In-Person or Virtual Learning: The Parent Decision

In-person or virtual learning.  As schools begin to re-open, families around the country are faced with a not-so-easy decision—whether or not to send their kids back to the classroom. Through our Weekly Possip surveys, we’ve been hearing from parents for weeks about how stressful this decision is.  Parents are feeling a lot of pressure to …

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Tips for Successful Virtual Parent-Teacher Conferences

Parent-teacher conferences will look a little different this year. Even if schools are in-person, parents will probably not be able to come to the school for conferences with safety precautions.    And this year more than ever, parents are interested in how their child is progressing academically. With the effectiveness of virtual learning in question, …

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6 Guides for Talking to Your Kids About Race and Racial Injustice…and Life (A Multi-Part Series)

Disclaimer:  We are in a time where trust and grace aren’t running high in our country or world.  That can mean we look at…well, everything…with a critical eye.  Understandably a blog post on talking to your kids about race and racial injustice will be ripe for criticism and judgment. I write this post as a …

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How to Write An Email With Feedback to a Teacher

As a former principal, it’s easy to understand how dedicated, caring, well intentioned, and passionate teachers are. Teachers truly are some of the best humans I’ve ever met. All that said, teachers still are humans. They make mistakes, need feedback to improve, and a lot of times WANT feedback to improve. Especially during this time …

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The Building Block of Successful Schools: Trust

It can be difficult as a principal to prioritize tasks and focus on the most important building blocks that lead to school success. According to Payne and Kaba (2001), the level of social trust, the quality of staff-to-staff and staff-to-parent relationships at a school, can predict the quality of a school. This is BIG. It …

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4 Teacher Tips to Create Strong Virtual Classroom Management

Building positive classroom culture, creating effective classroom management systems, and gaining student investment takes a lot of planning and dedication from educators. It may take years to successfully create and execute a classroom system of consequence and rewards. Teachers are now trying to quickly come up with brand new systems of virtual classroom management.    …

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5 Tips for Successful Kindergarten Remote Instruction

Kindergarten and 1st grade are unique in this time of remote instruction. Why? Part of the goal of early school years is to help kids love and understand school, love learning, and make friends. Kindergarten remote instruction doesn’t necessarily make any of those easy – or even possible. Remote learning is hard for everyone, but …

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6 Tips for Virtual Cold Calling and Checks for Understanding

Many teachers may have perfected their in-person cold calling techniques. Popsicle sticks, numbers on desks, playing cards handed out at the door, or online number randomizers are in the in-person teacher tool belt. But now teachers are stepping into a totally new arena when it comes to virtual cold calling. This week in Possip, we’ve …

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Think Outside the Computer: How to Set Up Great Work or Play for Kids That Don’t Involve Zoom or Video

Not surprisingly, parents and students are asking schools to add in some low-tech work or activities during distance learning. We’ve seen in our recent Possip pulse checks that parents are asking for learning experiences that don’t involve Zoom or video learning. Zoom fatigue is real and students are feeling it, but there are some easy …

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