Teacher Vacancies Mid-Year: Principal’s Corner
Mid-year teacher vacancies is tough! The teachers I worked with knew that choosing to leave mid-year was not an option in my mind. Studies show that students who have a...
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How Vulnerability Can Be The Key To Getting Parents Engaged (Part Two)
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...
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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3 Reasons Parents Should Give Schools Grace in April
Parents - schools need grace in the Spring. Before we go on, some fun praise we saw in this week's Possip. Praise like that from these...
The Upside of Helicopter Parents
Since it's the holiday season we thought we'd give eager parents a little holiday gift this year. Permission to helicopter. Typically, I'm not one to celebrate helicoptering. Helicopter parents have been...
Educating is hard. Let parents help!
The original opening for this blog post shared a real life scenario highlighting how hard educators' jobs are. The scenario happened just last week to a school counselor I know. Before...
6 Tips to Get Your Kids Talking
We know the feeling. You want to get your kids talking and know about every minute of your children’s days of school (What did you learn? What did you have...
Successful School Newsletters: The Secret Sauce
Kimberly Robinson has been a Teacher, Family Engagement Specialist, and leader of after-school programs for the YMCA. She brings all of these experiences to help Possip school partners maximize their...
