday

Oct 05

7:00 pm ET

Women in School Leadership Network Meeting

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Join an empowering meeting for women in school leadership. Connect with like-minded leaders, engage in dynamic discussions, and thrive personally and professionally. Break barriers and create an inclusive educational landscape. You must be registered for this Leadership Network to attend the meeting. When you join you will receive an email with the monthly meeting link. […]

Monday

Oct 09

5:00 pm ET

Middle Level Network Meeting

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Calling middle school leaders! Connect with like-minded educators, engage in dynamic discussions, and gain valuable insights where you’ll empower yourself to navigate the middle school landscape with confidence. You must be registered for this Leadership Network to attend the meeting. When you join you will receive an email with the monthly meeting link. Join here. […]

Tuesday

Oct 10

6:00 pm ET

Principal of the Year Network Meeting

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Connect with distinguished education leaders, including Principal of the Year honorees and alumni. Forge powerful connections, discover insights, and shape the future of educational leadership. Don’t miss this transformative gathering. You must be registered for this Leadership Network to attend the meeting. When you join you will receive an email with the monthly meeting link. […]

Bearing bad news: A Tough but Necessary Part of the Job

My school, Indio High School in Indio, CA, has faced many challenges over these past two years. Throughout the pandemic, we have lost members of our school community: a beloved student, a coach, a teacher, and a teacher’s spouse. Many of our students live in intergenerational homes, where COVID-19 spread and led to the death of parents and grandparents. In the past two years, I’ve officiated 11 funerals in the community. Beyond these losses, I’ve been communicating messages about school closures, remote learning, and mask mandates, like school leaders across the country.

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My School's History of Honoring Black History

This year marks the fourth year of my principalship at Atholton High School (AHS) in Columbia, MD, where I began my career as a teacher over 20 years ago. Back then, to celebrate Black History Month (BHM), I remember the whole school would gather for an assembly where students stepped, rapped, danced, and sang to honor Black history. While the assembly was fun, lighthearted, and the Black students had an opportunity to showcase their talents, I thought to myself, “We can do much better than this.” In some ways, this was a turning point for me; I wanted to become a principal so that I had more say in what happened at whichever school that I served.

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4 Ways All Principals Should be Leading Digitally

The past year has forced all principals into technology, but true innovative principals are trailblazers who lead the way without the push of the pandemic. These leaders understand that technology can empower students to solve today’s complex problems and to engage with learning in a way that inspires progress and growth. It’s principals like this who are leveraging technology to close the equity divide, engage with all stakeholders in creative new ways, and work to cast a vision on how education and technology can converge to bring about the transformational change our education system needs.

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Let National Principals Month Begin

National Principals Month has officially started, and NASSP, the American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA), and the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) are excited to share the upcoming opportunities we have for the education community to celebrate, advocate, and collaborate on behalf of principals everywhere.

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Making Principal Preparation a Priority

As a newly minted school leader, one of the first challenges Mark Anderson faced didn’t involve teaching strategies or staff issues. Instead, students spilled water on the gym floor during a pep rally.

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