Conference Daily Online 2024

February 15

AASA's award-winning newsletter, providing daily coverage of key speakers, topical sessions, photos and video clips of the conference.

2024 National Superintendent of the Year

Joe Gothard, superintendent in Saint Paul, Minn., is named 2024 National Superintendent of the Year. Photo by Sandy Huffaker.

Lead From Where You Are

Retired Wisconsin superintendent Joe Sanfelippo led a Thought Leader session Thursday. Photo by Howard Lipin.

AASA Exhibit Hall

Vendors and exhibitors will be available to engage with attendees in Exhibit Hall A&B. Photo by Lyla Kelley.

Passion-Driven Leadership

Zandra Jo Galvan interacts with attendees at her session, "Passion-Driven Leadership: Leading with Purpose!" Photo by Jimmy Minichello.

Presidential Candidates

The three candidates for 2024 president-elect of AASA speak i at the 1st General Session. Photo by Sandy Huffaker.

Keynote Speech

Artificial intelligence visionary Abran Maldonado spoke about generative AI at the National Conference on Education. Photo by Sandy Huffaker.

Top News

Joe Gothard of St. Paul, Minn., Named 2024 National Superintendent of the Year at AASA Conference’s 1st General Session

NSOY Honoree Joe Gothard Discovers Personal Connections and Cultural Relevance as Central to Student Success in a Diverse School Community

In 1st General Session Keynote, Artificial Intelligence Proponent Asks School Leaders to Embrace an ‘Augmented Tomorrow’

Sanfelippo, in Packed Thought Leader Session, Delivers Appealing Nuggets for Leading Schools With Intention

AASA Governance

Federal Relations Lunch Crowd Digests a Journalist’s Tale of School Choice in America

In First Address as Executive Director, Schuler Vows AASA’s Help to ‘Smash Those Compliance-Driven Barriers and Empower You to Lead for Tomorrow’

AASA’s Three Candidates for the Association’s Presidency Get Face Time with Voters at Conference’s Opening Session

17 of AASA’s Past Presidents Get One More Bow in the Spotlight at 1st General Session

AASA Awards

[Video] Joe Gothard: 2024 National Superintendent of the Year® (3:10)

Odds and Ends: Joe Gothard’s Inclusive Nature and His Distinctive Deeds Define a National Honoree in the Superintendency

Women in School Leadership Awards to be Handed Out in Two Categories at Conference’s 2nd General Session

Trio of Education Leaders to Receive Distinguished Service Honors at AASA’s 2024 National Conference

Horace Mann League to Recognize Three Educators at Annual Luncheon in San Diego

Topical Sessions

How Superintendents Relate to Their DEI Coordinators Will Dictate What Progress is Possible in School Districts

[Video] The Politics of the Superintendency: An Emerging Framework (3:08)

New Collaborative for Superintendents on Learning the Political Skills Required for Moving Forward for Students When Times Turn Contentious

Embracing Collective Authorship: Reimagining School Marketing for More Powerful Storytelling

Association Executives Panel: Our Professional Groups Must Unify to Impact the Essential Educator Pipeline

[Video] Stopping Summer Slide (1:41)

Educators Challenged by Panel to Find Productive Ways to Allow Artificial Intelligence to Expand Horizons for Teachers and Students

Department of Defense, Education Systems Join Forces to Demystify Modern Military Enlistments

[Video] The Alpha Generation: Game on! (3:09)

Reclaiming the Narrative of What Public Education Delivers to Students Takes Diligence, Thought Leader Panel of Superintendents Testifies

[Video] Career Development Begins in Kindergarten (2:01)

TED Talks by Kindergarteners? It’s All in the World of Work in Cajon Valley.

[Video] Social Media and Education (1:52)

In K-12 Education, Consider Social Media’s Plusses Outweighing the Cons, a Superintendent Panel Enthusiastically Touts

Four Superintendents Share How They’ve Steered Their Districts Clear of ESSER’s Fiscal Cliff

Practical Thinking Behind Culturally Responsive School Leadership Shared by Three-Member Thought Leader Panel

Around the Conference

Exhibit Hall’s Inaugural School Safety Lab Moves an Already High Priority to Central Focus for School Leaders

Exercise in the Exhibit Hall Does Yield Its Desserts – Sometimes Mango, Sometimes Berry

[Video] AASA Health & Wellness Center (1:20)

Just About Anything Qualifies in 2024 as Prime Educational Material, a First-Timer in AASA’s Exhibit Hall Discovers

Seen & Heard Around the Conference: Gothard’s Gospel, a Food Fight and a Running Start to the Day

AASA Conference Daily Podcast

[Podcast] The Potential of Artificial Intelligence feat. Bill Daggett

[Podcast] Chronic Absenteeism feat. Leslie Torres-Rodriguez

Program Changes

Cancelled Session: Pathway to Student Success: Innovated and Equity Center Approach to Accountability, Saturday from 8-9 a.m., Room 1-B
Cancelled: Delaney Ruston, The Screenagers Trilogy: Mental Health Resilience in the Digital Age, Saturday from 9:15-10:15 a.m., Room 11-B

Note: Changes in the 2024 conference schedule reported to AASA will appear in the conference app.