August 2020: School Administrator
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Failure and RecoveryTwo school systems on what it requires to bounce back from accreditation setbacks
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5 Misconceptions of High School AccreditationTwo insiders tout the value of peer reviews of practices of local school ecosystems
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Beyond Episodic ComplianceHow three school districts are using accreditation to leverage continuous improvement in different ways
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Age at First SuperintendencyAn infographic on when superintendents landed their first top job.
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Noxious Beyond the OdorHow would you advise a school board that’s been offered big money and needed property from a company with dubious practices?
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Nurturing Well-Being in Times of IsolationThe superintendent in Clinton Prairie, Ind., on positive applications of social media during a period of isolation.
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Getting the Most Out of Your School AttorneyBegin with an understanding of who works for whom.
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Gaining Gravitas That Comes With Seasoning
Approaching your school board with confidence will help when dealing with noneducator governing bodies.
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No, I Am Not Color BlindThe dangerous confusion wrought by our failure to confront questions of race and bias.
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By Peering Through Windows, I Let Principals LeadThe superintendent in Brookville, Pa. on observing school operations by simply walking around and engaging.
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Why I Asked to Teach a CourseAn Oregon superintendent on how the one-semester course elective she leads has refreshed her perspective.
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Embracing Hope and Self-CareThere are two competing human impulses. One is the fear of losing what we love and the other is the hope for a better day. …
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The Tenuous and the Untenable in ReopeningMultiple scenarios accompany the expected restart of school building use.
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A Leadership Pulpit to Uplift OpportunityThe superintendent in Hampton, Va., pursues a differentiated pathway.
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A New World for Accreditation
This month’s issue revisits a subject we’ve pretty much overlooked for the past three decades: the role played by regional accreditation bodies. School Administrator’s last concentrated attention came in a theme issue way back in September 1993. That issue addressed the whats and the whys of gaining accredited status for schools, and the superintendent in Temperance, Mich., Herbert Moyer, contributed an article about what it took to lead his district’s four schools to full accreditation.
At that time, six accrediting bodies that operated within well-defined geographic regions ruled the day. That landscape has changed markedly, as documented in several articles about school accreditation by freelance reporter Linda Chion Kenney. In a related piece, the heads of two of the four remaining accrediting agencies discuss a series of misconceptions about the high school accreditation process.
Of course, you shouldn’t overlook our lead piece by veteran educator Ray McNulty, “Operating in a VUCA World,” drawing on a concept long familiar to military tacticians. It’s a fitting descriptor for the current place of education leaders, too.
Jay P. Goldman
Editor, School Administrator
703-875-0745
jgoldman@aasa.org
@JPGoldman
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