.POLICY CORNER
Groups seek more input on federal coordination for rural schools
K-12 Dive
The letter outlined issues having a major impact on rural schools, including: transportation, teacher recruitment and retention, Wi-Fi for students and communities, homework gaps, and nutrition, health and counseling services. About 10 million students go to rural schools. In 23 states, more than 20% of all students attend a rural school, according to the Education Commission of the States.
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.SCHOOL LEADERS NEWS
Five tips to lead strategically as a new superintendent
Hanover Research
A superintendent’s job is to bring together the school community under a common district vision and mission. As strategic leaders, one of their most important duties is to thoughtfully consider and address the diverse needs of many stakeholders, including the school board, staff, students, and families. Being strategic about how you engage a new community in the first 100 days as superintendent will help you start off on the right foot.
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3 superintendents to watch: Their schools are launching lifelong learners
District Administration Magazine
The “Portrait of a Lion Learner” is a future-ready mindset that emphasizes critical thinking, lifelong learning, compassion and courageous inquiry, says one of District Administration’s superintendents to watch. These concepts form the basis of the South Fayette Township School District’s “portrait of a graduate” initiative to empower students to find their place in the world after high school, says Michelle Miller, superintendent of the Pittsburgh-area district.
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Walking in the shoes of a school superintendent in 2022
The 74
At their best, superintendents and school system leaders have an opportunity to build and strengthen the institutions they lead every day. But the past two-plus years have been demanding in an unprecedented way: COVID deaths, ever-changing pandemic safety measures, a wave of state legislation banning concepts that have incited division among parents and educators, mass shootings that devastate communities and vocal extremism at both ends of the political spectrum have made it hard for superintendents to do anything but react.
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Why schools are still struggling to hire bus drivers, custodians, tutors
The 74
Districts have already tried many tactics to fill support staff roles. Three in 10 of the districts RAND surveyed raised pay or benefits for bus drivers last school year, while more than a quarter asked other staff to drive a bus. Nearly 3 in 10 districts tapped other school staff to perform cafeteria duties.
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.TECHNOLOGY
Technology allows mentors to meet with K-12 students
EdTech Magazine
Girls Who Game is one organization supporting K–12 students with STEM opportunities. Dell, Microsoft and Intel partnered to create this extracurricular program, which uses gaming to encourage students to pursue STEM. Through educational games such as Minecraft, students are taught critical thinking, collaboration, communication, problem-solving skills and more. Mentorship is one of the group’s three pillars, and it offers multiple opportunities for mentors to connect with players through technology.
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What is OER Commons and how can it be used to teach? Tips & tricks
Tech and Learning
OER Commons is a freely available set of resources specifically tailored for use by educators. This digital library can be accessed by anybody from nearly any device. Rather than using a search engine to scour the entire internet for resources, they can be found more efficiently in this space in which everything has been helpfully collated. From images and videos to teaching plans, lessons, and more.
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.EDUCATION HEADLINES
Classroom strategies to support multilingual learners
EduGals
In this episode, we are talking all about different strategies we can use in our classrooms to make our courses accessible to English Language Learners. We will share some of the different ideas and strategies that we have, and how you can best support these students.
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El Pasoan pushing for acceptance of 'Spanglish' helps schools teach it in classrooms
K Fox 14
Spanglish" is a mix of English and Spanish not only in conversation but also when it comes to words. In a border town like El Paso, it isn’t uncommon to hear people and kids speaking "Spanglish" but whether it is correct, is up for debate. There was a time when school systems in the United States used to punish students for speaking anything other than English. That was the case until 1968 when the Bilingual Education Act was passed.
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Pandemic-related behavior issues pose ongoing challenge for schools
ASCD
Addressing the social-emotional and behavioral needs of students at this stage of the pandemic will require a heavy lift, the data show. Seventy-nine percent of schools said they needed more support for student and/or staff mental health and 70 percent reported needing better training for supporting students’ social-emotional development. Put another way, if school leaders and teachers are going to turn the tide of student behavioral and social-emotional challenges, they’ll need much more help than they’re currently getting.
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.CAREERS
New Postings Every Week on ALAS Website!
ALAS
07/26/22 — Superintendent, Hillsborough Township Public Schools, Hillsborough, New Jersey
07/26/22 — Partner, School Design Services, Transcend, Flexible
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07/27/22 — Chief Operating Officer, Anchorage School District, Anchorage, Alaska
08/03/22 — Superintendent, Paterson Public School District, Paterson, New Jersey
08/08/22 — Director of Research, Accountability and Strategic Planning, Prince William County Public Schools, Manassas, Virginia
08/10/22 — Director of Multilingual Education, Edmonds School District. , Lynnwood, Washington
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