From Fixation to Flourishing: Centering Students With Specific Needs
INTRO Students with disabilities often face barriers rooted in our education system’s focus on deficits rather than strengths. To truly support each and every student,…
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Manage Complex Change: Keeping Your Shared Vision for Readiness in Mind
Complex change in schools is both necessary and challenging. Drawing on Mary Lippitt’s Integrated Change Management Model, this resource explores ac…
Engage in Function-Based Thinking to More Deeply Understand Students
Understanding the root cause of student behavior is essential for creating meaningful interventions. By focusing on function-based behavior, educators…
Enticing Into Confusion
No matter our instructional, distributed, or transformational leadership strengths their value does not address the change agent’s mortal enemy, the…
Resources We Love (And Hope You Will Too!)
During our May Counterpart meetings, we asked folks to share what they have been engaging with recently. Below is a list of all the resources shared b…
Culture at the Core: How North Valley’s Monthly Themes Reinforce Maxims to Unify the School Community
During a Crowdsource on March 18, 2023, Erik Lathen, Principal of North Valley High School in Grants Pass, Oregon, shared how he's putting their maxi…
Supporting Your School Community: Culturally Responsive Trauma-Informed Teaching
While research has shown school-wide trauma-informed practices benefit all students, one-size-fits-all programs don’t work. Mainstream approaches to…
Student Cell Phone Policy: Best Practices for Student Success
As principal of Milwaukie High School, Carmen Gelman (now Director of Professional Development, Coalition of Oregon School Administrators, COSA) worke…
Expansive Opportunities in Action: 4 Leaders Who Developed Supports Beyond Traditional MTSS
The Inflexion Approach incorporates core elements of a multi-tiered support approach to ensure each and every student gets what they need to be ready …
Your Students Deserve the Best: 3 Steps to Hiring & Retaining Top Talent
During a Crowdsource Coffee on February 24, 2023, the Portico community discussed their challenges and nest practices when it comes to hiring and reta…