National School Counseling Week recognizes professionals who make a difference everyday
Local counselor talks about the challenges facing kids today and the rewards of her work. It’s National School Counseling Week — a time to recognize the men and women who work tirelessly to help students around the country and here at home. There are hundreds of students at Monac Elementary in the Washington Local School […]
School Counselors share their Love for Helping Students
National Read a Book Day is Sept. 6, Teacher Appreciation Week runs May 8 to 12 and Sept. 29 will be National Coffee Day. Another random holiday occurred this week, as it was National School Counseling Week, which is always the first full week in February. This year’s theme: Helping Students Dream Big. Larissa Rohlik […]
4 Ways to Increase Teacher Retention
These days it’s getting harder for administrators to retain staff, but there are ways to boost teacher morale and turn things around. Why have so many teachers either failed to return to work, resigned, or chosen not to enter the field since the pandemic? What’s made the profession become less attractive, and what can we […]
New York City to Pay $1.8 Billion to Former Teachers as Students Continue to Struggle
Thousands of former Black and Latino teachers in New York City stand to collect an astonishing $1.8 billion in damages after the city stopped fighting a decades-long discrimination lawsuit which alleged that a licensing test that teachers were formerly required to pass was biased. But while the evidence of such discrimination remains dubious, students in […]
Student Highlight: Anisa Lett (Teacher Education Masters Degree program for Childhood Education Grades 1 – 6)
This is Anisa Lett she is currently a Teacher’s Assistant at a charter school. She is currently in our Teacher Education Master’s Degree program for Childhood Education Grades 1 – 6. Anisa chose to get her Master’s while working as a Teachers Assistant (TA). Her experiences as a TA pushed her to further her career […]
