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Self-Care Strategies for Educators During the Coronavirus Crisis: Supporting Personal Social and Emotional Well-Being
Addressed to educators who face the stresses of the pandemic and the resulting school closures and online service provision, this brief offers practical information and guidance on self-care.
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California Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (CPSEL) Updated Tri-Fold Version
This version of the California Professional Standards for Education Leaders is a quick reference most helpful when used with the updated Moving Leadership Standards Into Everyday Work: Descriptions of Practice.
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Strategies for Trauma-Informed Distance Learning
To help educators use trauma-informed teaching practices in distance learning contexts, this brief offers strategies for recognizing and responding to students’ social and emotional needs while teaching remotely.
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Supporting English Learners During School Closures: Considerations for Designing Distance Learning Experiences
While a fair amount is known about effective instructional practices for English learners, less is known about how these practices might look in a distance learning environment. Get tips for making this critical shift.
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The Invisible Achievement Gap: Education Outcomes of Students in Foster Care in California's Public Schools
This first-of-its-kind report details a previously invisible achievement gap between children in foster care and other students, including students with low-socioeconomic status, English language learners, and students with disabilities.
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Mindfulness in Education: An Approach to Cultivating Self-Awareness That Can Bolster Kids' Learning
This brief introduces the concept of mindfulness, provides examples of mindfulness strategies, and explains the potential, practical benefits for pre-K-12 students and educators.
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Four Domains for Rapid School Improvement: A Systems Framework
This framework assists educators in rapid school and district improvement efforts through turnaround leadership, talent development, instructional transformation, and culture shift.
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Considerations for Teachers Providing Distance Learning to Students with Disabilities
This brief provides guidance and resources to help educators support students with disabilities through distance learning prompted by the COVID-19 crisis.
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Long-Term English Learners: Spotlight on an Overlooked Population
This research brief highlights long-term English learner student characteristics, points to factors that impede their academic literacy development, and identifies promising practices that may improve their academic outcomes.
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Zone of Proximal Development: An Affirmative Perspective in Teaching ELLs
Learn how collaboration impacts the academic development of English language and multilingual learners.
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Community-Care Strategies for Schools During the Coronavirus Crisis
This brief offers practical guidance for educators and school leaders designed to help them care for their school communities and maintain a sense of connectedness and well-being while coping with the stresses of social isolation, school closures, and changes to how services are provided.
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California Special Education Funding System Study: A Descriptive Analysis of Special Education Funding in California
This report details the current special education funding system in California, its history, and the role of the state and intermediaries in the distribution and use of those resources.
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Building Leadership Capacity to Improve Math Teaching and Learning: Lessons from the Math in Common Initiative
This brief offers three recommendations for how educators in California and beyond should conceptualize new leadership development opportunities to support math improvement — during the COVID crisis and beyond.
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Keep Teaching Science! Successful Strategies to Adapt K–12 Science Experiences for Distance Learning
This report from the NextGenScience team highlights strategies and hands-on examples of effective and equitable adaptations for science teaching and learning at a distance.
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Scaffolding Writing Through the "Teaching and Learning Cycle"
Help your students become effective writers through scaffolding and the Teaching and Learning Cycle.
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