Just about two weeks ago, our very large family grew just a little larger with the addition of our youngest family member, a betta fish named Cheese. Who knew this tiny addition had much to teach our family and my school?
Long Live Cheese! Lessons on Inclusivity From the Fishbowl
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Pins and Posts: January 2021
PBLWorks Introduces New Online Course for Teachers PBLWorks, a leader in professional development for high-quality project-based learning, has created a new facilitated online course, “Adapting Your First Project,” to help teachers seeking a shortcut to implementing high-quality projects with students for either in-person or remote learning. The eight-week course uses PBLWorks’ new Project Designer, an interactive project planner, […]
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Policy Objectives
The NASSP Policy & Advocacy Center has developed a 2021 federal policy agenda that outlines the most immediate collective priorities of school leaders. Key Priorities Enact policies and provide additional funding to bolster public education and counter the funding losses exacerbated by past national disasters, specifically the COVID-19 pandemic and the Great Recession. Apply an […]
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Principal Leadership: December 2020
Features Take Care of You, so You Can Take Care of Others. Trauma and self-care at the leadership level School Wellness. Reclaiming the urban American high school Personalized Education. Personalized Education An Era of Advancement. JoAnn Bartoletti’s impact on education leadership Roundtable The Challenges of Hybrid and Virtual Learning. Managing school in 2020 and beyond Columns & […]
An Era of Advancement: December 2020
Since her appointment as executive director and CEO of NASSP in 2011, JoAnn Bartoletti has charted a path for revolutionizing program and service offerings. Almost a decade of leadership at the helm of NASSP has been marked by advancements for the association and the field of education leadership. With the announcement that she is retiring […]
Legal Matters: December 2020
Title VII is a federal law prohibiting employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, and religion. The law covers private and public employers that have 15 or more employees. One unresolved question had been whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 provides protections from discrimination […]
6 Ways Principals Can Empower Student Voice and Choice
Student voice and choice is often talked about in schools but rarely implemented with a consistent focus on empowering students. For this to take place, principals need to intentionally find ways to place student voice and choice at the foundation of their school. My school’s Virtual Tour will focus on strategies to empower student voice […]
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Principal Leadership: November 2020
Features 2020 NASSP Digital Principals of the Year. Meet Robert Eichorn, JoAnne Glenn, and Breaking to Building. How planned evolutionary change prepared us for pandemic disruption Partnering With Universities During a Pandemic. Planning field experiences for new educators Adapting the Coaching Partnership. Administrator practices for improved student outcomes Virtual Programs. Keep students in your district […]
Pins and Posts: November 2020
Supreme Court Rules Job Discrimination Law Shields LGBTQ Workers The U.S. Supreme Court declared in June 2020 that an employer who fires a worker based on sexual orientation or transgender status violates the main federal job discrimination law in a decision with implications for school districts—as employers and in ongoing legal battles over the rights of transgender […]
NASSP News: October 2020
NASSP Launches Support Network for LGBTQ+ School Leaders October marks LGBT History Month, which was founded in 1994 by a Missouri high school history teacher named Rodney Wilson. School leadership can often feel isolating, especially for principals and assistant principals who are LGBTQ+. NASSP announced during Pride Month in June the creation of a new […]