August 2024: School Administrator
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Scheduling 3.0: Our Playbook on Delaying School Start TimesThe obstacles a Pennsylvania district overcame to redefine instructional delivery and reimagine district operations coming out of the pandemic.
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The Centrality of Operations Leaders in Transformational ChangeDon’t overlook a district’s bus drivers, finance staff, custodians and others who make the system flow if you seek to cultivate academic excellence.
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Recovering the Lost Legacy of a School SystemThe founder of Research for Better Teaching builds his case for why NYC’s Community School District 2 of a generation ago ought to be our model for a collaborative approach to teaching and learning.
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Shun an Intolerant Colleague?Our panel analyzes whether a gay school administrator should willingly share his model practices with a colleague who’s hostile to cultural responsiveness.
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Superintendent Salaries & GenderThe surprising comparative breakdown of pay among male and female leaders.
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Employee Privacy on Personal TechnologyTransparency laws may affect how school staff use their communication devices.
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Leading Through a Political MorassIn these hyper-partisan times, working with your school board members requires situational leadership.
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Embracing the Shenanigans of a SuperintendencyAn Illinois superintendent stars in quirky videos to showcase the vibrant culture at the heart of his school community.
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Modeling Civil Discourse May Be the Best We Can DeliverIn a new superintendency, the author sees the importance of embracing creative tension in his district.
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Screening Districtwide for Students’ Social-Emotional HealthA district’s universal screening for mental health helps educators take preventive action.
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We Are Better TogetherAs public educators, we are united around the common goal of doing what is right for our students and families.
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Leading with Vision and PurposeSchool leaders should embrace their responsibilities with creativity and unwavering commitment.
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Schlorff Builds Camaraderie Through Merged FunctionsThe association’s associate executive director for operations and finance sees collaboration generated from merged functions.
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Sidelight: Chris GdowskiA Sidelight on Chris Gdowski, superintendent in Thornton, Colo., with an unusual soda can collection.
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A Texas Visionary with EntrepreneurismThe system leader in Tomball, Texas, functions with distinction as an “enterprise superintendent.”
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Editor's Note
A Potpourri of Offerings
As a professional association magazine, School Administrator always welcomes editorial contributions from its members, as well as those in higher education, educational consulting and the education product/service industries.
The magazine’s three-person staff critiques each incoming submission for its relevancy to the world of school system leaders, its originality, clarity, writing quality and more. We’re selective in our reviewing. In one spring month this year, the magazine fielded nearly two dozen manuscripts for consideration.
A generation ago, School Administrator relied almost totally on these unsolicited manuscripts to fill our space. In recent decades, we’ve turned to seeking out and inviting leading experts and practitioners in school leadership to contribute on the particular themes selected for our editorial calendar a year ahead, making the competition pretty fierce.
Five of the feature-length articles this month were among those picked for use during the past year that didn’t align closely with a planned theme. That leaves us with quite a potpourri of relevant subjects that we hope you’ll find of interest.
As a parting note, I want to thank staff colleague Jimmy Minichello for his excellent video production work as the host and creator of our magazine’s monthly SA Extras videos that date back to 2016. Each three-minute SA Extras video featured a magazine article contributor whose work is prominent in that month’s issue. Jimmy departs this month after serving as AASA’s communications director for 11 years.
Jay P. Goldman
Editor, School Administrator
703-875-0745
jgoldman@aasa.org
@JPGoldman
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