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What Grade Class @ Killeen Elementary did the KISD Superintendent visit? I'm interested from an aspect of KISD school model/structure - Middle School vs. Jr. HS. If the composition was of Grade 5 students, I saw the initial emergence of "maturity" from pubescence to adolescence. Perhaps a key progressive developmental stage that the KISD Middle School adopted model fails to capture? Adopting a Jr. HS model allows one year further maturity development in an elementary environment, rather being thrust into a Middle School environment (Grade 6 -8) where they're "lowest" on the totem pole - following that ordeal; in transition to HS, they're again "lowest" on the totem pole - another unnecessary, inherently disruptive, self-defeating and avoidable KISD structure/model outcome.

Did you know Black and Brown K-12 students are, on average, 1-3 years behind their peers in academic achievement? Compounding this, 44% of new teachers leave the profession within the first 5 years, often from schools serving these same students. The connection is clear: teacher retention and student success go hand in hand. At Elementary Education Evolved, we partner with schools to bridge this gap through effective instructional coaching and professional development training tailored for beginning teachers. Our mission? To equip educators with the tools they need to create equitable, engaging, and inclusive classrooms that close achievement gaps and keep teachers thriving. 📅 Let’s tackle this challenge together! Schedule your consultation today and start transforming education in your community. https://lnkd.in/gB-t47qD #TeacherRetention #AcademicEquity #ProfessionalDevelopment #InstructionalCoaching #ElementaryEducationEvolved

Did you know Black and Brown K-12 students are, on average, 1-3 years behind their peers in academic achievement? Compounding this, 44% of new teachers leave the profession within the first 5 years, often from schools serving these same students. The connection is clear: teacher retention and student success go hand in hand. At Elementary Education Evolved, we partner with schools to bridge this gap through effective instructional coaching and professional development training tailored for beginning teachers. Our mission? To equip educators with the tools they need to create equitable, engaging, and inclusive classrooms that close achievement gaps and keep teachers thriving. 📅 Let’s tackle this challenge together! Schedule your consultation today and start transforming education in your community. https://lnkd.in/ggeEPND7 #TeacherRetention #AcademicEquity #ProfessionalDevelopment #InstructionalCoaching #ElementaryEducationEvolved

📣 ALAS Education Summit Session Alert: In this session, education leaders discuss how the Ector County Independent School District used technology-enabled tutoring to take their school district from a D to a B. Presenters will share how they used high-impact tutoring to scale Ector County’s student outcomes and provide equity support throughout their district. https://lnkd.in/gRjEvX5h #EdLeadership

The Learning to Lead in Math project, funded by a $4.3 million award from the U.S. Department of Education, will work with principals and teachers at K-8 schools in Cook County to create a #teaching culture that supports professional development and collaboration on math instruction. They will focus on increasing support for teacher learning, deepening #collaboration within teacher teams and improving student performance in #math, which has fallen nationwide since the COVID-19 pandemic.  https://lnkd.in/gfdeuTY8 Alison Castro Superfine Benjamin Superfine Shelby Cosner

🤔 What does it really take to transform secondary education? After years in curriculum development and classroom teaching, I've learned that isolated initiatives rarely create lasting impact. Earlier this week I spoke with The Educators' Lab co-founder Darcy Bakkegard, whose concept really got me fired up. 🌱 Their organization's four-pillar approach understands something crucial and fundamental: meaningful change requires an ecosystem of mutually reinforcing elements. 🤝 Through their transformative model combining micro-grants, professional development pathways, strategic partnerships, and intentional storytelling, they're creating the conditions for genuine transformation. They recognize that empowering teachers as #changemakers must happen alongside broader systemic change--you can't have one without the other. We need to give teachers the agency and psychological space to take risks, and we need our schools of education to encourage collaboration in the teaching profession. We need to showcase for the public what amazing work our teachers are really doing so that parents and kids (future educators!) recognize the profession's value. And we need to create and maintain strategic connections to sustain change. ⭐ This layered approach is essential. The Educators' Lab is demonstrating that when we simultaneously nurture teacher creativity, build supportive structures, and reshape narratives about education, we create the momentum needed. 🎯 And we improve the lives of the people at the center: kids and teachers. This is exactly the kind of bold, systemic thinking our field needs. Go check them out! #rethinkhighschool #SchoolReform #EducationalLeadership Michelle Blanchet

When teachers are equipped with the science of reading, the results speak for themselves. In Marietta, Georgia, educators trained in evidence-based strategies saw a 35% increase in reading proficiency for first graders in just one year. Empowered teachers = empowered students. Ready to bring this transformation to your school? Let’s connect. #ElementaryLeadership #ScienceOfReading #TeacherEmpowerment

In this success story we learn how leadership at the Houston County Public Schools combined a high-quality curriculum from Savvas with the high-quality instruction of their teachers to increase math scores and become the number one county district in the state of Alabama: https://ow.ly/HxeA50RKbTn #edchat #iteachmath #edleaders #envisionmath

https://lnkd.in/e_786gbC Our students are not our future. They are our PRESENT, and they are creating the future that we too will live in for a short time. As educators, our impact matters. We can teach them core subjects all day, but we would be silly to think we are preparing them for the world much less to change the world. Culture over strategy will win all day. A culture of values, high expectations, and skills that will allow them to walk into the real world and function. For students to have high expectations, teachers must have high expectations. For teachers to find joy in their calling and achieve they must be presented with high expectations and support. For administrators to have a school of culture they must show a school with a foundation of support and value their teachers. For administrators to be motivated enough to raise the level of expectation, they must have support and expectations of collaboration from their district level. And for districts to thrive for their students, they must not only MODEL agency, but create a sense of AGENCY in their students. It’s a full circle- no one greater than another. And it ALL has foundational significance going back to the universal values that must be anchored in every student. #LevelUP. #maxWELL #iLead #transformationalleadership

Building Joyful, Justice-Centered Classrooms How can educators and leaders build joyful, justice-centered classrooms that truly reflect the diversity and potential of our students? This week, Dr. Tami Dean welcomes Kass Minor , author of "Teaching Fiercely: Spreading Joy and Justice in Our Schools," to discuss actionable strategies for creating sustainable equity and empowering all learners. 🔑 What’s in this episode: ✔️ Embedding sustainable equity into school communities ✔️ Centering joy as a transformative force in education ✔️ Redefining roles in the classroom—students as knowers and leaders ✔️ Designing inquiry-based and inclusive learning experiences 📢 Tune in now for an inspiring and practical discussion that will empower you to lead with equity, justice, and joy! https://lnkd.in/gs6E67R3 #EquityInEducation #SocialJusticeInSchools #InclusiveLeadership #TeachingFiercely #JoyAndJustice #DragonflyRising