Getting Your School a Plan to Respond to Bullying
Last week we blogged about preventative bullying tips. The reality is, bullying happens even with the best planning. Also, we have found that parents can give grace when their child...
Rural Schools and Engaged Parents
Seeing Rural Schools From a New Perspective
I've often thought about engaged parents from the lens of my own experiences with family members who attended rural schools. Moving to New York...
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How Vulnerability Can Be the Key to Getting Parents Engaged
Natalie is a 2nd grade teacher in one of Possip’s partner schools. Recently, she talked with our team about parent engagement, and how she got over her fear of being...
Why You Should Take A School Tour
In many of our districts and schools across the country, we are starting to enter a time period where parents will need to choose where their child goes to school...
Meet Our Team – Michael Dyer
Michael is one of the newest members of the Possip team and has already started to play a vital role in helping Possip reach more schools throughout the country. We...
Preventing Bullying: How Schools and Parents Can Partner
Bullying rates are on the rise. According to a survey done by YouthTruth (https://youthtruthsurvey.org/bullying-today/), 1 in 3 students are bullied in schools. As a parent and principal, seeing a...
Principal’s Corner: Tutoring Program that Works for Your School and Students
This week, a trending question from parents is after school tutoring. Most of this blog is designed to help schools put on a tutoring program and plan - but parents,...
Principal’s Corner – Reflecting on Parent Engagement as a School Leader
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In Amanda’s second year as a principal in Dallas, she knew she needed to make parent engagement a priority. She’d returned to the school district she’d originally...Principal’s Corner: 8 Steps to Building an Effective Parent Organization
A recent 2018 survey from the Learning Policy Institute (https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/nassp-understanding-addressing-principal-turnover-review-research-report) found that the fifth highest factor that would help principal retention (behind pay, increased PD, time, and school budget)...
Partner Feature – Nashville Classical
Nashville classical was one of Possip's first partner schools. Their enrollment, parent happiness and teacher satisfaction are all inspiring. We wanted to talk to them a bit about their family...
