Laura Rogers
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🚨New paper🚨 studying how principals and schools improve as principals gain experience. Short answer: they don't, on average, using data from Tennessee, Oregon, and New York City. With one key caveat... 1/N
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Annual advice to PhD applicants: Do not go into debt for a PhD. It doesn't matter how perfectly the program fits, how amazing the faculty are, how passionate you feel. Unless you're independently wealthy, you don't go without full funding. This is a hill I will die on.
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I was very over the Nashville millennial dating scene and went to a bar with a guy where I opened with “FYI I hate IPA!” He looked taken aback and quietly said, “I don’t even know what that is.”
We’ve been married three years.
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Happy What-Did-I-Submit-To-AERA Day to all who celebrate.
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Glad this is resonating. If you have some extra change, consider donating to the Student Emergency Fund within our college:
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Today I passed my dissertation defense! I am so grateful to have had such an insightful committee who helped me do my best work every step of the way: Ellen Goldring,
@jwgolann
,
@DavidKDiehl
,
@JasonAGrissom
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One more cool announcement: I’m headed to the University of Utah this fall as the newest assistant professor in
@UofUELP
! Cant wait to get to know the education research and practitioner communities up and down the Wasatch Front!
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Can we stop saying “teacher quality?” We can measure teacher effectiveness, instructional quality, etc. But we cannot and should not claim to measure the quality of a human being based on whatever set of observables we happen to have in our data.
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Took a much-needed AERA/life break yesterday to honor my grandma’s memory at one of her favorite places: the beach on Coronado! Highly recommend (just be smarter than me and bring sunscreen).
Back to work today.
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BOO 👻! I’m teaching a Mixed Methods for Education Research course next spring! From what I can tell, it has been a LONG TIME since a course like this was offered in my college. If you’ve taught a similar course, I’d love to see your syllabus or hear your tips!
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It is happening: 18-month-old is finally sleeping through the night!
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**JOB ALERT**
@Dave_Woo
and I are hiring a two-year postdoc to work with us on two education leader pipelines/development projects here at
@UofUELP
! $65k + partial benefits. Remote apps WILL be considered. Pls share
@AERALSI
@Division_L
@DivA_EdLead
@UCEA
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Getting stoked for
#AEFP23
next week in Denver even though I’ll be, ahem, 35 weeks pregnant. Grateful for the revised location for many reasons, as I wouldn’t travel if it were anywhere else.
Excited to see everyone. And pardon my tennis shoes.
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Online-first in EAQ: I share a case study of an urban district's attempt to reimagine principal support through system change, specifically: shifting principal supervisors' work to focus on principal improvement.
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I always feel too leadership for the policy people and too policy for the leadership people, but
#AEFP2023
felt like coming home. Thank you to friends new and old for making me and my work feel welcome. It was much needed.
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Debated sharing this but whatever: I logged every unexpected quarantine/closure/sick day for my toddler over the last 13 months. Came to 61 days, or about 12 full work weeks. Putting this here in case you can relate (or not) and just want to collectively scream together.
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@duane_g_watson
In my first days in Japan someone at a party used the word “hentai.” I asked what it meant and over the loud music I thought they said “perfect.” So I spent days giving the OK sign and saying HENTAI! until my friend finally asked why I kept saying pervert.
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Exciting day! This morning we launched a statewide survey of Utah principals’ and teachers’ wellbeing. This survey will help us learn where and under what conditions K-12 education professionals felt supported this year.
@UtahUEPC
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@rmc031
If I had to guess, this is actually a very personal tweet disguised as a political statement.
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At yet another first-day-of-school orientation, except for the first time my name tag says FACULTY. 🙂
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#AEFP2023
FRIENDS: There is a light rail that will take you directly from the airport to Union Station in 40 minutes. It’s super pleasant and costs $10.50.
Pray for all the education researchers heading to denver for the billionth time in x years 😭
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For anyone at
#aefp2022
who might need this tip: The train to the airport takes 25 minutes and costs 10.50. La Casita in DIA C gate is delicious. Root Down also good. Safe flights home to everyone.
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Our EdD Intro to Inquiry students worked all semester to learn the basics of research paradigms, design, and methods. Though most came in with no research background, they worked to design a "mini proposal" around a problem of practice they care about. Here are their projects:
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New year, new semester, new president, husband has a new job, I am getting back to all the projects and papers.... and my son crawled for the first time this morning. :)
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@jwbernier
Certainly one of the worst parts. Ntm family members always asking why you can’t just come work at local uni.
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It would be cool if all these "early career" and "emerging scholar" grants would go by clock years instead of saying "degree earned after x date." This would be more equitablep for people who did post-docs, health/parental leave, or even multiple years on the job market.
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UCEA is a long conference, with long days. Go to sessions to learn and connect, but know you are NOT expected to go to everything. Take care of your hunger, anxiety, medication, pregnancy, lactation, etc. Lives and bodies don’t stop for conferences.
#UCEA19
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Cool to see the U of Utah logo on the cover of a forthcoming co-authored report. Feels good to rep my new university and to belong somewhere at long last.
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Higher ed scholars: We are hiring! Come work with an amazing group of folks in a beautiful mountain setting.
Please consider applying to our open TT Assistant Professor and join ELP! We're looking for a scholar w/ expertise at the intersections of higher ed and equity, diversity, & justice.
Priority deadline is November 8.
Please reach out with any questions!
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Fresh new
@WallaceFdn
report where we followed 84(!) districts in a national learning community as they worked to build principal pipelines. Loved working with this stellar research team: Ellen Goldring,
@sociogoggles
,
@CMNeumerski
,
@annagmoyer
, and Angela Cox.
A strong
#principalpipeline
comprises seven major parts. A new report from
@VanderbiltU
offers insight into how school districts can strengthen those parts to cultivate principals’ skills and ensure pipelines are sturdy.
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One of those days where I feel so excited about research and am pretty certain I ended up in the right field.
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Can we have more insights like this from brilliant senior scholars? My institution is increasingly all about the academic analytics and exchanges like this give me hope.
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Something neat is that my cohort still messages one another data/research questions. We all graduated in 2018/2019... I love that I'm still learning from these smart people.
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My new article in ESJ with
@imsydoan
shows that teachers who move to new schools are assigned more students of color, FRPL-eligible students, and students with low prior-year achievement compared to their grade-level colleagues.
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@analisapackham
Haha! Follow up: Happy International Women’s Day to every woman who’s been to a BBQ and had to listen to a man point out that actually men and women begin at parity, and the wage gap is explained by women’s choice to work fewer hours over the course of their careers.
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Some personal news: my son slept through the night last night.
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Reflecting on teaching mixed methods for the first time this semester and… apparently I talked all the students out of using mixed methods!? Oops. :)
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New with
@VanGronigen
: We catalogued and analyzed policies from all 50 states + DC regarding principal induction.
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It’s hard to overstate how nice it is to see people in person.
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Work from home at 9 months pregnant is being stuck in an endless loop of arranging pillows for 10 minutes so that you can write for 5.
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We have started a Faculty Parents Affinity Group at
@UUtah
! This is something I’ve wanted to do for a few years and it’s finally happening, thanks to the Office for Faculty. If you’re a parent or caregiver, please consider joining our inclusive group.
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My mom flies in on Thursday to meet the new baby, and I’m going to surprise her with a trip to see my name in lights (stoplights, that is—I’m at the 700E intersection). Photo evidence forthcoming.
Looking forward to
@lakrogers
representing ELP and the College of Education in the 2023 banner project. Congratulations Dr. Rogers!
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A whole afternoon to do research!
An entire three hours!
How many analyses will I run?
How many papers will I write?
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I just found out that my students don’t get any of the Zoom chats I send when they are in breakout rooms. Y’all, I have been communicating with them this way for 4 classes...
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Spent the morning work out of the
@sjquinney
law school. Some delightful finds: nursing and family rooms and a group study room that has an attached children’s play area. Would love to see something like this for students/faculty across all
@UUtah
colleges!
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Daycare is so different from when I was a kid. My son’s daycare is all about soft touches and self regulation. In the 90s my daycare had a kid who would try to bite my butt while yelling “I’m Old Yeller and I have RABIES!” and the teacher was just like, maybe he likes you.
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But how will a virtual conference replicate the cherished annual experience of eating too many cocktail shrimp and meekly croaking “hi I’m—“ to my academic heroes before realizing they were smiling at someone else?
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I know this sounds crazy but we could also do research on the causes of teacher shortages where we… talk to people and find out!
Until we accurately diagnose the causes behind the decline in the supply of new teachers, we won’t be able to devise solutions to fix it: via
@EducationNext
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Wow. To the thousands of teachers and leaders who have taken the Utah Educator Wellbeing survey: thank you. You are heard. You are valued.
@UtahUEPC
@ULEADEducation
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New paper out in JEA. We use theories of interpersonal learning to analyze the behaviors of principal coaches (from actual live coaching sessions!):
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I often tweet about my son’s sleep and tbh there is still much to be desired there. BUT he is now 9 months old and can I just say, this is an AWESOME age. I love being his mom. And I’m gonna make this whole momademic thing work or die trying.
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Teaching the EdD "Intro to Inquiry" course this fall! I TA'd a version of this course and have old syllabi from my current dept too. Thing is, they are ALL wildly different. So I want to hear from you: What do EdD students need to know *from the jump* about research?
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Well, the website was not mobile-optimized and made me click through 34 years of monthly calendars to tell it my birthday, but... I have a vaccine appt. in April!
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Ooh, a distinct thrill in ordering the Abercrombie flare pants I so wanted but could not afford in 2001.
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@victorerikray
Grants office: “Here’s a spreadsheet to help you calculate F&A costs at 20%…”
Academic who used to work for tips: “No need, my brain automatically computes 20% of any number whether I want it to or not.”
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Our team’s final reports on the Principal Supervisor Initiative (PSI) are live! Takeaways: Having an effective PS benefits principals in many ways. But to succeed in their roles, PSs need to be embedded within strong central offices where ALL depts are invested in school support.
A new trio of reports from
@MathematicaNow
,
@VanderbiltU
,
@UUtah
&
@GreatCitySchls
finds
#principals
benefit when their supervisors have a supporting role. Learn more:
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A gentle plea: seeing lots of papers/threads suggest that LEAs be “required” to better gather, organize, and report staffing/hiring data. A noble goal, but…
Most LEAs (and some SEAs) do *not* have the capacity to do this. May I suggest changing “required” to “supported.”
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My goal this year is to spend a plurality of my time on research. I need to get more efficient at advising: Last spring I averaged 7-9 hrs/wk on EdD/PhD advisee meetings/written feedback alone. Please share your tips for managing a large advisee load?
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FACT: All the academics on here grumbling about ppl saying “the data is” are the same people who send meeting invites that say “EST” during daylight savings. Casual classism doesn’t look good on you.
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Good morning Seattle
#ucea22
! Come see
@Dave_Woo
and I present latest from our virtual schooling project with
@DarlingAduana
tomorrow (8 am in Klickitat). We’ll share findings from analysis of teacher practices in online lessons, teacher interviews, and student outcomes.
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It is cruelly solipsistic to assume that, because you are able to work from home with minimal income loss, you take social distancing "more seriously" than those who are restless because they have been out of work for 8 weeks and don't know what the next 8 will bring.
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The reverse Hanukkah miracle: when you think your kid will be home sick all week, but it only lasts for 1 night.
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Just read this and it is so, so good. Love the use of "causal stories" and framing theory. Was just discussing something similar this morning -- assigning blame to implementers, rather than recognizing the role of system/policy features.
Causal Stories and Problem Definitions: How Policymakers and Superintendents Frame School Turnaround
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Grateful to have had the chance to contribute to this paper and show just how much principals matter. View Brendan's thread to find out how we isolate the effects of principal turnover on schools, and how these effects differ depending on the type of turnover.
My new article (w/
@JasonAGrissom
and
@Laura_K_Rogers
) is now available online at
@EEPAjournal
. The main question of the article is simple: what is the effect of principal turnover on school performance? This research question isn't new, but we make a few new contributions. 1/N
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Excited to share what we’ve learned about principal support from the
@WallaceFdn
PSI this morning at
#UCEA18
. I’ll be part of a stellar panel with Ellen Goldring,
@JasonAGrissom
,
@sociogoggles
, and Meredith Honig. Come through and ask us q’s!
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This is why it’s so important to let new faculty “own” a class—takes years to get it to a good place. Shout out to my dept. for recognizing this!
My advice on revising on syllabi.
It takes time, years even, to figure out what fits and what does not. Last semester, I revised only 2-3 weeks of my syllabi, but called that progress. Do not stress out because the perfect syllabus does not exist, it's always a work in progress
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Very proud of this awesome cohort of students and excited to follow their progress over the next few years. If you know any of these fine Utah educators, please congratulate them on finishing their first semester of the EdD!
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Fantastic and inspiring scholarly talk by
@MariamaPhD
to our PhD Org Theory class last week! She shared how she uses an
#orgcrit
perspective to critique racialized spaces in higher ed! If you are interested in org theory and not yet following Mariama, fix it!
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@cjlwig
@olivia_j_healy
I can tell you, two years into tenure track, that this attitude is becoming the norm. We are changing the academy. We are signaling that we can be productive while working normal hours, being whole people, and taking our work seriously while also rejecting self-seriousness.
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💅🏼
We are featuring ELP faculty each week this semester. Meet our NEWEST faculty colleague
@Laura_K_Rogers
Learn about her work and the impact its having on leaders, schools, and students
#edleaders
#EdAdmin
@UofUCollegeOfEd
@UUtah
@UTBoardofEd
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Every single time I found a moment to work on my retention packet this week, my son spit up his milk. Trying not to take it as his personal opinion of my work!
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Anyone know any good articles on (a) the purpose/value of using theory in empirical research? and (b) how school practitioners can benefit from using theory in their practice and scholarship? All my citations here are from the 80s/90s...
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@ilana_horn
I’ll gladly share some joy: On Friday my sister’s insurance finally approved her for a new biologic therapy. Yesterday, she received her first infusion. Today we went for a walk — something she has not been able to do for months! Love to see her smiling again.
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Grateful for the opportunity to talk about principal turnover and retention at
@CCSSO
with wonderful co-panelists and state leaders!
@jowilson4139
@BrendanBartanen
(and thank you
@DarlingAduana
for letting me borrow a suit jacket!)
Dr. Laura Rogers talks with the
@CCSSO
SLDS Collaborative about principal retention.
@BrendanBartanen
@lakrogers
@anniekarni
@quezada1229
#statesleading
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Gift from one of my talented PhD students! She said that in the Netherlands this is known as a biscuit with “mice.” Really nice way to end a tiring couple weeks.
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I am happily back home now after postpartum infection and, jokes aside, obviously I’m quite grateful for Healthcare Access Xtreme (only on PlayStation) and the amazing benefits we get at U of Utah.
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I’m remaking a course on data use. I’d like to create some Excel(?) modules where aspiring school leaders can practice exploring and analyzing school data. If you have done something similar and would be willing to share your materials, DM me please!
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@AliWatts13
This happened to me too; was shocked to receive 60% of what I was promised. Luckily we were able to pull from savings to cover the rest of the cost, but most PhD grads have no savings! This needs to be shared explicitly up front so people can prep!
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Man in full suit on plane to AERA watching a YouTube clip of a dog freaking out on a waterbed over and over. Backing it up to specific parts. I’m losing my mind over this, what is happening.
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I know Twitter is supposed to be full of hysterics but I rarely see this. Hats off to you academics, researchers, and fourth-branchers who fill my feed with new ideas and critical thought.
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My sister was training in epidemiology at the same time as I was in training in ed policy and let me tell you, epis do not need lessons from economists on methods, thx. Please go back to arguing R vs. Stata.
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@tressiemcphd
I haven’t heard this, but growing up my grandmother was very strict about flowers only being given in odd numbers, and that I should immediately write off any date who gave me an even number of flowers.
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Last night I tried to guess what my husband's perfect day would be (solo movie theater, Thai food, bath). His guess for me? "A day when you get all your work done."
So sad. So accurate. :-/
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If you thought Dayenu was annoying, imagine it becomes your toddler’s favorite song.
And you have been listening to it multiple times a day since April. Except for when you’re watching garbage trucks on YouTube.
Finally back to daycare today. DAYENU!
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Great write-up on our research looking at patterns in elementary school teacher effectiveness and grade level assignment.
@imsydoan
@TNEdResAlliance
Using 10 years' worth of state data through 2016, researchers found that low-performing teachers in grades 3 through 5 were more likely to be reassigned to non-tested early grades than their more effective peers. via
@ChalkbeatTN
#ece
#earlyed
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Greatly enjoyed chatting with
@DaniKSloan
and Jared Covili from
@uennews
about the realities of shifting to online learning in higher ed. See references to: balancing empathy and routine, using Zoom, and the value of reality TV + Girl Scout cookies to get us through it all.
In the first episode of our Learn
@Home
series, Professor
@lakrogers
from
@UUtah
talks about how her experience teaching has changed in the last few weeks. Listen in! We're going to be interviewing elementary teachers, secondary teachers, and district leaders.
#uted
#COVID19
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“Seven in 10 first-year teachers report having a mentor, but only one in three report that their mentors frequently engage with them in high-leverage coaching activities.” Would love to learn more about how mentorship QUALITY (not just dose) relates to new teacher outcomes.
.
@TNEdResAlliance
has released the results from the 2019
#TNEdSurvey
! 45,000+ TN educators from 1,815 schools completed this year’s survey, representing 62% of the state’s teachers – an all-time high response rate. Check out the survey's key findings here:
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@JessicaCalarco
@tressiemcphd
Things shouldn’t be this way, but they are this way. I spent a lot of time last year zooming from the closet so I wouldn’t disturb nap time; an escape room would have been most welcome!
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