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These educators learned how to create a classroom culture of discovery, collaboration, community-mindedness, and belonging. Watch how teachers empower student voice and skill development here: https://ow.ly/GBlv50RnGev

Top Five Priorities for my first week of school: 1. Be seen & Be visible as much as possible. 2. Establish lines of communication with (parents, staff, and students) 3. Get and stay organized 4. Get home early while you can. 5. Keep up to date on your email.

Tomorrow (Tuesday) we have the first of School of Human Kind's monthly 'First Tuesday Talks'. One of the founding principles of School of Human Kind is a need to rediscover the art of genuine, respectful conversation. In a world of shouting and conflict, it seems important. So each month a few of the faculty will get together to talk around a topic. Each will have a couple of minutes to introduce some ideas. Then a further couple of minutes to respond to what the others have said. Then we open it up to free dicussion and to you, our audience. It'll all be done in less than an hour. Perhaps we'll find agreement. Perhaps we'll strongly disagree. Either way, we'll explore an idea and, we hope, discover new ways of thinking about it. For this first session the topic is: 'Comparison is the thief of joy' On the panel: Angela Jamieson (Canada), Wyndham James (UK), Vreni Renggli (Switzerland) & John Britton (Ireland). We start 8pm (UK time)/12pm (Pacific Time) We'd love you to come along and contribute. Reserve your place here: https://lnkd.in/eSUaSsXb

🏫 5 strategies for recognising achievements in your school’s end-of-year wrap 🏫 As the school year draws to a close, it’s time to pause, reflect, and celebrate the remarkable achievements and milestones attained by your school community. By recognising and honouring the collective triumphs of students, educators, and stakeholders, you’ll cultivate a spirit of shared purpose and resilience, helping your school to achieve greater excellence and impact. In this blog, we explore strategies for recognising and honouring success in your school year wrap-up, helping to bring your students, educators, and stakeholders together. https://hubs.ly/Q02qV2ll0

Building School Culture and Community: Insights from a “Get to Know You” Questionnaire

As we head back into a new school year, we are sharing a piece on our blog by Chance Las Dulce: “Shared Perspectives: Empowering Classroom Communities for Important Conversations”. “The most important component to the foundation of a classroom is an authentic and caring relationship with our students. To establish this, we need to re-imagine our classrooms and educational spaces.” Click through to read more. https://hubs.la/Q02LbQwc0

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More than ever! We have always known that our Advocate Mentors play a critical role in their mentees’ success. They help their students with homework, coach them in essential life skills, and open their minds to new experiences and opportunities. Teachers play a similar role in students’ lives, but with teacher turnover rates (WSJ “Why Teachers Are Still Leaving the Profession,” Mar. 4, 2024) still too high post-pandemic, the consistent presence of our Advocate Mentors is now more important than ever. Inconsistent teacher presence contributes to lower student test scores, research shows, so consistent presence means better grades! We see this kind of impact every year in our students’ success rates—our Advocate Mentors make a difference! To sponsor a child or an Advocate Mentor, click here: https://loom.ly/6VgRTNs

Working on our Trust wide Attendance Strategy - A robust Whole Trust School Improvement Strategy. Here is a little preview. https://lnkd.in/efGG3xPi

Check out this short video on how Gwinnett Technical College is Empowering their Staff with CampusLogic! Get your teams away from just answering emails and processing. Let them do more meaningful work such as more outreach and effectively connecting with students!