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How To Build a Culture of Mind, Heart, and Spirit: 4 Ways Leaders Can Support Their Team & School

Embedding school identity in instruction, setting positive expectations, and embracing meaningful change are just some of the educational practices An…

Vanessa Brazil March 17, 2023

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9 Steps to Establishing a District Family Engagement Team

There is growing recognition, grounded in research, that effective family engagement can contribute to improved student outcomes and to closing persis…

Inflexion March 15, 2023

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Executive Briefing Protocol: The 4 Thinking Styles You Must Consider

Learn the four thinking styles that you commonly encounter in any work environment. When you are presenting information, each type of thinker tends to…

Michelle Liebhardt March 15, 2023

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Hire and Retain a Diverse Staff: Nurture a Positive Staff Community

This activity will help you analyze your current recruitment and retention efforts. Developing and nurturing a staff community aligned with your schoo…

Inflexion March 15, 2023

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Rethinking Priorities: 6 Ways to Focus on What’s Important

Being a school leader means dealing with 100 urgent fires every day. It’s so easy to get distracted from the really important work that results in m…

Inflexion March 9, 2023

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Leadership Challenge: Create Collective Genius to Innovate Education

The role of a leader of innovation is not to set a vision and motivate others to follow it. It’s to create a community that is willing and able to i…

Inflexion March 8, 2023

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Structures that Elevate Student Voice in Equitable Ways: Empowering Students While They Develop Life Skills

Carmen Gelman, Director of Professional Development at COSA, is all about student voice and equity. She joined Portico for a Crowdsource on December …

Vanessa Brazil March 5, 2023

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Reinforce Your School’s Identity to Launch The New Year With Momentum

We had the pleasure of hosting a Crowdsource webinar with Courtney Spelber from the Huntington Beach Union High School District on January 19, 2023. C…

Vanessa Brazil February 28, 2023

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Student Life Connection: Implement Programs to Explore Interests and Aspirations

Implement programs like Roadtrip Nation to give students the opportunity to explore their interests and aspirations while also building ownership of l…

Inflexion February 27, 2023

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Staffing Solutions: Hiring and Retaining Top Talent

Many schools and districts are struggling to hire and retain talented teachers, with small candidate pools and other constraints. In this Crowdsource …

Inflexion February 27, 2023

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