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🎉 Exciting to see Toledo Public Schools on the American Association of School Personnel Administrators 2024 recognition list for the William L. Hunter Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award! This #AASPA award recognizes districts making outstanding contributions through the implementation of innovative and comprehensive teacher and leader development programs primarily focused on strategies designed to increase staff diversity. Research shows that urban and low-income schools encounter greater difficulty in recruiting qualified teachers (Ingersoll & May, 2016), principals (Carver-Thomas & Darling-Hammond, 2017), counselors (Miranda & Arredondo, 2020), school psychologists (Henderson et al., 2016), and paraprofessionals (Rockoff et al., 2011). One solution showing promise is providing current staff career advancement opportunities that result in increased responsibility, compensation, and impact. TPS refers to these programs as Grow Your Own (#GYO) and has 25 years of experience successfully targeting and filling traditionally hard-to-staff vacancies in high need schools. TPS has found that implementing GYO strategies, providing support for individuals to ensure they can attain a license, and developing comprehensive recruiting materials to attract candidates can help the district work towards a more diverse teacher and administrator workforce. Given the state of educator staffing shortages, these programs have become essential in filling vacancies. TPS has seven current and active programs built to develop and support individuals interested in teaching or leading in a TPS building. All of these innovative programs have worked to increase the number of teachers in classrooms and leaders in buildings! TPS is always looking to lead the way and do what is best for students! #TPSProud

Just another reminder! If you know an outstanding MD educator of GT students or an outstanding GT/ TAG student, nominate them for this special recognition!

Professional Development I am always interesting in the professional development of others as well as myself.

Why should colleges and universities consider incorporating lotteries into their admissions process? This week on The Holistic Success Show: Anju Visen-Singh and Dr. Kelly Dore of Acuity Insights explore the concept of lottery admissions, how they work, and potential challenges and considerations for #HigherEd. Join the conversation: https://lnkd.in/gC8fPF9H #HolisticSuccessShow #HigherEducation #Admissions #CollegeAdmissions

Though I’m not yet formally in post, I’m happy to share the GuildHE manifesto containing key recommendations for the next government. Our focus must remain on championing the diversity of our sector. It’s richness is derived from its wide variety of providers; some large, some medium-sized, some small; some more traditional, some very new; some providing on-campus, off-campus, blended learning or all 3; all delivering to towns, cities and regions across the devolved nations, enabling students of all ages to undertake lifelong learning that improves their lives, careers and experiences. There is no one-size fits all, and unless we think creatively, we risk losing the diversity that makes UK HE so attractive to both domestic and international students. Not only that, a less attractive, strong and robust system would weaken the UK’s soft power around the world at a time we need to be showing ourselves as deep and meaningful collaborative partners to tackle global challenges. I look forward to working with my GuildHE team and many of you in (and outwith) the sector to secure the strength and diversity of our sector!

"College could be free for many and affordable for all." 🎓 But how? Presented here by 𝐊𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐲, our director, is an overview of exactly what makes the enrollment management industry "so troubling" and specific recommendations for reining in its operators—such as national #college price controls. 📖 💡 📖 Flip to Chapter 10 in "𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑽𝒆𝒊𝒍 𝒐𝒏 𝑬𝒏𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕," a new book edited by our senior advisor Stephen Burd, to explore suggested solutions that keep public institutions priced low and that restore the very promise of public education after high school at the same time. Otherwise: this element of the American Dream "will keep getting more uncertain and expensive and out of reach until we're left with a collection of public memorials to a time when everyone could afford a college degree." ➡️ This "must-read" is available here for purchase: https://lnkd.in/etqQeGrm ➡️ And summarized here in a recent blog: https://lnkd.in/e3qnfvVU

Be sure to check out the chapter "Disruption is the Norm: Responding to the Future at Xavier University of Louisiana" about the #LearnEverywhereXULA, how CAT+FD taught Xavier University of Louisiana faculty to teach remotely.

New piece by our Head of Development Andy Forbes 🙌 The Association of Colleges goes 100% tertiary 'You can't get better than 100%, and the Association of Colleges have gone for the maximum in their latest policy paper, 100% opportunity: the case for a tertiary education system. It's a bold clarion call for radical change in England's post-16 education system. The AoC, which represents almost all England's further education and sixth form colleges, has been a member of the Lifelong Education Institute since its inception, and we have benefitted greatly from their expertise, which is derived from their ability to distil information and opinion from across a wide and diverse sector. While it's therefore not surprising that their key policy recommendations align closely with ours, it's heartening that they are based on a broad consensus of opinion from college leaders and supported by an impressive evidence base...' Read More on: https://lnkd.in/e7pBHkx9 #associationofcolleges #100percenttertiary #lifelongeducationinstitute #lifelonglearning #eductationpolicy

As some of you may know or not, University of the Arts abruptly announced on Friday that they are shutting down the 150 year old institution. No warning. No disclosures. No notice that things were that bad financially. NOTHING. I am beyond gutted for the students, faculty, staff, alumni and the arts community. I have been involved on the Parents and Family Council for the last 4 years - with the last year serving as the Chair. The PFC members and myself broke our asses to support the school and we “find out” at the 11th hour - right before an article is going to be published. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ To the Board, Kerry Walk and whomever else feels themselves responsible: I cannot articulate how deeply I hope you feel the most crushing, inescapable, sense of guilt and failure. You have failed us. Your soul job is to serve the institution, and the job of the institution was to serve the students. And you have failed at your job. Not only that, you have failed at failing – the middle states commission on higher education stated you have failed to make plans for a closure and plans for “teach out.” They are standards and expectations for failing universities to close with Grace. In your selfishness, in your desire to keep things hidden, you have failed to give the people you owe the most (staff, faculty, and students) any sort of grace. It is a selfishness that can only be achieved by those who truly are operating for their own benefit. - @CyanOcittus (UArts 2026) (I did not write this - reposting with permission.)

As some of you may know or not, University of the Arts abruptly announced on Friday that they are shutting down the 150 year old institution. No warning. No disclosures. No notice that things were that bad financially. NOTHING. I am beyond gutted for the students, faculty, staff, alumni and the arts community. I have been involved on the Parents and Family Council for the last 4 years - with the last year serving as the Chair. The PFC members and myself broke our asses to support the school and we “find out” at the 11th hour - right before an article is going to be published. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ To the Board, Kerry Walk and whomever else feels themselves responsible: I cannot articulate how deeply I hope you feel the most crushing, inescapable, sense of guilt and failure. You have failed us. Your soul job is to serve the institution, and the job of the institution was to serve the students. And you have failed at your job. Not only that, you have failed at failing – the middle states commission on higher education stated you have failed to make plans for a closure and plans for “teach out.” They are standards and expectations for failing universities to close with Grace. In your selfishness, in your desire to keep things hidden, you have failed to give the people you owe the most (staff, faculty, and students) any sort of grace. It is a selfishness that can only be achieved by those who truly are operating for their own benefit. - @CyanOcittus (UArts 2026) (I did not write this - reposting with permission.)