Welcome, PrinciPALS!
The Principal Cadre is a professional learning opportunity sponsored by ESU 13. The purpose is to build professional learning communities for building principals as they focus on improving instruction, school culture, and effective learning environments.
What's NEW?
Psychological First Aid For Schools (PFA-S)
January 14, 2025 from 7:30 am to 12:30 pm
The PFA-S program trains school staff and equips them with effective crisis response strategies. The main objective is to ensure the safety and well-being of students, staff, and families by being prepared and responding quickly during crises. It focuses on eight core actions: initiating contact, ensuring safety, stabilizing emotions, gathering information, establishing support networks, teaching coping skills, and facilitating collaborative services. The aim is to create a safe and supportive learning environment for everyone involved, and the PFA-S team responds to any hazards, threats, or incidents in the district.
DID YOU KNOW? In 2023-24...
~ ESU 13 offered 113 Services to Panhandle School Districts.
~ Completed 1,652 Service Activity Logs
~ 2,436 students attended Professional Learning Sponsored Student Events
~ 8,681 School Staff Members registered for trainings
~ ESU Providers Served 6,023 Hours
"Demonstrating faith in people is an easy way for leaders to reduce mistrust and paranoia in their organizations. Give people room to make their own choices. When you cultivate trust, teams excel." --Jail Zaki
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“Ultimately, when we’re looking for people to serve our students, my key questions are: Can you teach these students, even if they don’t look like you, [even if] you’re not familiar with their culture? How are you going to teach them as if they were your child, your cousin, your brother, your sister?”
Karen Rice-Harris, American Association of School Personnel Administrators, quoted in “Districts Are Trying to Screen Out Racial Biases During Teacher Job Interviews” by Madeline Will in Education Week, December 8, 2021
Marshall Memo 915 - December 13, 2021