Have a Good Life

• Ransomware is a growing problem for organizations, including schools
  • What is it?
  • How does it happen?
  • Why does it happen? $$$ – $7bn in 2021
  • Who’s doing it?
  • We are all on the front lines now
• Problems for Schools
  • Down time for school personnel, distraction from mission
  • Inability to access data; closure of schools
  • Loss of data, identity theft, invasions of privacy
  • Reputational damage
  • Financial loss
    • Technical and legal fees
    • Ransomware payment
• How Can Schools Protect Themselves
  • Have air-gapped backups
  • Conduct routine cybersecurity audits and threat analysis
  • Training and education for all members of the school community
    • The greater the access, the more training is needed
    • Particular focus on phishing (leading attack vector) and other intrusion methods
  • Competent and thorough IT department
    • Patch, patch, patch
    • Limit ability to install new programs without thorough testing
  • Collaboration with law enforcement
  • Take advantage of increased funds for cybersecurity
    • Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
    • American Rescue Plan Act
  • Increased interest in cybersecurity offers great opportunities for education and job training
• How Much Should Schools Share with the Public?
  • Organizations often face a temptation to not report cybersecurity breaches
  • Have a thorough response plan in place; review and update on a regular basis
  • Consult with law enforcement to avoid interfering with investigation
  • Communicate quickly and thoroughly with parents if (when) a cyberattack occurs
  • Increased transparency helps define the scope of the problem and risk factors for others
• Resources - #2022–03–28 Funding Is Flowing for Cybersecurity Efforts in Every Government Jurisdiction
  https://www.cpomagazine.com/cyber-security/funding-is-flowing-for-cybersecurity-efforts-in-every-government-jurisdiction/
  - #2022–03–27 LI schools hit with 29 ransomware attacks, hacks, other cyber incidents in past 3 years
  https://www.newsday.com/long-island/education/ransomware-cyberattack-virus-school-computer-networks-p5wjjhed
  - #2022–03–24 Officials are still in the dark on ransomware
  https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/24/officials-are-still-dark-ransomware/
  - #2022–03–24 Why school districts need to be more transparent on cyber
  https://statescoop.com/podcast/why-school-districts-need-to-be-more-transparent-on-cyber/
  - #2022–03–23 Cybercriminals made $7bn in pure profit in 2021, says FBI
  https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/23/cybercriminals_made_7bn_2021/
  - #2022–03–23 FBI, CISA advise 13,000 orgs to have ‘low threshold’ for reporting cyberattacks
  https://therecord.media/fbi-cisa-advise–13000-orgs-to-have-low-threshold-for-reporting-cyberattacks/
  - #2022–03–22 Add a New Dimension to Ransomware Defenses in Education
  https://campuslifesecurity.com/articles/2022/03/22/add-a-new-dimension-to-ransomware-defenses-in-education.aspx?m=1
  - #2022–03–16 APS says no data compromised during January’s cyberattack
  https://www.abqjournal.com/2480114/aps-said-no-data-compromised-in-cyber-attack.html
  - #2022–03–15 Cyber Notification Bill Critical, But Won’t Stop Bad Actors Entirely, Says Senator
  https://broadbandbreakfast.com/2022/03/cyber-notification-bill-critical-but-wont-stop-bad-actors-entirely-says-senator/
  - #2002–03–11 Superintendent speaks out about cyber security incident at Altoona Area School District
  https://wjactv.com/news/local/superintendent-speaks-out-about-cyber-security-incident-at-altoona-area-school-district
  - #2022–03–10 MA Offers Free Cybersecurity Training to Schools, Cities
  https://www.govtech.com/education/k–12/ma-offers-free-cybersecurity-training-to-schools-cities
  - #2022–03–07 Greensville County School board orders technology audit after cyber-attack
  https://www.emporiaindependentmessenger.com/news/article_e50d935e–9ccc–11ec–8051–2382b6a94403.html
  - #2022–03–07 Valley Educators Prepare Students For Cybersecurity Workforce
  https://businessjournaldaily.com/educators-prepare-students-for-cybersecurity-workforce/

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Matthew Moyer is a Nationally Distinguished Principal, and Pennsylvania Principal of the Year.  He is an elementary school principal with over 17 years of experience in administration, and over 23 years of experience in education. In addition to his job as principal, he is an Author,  National Speaker, Adjunct Professor, and staff developer with Thom Stecher and Associates.

Matt started his career as a 5th-grade teacher in the Spring-Ford Area School District. He earned a Masters degree and Principal’s certificate. He then spent 3 years as an assistant principal at Schuylkill Valley Elementary School in Leesport, Pennsylvania. From there he moved to his current position as principal of Rupert Elementary School in the Pottstown School District. He is in his 16th year as principal of Rupert, and absolutely loves it. He recently completed his course work for his letter of eligibility to be a superintendent.  For the last ten years he has been the district’s safety coordinator and certified CPI Nonviolent Crisis Intervention trainer. He has served numerous roles and on a variety of committees during his time in the Pottstown School District.

• Hearing the stories of other distinguished principals.
• Book Series podcast
• The adventures of David and Donald: Basketball Bewilderment.
• Each book focuses on social emotional skills.
• Being assertive without being aggressive.
• Teacher at his building is illustrator.
• What did you win the award for? Relationships
• Be a servant to build relationships.
• Give help and step up when needed.
• Understanding different cultures - generational poverty
• Respect other’s opinions and culture, even if we don’t understand it.
• Hire the right people who are opening
• How to be a transformative principal? Get into the classroom and be there every day!

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Today’s Transformative Principal sponsor, John Catt Educational, amplifies world-class voices on timeless topics, with a list of authors recognized globally for their fresh perspectives and proven strategies to drive success in modern schools and classrooms.

John Catt’s mission is to support high-quality teaching and learning by ensuring every educator has access to professional development materials that are research-based, practical, and focused on the key topics proven essential in today’s and tomorrow’s schools.

Learn more about professional development publications that are easy to implement for your entire faculty, and are both quickly digestible and rigorous, by visiting https://us.johncattbookshop.com/. Learn more about some of the newest titles: - The Coach’s Guide to Teaching by Doug Lemov

• The Feedback Pendulum: A manifesto for enhancing feedback in education by Michael Chiles

• Putting Staff First: A blueprint for revitalising our schools by John Tomsett and Jonny Uttley

• 10 Things Schools Get Wrong (And How We Can Get Them Right) by Jared Cooney Horvath and David Bott

• Let’s Talk About Flex: Flipping the flexible working narrative for education by Emma Turner

• A Parent’s Guide to Powerful Teaching by Patrice Bain

John Catt is also proud publisher of the new book from Transformative Principal host Jethro Jones: SchoolX: How principals can design a transformative school experience for students, teachers, parents – and themselves Visit this page to learn more about bulk orders and how to bring John Catt’s research-based materials to your school: https://us.johncattbookshop.com/pages/agents-and-distributors

New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal

Not only is Dr. Joaquina Kankam an expert in youth protection compliance and risk management, but her practical experience has made her a leader in understanding the needs of youth serving organizations. In addition to being an educator (K–12 & Higher Education), Joaquina has presented at several national association conferences and participated as a panelist in several discussions regarding youth.

The Importance of Senior Leadership’s Involvement in Youth Protection Decision-Making.

• CAPTA (Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, 1974)
• Children youth-service organizations.
• Background checks and mandatory reporting training
• Sexual abuse or other harm?
• Audit systems to ensure organizations are helpful in preventing harm to kids.
• We do only what we know how to do.
• Our procedures are good enough, we’ve talked with the attorneys and they approved them.
• Protecting image of university
• Loudon County, VA school board member resigns
• We don’t differentiate in adult professional development
• Start with a good understanding of what the law is.
• How to teach schools to do this work correctly.
• It’s too much to put on my plate.
• how to be a transformative principal? If sometihng bothers you, don’t let it go. Fix it!

Sponsors

Transformative Principal Mastermind

Lead a school everyone can be proud of.

Being a principal is tough work. You’re pulled in all kinds of directions. You never have the time to do the work that really matters. Join me as I help school leaders find the time to do the work they became principals to do.

I help you stop putting out fires and start leading.

Learn more at https://transformativeprincipal.com

John Catt

Today’s Transformative Principal sponsor, John Catt Educational, amplifies world-class voices on timeless topics, with a list of authors recognized globally for their fresh perspectives and proven strategies to drive success in modern schools and classrooms.

John Catt’s mission is to support high-quality teaching and learning by ensuring every educator has access to professional development materials that are research-based, practical, and focused on the key topics proven essential in today’s and tomorrow’s schools.

Learn more about professional development publications that are easy to implement for your entire faculty, and are both quickly digestible and rigorous, by visiting https://us.johncattbookshop.com/. Learn more about some of the newest titles: - The Coach’s Guide to Teaching by Doug Lemov

• The Feedback Pendulum: A manifesto for enhancing feedback in education by Michael Chiles

• Putting Staff First: A blueprint for revitalising our schools by John Tomsett and Jonny Uttley

• 10 Things Schools Get Wrong (And How We Can Get Them Right) by Jared Cooney Horvath and David Bott

• Let’s Talk About Flex: Flipping the flexible working narrative for education by Emma Turner

• A Parent’s Guide to Powerful Teaching by Patrice Bain

John Catt is also proud publisher of the new book from Transformative Principal host Jethro Jones: SchoolX: How principals can design a transformative school experience for students, teachers, parents – and themselves Visit this page to learn more about bulk orders and how to bring John Catt’s research-based materials to your school: https://us.johncattbookshop.com/pages/agents-and-distributors

New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal

Show notes

• Https://jethrojones.com/how2be
• About the book
• Over 500 episodes of Transformative Principal
• 9 key dispositions and skills
• ![[how2be 1.jpg]]
• Self-care
  • The fallacious idea that you should take care of yourself so you have enough in the tank to take care of others is one of the worst lies in education. Take care of yourself because YOU matter.
• Support for them, Support for you
  • Support doesn’t always mean what you think it does. We’ll talk about how to have difficult conversations, how to understand your staff better, and how to help them be the best they can. In order to support others, you have to have support yourself. This program is a good start!
• Delegation
  • We usually speak of strengths and delegation in terms of tasks. We need to start thinking in terms of people.
• Vision
  • At the end of the calendar year, but in the middle of the school year, we address the vision. Is your school achieving your vision, or is it taking the path of least resistance?
• Observations
  • Observations are not for evaluation! The evaluation is a nice way to summarize your observations. Observations are for measuring how well your vision is implemented.
• Communication
  • Communication is not just about you speaking to others. It’s a two-way street, fraught with potholes, car accidents, and detours.
• Relationships
  • Relationships can make or break a school. You’ll learn how to build good, strong, healthy relationships and how to maintain them, even through difficult conversations. You can’t force anyone to do anything, you can only invite.
• Hiring
  • It’s never too early to talk about hiring. The earlier you have a plan, the better.
• Culture
  • Culture is the foundation of everything in a school, but there is so much to it, it can be overwhelming. We’ll talk about how to make it work with small steps that make a difference.
• Why Jethro took so long to write the book
• Launch Party

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Dr. Bill Ziegler is the principal of Pottsgrove High School in Pennsylvania. He’s been a mentor of mine for years. So excited for this conversation.

• Lead the Way EDU Podcast
• Staying strong in the storms
• Take care of yourself
• Take lunch every day!
• Use your vacation days!
• Don’t take it personally.
• Taking time during the storms to protect ourselves from the storms.
• The work is always going to be there. You’re never going to finish it.
• It sticks to us.
• The most important time of your day as a principal is dinner time with your family
• Focus on the goal: Keep kids in school.
• Press.transformativeprincipal.com
• This is temporary.
• How to be a Transformative principal? Take some time this week to fill up your tank!

Sponsors

Transformative Principal Mastermind

Lead a school everyone can be proud of.

Being a principal is tough work. You’re pulled in all kinds of directions. You never have the time to do the work that really matters. Join me as I help school leaders find the time to do the work they became principals to do.

I help you stop putting out fires and start leading.

Learn more at https://transformativeprincipal.com

John Catt

Today’s Transformative Principal sponsor, John Catt Educational, amplifies world-class voices on timeless topics, with a list of authors recognized globally for their fresh perspectives and proven strategies to drive success in modern schools and classrooms.

John Catt’s mission is to support high-quality teaching and learning by ensuring every educator has access to professional development materials that are research-based, practical, and focused on the key topics proven essential in today’s and tomorrow’s schools.

Learn more about professional development publications that are easy to implement for your entire faculty, and are both quickly digestible and rigorous, by visiting https://us.johncattbookshop.com/. Learn more about some of the newest titles: - The Coach’s Guide to Teaching by Doug Lemov

• The Feedback Pendulum: A manifesto for enhancing feedback in education by Michael Chiles

• Putting Staff First: A blueprint for revitalising our schools by John Tomsett and Jonny Uttley

• 10 Things Schools Get Wrong (And How We Can Get Them Right) by Jared Cooney Horvath and David Bott

• Let’s Talk About Flex: Flipping the flexible working narrative for education by Emma Turner

• A Parent’s Guide to Powerful Teaching by Patrice Bain

John Catt is also proud publisher of the new book from Transformative Principal host Jethro Jones: SchoolX: How principals can design a transformative school experience for students, teachers, parents – and themselves Visit this page to learn more about bulk orders and how to bring John Catt’s research-based materials to your school: https://us.johncattbookshop.com/pages/agents-and-distributors

New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal

Al Kingsley is CEO of NetSupport and also serves as the Chair of two Multi Academy Trusts and a local School Governors’ Leadership Group in the UK. Al is a sought-after speaker and popular podcaster (NetSupport Radio). His book My Secret #EdTech Diary is not only a walk through his 30 year history in education, but also expresses a new way of thinking about technology in education.

• How technology use has changed.
• It’s about the usage of the technology.
• Redefining what our measures of impact are!
• No two schools are the same.
• Reflective practice.
• How do we know it is being used effectively?
• Be realistic in how we are interacting.
• Tech is part of what we already do!
• How do you decide which tools to use when?
• Pedagogical expertise to decide when to use tools
• Trust the people that are in the position to help the kids.
• Empower teachers to make choices, but peer assess of colleagues and what they are using.
• The role of students regarding ed tech.
• Student voice is critical in evaluating ed tech.
• Competence is not the same thing as wisdom.
• Digital Citizenship
• routine, connectivity with a familiar face, were vital during the emergency remote teaching
• Learner to learner engagement is important.
• Skills rather than knowledge are what unlocks the future.
• We need to get kids to the right place to learn.
• No matter how much technology grows, it requires humans to be focused.
• It’s not about the technology, it’s about the behavior.
• How to utilize technology. Pause and make sure all stakeholders understand why, how, and what you’re using.
• Always expect to invest at the same amount in professional development as you do in the tool itself.
• Less is more.
• Do you have any advice for these education leaders to do their best with the technology investment they’ve made in their schools? Is that advice different in 2022 than it was in 2019?
• What are the one or two changes in technology use (or even new tech tools) that would make a real difference in mental health and self-actualization of students?
• What security aspects should schools look out for when buying/reviewing technology?

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• Motivations

• School safety

• Student safety

• Political / religious orthodoxy

• Legal Issues

• First Amendment rights

• Federal / State Legislation
  • 2019 – Restoring, Enhancing, Securing, and Promoting Our Nation’s Safety Efforts (RESPONSE) Act
  • Includes a provision called “Children’s Internet Protection” amendment that encourages districts to invest in programs that detect “online activities of minors who are at risk of committing self-harm or extreme violence against others.” Under the bill, almost all federally funded schools would be required to install software of this kind.

• Targets

• Teachers

• Students

• Parents

• Types of Monitoring

• Publicly-Available Content

• Private Accounts

• Messaging Tools

• Hacking / Unauthorized Intrusion

• Risks

• Invasion of privacy / overreach

• Chilling of speech

• Abuse of power against teachers, students, and/or parents

• Tools

• Human Resources / School Investigators

• Software / Artificial Intelligence

• Third Party Investigators

• Parents

• Resources

- #2022–03–03 Mother at center of Rochester Community Schools social media scandal speaks out
“https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2022/03/04/mother-at-center-of-social-media-scandal-against-rochester-community-schools-speaks-out/”
- #2022–02–25 Linewize Webinar Stresses Need for K–12 Safety Monitoring
“https://www.govtech.com/education/k–12/linewize-webinar-stresses-need-for-k–12-safety-monitoring”
- #2022–02–24 Lee County school district accused of spying on social media
“https://www.winknews.com/2022/02/24/lee-county-school-district-accused-of-spying-on-social-media/”
- #2021–12–17 Utah officials urge social media monitoring after school threats
“https://kutv.com/news/local/officials-urge-social-media-monitoring-after-school-threats”
- #2021–12–16 Schools ask parents to help monitor student’s social media amid vague threats
“https://kutv.com/news/local/schools-ask-parents-to-help-monitor-students-social-media-amid-shooting-threats”
- #2021–11–02 Berkeley County school leaders encourage parents to learn apps, monitor social media to keep children safe
“https://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/berkeley-county-news/berkeley-county-school-leaders-encourage-parents-to-learn-apps-monitor-social-media-to-keep-children-safe/”
- #2019–11–07 A Newly introduced Federal Bill prompts Texas schools to begin to monitor students social media
“https://www.newschannel10.com/2019/11/07/river-road-isd-begins-utilize-software-monitor-students-social-media/”
- #2019–11–01 New Bill Would Require Schools to Monitor Social Media
“https://www.govtech.com/education/new-bill-would-require-schools-to-monitor-social-media.html”
- #2019–08–22 School Safety Package Includes AI, Social Media Monitoring
“https://www.govtech.com/biz/school-safety-package-includes-ai-social-media-monitoring.html”
- #2021–09–03 Texas school district to monitor employees’ social media accounts
“https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/texas-social-media-austin-school-district”
- #2021–09–02 Texas schools are surveilling students online, often without their knowledge or consent
“https://www.dallasnews.com/news/investigations/2021/09/02/texas-schools-are-watching-millions-of-students-online-often-without-their-knowledge-or-consent/”
- #2019–05–30 Schools Are Deploying Massive Digital Surveillance Systems. The Results Are Alarming
“https://www.edweek.org/technology/schools-are-deploying-massive-digital-surveillance-systems-the-results-are-alarming/2019/05”
- #2015–07–31 How one school district is monitoring social media of students and teachers
“https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/07/31/how-one-school-district-is-monitoring-social-media-of-students-and-teachers/”
- #2013–09–18 California school district hires firm to monitor students’ social media
“https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/14/us/california-schools-monitor-social-media/index.html”
- #2013–09–15 Calif. school district monitors kids’ social media
“https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/15/school-district-monitors-social-media/2817299/”
- [n.d.] Schools: Social Media Surveillance
“https://www.brennancenter.org/issues/protect-liberty-security/social-media/schools-social-media-surveillance”

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Episode 471!

Attachment Trauma Network’s Trauma-Sensitive Schools Conference was this week in Houston.
- I presented with Tessa
- 2 sessions Social Media Exacerbates Trauma and Suicide Prevention
- Dr. Bruce Perry’s Neurosequential model
- The joy of being with people
- If you’re interested in the trauma stuff I offer, go to jethrojones.com/trauma

Book Launch:
- describe it -
- prizes - giving away books (success mindsets, Impact Players, My book)
- Jethrojones.com/how2be
- 10 seats in the mastermind to current administrators
- Free book study for everyone.
- A PDF of the book we write
- Goodies for those who preorder

Hiring:
- While in Houston, I visited the Fay School.
- From the web site: Your child and your child’s future represent the most powerful gift for The Fay School and the future of the world. The Fay School leverages a future-focused curriculum integrated into leadership development through emotional intelligence to transform your child’s potential into a powerful toolkit and reliable compass that launches them into middle school and beyond.
- Once you and your child step onto our outdoor-oriented campus, we believe you will experience what separates us from the other independent schools in Houston. Most importantly, you will learn how The Fay School has begun taking steps to intentionally transform the landscape of early childhood and elementary education through innovation. All of what we do and aspire to become places your child first.
- I’ll release episode 473 with Melissa Sherman, the principal there in a couple weeks, on March 20th.
- This month, we are talking about Hiring, and, since Hiring is the most important job you will do, I’d like to read an excerpt from my book about Hiring.

Reports of teacher shortages have been a constant backdrop in the United States for several years now. Transformative principals typically don’t have a problem finding new staff for all the reasons we’ve spoken about in this book. If you have a Vital Vision, communicate effectively, build positive relationships, and support your teachers, you’ll find that there is an endless list of people who want to be part of your school. It’s a natural byproduct of the things we have been talking about. You can have that, too.

Hiring the best people for your school is vital. Todd Whitaker says that hiring may be the most important thing a principal does: “You can get a teacher more on board in 5 minutes in your interview than 5 years in your building.” It behooves us as principals to ask the best questions we can to find out if someone will be a good fit for our school. As Bill Daggett says, “Culture trumps strategy. Every. Single. Time.” When interviewing, you must find the best person you can. It is even acceptable to wait as long as you need to until you find that person. Sometimes, a person serving as a long term sub is better than a poor teacher. If you have ever hired the wrong person for a job, you know that is true. Just preparing to hire teachers is a multi-step process.

Hiring is a year-round job, one that takes on different aspects at different times in the year.

Hiring can be risky. Or rather, I should say, hiring is RISCHI (pronounced risky).

Recruit
Introduce
Hire
Screen
Cultural fit
Hire
Introduce
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I like to see this as a three-circle Venn diagram because there is overlap in the areas. We’ll dive into each of these areas shortly. It is also effective to think of this as a never-ending circle! Where you are regularly doing each of these activities.
With teacher shortages that have plagued our industry for years being exacerbated by the pandemic, more than ever we need to take a serious step in hiring people effectively. A recent study by the Learning Policy Institute called “A Coming Crisis in Teaching: Teaching Supply, Demand, and Shortages in the U.S.,” shows that in 2021 the demand for new teachers would be 300,000 and the amount of teachers available would be less than 200,000. That’s a projected shortage of 100,000 teachers! And that was in 2016, before the pandemic was even a thing. In 2021, we’ve had governments requesting retired teachers come back to take the load off of other teachers. Districts are offering signing bonuses and trying to attract teachers. While those may be nice, that’s nothing compared to you implementing what you read in this book! Being a transformative principal is how we solve our teacher shortage. And I’m going to show you how to do recruit and hire amazing teachers.
I’ve worked hard to include actionable advice for you here to make sure you can attract the top talent to your school and that they will want to stay there forever! But remember, they will come for the job but they will stay for the Vital Vision.
Before we go any further, imagine for a moment what hiring process could look like in five years. In five years, you have very low turnover. It happens, but people want to stay at your school because it is such a great place. When there is turnover, and opportunities for new staff to come on board, you first make sure all your current people are in the correct places. Then, you get to take your pick from the people who you already know will be great at your school and invite them to join you. You have the perfect placement for them, and they already have friends at your school so you know they will be a good fit. Just imagine how powerful that would be for everyone. It’s possible, and that’s how transformative principals hire new staff.

• Why Fay School?

- Well, they attract the kind of people that want to work in that environment.

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Lead a school everyone can be proud of.

Being a principal is tough work. You’re pulled in all kinds of directions. You never have the time to do the work that really matters. Join me as I help school leaders find the time to do the work they became principals to do.

I help you stop putting out fires and start leading.

Learn more at https://transformativeprincipal.com

John Catt

Today’s Transformative Principal sponsor, John Catt Educational, amplifies world-class voices on timeless topics, with a list of authors recognized globally for their fresh perspectives and proven strategies to drive success in modern schools and classrooms.

John Catt’s mission is to support high-quality teaching and learning by ensuring every educator has access to professional development materials that are research-based, practical, and focused on the key topics proven essential in today’s and tomorrow’s schools.

Learn more about professional development publications that are easy to implement for your entire faculty, and are both quickly digestible and rigorous, by visiting https://us.johncattbookshop.com/. Learn more about some of the newest titles: - The Coach’s Guide to Teaching by Doug Lemov

• The Feedback Pendulum: A manifesto for enhancing feedback in education by Michael Chiles

• Putting Staff First: A blueprint for revitalising our schools by John Tomsett and Jonny Uttley

• 10 Things Schools Get Wrong (And How We Can Get Them Right) by Jared Cooney Horvath and David Bott

• Let’s Talk About Flex: Flipping the flexible working narrative for education by Emma Turner

• A Parent’s Guide to Powerful Teaching by Patrice Bain

John Catt is also proud publisher of the new book from Transformative Principal host Jethro Jones: SchoolX: How principals can design a transformative school experience for students, teachers, parents – and themselves Visit this page to learn more about bulk orders and how to bring John Catt’s research-based materials to your school: https://us.johncattbookshop.com/pages/agents-and-distributors

New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal

The TikTok Video about how to drive a captured Russian Tank: [https://twitter.com/JoshuaPotash/status/1498332884121399307](https://twitter.com/JoshuaPotash/status/1498332884121399307) - Our question today: Can Congress eliminate some of the worst content online without breaking the Internet? - [Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2022 or the EARN IT Act of 2022](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3538) - First introduced in 2019 and has garnered bipartisan support - Legislation is designed to reduce or eliminate "child sexual abuse material" (CSAM). - Main provisions: - Establishes the National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention. The commission must develop best practices for interactive computer services providers (e.g., Facebook and Twitter) to prevent, reduce, and respond to the online sexual exploitation of children. - Limits the liability protections of interactive computer service providers with respect to claims alleging violations of child sexual exploitation laws. - Replaces various statutory references to "child pornography" and "material that contains child pornography" with "child sexual abuse material." - Makes changes to the reporting requirements for electronic communication service providers and remote computing service providers (providers) who report apparent instances of crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. - Among the changes, the bill requires providers to report facts and circumstances sufficient to identify and locate each minor and each involved individual. - The bill also increases the amount of time that providers must preserve the contents of a report. - Potentially significant amendment of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act - Section 230 originally adopted to shield online service providers from legal liability for statements made by users - Provision is directly responsible for huge growth in services that rely upon user-created content (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.) - EARN IT Act would remove Section 230 protection for online services that do not adhere to state laws regarding the identification and removal of CSAM material - Legislation was approved unanimously by the Senate Judiciary Committee but may face a tougher vote in the full Senate - Concerns - Impact on personal privacy - Commission could conclude that a service that uses end-to-end encryption is not following best practices because E2EE makes it harder to detect the movement of CSAM - Patchwork of state standards could impose significant burdens on smaller services and companies - Online service providers may feel forced to examine user content before transmission - EARN IT Act could effectively turn online service providers into law enforcement agents, raising significant Fourth Amendment search and seizure issues - Risk of overreaction by tech companies and the deletion of a much wider range of content than is necessary - Adoption of SESTA/FOSTA led to extensive deletion of content by and about sex workers, driving them underground and increasing the dangers of sex work - Resources - #2022-02-23 Unintended Consequences of the EARN IT Act "https://www.americanactionforum.org/insight/unintended-consequences-of-the-earn-it-act/" - #2022-02-11 The EARN IT Act Would Give Criminal Defendants a Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card "https://slate.com/technology/2022/02/earn-it-act-fourth-amendment-violation.html" - #2022-02-11 A controversial bill to protect kids online just advanced in the Senate. Here's what you should know "https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/11/tech/earn-it-act-senate/index.html" - #2022-02-10 A bill aiming to protect children online reignites a battle over privacy and free speech "https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/02/10/senators-earn-it-privacy-children-safety/" - #2020-08-25 The New EARN IT Act Still Threatens Encryption and Child Exploitation Prosecutions "https://cdt.org/insights/the-new-earn-it-act-still-threatens-encryption-and-child-exploitation-prosecutions/" - #2020-03-03 Congress, Justice Department take aim at tech, hoping to halt spread of child sexual exploitation online "https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/03/03/section-230-justice-department-congress/" - #2018-03-21 Senate approves anti-sex-trafficking bill "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/21/politics/sex-trafficking-bill/index.html"

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