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Community Member Introductions
Introduce yourselves. Please share your name, role, district, an area of expertise that you have and one thing you hope to gain through this community.
Quotes please
I would love to capture some quotes from you as to the benefits of ELP Circles for the Google ELP site and to share with Google leadership. Would you please respond back to this thread by sharing: Your Name, Role, Organization/school and a quote abo...
Article Round-Up
Here are a few articles for your summer reading, courtesy of our partners AASA and K12 Futures Collaborative: Blog: Seat at the Table, Voice in the Room: Making the Ex-Officio Role Count : Student ex-officio board members can provide direct, firsthan...
Discussion: What Have You Learned About Leadership This Year?
Teacher retention is ultimately about people.As we've explored this topic together, many of our conversations have gone beyond retention itself and into broader questions about leadership, trust, communication, culture, and support.As we begin wrappi...
Resource: Capturing your leadership learning
As leaders, we're often focused on supporting the growth of others.But leadership growth deserves reflection, too.Before the school year gets away from you, consider taking a few minutes to capture what you've learned through your work on teacher ret...
Discussion: What will you take with you?
Over the course of this past year in the community, we've explored teacher retention through many different lenses: culture, communication, professional growth, mentorship, autonomy, workload, and leadership.We've also spent time asking hard question...
Reading Round-Up
Here are a few articles from our partners AASA and K12 Futures Collaborative. Blog: When the Superintendent-District Fit Isn't Right Strong leaders can struggle in the wrong environment, with the wrong timing, or without the necessary relational al...
Article Round-Up
Just a couple newsworthy topics to round off your week! Maine Has a New Way to Prepare Teens for Jobs. Other States are Noticing Most K12 Teachers say AI will Eclipse the Internet or Computers Thank you to our partner, K12 Future Collaborative!
Resource: Looking Back Before Looking Ahead
Leadership often pushes us toward the next challenge, the next initiative, and the next problem to solve.Reflection is easy to skip.But reflection is where learning becomes improvement.Over the course of our discussions, many themes surfaced repeated...
Resource: AI as a Leader's Tool in Retention
Hello ELP Principal Community!I am excited to share a workshop resource designed to help school leaders leverage AI as a collaborative partner in addressing one of our biggest collective challenges: teacher retention.Developed in collaboration with D...
Resource: Using AI to Ask Better Questions
One of the biggest takeaways from our recent workshops was that AI can be most useful before we ever start searching for solutions.In our sessions, leaders used AI to help them reframe problems, identify assumptions, and explore root causes before mo...
The Question That Changed Your Thinking
The Question That Changed Your ThinkingOver the past several months, we've explored teacher retention from a lot of different angles. School culture. Communication. Professional growth. Workload. Mentorship. Listening. Recognition.One thing I've noti...
Celebrating GFE Level 1 Certified Educators at KIPS Education System Pakistan
Sharing exciting news! our super awesome 6 subject facilitators and an admin team member successfully passed the GFE Level 1 exam! Now KIPS Education System Pakistan has officially Google Certified Educators. So KIPS joins the Google Family officiall...
Celebrating End of Year Successes
As you close out your school year, what are 1 - 3 successes that you're proud of accomplishing for the 25-26 school year? Let's share and celebrate your accomplishments...
Resource: AI as a Leader's Tool in Teacher Retention Gemini Gem
We built this gem during one of our virtual AI as a Leader's Tool in Teacher Retention design sprint session. Check it out!AI as a Leader's Tool in Teacher Retention Gemini Gem
Empowering School Leaders KIPS Education System in Pakistan
Sharing key insights about a 7 day rigorous online training sessions going on these days to empower super awesome and fantastic educators in a well renowned education institution in Pakistan i.e. KIPS Education System. In the training session today w...
The Power of Google for Education - From Google Forms to Google Gemini
Sharing key insights about using Google Forms and Gemini to gather insight about parental concerns regarding online classes. In Pakistan as per the government directives schools have shifted to online schooling on Fridays. Somehow when we checked the...
Resolved! AI POWERED TRAINING WITH GEMINI
LAST SATURDAY, we using Gemini as AI Powered Training partner with Gemini
Article Round Up
Thanks to AASA for this week's articles: Mentor Sessions: Q&A with Gregory C. Hutchings In this conversation with Greg Hutchings, a mentor of the AASA-Howard Urban Superintendents Academy, you’ll read why mentorship is essential for today's urban ...
Leader Spotlight: Steven Booth
Steven Booth, Instructional Technology Coach in Canton, NY, has a passion for helping schools provide high-quality educational programs. Serving in his role for the past three years, Steven is proud that he has been able to help students and staff l...
Discussion: What if the problem isn’t the problem?
In our design spring workshop I facilitated today with school leaders, we spent time doing something that doesn’t always happen in busy school environments.We didn’t jump straight to solutions.Instead, we slowed down and worked through a simple proce...
Designing Support that Fits
Why This MattersWhen support aligns with real teacher needs, it builds trust and momentum. When it doesn’t, even well-designed efforts can feel like “one more thing.”The goal isn’t to add more support. It’s to make sure the support you’re offering ac...
Leader Spotlight: Jason Markey
“Chance favors the connected mind.” It is because of this quote by author Steven Johnson that Jason Markey, Assistant Superintendent in Lisle, IL joined this group. Jason became an educational leader when he realized the potential that school systems...
When Support Misses the Mark
Sometimes we put support structures in place with the best intentions… but they don’t quite land the way we hoped.A new initiative, a resource, a PD session, a check-in. On paper, it makes sense. But in practice, it doesn’t always connect to what tea...
From Overwhelm to Action: Narrowing Your Focus
It’s easy to feel like everything needs attention at once. But when everything is a priority, it becomes hard to move anything forward in a meaningful way.This week is about narrowing your focus to something you can actually act on.Why This MattersSu...
Hello!
Hi all - just saying hello. New to the ELP community! I'm a K-12 Director of Instructional Technology and Innovation in a public school district outside of Boston. Looking forward to connecting with you!
Hi there!
Hello! I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself and say how excited I am to join this community. My name is Sara Dessert and I am a MTSS Specialist in Ferndale Washington. I have really enjoyed using the google suite in creative ways to automate...
What's Actually Within Your Control?
There are a lot of factors that influence whether teachers stay or leave a school. Some are big and structural. Some are outside of a principal’s direct control.But not all of them.In the middle of everything you’re navigating right now, it can be ea...
Article Round Up
Here are a few articles for your reading this week: Mentor Sessions: Q&A with Wanda Cook-Robinson In this conversation, Wanda Cook-Robinson, a mentor with the AASA Aspiring Superintendents Academy for Women Leaders, shares what it truly means to cha...
Bring Back the Try-Hard.
Student effort is way down. It's not their fault; it's ours. Read here to learn more.
