Video: Lesley Bruinton on Winning the Women Leadership Award (School Level) (1:36)
Lesley Bruinton, public relations coordinator, Tuscaloosa City Schools in Tuscaloosa, Ala., reacts to being named the recipient of the 2020 AASA Women in School Leadership Award (school level). In a short video, she expresses gratitude to AASA for recognizing women in school leadership and has advice for other women aspiring to advance in their careers.
Connecticut Superintendent Gains Inaugural Digital Superintendency Honor From AASA
The superintendent of Meriden Public Schools in Meriden Conn., Mark D. Benigni, was honored with the first EmpowerED Digital Superintendent of the Year Award during the 2nd General Session at the AASA national conference in San Diego.
Video: Gustavo Balderas on His ‘Humbling Honor’ as 2020’s Top Superintendent (2:51)
In this short video (2:51), Gustavo Balderas, superintendent of Eugene School District 4J in Eugene, Ore., delivered remarks upon accepting the 2020 AASA National Superintendent of the Year award at the AASA conference’s 1st General Session in San Diego on Feb. 13. For more information, visit www.aasa.org.
Two Education Attorneys Picked for First Friend of AASA Awards
Jacinda H. Conboy, general counsel with the New York State Council of School Superintendents, and Marie Sneed, partner with Washington, D.C.-based Hogan Lovells U.S., are the 2020 recipients of the first Friend of AASA Award. They will receive their awards at the 2nd General Session of the AASA national conference on Friday in San Diego.
Champions for Equity to Receive Effie Jones Humanitarian Award
Steven T. Webb, superintendent of Vancouver Public Schools, and the late Joe A. Hairston, former associate professor at Howard University and co-founder of the AASA/Howard University Urban Superintendents Academy, will be recognized as Dr. Effie H. Jones Humanitarian Award recipients at the 1st General Session of the AASA national conference in San Diego on Thursday, Feb. 13.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
National Superintendent of Year Finalists Hail from Georgia, New York, Oregon and Virginia
The 2020 National Superintendent of the Year® will be announced at the AASA national conference’s 1st General Session on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 13, in San Diego.