ESSER’s End Will Demand Greater Cross-Sector Collaboration for Public Schools to Continue Their Pandemic Recovery, Conference Panel Says
School district leaders and experts on after-school and summer programming for students discussed the end of ESSER, a vital federal source of school revenues over the past four years, at a Thought Leader presentation at the AASA national conference Thursday. The panel consisted of Quintin Shepherd, superintendent in Pflugerville, Texas; Magaly Sanchez, chief family advancement […]
Here for Each and Every Kid: Thought Leaders Panel Illustrates What Inclusive School Practices Look Like in Their Districts
Successful inclusion requires “skill and will” for teachers and school leaders. This was one of many powerful messages from Thought Leaders on “Creating Equity in Practice for Successful Learners with Disabilities.” What did they mean by successful inclusion? Carol Quirk, founder and director of special projects at the Maryland Coalition for Inclusive Education, defined inclusion […]
Practical Thinking Behind Culturally Responsive School Leadership Shared by Three-Member Thought Leader Panel
Finding qualified, culturally responsive candidates to become the next principals of schools is a job made more difficult by a growing teacher and principal shortage. Mark Gooden, professor of educational leadership at Columbia University Teachers College, made the case for equity-centered principal pipelines as a solution in his research report “A Culturally-Responsive School Leadership Approach […]
Sanfelippo, in Packed Thought Leader Session, Delivers Appealing Nuggets for Leading Schools With Intention
Coffee wasn’t needed to energize a crowd of attendees on the first morning of the AASA conference in San Diego. All that was needed was a shot of Joe Sanfelippo. The recently retired superintendent of the Fall Creek School District in Wisconsin revved up a standing-room only crowd at the Thought Leader session “Lead from […]
Thought Leader Urges Revolutionary Approach to Superintendency in These Perilous Times
In a Thought Leader session that could be best described as a near-religious experience, Professor Christopher Emdin of the University of Southern California reminded the lively audience of their overall mission to transform teaching and learning. Comparing superintendents of schools to that of the role of a superintendent of a police department, he spoke about […]
AASA’s Learning 2025 Superintendents Look Forward, Not Back, in Front of AASA Conference Audience
Superintendents discussed what it takes to look forward, not back, as they discussed key takeaways from their involvement with AASA’s Learning 2025 Demonstration Systems Network, the subject of a conference session on Thursday afternoon. “We always look back to do better,” said moderator Raymond McNulty, president of the Successful Practices Network. “That’s like trying to […]
