The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting,in Washington, DC, invites students around the world to enter the 2020 Local Letters forGlobal Change contest. Students can make their voice heard this election season by writing a letter to a local elected representative that explains the global issue they want their local official to prioritize.
SafetyCulture, the world’s leading platform for workplace safety, is making its premium technology available to schools nationwide, free of charge. Through its Safely Back-to-Learning initiative, SafetyCulture is providing schools with easy-to-use digital checklists and technology, enabling schools to implement consistent and easily verifiable safety protocols based on CDC or state and local guidelines. Administrators, teachers, and students will be able to view their school’s, real-time data dashboard that shows the status of conditions and cleaning activities based on the checks completed. Checklists and protocols can quickly be adapted to reflect the conditions and characteristics of each school. Take advantage of this free technology, today by signing up here.
Advance your teaching career by enrolling in professional development courses, a teacher leader or principal certificate, or a master’s degree in educational leadership. Penn State World Campus, in collaboration with the respected Penn State College of Education, offers a wide variety of educational leadership programs completely online. If you are a K–12 teacher who wants to broaden your leadership potential and expand your knowledge about schools, teachers, and student learning while renewing your passion to work on behalf of public education, Penn State’s onlinegraduate programs in educational leadership are for you.
Whether you’re teaching in person, remotely, or in a hybrid model, it’s critical to close learning gaps this school year. Renaissance Focus Skills help you prioritize instruction by focusing on the most essential skills first. Focus Skills are based on your state standards and show you what every student needs to learn for success. Download literacy and math Focus Skills for free.
Against the backdrop of COVID-19, racial violence, and action for justice and healing, back-to-school is nothing like normal. But as schools reopen—online, in person, or both—Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) is offering a series of webinars that will look at the challenges of the moment.