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New Rights for Pregnant and Lactating Employees

Legal

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act went into effect in 2023.1 The EEOC finalized its regulations in April 2024.2 Also in 2023, the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (known as the PUMP Act) began.

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Trust: The Key to Motivating Your Teachers

Executive Leadership, School Culture

Every time Ron taught a course about the principalship, he started the semester by asking students to describe a good school leader, the sort of person teachers and others would want to lead their school.

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Why Document?

Legal

What is the MOST important reason to document? I recently asked this question to a large group of attendees at the TEPSA Summer Conference.

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New Disciplinary Laws Regarding Students and Vaping

Legal

Over the past 50 years we convinced an entire nation that smoking is bad. Now vaping has entered the chat, where the tobacco is never handled or seen, and where it is not really smoked, but rather, electrically vaped. So, what could go wrong?

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Surround Teachers with Support

Executive Leadership

Teachers crave support, both tangible and intangible. Leaders must provide 360 support—assessing the needs of teachers individually as well as a group.

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How to Host a “Masked Reader” Event at Your Campus

School Culture

This past fall, I received a great opportunity to organize and host a “Masked Reader” event at our campus to accompany our Family Literacy Night.

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