eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Unfortunately, even the best educators can fall short of this if they don’t understand what positive classroom culture fully entails. Positive classroom culture functions a lot like a three-legged stool. Students should be the ones to create this contract (along with help from their teacher).

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eSchool News

JUNE 21, 2023

Key points: Video reflection is a popular PD tool used across many professions Video PD helps teachers reflect on their interactions with students and improve their culturally responsive teaching See related article: 3 ways educators can embrace and enable inclusive programming Equity is a widely-used term in education today.

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eSchool News

MAY 9, 2024

This framework acknowledges and values the cultural backgrounds, identities, and experiences of all students, creating an inclusive environment where every learner can thrive. By prioritizing cultural responsiveness, school leaders can foster a sense of belonging and empowerment among students, teachers, and the broader school community.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Key points: Increased student engagement yields better learning outcomes Edtech has a lot of potential to help boost student engagement See related article: With greater access to devices, teachers are folding more tech into instruction As a teacher, I constantly wondered how to get students more engaged in my lessons.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The report highlights the numerous challenges facing educators and proposes a slate of strategies and solutions to address them, including several factors that reliably predict educator well-being: responsive leadership and supportive culture, acceptance, adaptability, personal well-being, and a professional-growth orientation.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

I’ve trained many teachers who use choice boards and ask, “What’s the difference between a choice board and a playlist?” Despite this reality, most learning is teacher-paced, not student-paced. The focus is on the teacher covering content and moving students through lessons on a strict timeline.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

I was a chemist, not a teacher. I beat the national average of 3-5 years for high school math and science teachers. Meaningful opportunities for teachers to build expertise and leadership beyond their classroom add to a sense of professionalism and fulfillment. Not teaching. Maybe exploring the world. He hired me anyway.

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eSchool News

JUNE 5, 2024

Key points: Automated applicant tracking adds another layer of professionalism to hiring How school leaders can foster a culturally responsive framework DEI in action: eSN Innovation Roundtable For more news on district hiring, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub Teacher retention is in crisis.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Nearly three out of four teachers say they experience frequent job-related stress, and 59 percent say they’re burned out. Nearly three out of four teachers say they experience frequent job-related stress, and 59 percent say they’re burned out. Create a school culture that teachers won’t want to leave.

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eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2024

Key points: Video-based coaching offers insight on teacher practices and makes feedback more effective I’m a first-year teacher. A group of 350 4th-, 5th-, and 6th-grade teachers were split into groups. To get teachers comfortable with recording themselves, we put them in control of their own videos.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Class culture I had worked so hard to create was crushed overnight with the addition of three female transfer students. There were eye-rolls, sarcastic comments, and quiet snickering, but even as an experienced teacher, I did not brand their behavior as bullying. They were seniors among a class of sophomores. It hit me.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 13, 2023

Focus on Collective Teacher Efficacy. Professor John Hattie defines “collective teacher efficacy” as “the collective self-perception that teachers in a given school make an educational difference to their students over and above the educational impact of their homes and communities.”. Understand Learning Beliefs.

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eSchool News

JULY 19, 2024

Key points: Solutions to the teacher shortage will require innovative thinking and new practices How are you attracting and retaining teachers of color? Through our district’s “teacher induction program,” we’ve created new and flexible pathways for individuals of all educational and experiential backgrounds to become certified.

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eSchool News

MAY 3, 2024

Securing new hires and maintaining educator retention remain challenging, and teacher stress seems to have ballooned in the wake of the pandemic as teachers juggle learning loss, student mental health, behavioral issues, equity, and more. Why is teacher burnout so high?

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eSchool News

MAY 29, 2025

Teachers report that graphic novels open classroom conversations that traditional texts sometimes dont reach, fostering both literacy skills and social-emotional learning. Kids not only read them, they trade them, recommend them, and come together around them, building a shared culture of reading that educators can harness.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 14, 2021

This will be easier to do if school leaders harness the talent on their campuses and create systems that encourage teachers to learn with and from each other. School leaders provide dedicated time in the teachers’ schedules to meet each week. The PLCs are composed of teachers who teach similar grade levels and/or subject areas.

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2025

Key points: Creating a culture where all students see themselves as capable math thinkers starts with leaders Key questions that unleash powerful PLCs Ethical PD: Doing right by the teachers who do right by the world For more news on teachers PD, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub One of my first vivid memories of math is of timed tests.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Teachers regularly use technology, not just to teach, but to help students think deeper, ask better questions, and tell their own stories. To make that possible, Elmwood invests deeply in teacher training, combining International Baccalaureate (IB) expertise with ongoing professional development in technology and pedagogy. Whitehouse.

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eSchool News

MAY 21, 2025

In addition, strong teacher-student relationships are one of the best preventative measures against absenteeism. Two of the most destructive impacts of the pandemic have been the undermining of the value parents placed on education and families disengagement from the school culture.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2022

One of the most common at the moment is mitigating the negative impacts of teacher shortages. Therefore, it’s important to examine the elements that affect teacher retention. It’s no wonder, then, that establishing methods to prioritize teacher well-being can help your school retain talent. Providing Resources.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Effective SEL instruction isnt possible without this key element For more on avoiding burnout, visit eSN’s SEL & Well-Being hub The demands of modern education often leave teachers and students feeling overwhelmed and exhausted. Here are three ways SEL can help prevent burnout for both teachers and students.

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2024

On its face, the cell phone policy at Forest Hills High School seems clear: Phones cannot be used in school and must be turned off during the day, unless a teacher allows them as part of a lesson. This is a complex host of issues that will not be solved just by ‘changing a policy,’” the Brooklyn health teacher said. “In

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2025

Key points: Building relationships is important to the overall health of an organization Leading (again) in uncertainty Elevating principals, teachers, and students through shared purpose For more on school leadership, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub We often hear we should run our schools more like a business.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 9, 2020

In this episode of The Balance , I talk with Dr. Shaun Woodly, who is a decorated K-12 teacher, university professor, author, and speaker. We both entered the profession with specific ideas about what it meant to be a teacher and what learning was supposed to look like. Woodly and I chat about our early years in the classroom.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

As the back-to-school season unfolded in New York, the city’s teachers set up their classrooms how they usually do: by putting up posters, reading through curriculums, sharpening pencils, and, for roughly a decade , charging Chromebooks. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters.

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

Indiana is requiring new teacher training. A similar number of states administer weak licensure tests, the report said, creating uncertainty about how well prepared teachers are. A similar number of states administer weak licensure tests, the report said, creating uncertainty about how well prepared teachers are. newsletters.

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eSchool News

MARCH 25, 2025

We also teamed up with Leading Educators , a nonprofit organization that supports high-quality instruction, to transform professional learning for our teachers. This sense of purpose around a shared strategic goal has elevated our principals, teachers, and students alike. Here are three key lessons weve learned throughout this process.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 23, 2024

When Salvador Quijada, a seventh and eighth grade math teacher at Philip’s Academy Charter School, thinks back on his own journey as a mathematician, he gives credit to one high school math teacher who pushed him to take on AP calculus. How and when did you decide to become a teacher? Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 9, 2024

Cascadia, a networked instructional audio platform, effortlessly projects the teacher’s voice within the classroom while also empowering teachers to call for help and communicate outside of the classroom directly from their lanyard microphone. To learn more, visit  [link].

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 2, 2023

Feedback is one of the most powerful tools a teacher has to support students in achieving standards-aligned goals. Fosters effective communication and dialogue between teachers and students. Novak and I want teachers to focus on pulling feedback feedback loops into the classroom so students feel seen and supported as they work.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Outside of their immediate family, a student will spend most of their life among a teacher and classmates. The good news is that teachers can help students navigate these awkward and frustrating moments by pointing them towards a positive resolution. They are going to make mistakes. Rude, Mean, or Bullying? In what way?

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eSchool News

JULY 17, 2024

By honoring and embracing our students’ cultural backgrounds, we not only create a sense of belonging but also enhance their educational journey. When schools actively honor students’ cultures and identities, they fulfill these basic safety needs, allowing students to focus more fully on their academic and personal growth.

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eSchool News

MAY 27, 2025

To help fill the gap we began using two products, both of which were recommended by a teacher who had used the literacy programs at a previous school. Here are five different ways our students and teachers are benefitting from our online literacy platform: Meet students where they are. Intervene quickly when issues arise.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2025

Real-World Math Problems Many of the terminated awards had something to do with teaching future elementary and middle school math teachers how to meet the needs of more than one type of student. A major aspect of this research was developed to understand existing deficits in how elementary and K-12 teachers engage with parents.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Our AI deep dive resulted in the development of three guiding principles: high standards and expectations, future ready skills, and cultural proficiency. As we reflect on our work to this point in time, we have identified four spaces (District, School, Classroom/Teacher, Student) in which we have worked to explicitly address ethical AI usage.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

True leadership involves not only encouraging teachers to reconnect with their purpose but also ensuring that they are seen, heard and supported, writes Ryan Burns, an instructional coach and adjunct professor in Warwick, Rhode Island, and a 2024-2025 fellow of the EdSurge Voices of Change Writing Fellowship.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Gratitude: Cultivating a culture of gratitude within the institution can have a ripple effect on employee morale. For instance, adminstrators should practice consistently recognizing teachers for their innovative lesson plan or a staff member for their exceptional problem-solving skills in a challenging situation.

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