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STEM Career Awareness for Younger Students Enables Academic and Workforce Success

There is a concerning trend occurring where we have students graduating either not interested in or not prepared for the jobs where we have the most availability. Additionally, when learning most academic concepts, students often ask, 'When am I going to need this in real life?’ Career... Continue Reading

How Florida School Districts Can Make the State #1 for Reading Success

Florida has the potential to join Mississippi as an example for other states on how to tackle the literacy crisis that’s gripped the country for decades. Since 2021 alone, reading instruction in Florida has undergone a series of sweeping changes, including the implementation of a student... Continue Reading

Being a Boss and a Cocah

By Tynika Young-Aleibar and Greg Moffitt Understanding how to effectively supervise and coach your team is essential to your leadership and the school’s success, but the task is easier said than done. Can you be both the boss and a coach? You not only can be both, you must be. We served as... Continue Reading

The Benefits of a Statewide “Principal for a Day” Program

By Angie Charboneau-Folch, Principal, Integrated Arts Academy, Chaska, MN Earlier this year, more than 170 principals from around Minnesota hosted members of our state legislature for a statewide “Principal for a Day” initiative. It’s not unusual for legislators to visit... Continue Reading

Networking...Worth the Time

By Amy Sams, Principal, SouthShore Charter Academy When I accepted the position at my current school, my best friend challenged me to be involved in my new community. Though I immediately began to worry about the time investment of such a challenge, I knew it was sound advice. I decided to... Continue Reading

Center Yourself

Connect Evolve Notice Thank Energize Reward I had an amazing time presenting at the Model Schools conference in Orlando, Florida in the summer of 2024. What an incredible event of learning, inspiration, and educators coming together to grow. It was tremendously well run and a super... Continue Reading

Most Teachers Don’t Think PD Is Relevant. What Can Principals Do?

By Jessica Calabrese & Elham Kazemi Principals believe they are delivering relevant professional development. Teachers disagree. Principals survey teachers and feel they are including teacher voice in PD plans. Teachers feel like PD is done to them. Principals look forward to PD days.... Continue Reading

Attendance Still Matters…

As a young girl, my family relocated from New York to Florida in the late eighties. I vividly recall that my mother made a concerted effort to move during the holiday season to cause minimal disruption to my education experience. We arrived in Miami just ahead of the winter holidays, with the... Continue Reading

My Whole Life

I’ve always loved watching movies and reading biographies. I love hearing the stories of people’s lives. Their ups and downs, victories and losses, failures and celebrations. On a recent plane ride I watched One Life, the Bob Marley story. I’ve always loved his music and his... Continue Reading

Crafting Talks That Have Impact

By Erik Palmer Let me give you a challenge: Within 30 seconds, come up with five examples of an education leader’s communication failure. I bet you can do it. Perhaps you recall faculty walking out of a meeting saying, “Well that was a big waste of time;” possibly a professional... Continue Reading

The Sights and Sounds at the Schoolhouse Gate

By Johna Giordano, MS E.L., Principal, Hollywood Academy of Arts & Sciences Getting operations up and running, training new teachers and new families, rainy day dismissals, fire drills, PLCs, positive culture, and a plethora of seemingly simple tasks can fill every minute of our day as... Continue Reading

The Power of One: How a Single AP Course Can Transform Students’ Futures

By Cale Golden Some of the benefits of Advanced Placement® (AP)—including building skills for college and career and providing an opportunity to earn college credit and placement—are familiar to many educators. What might be lesser known is that students don’t need... Continue Reading