Assistant Principal of the Year Jessica Lupone Shares Her Conference Adventure
As the Michigan representative for Assistant Principal of the Year, I recently had the incredible opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C., for the National Association of Secondary School Principals conference. It was an experience unlike any other, filled with learning, inspiration, and the chance to connect with amazing educators and students from across the country. One of the most valuable aspects of the trip was the chance to meet and learn from fellow Assistant…
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month | Representation Matters: Principal John Kelley Shares His Experience
It was tough growing up Asian-American in the ‘80s for John Kelley, Center Line HS Principal, because, he said, where he grew up there were not a lot of Asians at all or Asian-Americans. “Even though I was half Asian – half Korean and half American – a lot of the kids just viewed me as Asian,” Kelley said. “I looked different. My mom was different, she spoke with a thick accent.…
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month | There’s No Place Like Home – in West Ottawa – for Tung Nguyen
Returning to West Ottawa Schools as an educator was a goal for Tung Nguyen who went from being a student there as a child to being the West Ottawa Virtual Academy Principal three years ago. “Both my parents were educators, my mom was an educator until she left Vietnam,” he said. “My dad was an educator before he joined military officer school, right when the war began. So education is a huge…
Changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act and EEOC Guidance on Workplace Harassment Issued
Principals should be aware of federal laws that apply to employment practices, such as: (1) upcoming scheduled increases to the minimum salary required for exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), and (2) federal discrimination laws prohibiting sexual orientation or gender identity harassment. A brief summary of key updates and reminders follows. Fair Labor Standards Act Under the FLSA, employers, including schools, must pay hourly employees overtime pay for any…
The Results are IN! Making Time for Staff & Students
LAST WEEK WE ASKED:How do you make time in your day to engage with students and teachers through classroom visits and/or observation and feedback cycles? Here are the responses we received from your peers. You have to schedule it. Make it a priority. Todd Distelrath, Chippewa Valley High School Principal I schedule time on my calendar for observations to make sure to get in classrooms. Most observation feedback happens at night so I…
The Future is Now
It was as if I peered over a wall to see the future of education when I attended the ASU+GSV conference in San Diego in April. I was able to test drive Khanmigo to see how awesome the lesson planning features are and how the AI bot works alongside both teachers and learners. I put on Oculus goggles to see how history and biology lessons can be transformed with virtual reality. I visited a…
That’s a Wrap for the MHSEL Spring ’24 Season!
The Michigan High School Esports League just wrapped our largest and most exciting season to date. Over the course of the Spring 2024 season, we saw 164 schools, 700+ teams and more than 3,000 students participate and compete; making MHSEL Michigan’s largest scholastic esports league. There were more than 5,000 matches played, we saw increased engagement from schools and student-athletes all across the state. Let’s take a moment and highlight some of…
Walk, Don’t Run
The year was 2008 and I was a newly hired assistant principal. The school year had just started and I was supervising at a home football game. I was given a radio and was told I was in charge of supervising the student section. Enjoying the football game, I heard over the radio there was a fight in the student section. UGH! I quickly leaped the fence and climbed into the bleachers,…
The Not-so-Sweet Exhale: Meeting the Vaping Challenge in Schools
It is May, and whether you’re exhaling or holding your breath, depending on what is on your radar, you’re busy! Let’s talk about that exhale because one thing that hasn’t changed for any of us is the epidemic of vaping that’s ongoing in our schools. As spring fever sets in, those risk-taking behaviors are not just ramping up but digging in! We want to remind principals of the resources MASSP has available,…
Wendy’s Weekly – with Christian Talbot – April 29, 2024
Wendy attended the ASU+GSV Conference in San Diego. During the event Wendy recorded three interviews with attendees and this is the second of the three. In today’s video Wendy talks with Christian Talbot, President and CEO of the Middle State Association. Middle States is a global leader in accreditation and school improvement. They developed RAIL which their website refers to as, “A comprehensive implementation framework for AI in schools and systems. It’s like accreditation for the adoption of AI.…