Leadership Resources for School Leaders
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Leadership Resources for School Leaders
Resources for school leaders and teachers
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August 6, 2018 11:13 AM
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What Math Teachers Should Know About Teaching English Learners

What Math Teachers Should Know About Teaching English Learners | Leadership Resources for School Leaders | Scoop.it
Math has its own language, and English learners often struggle to understand math concepts in this language. What can math teachers do to help their English learner students succeed?
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August 6, 2018 10:26 AM
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3 Methods To Motivate the Unmotivated

3 Methods To Motivate the Unmotivated | Leadership Resources for School Leaders | Scoop.it
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July 31, 2018 7:03 PM
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How to Become and Remain a Transformational Teacher

How to Become and Remain a Transformational Teacher | Leadership Resources for School Leaders | Scoop.it
Transformational teachers share best practices, build mentoring relationships, observe their peers, keep things fresh, model their subject's usefulness, and demonstrate caring beyond what they teach.
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July 30, 2018 11:31 AM
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Why Teachers Must Fight Their Own Implicit Biases - Education Week Teacher

Why Teachers Must Fight Their Own Implicit Biases - Education Week Teacher | Leadership Resources for School Leaders | Scoop.it
Even before teachers get to know their students, they have already formed assumptions about them—and low expectations can set students up for failure, writes Melissa Garcia.
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June 28, 2018 6:48 PM
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Summer Self Care

Summer Self Care | Leadership Resources for School Leaders | Scoop.it
Let’s use some time this summer to rejuvenate and reflect on our classroom practice! 
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May 28, 2018 11:13 PM
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The Anger Teachers Don’t Feel Comfortable Expressing - Education Week Teacher

The Anger Teachers Don’t Feel Comfortable Expressing - Education Week Teacher | Leadership Resources for School Leaders | Scoop.it
There is a strong taboo against teachers admitting to anger, let alone expressing it, writes Justin Minkel. Here are four ways they can handle that.
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May 28, 2018 1:45 AM
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Encouraging Persistence in Math

Encouraging Persistence in Math | Leadership Resources for School Leaders | Scoop.it
Weekly open-ended math tasks can pique students’ interest, leading them to take risks and develop a growth mindset.
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May 19, 2018 1:21 PM
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Linguistically Responsive Teachers

Linguistically Responsive Teachers | Leadership Resources for School Leaders | Scoop.it
What mainstream classroom teachers should know about teaching English learners
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April 1, 2018 2:43 PM
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Liberation Curriculum | The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute

Liberation Curriculum | The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute | Leadership Resources for School Leaders | Scoop.it
The King Institute’s Liberation Curriculum provides document-based lesson plans, online educational resources and professional development workshops regarding the modern African American Freedom Struggle and King's vision of a just and peaceful world. Currently directed by Dr. Julie Henderson, this educational initiaitive seeks to transform the way young people learn about history by emphasizing the actions of ordinary people who made extraordinary contributions to liberation movements. 
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March 11, 2018 9:54 PM
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Approach

Approach | Leadership Resources for School Leaders | Scoop.it
Chris Thomas's insight:
The Teachers Guild builds off the methods and mindsets from the Design Thinking for Educators Toolkit. (taken from website)
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February 3, 2018 9:34 PM
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Teaching Tolerance - Diversity, Equity and Justice

Black history is American history—and it should be taught year round
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January 21, 2018 3:06 PM
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Digital Literacy for Digital Natives

Digital Literacy for Digital Natives | Leadership Resources for School Leaders | Scoop.it
Helping teachers face down fake news and cultivate smart, discerning consumers of online information
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September 23, 2017 1:57 PM
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Education for an Unknowable Future

Education for an Unknowable Future | Leadership Resources for School Leaders | Scoop.it
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August 6, 2018 10:27 AM
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60-Second Strategy: Fishbowl Discussion

60-Second Strategy: Fishbowl Discussion | Leadership Resources for School Leaders | Scoop.it
A discussion technique based on peer feedback helps students delve into complex texts and develop communication skills.
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August 6, 2018 10:23 AM
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Improving Reading Skills Through Talking

Improving Reading Skills Through Talking | Leadership Resources for School Leaders | Scoop.it
Partnering on note taking, a strategy developed for struggling readers, helps middle and high school students process what they read.
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July 30, 2018 12:06 PM
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Digital Literacy Videos

Digital Literacy Videos | Leadership Resources for School Leaders | Scoop.it
Our short student-friendly videos make learning about digital literacy fun! Share them with students, colleagues and (of course!) on social media.
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July 11, 2018 3:07 PM
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Sex? Sexual Orientation? Gender Identity? Gender Expression?

Sex? Sexual Orientation? Gender Identity? Gender Expression? | Leadership Resources for School Leaders | Scoop.it
Knowing the difference can make all the difference to students who do not conform to binary norms.
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June 2, 2018 3:29 PM
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A History in Which We Can All See Ourselves

A History in Which We Can All See Ourselves | Leadership Resources for School Leaders | Scoop.it
Educators are finding ways to tell a richer history of America—responding to the demands of an increasingly diverse student body.
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May 28, 2018 12:24 PM
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How implicit bias creeps into the classroom

How implicit bias creeps into the classroom | Leadership Resources for School Leaders | Scoop.it
Loewenberg Ball put a scientist's microscope on a classroom moment to give us all a lesson in how implicit bias – racism and sexism – unintentionally creep into the classroom.
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May 19, 2018 3:03 PM
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Design Thinking Adds Why to the What and How of Learning

Design Thinking Adds Why to the What and How of Learning | Leadership Resources for School Leaders | Scoop.it
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May 19, 2018 1:21 PM
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Recognizing and Alleviating Math Anxiety

Recognizing and Alleviating Math Anxiety | Leadership Resources for School Leaders | Scoop.it
Math anxiety affects almost half of elementary school students. Spot the symptoms and use these strategies to counteract it.
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March 25, 2018 1:32 PM
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Aiming for Discipline Instead of Punishment

Aiming for Discipline Instead of Punishment | Leadership Resources for School Leaders | Scoop.it
Brain-aligned discipline isn’t compliance-driven or punitive—it’s about supporting students in creating sustainable changes in behavior.
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February 25, 2018 1:36 PM
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Restorative Justice: Resources for Schools

Restorative Justice: Resources for Schools | Leadership Resources for School Leaders | Scoop.it
Explore resources and case studies that demonstrate how to bring restorative justice to your school or classroom.
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January 31, 2018 8:29 PM
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Harvard Education Publishing Group - Blog

Harvard Education Publishing Group - Blog | Leadership Resources for School Leaders | Scoop.it
Comprehension Is Collaborative—and Why That Matters
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December 10, 2017 12:29 PM
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Teaching Japanese-American Internment Using Primary Resources

Teaching Japanese-American Internment Using Primary Resources | Leadership Resources for School Leaders | Scoop.it
In this lesson, students use original Times reporting and other resources to investigate the forced internment of Japanese-Americans.
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