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🎉 Celebrating Back-to-School Week🎉  Back-to-school season is the perfect time to get organized and set the school year off on the right foot. Whether it’s tackling those home projects you couldn’t get to this summer or getting your kids’ spaces ready for success, we’re here to help! 📚 ✅Create a clutter-free homework station. ✅Organize school supplies for easy access. ✅Set up a daily routine to keep everyone on track. ✅Take on those lingering summer projects and start fresh! 📚 Let's make this school year the best yet by starting organized and staying that way.  📚 Ready to get organized? DM us or use our website contact form to schedule a consultation. Let’s celebrate this back-to-school season with a fresh, organized start!

The summer term is long and extremely busy as we head towards the end of the academic year. So how do we ensure we don't run ourselves into the ground before we reach the summer break? Here are a few tips for teaching staff for thriving this term. #teachersoflinkedin #teacherwellbeing https://lnkd.in/eEuNz57w

Top 5 Secrets to Choosing the Perfect Independent School for Your Child 90% of parents don’t know these insider tips before applying! 1.) Start early in the process by visiting an independent school fair in your geographic area. Today, my colleague Derrick Redwine and I hosted the Paideia School table at the #BlackParentForum school fair. It was great partnering with him to share information with visitors. 2.) Narrow down a list of schools to do further research online. Do not over-ask at the school fair because this is really a time for admissions representatives to meet and invite as many people as possible to learn further about their school. You’ll have another opportunity to make a first impression later in the process.   3.) Continue to narrow your list to 3-5 schools you plan to visit in-person. Even if you’ve already picked what you think is a great school it only helps to see multiple schools in person providing you a first hand experience to compare against. 4.) Make note of how you felt during the school visit. What was most memorable? What was worrisome? What did you notice in regards to the interactions between children and adults, children and children, and adults and adults? 5.) Enroll at the school that is the right match for your family. Consider costs, commute, and which environment will foster the greatest sense of belonging for your family. Awesome job hosting today Terry Williams and The Friends School of Atlanta ! It was great speaking with all of the families as well as my independent school colleagues Mac McCallum Nicole Victor Troy Kemp, M.Ed. Kristopher Jones and others.

April 22-26, 2024 is Afterschool Professionals Appreciation Week (APAW), a dedicated week to recognize, appreciate and advocate for those who work with young people during out-of-school hours. Research shows that skilled and knowledgeable program staff are the backbone of program quality and are key to desired positive youth outcomes. We hope everyone joins us April 22-26 in celebrating afterschool professionals and then continues to advocate for job quality in support of these essential professionals throughout the year. Why is it important to recognize Afterschool Professionals? An estimated 7.8 million children participate in afterschool programs each year; for every child in an afterschool program, two more are waiting to get in. Every young person deserves quality afterschool experiences that positively impact their development. It takes skilled professionals to create these experiences. Because of the important role afterschool professionals play in kids’ lives, they deserve recognition and support! What is Afterschool Professionals Appreciation Week? Afterschool Professionals Appreciation Week is a time to recognize, appreciate and advocate for those who work with young people during out-of-school hours. The week is marked by celebrations, public relations, and advocacy efforts encouraging appreciation and support for afterschool professionals who make a profound difference in the lives of young people. Get your FREE communication kit here: https://lnkd.in/ehGdpiiS

Here's a great short video about the Beyond School Walls program created by Big Brothers Big Sisters. It represents an easy way for companies and organizations to mentor youths at their workplace, requiring very little time and money. Watch to learn more about it! https://lnkd.in/g-uHgfXx

I volunteered in my granddaughter’s class. I realized that sometimes, I need to slow down. I was so excited to be a volunteer helper in my granddaughter's TK class. She didn’t know I was coming, and I got to surprise her plus help out. It was a great morning. The teacher had me help some of the kids make paper tigers. I was there to help them place the various parts of the tiger. What I realized was that I was doing things too fast. I had to slow down. Way down. The kids took their time with the paper. That took patience to watch them methodically apply glue and then place the pieces. Then, the way they put the paper together was all over the place. They were making tigers but making them on their own terms. How true is that with life? How rarely does anybody you work with do things the exact way you envisioned? How often do we go at top speed when really, we could stand to slow down and enjoy the process? As I grew my team, I delegated various work products. Of course, we trained and provided feedback, but the ultimate end product wasn’t necessarily what I would have done. That wasn’t a bad thing, it was a great thing. Taking the time to be patient and watch how others assemble their work can teach you a lot. Giving someone the chance to explore, try, and even fail will make them better. Have you ever watched someone else assemble their paper tiger? What did you learn?

The attack on public schools is an attack on equity in our education system. Traditional public school districts in Ohio serve more than 1.8 million students and employ more than 245,000 Ohioans. An investment in our public schools is an investment in our nation’s 50 million public school students. #fundpublicschools #nationalpublicschoolsweek

Where challenge, audience, and purpose of student learning intersect, you find informed action. 🔍 At the end of each of our K-5 inquiry-based social studies units, there's the opportunity for informed action that creates meaning AND deeper learning for students. 👏 Read more about how a 2nd-grade classroom in Ohio impacted their community through their informed action project – planting a garden. 🌱 ➡️ https://bit.ly/45fR6or

🦄 Lean practitioners, imagine facilitating daily management with experienced whiteboarders! 🤣 ➡️ Teasing aside, what age is “too early” to facilitate self-direction, autonomy, and individual + collective responsibility?! ⬅️ Yes, I work with CEOs and relentless Improvement types to improve work by challenging their own preconceptions. But, what if those preconceptions weren’t taught to us in the first place?! Reimagine school, reimagine work. *** Respect humanity (including younger humans!). Improve work. Continuous Improvement without the Other CI, Consciousness Improvement, is unsustainable (and unfulfilling and outdated and expensive and frustrating and…) Let's experiment together: www.theotherci.com *** #theotherci #continuousimprovement #consciousness #thecountermeasures #executive #leadership #ceo #btfa #executivecoaching #sudbury #education #selfcompassion #consciousleadership #tps #lean #manufacturingexcellence #respectforpeople #futureofwork #change #management #respecthumanity #improvework #democratizework #selfdirected

Interested to find out what it's like to study at a leading online school? 🤷♀️ Take a look at our Maths teacher, Harry Williams, explaining how pupils learn at Highgrove Education using a combination of interactive self-study lessons, live lessons in a virtual classroom and one to one support. And for anyone wondering if it's possible to achieve good results with less time in a traditional classroom, the answer's a resounding yes. Our A level results at Harrow School Online last summer were 41% A* and 78% A*-A. We find that offering a more individualised approach to learning allows each pupil to get the support they need to thrive in their studies. If you'd like to find out more about our approach, join us this Thursday at our open event. Everyone's welcome, whether you're interested in joining our school, thinking about how you might implement individualised learning pathways at your school, or just curious to hear about a different way of approaching education. 💡 Link below in the comments 👇