Twenty School System Leaders Mark Finish of AASA’s National Superintendent Certification
Eighteen school leaders are being recognized at AASA’s 2020 national conference in San Diego for successfully completing the National Superintendent Certification Program®, administered by the association. An evening ceremony in their honor takes place following the conference’s 1st General Session on Feb. 13. The AASA National Superintendent Certification Program® sharpens the skills that successful superintendents […]
Conference Attendance Best in a Decade
The 3,600 people involved in this year’s AASA National Conference on Education in San Diego is the highest total in more than a decade, Executive Director Daniel Domenech told the AASA Governing Board on Wednesday.
Nearing Century Mark, AASA’s Century Club Keeps Tradition Alive
The Century Club 100, which was the original governing board of AASA, is believed to the oldest continuing tradition associated with the AASA National Conference on Education. Formed in 1925, the Century Club will convene its members for the 95th time in the Balboa/Mission Hills Room at the San Diego Marriott Marquis and Marina on Thursday, Feb. 13, […]
Third Class of Educators Completes AASA’s Aspiring Superintendents Academy®
The 2019 class of 19 superintendents and other administrators to graduate from AASA’s Aspiring Superintendents Academy® will be recognized at the association’s National Conference on Education in San Diego, Calif. A reception in their honor will take place on the evening of Thursday, Feb. 13, following the conference’s 1st General Session. This group of aspiring […]
Membership Dues Increase Will Support AASA’s State-Level Training
The AASA Governing Board unanimously approved a modest dues increase for the coming year to help the association support its state affiliates as they build programs for aspiring superintendents and superintendent certification. The measure, which takes effect July 1, will raise dues by $10 to $470 a year for those in the active membership category. […]
Developing Equity as an Authentic Journey of Love, the Focus of a Pre-Conference Workshop
In Ithaca, N.Y., City School District, where Luvelle Brown has been superintendent for eight years, he has set his sights on improving culturally responsive practices and mindsets. He uses the phrase building a “culture of love” because culture is critical to teaching and learning. As an African American, he recalled during an AASA pre-conference workshop […]
Alaska Leader Takes Reins of Horace Mann League for 2020-21
The 98th annual meeting of the Horace Mann League in San Diego will host the installation of officers and board members for 2020-21. The public education advocacy group’s function will take place on Friday, Feb. 14, at the Marriott Marquis. The HML traditionally holds its annual meeting during the AASA national conference. The group’s incoming […]
AASA’s Decennial Study Defines Current State of the Superintendency
AASA’s latest 10-year state of the superintendency study captures trends that are defining the way school system leaders in America today approach their day-to-day work. Preliminary findings of the 2020 “AASA Decennial Study of the Superintendent” are being released at the AASA national conference in San Diego with the full study being published and distributed […]
AASA’s Urban Superintendent Academy Graduates 53 School Leaders
Fifty-three educators have completed AASA’s Urban Superintendents Academy programs that are co-sponsored by two major universities located on both coasts. The academy graduates will be recognized during an evening reception on Thursday, Feb. 13, following the 1st General Session at AASA’s 2020 National Conference on Education in San Diego. The Urban Superintendents Academy is a […]
Inaugural Group Finishes AASA Aspiring Superintendents Academy® Blended Learning Model
The first group of educators has graduated from AASA’s Aspiring Superintendents Academy® Blended Learning Model program, and they will be recognized at a reception in their honor on the evening of Thursday, Feb. 13, following the 1st General Session at the organization’s National Conference on Education in San Diego, Calif. The first graduating cohort consisted […]