Bossier Parish STEM educator is Louisiana’s teacher of the year

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Reprint from ksla.com Posted by Curtis Heyen, Digital Content Producer (Source: Louisiana Education Department) (KSLA) –Louisiana’s teacher of the year is science, math, engineering and technology teacher with Bossier public schools. The Louisiana Education Department made the announcement about Elm Grove Middle’s Spencer Kiper this weekend at the 12th annual Cecil J. Picard Educator Awards gala. Eric Davis, of Wossman High School in Monroe, is the state principal of the year. Kiper teaches STEM enrichment courses to more than 100 students at Elm Grove Middle. He also teaches educational technology…

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STEM Camp Students Demonstrate Projects

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Reprint from Bermuda News On Friday morning [July 27], the middle school students attending Ascendant Group’s annual STEM Camp had the opportunity to show their projects to the Minister of Education and Workforce Development Diallo Rabain. STEM Camp was initially launched in 2013 to provide middle school students who display proven aptitude and interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics with an interactive experience in STEM related activities. This year, STEM Camp ran from July 2 until July 27. The first two one-week sessions were open to beginners who had little practical STEM…

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Principals: The lessons we learned in 2016

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The best educational leaders are lifelong learners. They are constantly expanding their knowledge, refining their skills, and looking for creative ways to help kids learn. As these four principals look back at 2016, they recall the most important ed tech lesson they learned this year—and look forward to inspiring their staff and students anew in 2017. Technology Usage Lowers Discipline Referrals Based upon my district’s 7 Keys to College and Career Success, E.A. Cox Middle School has embarked on a transformational journey to turn around the school. Through the Leader in Me and…

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Newark Is Changing How It Hires School Principals

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Reprint from patch.com By Eric Kiefer, Patch Staff NEWARK, NJ — A process of hiring school principals that’s lain dormant in the Newark Public School system for the past decade has been revived. The result: seven new administrators for the city’s schools. Earlier this week, newly instated Superintendent Roger León received unanimous approval from the Newark Board of Education to hire seven new principals in the district. Three of the new principals will work at elementary schools, three at high schools and one at a specialized school, administrators said. In an attempt…

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It’s not just teacher retention; School principal turnover is also concerning

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Reprint fromWACH Fox57 COLUMBIA, S.C. — COLUMBIA, SC (WACH) — While a teacher shortage in South Carolina continues to receive plenty of attention, there’s also a lesser-known crisis: the growing shortage of school administrators. Now, educators are trying to find ways to keep school principals. Researchers say the number of principals across the state isn’t keeping up with the growth of student enrollment. Studies show every year, there’s a 20% turnover rate of school principals. Jim LeBlanc used to be an elementary school teachers, and has felt the weight of school principals leaving.…

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Elementary Principals Worry More About Student Well-Being Than a Decade Ago

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Reprint from edweek.org By Denisa R. Superville on July 27, 2018 5:07 PM Elementary school principals say they are very worried about the rising numbers of students with emotional problems. They are concerned that more students have mental health needs. They also rank family poverty, school safety, and students’ lack of effective supervision at home as high on their list of anxieties about student well-being. A new survey of elementary principals and assistant principals captured those top issues—which in many ways mirror the broader public mood in 2018. The survey’s results were published…

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Whitehall principal named one of three finalists for national Principal of the Year award

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Reprint from Montana Standard mtstandard.com by TED McDERMOTT ted.mcdermott@mtstandard.com When Whitehall’s Hannah Nieskens learned she’d been selected as one of three finalists for the prestigious National Principal of the Year award from the National Association of Secondary School Principals, she says she was “really surprised.” But maybe she shouldn’t have been. In April, the Montana Association of Secondary Schools Principals named Nieskens state principal of the year. And in just three years at the helm of both Whitehall Middle School and Whitehall High School, she has brought about “a whole change…

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