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The Great Leadership TEST
By: Courtenay Shrimpton
Discover the article's focus on trust and empowerment's transformative role in school relationships. Challenges faced by student leaders due to limited support are highlighted. The shift from ego-centric to community-centered leadership is explored, promoting inclusivity. The article underscores trust and empowerment's vital role in unlocking distributed leadership's potential. Stay tuned for more insights.
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What Is Student Well-Being, and How Do We Create the Conditions to Support It in Our Schools?
By: Denise Pope and Sarah Mile
Challenge Success partners with schools to enhance student well-being, engagement, and belonging. Research underscores the links among these factors. Leading sources of student stress are grades, workload, and sleep insufficiency. Strategies to improve welfare involve transparent assessments, balanced expectations, sleep awareness, emotional support, and acknowledging well-being's nuanced nature. These efforts collectively foster resilience and long-term student well-being
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The Great Leadership TESTBy: Courtenay Shrimpton
Discover the article's focus on trust and empowerment's transformative role in school relationships. Challenges faced by student leaders due to limited support are highlighted. The shift from ego-centric to community-centered leadership is explored, promoting inclusivity. The article underscores trust and empowerment's vital role in unlocking distributed leadership's potential. Stay tuned for more insights.
Read the articleWhat Is Student Well-Being, and How Do We Create the Conditions to Support It in Our Schools?By: Denise Pope and Sarah Mile
Challenge Success partners with schools to enhance student well-being, engagement, and belonging. Research underscores the links among these factors. Leading sources of student stress are grades, workload, and sleep insufficiency. Strategies to improve welfare involve transparent assessments, balanced expectations, sleep awareness, emotional support, and acknowledging well-being's nuanced nature. These efforts collectively foster resilience and long-term student well-being
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Supporting Young People with FRIENDSBy: Brooklyn Raney
Discover the truth of supporting young people through friendship challenges and social turbulence!
In this article, Brooklyn Raney, founder of One Trusted Adult, shares expert tips on navigating changing friendships.
Don't miss out on this must-read article filled with strategies for building strong connections, healthy boundaries and judgment-free zones.
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The Trouble with “Important, but Not Urgent” ProjectsBy: Jackie O’Rourke
Struggling to find time for important but not urgent work? Let’s unpack that with Jackie O'Rourke, founder of Outermost Education Services. Drawing from her experience as a Dean, Jackie understands the hurdles faced by schools and the weight of strategic priorities. Developed specifically for people with roles under the Student Life umbrella working on strategic priorities.
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Hiring Practices: Developing a Year-Round ModelBy: Greg Martin
In this article discover the urgent need for evolving hiring practices in the independent school community. This article explores the cost of faculty turnover, the outdated approach to hiring, and the benefits of a year-round, strategic model. Learn how schools can improve onboarding, mentorship, and workload to retain faculty talent and reduce expenses.
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Top 10 Help Desk ArticlesBy: Reach
Reach has numerous training resources to get new staff up and running. With support teams and developers in Canada, United States, Australia, and England, help is never far away.
We have compiled our top 10 Help Desk Articles - Quick Links for easy access.
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