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As our communities continue to diversify, schools are responsible to educate students across a broad array of ethnicities, races, religions, and cultural backgrounds. School leaders must acknowledge the importance of social-emotional learning and foster equitable academic environments that promote acceptance and embrace differences. Social-emotional learning can help students develop a healthy curiosity for people whose […]

By, Sue Corrie, Retired Elementary School Principal, Clarence CSD Traditionally, as students and teachers settled into classrooms in the fall, building administrators begin organizing those special fall events such as Open House, Book Fairs, Fall Festivals, Homecoming, fall plays and more. However, this year brought very different organizing and scheduling challenges. Creating schedules within hybrid […]

NYSSBA’s annual fall convention has been transformed into a two-week virtual event. The conference will be held, October 20-22 and October 27-29, 2020. Although you won’t see us in person, SuperEval team members Michael Horning Jr., Bob Hartz, and Sarah Menegay will be attending virtually. This year’s NYSSBA convention experience includes exceptional programming that is […]

In case of low oxygen pressure in the cabin, please secure your mask first before assisting others. We’ve all heard the above announcement by flight attendants every time we travel by plane. While we may inadvertently tune out this instruction — the underlying lesson is invaluable: You must take care of yourself first in order […]

In many ways the COVID-19 pandemic has made new learners out of all of us: students, teachers, parents, and school administrators. As a new school year is underway there are still many unknowns. Today, Don Jacobs, the CEO of PLS 3rd Learning (the parent company of SuperEval) shares his thoughts around his experiences with reflection.  […]

If you are like many school district leaders, you have earned your position through years of experience, most likely starting your tenure in education as a teacher, making your way to administration, and eventually to a school district superintendent. Valuable lessons in leadership are learned through this process of work experience; however, to be a […]

Trigger Warning: Mental Health, Suicide, Depression. COVID-19 has proven to be not only a dangerous respiratory infection, but it is also a strain on our healthcare system, economy, a challenge for school leaders, parents, students, and a political hot topic. What we often don’t think of is that the global pandemic has also been a […]

School districts are decentralized by nature. As superintendents establish overarching district-wide goals, the execution of associated critical tactics must be conducted at the individual school level. This requirement means attempting to produce consistent results across entities that each have unique leaders, challenges, and students of various age ranges. This reality begs the question, is it […]

Today we have a very special guest blog by Susan Corrie, a former elementary building principal for the Clarence Central School District in Western New York. Susan has worked in education for over 35 years and works with PLS 3rd Learning, SuperEval’s parent company. We hope you enjoy her insight about the challenges that school […]

There is light in darkness. You just have to find it. – Bell Hooks It is impossible not to acknowledge the significant challenges wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic over the past several months. Still, Bell Hooks’ comment on finding the light in the darkness reminds us to persevere, reflect, learn, and grow. For educators and […]