New Learning on the High Seas
I took a chance today. When I come to NCE, I always seek opportunities for new learning. After all, is that not why we are here?
Leaders Know Relationships Transform Learning Over Time
Glenn is known as a fashionista around AASA. More important than socks or shoe styles are his words of wisdom to colleagues during the first ever social media session this morning. Glenn is connected. He gets it. He knows his role, and he is an unabashed, positive force on social media to champion his district.
The Trouble with Trolls
I love those little trolls in the DreamWorks movie “Trolls.” I especially love Poppy, who has a great personality and an even greater voice (played by Anna Kendrick, who you might remember from “Pitch Perfect.”)
Happy Valentine’s Day
Relationships are important in our professional and personal lives. Attending a conference together gives colleagues the opportunity to share professional development, but also to relax together. Last night, 10 colleagues from Maryland enjoyed dinner together. We laughed with and learned more about each other.
Marshall Memo Editor Shares Ideas for Improving Teaching and Teacher Feedback
Hollywood feeds the myth that great teachers are born, not made. Think “Stand and Deliver,” the story of math teacher Jaimie Escalante, whose students succeeded. Or “The Freedom Writers,” about the inspirational English teacher Hilary Swank who encouraged students to express themselves through writing.
VIDEO: Thought Leader Robert Balfanz on Redesigning High Schools (2:28)
Robert Balfanz, a professor of education at Johns Hopkins University, led a Thought Leader session Thursday at AASA’s national conference on redesigning high schools that meet needs of the 21st century.
Wallace Foundation Shares Strategies for Sustaining a Pipeline for Well-Prepared Principals
Sustaining a principal pipeline helps to cultivate a steady supply of well-prepared and well-supported new principals for schools, according to the newly published study report from The Wallace Foundation and Policy Studies Associates.
Why Use Social Media In Your District? #TellYourStory!
The message was clear to those sitting in the conference audience: If you’re not using social media to tell your story, then someone else surely is — and that story may paint a very different picture of your schools.
Virginia Beach Leader Uses Local Panel to Bolster Its Schools’ Security
On the one-year anniversary of the tragic mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla., superintendents gathered at an AASA conference session Thursday morning on “Rethinking School Safety and Successfully Leveraging Community Experts for Change.”
Two-Decade Army Vet Crowned 2019 National Superintendent of the Year®
Curtis L. Jones Jr., who spent the first 20 years of his professional life serving in the U.S. Army before taking on public school leadership in Georgia, was named the 2019 National Superintendent of the Year®.