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Strengthening ties between school leaders in rural communities who often face isolation and lack opportunities for collaboration once they are handed the keys to the building.

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‘Can I Survive This First?’: Teaching and Learning During COVID-19

In a recent Zoom staff meeting, my principal asked five staff members to share the ways they’ve reached out to students. One teacher shared that he’d sent out a journal activity to his students, and one replied, “Can I survive this first?” That comment sparked a conversation about this historic moment and the kinds of […]

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‘Flatten the Walls’: Communicating During the Pandemic

When we shut our doors in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, my inbox almost became unmanageable with the flood of questions from parents. Being the senior class assistant principal, you can only imagine the number of questions about graduation. We quickly developed a blog as a means of sending out information about graduation and […]

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What’s a PLC Meeting, Anyway?

What Is a PLC? As I work with schools across the nation and beyond, I often hear statements like these: “Our PLCs are meeting on Tuesday.” “We will be ‘PLCing’ on Wednesday afternoon.” “PLCs happen here every other week.” Share via: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Copy Link Email More

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A Rural Georgia High School Shares Its Success

By the time I heard that NASSP President Gregg Wieczorek was planning to visit schools in every state, he had already stopped in Georgia. I wish I had known sooner because I would have jumped at the opportunity to have Gregg visit Lumpkin County High School. Our school offers many innovative and exceptional opportunities for […]

Moving the Needle: Strategies to Increase Academic Achievement in Rural Schools

Six years ago, our middle level/high school in rural Idaho was facing the same problems as many rural schools throughout the United States. Shifts in the local economy and an increase in the number of transient students attending schools in neighboring districts had dropped our high school enrollment to below 50 students, raising concerns about […]

Closing the Opportunity Gap in Rural Alaska

Chief Ivan Blunka School is a preK–12 school located in the Alaska bush community of New Stuyahok. In New Stuyahok, hunting, fishing, and subsisting off the land aren’t hobbies but a necessity for survival due to the lack of traditional economic opportunities. Our community is only accessible by air or boat, and even then only […]

Rural School Leaders Network

Rural School Leaders Network Facilitators

John Boyd Jr.

Liesl Sisson

Upcoming Network Meetings

Latest Rural School Leaders Network News

‘Can I Survive This First?’: Teaching and Learning During COVID-19

‘Flatten the Walls’: Communicating During the Pandemic

What’s a PLC Meeting, Anyway?

A Rural Georgia High School Shares Its Success

Moving the Needle: Strategies to Increase Academic Achievement in Rural Schools

Closing the Opportunity Gap in Rural Alaska