Seen & Heard Around the Conference: A Ringing Sound and the Staff Look-alikes
Ringing in His Ears AASA staff member Bryan Joffe was in the right place at the right moment long after most conference attendees had cleared out of the convention center in the late afternoon on Friday. An attendee approached Joffe to see if he could help her locate a lost cell phone. Joffe suggested she call the […]
Seen & Heard Around the Conference: A Conference Gone to the Dogs, Mimbleballs and Massages to the Max
It’s not shocking that the stress-relief puppies stationed in the health and wellness center of the AASA conference exhibit hall would be a hit with attendees who live pressure-filled work lives. For one woman who declined to give her name, the therapy dogs represented the “best part of the conference.” In response, another woman remarked […]
Seen & Heard Around the Conference: Gothard’s Gospel, a Food Fight and a Running Start to the Day
Minutes after he accepted the 2024 National Superintendent of the Year title, Joe Gothard had some memorable lessons to pass along to fellow superintendents who populated the 1st General Session in San Diego on Thursday afternoon. Gothard, superintendent in Saint Paul, Minn., said from the stage that he lived by the “3 L’s” when dealing […]
Seen & Heard Around the Conference: One Talented Performer on All Fields and Hot Book Sellers at the Conference
Talented in Words and Deeds One of the youngest members of the reporting staff at this year’s AASA conference proved she carries assorted skills at a high level. After logging a nine-hour workday Friday as a reporting intern for Conference Daily Online, Emma Siebold, a senior at Smithson Valley High School in Spring Branch, Texas, […]
Seen and Heard Around the Conference: Rockets, Flying Pigs And Replaying the Super Bowl
Before he got into the meat of his keynote speech on Friday morning, Stephen M.R. Covey couldn’t resist offering a counterpoint to the earlier remarks at the 2nd General Session of Frank Henderson Jr., president of the National School Boards Association who hails from Topeka, Kan. In his NSBA greeting, Henderson expressed his glee with […]
Seen & Heard Around the Conference: Breakfast Favorites, a New York Takeover and Images of AASA Transition
Breakfast Cereal on His Mind AASA public policy staffer Tara Thomas briefed the Governing Board on Wednesday about AASA’s position on proposed new federal nutrition standards for school meals, during which she referenced the sugar content in some popular offerings favored by students. Once she had finished, Paul Imhoff, AASA past president, couldn’t resist his […]
Seen & Heard Around the Conference: Stress Readings Among Attendees and a Trip Ticket South of the Border
A Stressful Bunch in the Crowds Maybe it was the overwhelming feelings of pressure back home that brought so many to Nashville this week. Preliminary results of a brief survey on superintendent stress promoted by AASA Executive Daniel Domenech at the 1st General Session showed more than three-quarters of respondents appear to be experiencing moderate […]
Seen & Heard Around the Conference
A few brief tidbits captured by reporters for AASA’s Conference Daily Online during the 2020 national conference in San Diego.