Gender, Race Reveal Interesting Trends in Recent Surveys of Who’s Landing Top School District Jobs
At a concurrent session on “Gender, Race, Ethnicity and School District Composition,” AASA conference attendees on Thursday learned about trends showing school districts were filling openings for superintendent vacancies previously led by women with a male at the start of the pandemic, yet the reasons for this are much less clear. An AASA survey of […]
Four Superintendents Ply Their Districts’ Experiences When Detailing How They are Paving a 21st Century Pathway for Learning
Four panelists from rural school districts around the country discussed how to prepare their students for a 21st century world, drawing on their distinctive experiences. The AASA conference session Thursday afternoon took place in the Knowledge Exchange Theater. Brian Creasman, superintendent of Fleming Country Schools in Flemingsburg, Ky.; Matt Dillon, superintendent of Petal School District […]
Thought Leader Panel Tackles the Indispensable Place of Social Emotional Learning in K-12 Schooling Today
Social and emotional learning, or SEL, isn’t just for students. It’s for everybody involved in the education of young people. SEL is a practice used to teach emotional skills to students and support them, their families and their educators. During a Thought Leader panel at AASA’s National Conference on Education Thursday afternoon, superintendents and researchers […]
Ithaca Superintendent Fuels Fellow School System Leaders on the Path of Learning 2025’s Mission
Superintendents and their teams from Learning 2025’s demonstration school systems across the country gathered for a status check Wednesday prior to the start of AASA’s 2022 National Conference on Education. With introductions from Ray McNulty, president of the Successful Practices Network, and Steve Webb, former superintendent in Vancouver, Wash., who serves as a senior consultant […]
Pre-Conference Workshop Shows What It Takes to Equip Students With Relevant Skills for Succeeding in the 21st Century
Several superintendents who have created “Portraits of a Graduate” in their school districts sat on a panel for an AASA pre-conference workshop, “Your Roadmap to 21st Century Learning Starts Here,” in Nashville on Wednesday. As the workforce and the world around students evolves, districts must be preparing learners for the world that awaits them after […]
Suburban Oak Park District Details Its Route to Diversifying the Teacher Applicant Pool
Carol Kelley, superintendent of Oak Park Elementary School District 97 in Oak Park, Ill., called for more significant recruitment of racial and ethnic diversity among teachers nationwide at Saturday’s AASA national conference session, “Recruitment and Hiring for Diversity and Equity.”
Keeping Your Community in Mind When Developing a School Safety Plan
School districts need to emphasize the importance of effective school safety practices and evaluate practices that are currently in place.
When the Going Gets Tough, Stick it Out, Veterans Advise Superintendents
Job longevity for public school superintendents is notoriously short. Three years, on average, is the oft-cited number. But a handful…
Video: Susan Enfield on Responsibility for Promoting Women into Leadership Posts (2:12)
Susan Enfield, superintendent of Highline Public Schools in Washington, encourages fellow school leaders to speak out on behalf of women aspiring for roles in educational leadership in this brief video. Enfield is a 2020 AASA Women in School Leadership honoree, awarded at the National Conference on Education in San Diego.
Panelists Show How the Tech Revolution Pushes Schools to Build New Career-Related Skills
There are four well-known industrial revolutions: the mechanization revolution in Great Britain, focusing on machinery and steam power; the mass production revolution started by assembly lines with Ford and Carnegie; the computer automation revolution of the last few decades, and the current shift to cyber and physical systems with new technology such as 5G.