In K-12 Education, Consider Social Media’s Plusses Outweighing the Cons, a Superintendent Panel Enthusiastically Touts
With a title like “Social Media & Education: Oh My!,” you might have expected fireworks at this AASA conference panel discussion Thursday. If so, you would have been wrong. The panelists — Gustavo Balderas, superintendent of the Beaverton School District in Oregon; Steve Langford, Beaverton’s chief information officer; Nick Polyak, superintendent of the Leyden Community […]
Odds and Ends: Joe Gothard’s Inclusive Nature and His Distinctive Deeds Define a National Honoree in the Superintendency
A collection of short takes about what defines the 2024 National Superintendent of the Year, Joe Gothard of St. Paul, Minn. Following in a Teacher’s Footsteps Like many high school freshmen, Joe Gothard struggled at times during his student life. But his biology teacher at Robert M. La Follette High School in Madison, Wis., Roger […]
Joe Gothard of St. Paul, Minn., Named 2024 National Superintendent of the Year at AASA Conference’s 1st General Session
Joe Gothard, who has served as superintendent of Saint Paul Public Schools in St. Paul, Minn., since 2017, was crowned Thursday afternoon as the 2024 National Superintendent of the Year. He becomes the 37th recipient of the profession’s highest honor. The announcement was made at the 1st General Session of AASA’s National Conference on Education […]
Search Firms at Superintendent Job Fair Expect Plenty of Foot Traffic at 2019 Conference
Fifteen firms in the business of conducting executive-level searches will be represented at a superintendent job fair at the 2019 AASA National Conference on Education.
AASA’s Superintendent Salary Study Documents Averages and Gains
Median salaries for superintendents across the U.S., computed by school district enrollment, ranged from about $95,000 for the smallest districts to about $260,000 for those leading the largest enrollment districts, according to a newly issued survey by AASA, The School Superintendents Association.