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• The 5 Assumptions We Make About Teachers (And Why They're Not Right)

  "In it for life" and other myths society believes about teaching.

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• How School Culture Slays Chronic Absenteeism

  Chronic absenteeism is extra sad since ideally students create their own great place to learn. The cycle of belonging and esteem gives us clues we need to get kids to school.

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• New School Year, New Social Strategy

  An interview with Sarah O’Donnell, award-winning K-12 social media storyteller.

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• Social Media Checklist: Parent Engagement Made Easy

  Examine tried-and-true methods to supplement communication and increase interaction with families online.

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• 25 Edtech Acronyms Defined

  Let this glossary help you make sense of the edtech alphabet soup.

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• Teach Your Community About Your School Culture

  Your communication strategy can help them capture the school spirit you have in mind.

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• Infographic: Replenishing Empathy 10 Ways

  Folks in education have a superhuman demand for relationship-building. Here are 10 ways to stay strong and healthy.

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• 4 Creative Culture Considerations to Retain Teachers

  Does your culture keep employees coming back year after year?

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• Appreciating Educators Builds a Strong School Culture

  Although ways we show appreciation can be full of feeling, respect is the name of the game!

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• Two Words to Strengthen Your School Culture

  And they are… 🥁

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• 9 Donations Schools Love but Communities Forget About

  Looking for ideas to share with families? Look no further.

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• How School Culture Can Fight the Midyear Slump

  Strong school culture helps boost motivation and engagement, even amid midwinter gloom.

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• Results Are In! Meet the Readers of Advancing K12

  Dive into the data behind Advancing K12's subscribers.

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• Create a Coaching Culture at Your Workplace

  A leadership style built on emotional intelligence promises a stronger team. Curious? See the 10 Commandments of Coaching.

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• How to Increase Engagement at All Corners of Your School Culture

  Parents, families, and the broader community are all part of school culture, and making sure they’re engaged and invested can lead to great outcomes for students. Check out these tips for small yet impactful ways to increase community and parent engagement.

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• The Best Benefit You Can Give Educators? Easing Their Mental Load.

  Break down the role reliable data automation plays in educators' wellbeing.

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• How to Develop Automated Messages with Humanity

  Are automated messages endearing you to families, or pushing them away? Explore ways to boost engagement without adding manual tasks.

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• DIY K12 PD with Badge List

  It’s a whole new world in K12 schools. Have you changed your PD plan yet?

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• How Stock Responses Can Improve Parent Communications

  Won't stock responses limit participation? Not exactly. Be strategic to encourage productive conversations.

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• How Edtech Can Help Recruit and Retain Substitutes

  Learn three ways good edtech can help your district become a destination for substitute teachers and staff.

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• 5 Ways to Plant the Seeds of Sustainability

  Schools have the unique opportunity to instill a sense of stewardship in Earth’s future caretakers. Here are five ways to get started.

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• Leaders, Spark New Joy

  Start fresh with the most-missing piece of the school culture puzzle: joy!

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• 11 Ways Schools Can Reach Out to Families

  Keep the conversation flowing between school and home.

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• What Does School Look Like Around the Globe

  From Europe and Asia to Africa and Australia, there’s a lot we can learn from education around the world.

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• 20 Things We'll Be Into This Decade

  A mix of perennial and emerging topics we’re looking forward to witnessing as time marches on.

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• Battling Unseen Causes of Chronic Absenteeism

  These four barriers can stand in students' way of getting to school. Here's how you can help.

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• 5 Great Education Debates

  Let's explore both sides of a handful of education's perennial debates.

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• 3 Steps for Building an Awesome Brand

  Ace school branding, with bonus advice from the superintendent who (literally) wrote the book on it.

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• 10 Districts with Awesome Brands

  These 10 school districts identified why their district is awesome, then structured everything they do around it to produce a noteworthy brand.

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• 4 Paths to Student Accountability

  Explore four strategies to maximize students' opportunities to develop accountability, practice self-management, and gain essential skills they’ll use long after they graduate.

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• Who is Responsible for Mental Health?

  Staff responsibilities overlap, data goes unanalyzed, and students (or teachers) line up at overwhelmed counselors’ doors. How do schools address mental health? A school psychologist and social worker describe their team's approach.

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• The Elusive Coaching Culture

  Imagine a work environment where transparency outweighs fear, growth defeats insecurity, and positivity reigns supreme. This is what a coaching culture looks like.

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• On the Road: Chickens, Crops, and Community

  “Everyone put your chickens away!” It was, without a doubt, the first time I’d heard these words spoken in a classroom. Find out more about my trip to New Holstein and what you can learn from their community-driven curriculum.  

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• 4 Ways to Improve the Substitute Teaching Experience

  How do you attract and keep good substitute teachers in your classrooms? By adjusting your processes to deliver a better experience, of course!

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• The 5 Most Popular Articles of 2017

  This year, Advancing K12 readers were all in on school PR, data stewardship, and the ever-expanding role schools play in our children's lives. Here are the five most-read posts of 2017.

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• The School Culture Survey Template

  Want to take the pulse of your district's culture? Start from this free, research-based template.

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• 5 Signs of a Tech-Friendly District

  How does one identify which districts have taken steps to modernize and improve the experience of their stakeholders? Here are 5 processes worth looking at. 

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• The Self-Fulfilling School Culture

  What do the lessons in Outliers tell us about the self-perpetuating cycle taking root in the education job market?

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• The Future-Ready Teachers Badge Group

  We've teamed up with our friends at Badge List to offer a unique professional development opportunity for teachers. It's fun, it's free, and it's ready!

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• When Teachers Don't Take Attendance

  Will future generations still be able to relate to the concept of roll call? Not if positive attendance continues to flourish.

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• The Future of Mentoring: Say Hello to Hybrid

  Mentoring isn’t an all-or-nothing, in-person endeavor. The future of mentoring is hybrid – learn about the tech tools that enable continuous support while still allowing relationships to take center stage.

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• 3 Conversations to Follow in 2017

  With 2016 coming to a close, here’s a look at three topics that will feature in education conversations in 2017.  

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• How to Win a Millennial’s Loyalty

  Your millennials want to be your biggest cheerleaders. We want to wear your t-shirts, puff out our chests, and say, "Yeah, I work there." How can we find common ground on a workplace culture we can all live with?

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• Where Have All the Subs Gone?

  Schools around the country are facing a dire shortage of substitute teachers, and the causes are as diverse as the solutions.

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• 5 Education TED Talks You Should See

  TED talks have taken the world by storm. But what are they and how can they benefit you? We’ve got the answers. Plus we’ve included five can’t-miss edu-related talks to kickoff your TED endeavors.

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• Videos: The New Standard for PD

  It's well past time to reimagine professional development. From internal tech training to deep pedagogical growth, video is proving to be a more efficient, convenient, and economical avenue for the development and collaboration of educators. 

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