https://youtu.be/cUIuQIrxlls?si=cuDM5Of3A-DD42Ia&t=222 “I am a former athlete and one of the things I learned in athletics is when you are up against an opponent, you want to change their eye level, get them to look in a different place. What we’re hoping at ‘Every School Day Counts Detroit’ is to change your eye level, to look […]
https://youtu.be/xRqgK8JjHlY?si=clknon2tG3KD8olh&t=274 I think that over the course of the past 15 to 20 years the concept of kindergarten as building the foundation for students has been lost, and kindergarten has evolved into programming to “fast track” students towards specific benchmarks… In so doing, programs are trying to almost put the roof on the house before […]
This GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar focuses on the critical importance of creating deep relationships with families and caregivers to address the extraordinarily high levels of kindergarten chronic absence occurring in the aftermath of the pandemic.
Chronic absence is double the levels prior to the pandemic, and it is exceptionally high in the early grades. Exceptional challenges (increased illness, mental health, economic challenges, etc.) are barriers to getting our youngest learners in school and back into the routine of learning. Despite the pandemic’s impacts, district leaders are implementing intentional, year-round strategies […]
https://youtu.be/mJ8wmTFOak4?si=xb9qqc2qDv4ENoMZ&t=256 In this week’s GLR Learning Tuesdays Webinar, Smart ESSER Investments: Leveraging Edtech for Equitable Learning Acceleration, we launched our series of sessions that follow up on our recent exploration of state and district spending from the $190 billion Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) federal fund. This week's session co-sponsored with Whiteboard Advisors, took a deep dive into how technology-enhanced […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=226&v=iD8jgzQ-uAU&feature=youtu.be “Being an educator is an incredibly difficult job….One of the greatest joys that I've experienced is working with kids and having a chance to be a classroom educator. I think the biggest takeaway from that experience — as somebody who hit rocky points in school — is that we can change….We all have the […]
https://youtu.be/jFcvcwMWrhY?si=Qkx4lH6_T_20sBQR&t=264 This session opened with an introduction about the program from Stephanie Dean with Public Impact. Dean shared the vision of Opportunity Culture as ensuring every student has consistency with exposure to excellent teachers and that teachers have career opportunities through advancement and on-the-job coaching. She also described the five culture principles of the program, […]
https://youtu.be/RDeZIxmCFvU?si=YGoQ1BTuT9chOFZ4&t=225 “We don’t structure in relationship building into how our schools are organized.” Hedy Chang of Attendance Works offered this reflection during this week's session, Creating Environments and Conditions for Thriving Kindergartners. Her data overview, highlights the “incredibly high levels of kindergarten chronic absence” focused the session on the importance of the kindergarten environment and opened the conversation regarding the […]