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  • Responding to Intentional Non-Collaborators

    Instructional Leadership

    How would you respond to a student who does not participate in class? Or one who does not follow classroom rules and exhibits behaviors so disruptive they impact other students’ ability to learn?

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  • Giving and Receiving Employee References

    Legal

    Administrators are often asked to give a good reference for an employee. Maybe the employee is excellent, and you have no reservations. Maybe the employee is marginal, or worse, the employee is being pushed out, but a good reference will expedite the departure.

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  • Five Things Principals Need to Know About Dyslexia

    Executive Leadership, Instructional Leadership

    The SBOE made significant changes to the state’s methods for screening, evaluating, identifying, and serving students with dyslexia and related disorders in September 2021, primarily in response to federal concerns.

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  • Making Mental Health a Priority in Schools

    Executive Leadership, School Culture

    There is no doubt that teaching is a stressful job. The daily tasks, planning engaging lessons, managing student behavior, working with colleagues, preparing for standardized testing, and feeling responsible for the success of students may lead to teacher burnout.

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The Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA), whose hallmark is educational leaders learning with and from each other, has served Texas PK-8 school leaders since 1917. Member owned and member governed, TEPSA has more than 6000 members who direct the activities of 3 million PK-8 school children. TEPSA is an affiliate of the National Association of Elementary School Principals.

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