Teachers are the natural choice when you’re looking for the leaders of tomorrow. Teachers already have great communication skills, honed by years of communicating with students. Plus, they know how to speak to a room full of people and hold their attention. Most importantly, they are familiar with the problems students, parents, and professionals working …
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Knowing how to teach and manage a classroom are essential steps in becoming an educational leader, but these areas are only the beginning. Understanding how soft skills impact the quality of each lesson can make the difference between acceptable teachers and the strongest educational leaders who go above and beyond to continue improving their students’ …
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For those in the educational field, advancing to a leadership position is an important step toward achieving long-term stability. Part of this picture for many principals, superintendents, and other school administrators is home ownership. Still, as the housing market in the United States becomes more and more expensive, it can feel further out of reach …
Professional development is a fact of life in the education community. Every licensed position for educators, including educational leaders, in every state includes ongoing continuing education requirements designed to foster your improvement in knowledge and skills. That work can make you a better teacher and a better leader. It can expose you to new techniques …
I’m just going to say it: Administrators forget that teachers are human. Now in my fifteenth year as an educator in the public sector, I am preparing to say goodbye to my 19th administrator. The difference this time is that I’m the one who is leaving. I have spent the entirety of my career thus …
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Seattle Public Schools kicked it all off in January of 2023. A 91-page lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court against big technology companies behind such popular social media operations as, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Snapchat, and Twitter. The suit alleged the companies knowingly created mental health and behavioral problems such as anxiety, depression, eating …
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About a year ago, I applied to serve on the board of a nonprofit in my city. During the interview process, the current board members asked me about relevant leadership experience. Of course, I felt that initial jolt of imposter syndrome; except for a seasonal job I worked in my early twenties, I had never …
History does not record the first homework assignment completed with ChatGPT, the natural-language processing chatbot released by nonprofit OpenAI in November of 2022. Likely, the student who turned it in was not eager to share their accomplishment with the world. But it probably happened within days, or even hours. Within a month, ChatGPT-generated essays were …
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If you are interested in making an impact as an educational leader, one of the most important ways you can create positive change is by working to ensure that your school or district has created a learning environment where students of all backgrounds can thrive and where a diverse faculty and staff can excel at …
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