Motivating Teachers: Challenges and Concerns
Executive Leadership
Ronald Williamson and Barbara R. Blackburn examine two of the biggest challenges we hear from school leaders: how to deal with resistance and how to model continuous learning.
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Significant New CPS Reporting Laws You Must Know
Legal
For as long as you have been an educator you have known what the CPS reporting rules are. Our focus here is only on the significant changes to these laws created by Senate Bill 571, effective June 20, 2025.
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New Restrictions on Your Side-Hustle — And the Stiff Penalties If You Don’t Follow Them
Legal
HB 3372 (soon to be referred to as Texas Education Code Section 11.006) places restraints on your ability to work and make money outside of your employing district.
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10 Tips to Minimize Your Liability
Legal
Here are some best practices for staying in the schoolhouse and out of the courthouse.
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TEPSA Presents: Accelerating Elementary Students’ Success in Reading
Instructional Leadership
Dr. John Strong (University of Buffalo) shares how we can work to accelerate elementary students’ success in reading. Thank you Just Right Reader for this resource!
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Contract Abandonment: What Is It and To Whom Does It Apply?
Legal
Contract abandonment in the Texas public schools is similar. If, after the penalty-free resignation date and before the contract expires, you resign without the district’s permission, you have abandoned your contract.
