Cool School Tool: Stop the
Summer Slide
The Principal Poet
Education Worlds resident poet, Mr. Ivan, presents a poem that is sure to bring grins to school leaders everywhere. This weeks poem is Summer.
Like a puppy,
Summer pokes its green nose
Into my classroom,
Begging me outside
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Partners for
Student Success
Project Reach Offers Outstretched Hand to Community
When teachers at one Georgia elementary school recognized the need for more frequent and meaningful dialogue with the parents of their students, they decided to take the conversation directly to the parents in the form of "Project Reach."
Focus On
Counseling Students
Counselors and other school personnel work hard to ensure that all students feel happy, respected, and valued. The articles in this archive share stories and practical tips that describe schools and programs that support students as they grow in self-awareness and develop self-esteem.
From the Principal Files
Decisions, Decisions: A Week in the Life of a Principal
Each day, principals make dozens of decisions -- small decisions and big decisions, decisions with major and minor consequences, decisions that affect one person or an entire community. Seven of Education Worlds Principal Files principals tracked a week of their decisions to provide this picture of "a week in the life of a principal."
Wire Side Chat
Schools Where "It's Being Done"
In the book, Its Being Done, author Karin Chenoweth looks at once-struggling schools that were able to turn around because of high expectations and staff members who were dedicated to helping students succeed.
Take Five for
Planning effective and fun staff meetings.
Pawlas on PR
Superintendent hosts a student press conference.
Principal Ideas #20
Relieve test tension, positive discipline, more...
Instant Meeting #15
Your whole staff plays professional developer for an hour.
Exceptional Event
Sleepover Night
How I Handled
Keeping control in crowded hallways and lunchrooms.
Grant of the Week
INGs Run For Something Better grants.
Morning Math
A full school year of questions -- 36 weeks.
Conventions
What's coming up in the weeks and months ahead?
Join the Conversation
On our "School Administrators message board.
Voting for School Mascots
Teaches and Inspires Fun
It may seem logical to have students cast their own ballots for president when the nation chooses a new leader, but the fact remains that those votes will never truly count.
Newsletters R Us
Copy and paste this free content into your teacher or school newsletters.
Caught on the Web Food Safety Quiz (Grades 2-up)
Parent Newsletter Template Summer
Parent Pointers Starting a Conversation
quotED "All children are gifted. Some just open their presents later than others."
Best Books for
School Leaders
How can teachers build positive relationships with parents and work with them to support their children s learning? This book offers a wealth of manageable ways. It combines the voice of a master teacher with spotlights of a dozen other teachers in action in rural, urban, and suburban schools. Sample letters and forms throughout. Topics include working with diverse family cultures; setting the stage for a positive relationship; keeping in touch all year long; and involving all parents. Part of the Strategies for Teachers Series from the folks at the Responsive Classroom®. Click to learn more or to purchase this book.
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