The Building Block of Successful Schools: Building Trust

As a principal you have to prioritize lots of 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. So building trust can …

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5 Tips to Start the New Year Right at Your School

After a long and unstructured break, students may need some adjustment back to regular school routines.  They come back to school with new hopes and resolutions.  They want to start the new year right at school.  You and your staff do too! So you’ll want to re-norm and revisit expectations both in the classroom and …

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7 Tips to Unify Parents and Schools: Umoja in Action

Today is the first day of Kwanzaa. Growing up my family celebrated Kwanzaa before we celebrated Christmas. Therefore the principles of the Nguzo Saba have always been important guides in my life. We can borrow inspiration from today’s principle, Umoja to unify parents and schools. First, for those who are new to Kwanzaa, some context. …

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What Difference Does Family Engagement Make? Research Shows a Big One

Does parent and family engagement really make a difference in our schools?  Education suffers from trends – might family engagement just be another one of them? Well, quite frankly, no.  Family engagement still isn’t as trendy as it should be as a school improvement strategy, especially given what the research teaches us. Leading researchers in …

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One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Diverse Parent Volunteer Opportunities

In Anne Henderson and Karen Mapp’s report (http://www.sedl.org/connections/resources/evidence.pdf) they found that volunteers can help create a supportive and welcoming school climate.  This can help improve student’s behavior and performance. To get a diverse and large set of parents engaged, there needs to be a diverse and large set of volunteer opportunities. Not all parents enjoy …

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Meet Our Team – Roquel Crutcher

  When Roquel was a student, she quickly realized that the education system was broken. Born and raised in Memphis, she attended three different schools — a traditional public elementary school, a public charter middle school, and a private high school. “There’s no reason for any kid to have to bounce around this much to …

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Top 10 Educator Gifts This Cyber Monday

Cyber Monday is full of great educator gifts this year! As a former teacher and school principal, I noticed that the yearly classroom item budget requests from teachers were very similar year after year. The Possip team has put together a list of the top 10 educator gifts on Cyber Monday so you can send …

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