Field Trip
Summary: What if you could hear from leaders in school systems all around the country? People who are finding innovative ways to solve problems and make strategic decisions as they work to hire, develop, retain and support teachers and staff? From superintendents to principals, from human resources to curriculum and instruction to special education, we’re talking with people who have something to say in K-12 – and we’re sharing those conversations here.
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Podcasts:
What happens when two different departments come together to use restorative practices in working with English learners?
(Rebroadcast) In this episode, we speak with Nick Indeglio and Jon Ross, two principals at Downingtown Area School District in Pennsylvania, otherwise known as the Rock Star Principals. Nick and Jon began their podcast, because being a principal can be isolating. So they took to podcasting, blogging and social media to connect with colleagues around the world.
Here’s what can happen when teachers, students and other stakeholders use design thinking to bring about big change.
Filming yourself teaching on video is scary. But here’s one teacher who fell in love with it, and she thinks you should, too.
Graham Local Schools is a small, rural district. Yet it’s found a way to offer progressive professional learning that’s making a difference in teachers’ and students’ lives.
Teachers entering the workforce today are different from those who entered the profession a few decades ago. What does that mean for school districts?
When leaders at this school district wanted a teacher workforce that reflected the diversity of its student body, the answer was right in front of them.
The financial crisis in 2008 left many school districts scrambling to stay afloat, save jobs and move mountains for teachers and students. Here’s how one district overhauled their onboarding process in the middle of the most difficult crisis they had ever faced — and didn’t spend an extra dime.
Heather Stocking wanted to give her Human Resources team more time to be creative and strategic. That meant getting rid of a lot of their paperwork. Sounds great, right? But it wasn’t that simple.
Over the summer of 2018, the RAND Corporation released a report on the results of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Intensive Partnerships for Effective Teaching Initiative. The big question: Did teacher evaluation reforms move the needle on student achievement? In this interview, we speak with researcher, professor and author Dr. James Stronge about his perspective and reaction to the RAND Corporation’s report.
At the Weilenmann School of Discovery, competency-based learning has taken wing. This week, administrators and teachers share what they’re doing, and why professional learning has never been so relevant.
Being a principal can be isolating. Here’s how two principals began to use podcasting, blogging and social media to connect with colleagues around the world — and the impact it had on their schools.
A large suburban school district. An 18% year-over-year teacher turnover rate. A superintendent who said, “We need to plug the hole in our bucket.” This is how one school district set out to give teachers more voice.
How do you bring about culture change in a school district? How do you boost instructional rigor in spite of a tiny professional development budget? Dr. Melissa Varley, Superintendent of Florham Park School District in New Jersey, talks about motivation, vision-casting and the challenging work of turning around a district’s entire outlook.
Why do Response to Intervention and Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports matter? In this interview, we speak with Jim Wright, author of “The RTI Toolkit: A Practical Guide for Schools” about his experience in RTI and how schools can impact students with academic and behavioral tiered intervention systems.
