February 2017: School Administrator
Strategies for doubling down on student skill building
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A Novel Idea: Stimulating Literacy via Students’ TED TalksTen years ago, Sir Ken Robinson delivered the most popular TED Talk of all time, which posed the question “Do schools kill creativity?”
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What Do Experts Recommend for Literacy Models?Academic researchers have well-formed ideas about what works
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Superintendents Who Model Family LiteracySteve Anderson sat down one fall day in 2015 for an intimate story time with 600 kindergartners and 1st graders, the junior high school cheerleading team and a giant hamster in a football jersey.
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Layered Leadership for Literacy
How the schools in Waterville, Maine, align coaching support for teachers to raise the level of achievement.
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Personalizing Learning for English LearnersWilder, Idaho superintendent discusses non-negotiables for successful implementation of personalized learning for English learners in a rural community.
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Busting Myths About English Language LearnersA teacher-training professor describes three widespread misunderstandings that shortchange students who speak minimal or no English.
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How the Other Half TeachesWhen it comes to classroom paraprofessionals, many schools miss the opportunity to have them contribute to students' language learning.
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Plans After RetirementSuperintendents’ intentions once the job ends.
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A Surprise in StorageA few AP history students stumble across sexually graphic themes on a personal jump drive bearing educational resources lent by their teacher for a group project. Their parents complain. How does administration respond?
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FERPA's Collision With Social MediaDefining students’ education records broadly presents compliance challenges in the smartphone era.
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Preventing Board Abuse of Open Meetings ActsEver face a choice between following the law and looking the other way? Sunshine laws are ripe for such dilemmas.
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What We Learned About Supporting Staff Growth
Colorado's Boulder Valley District partnered with the teachers' association to devise a better evaluation system.
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What’s the Matter With Kids (and Their Parents) Today?Schooling’s role in increasing children’s long-term dependence on their parents.
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Even Voluntary Summer Programs Can Be Beneficial
A Wallace Foundation study of school districts identified key practices for raising learning in the off-season.
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Involvement vs. EngagementWhat’s in a word? At a recent conference I attended, Karen Mapp, a senior lecturer on education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, effectively explained the difference between family involvement and family engagement.
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Inside AASA: Chris Daw and Jennifer RooneyThe association's staff that stages big gatherings and smaller sessions for members.
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Lending More College Options to Students
Historically black universities provide an affordable option and a diverse student body.
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A Personal Lesson in PatienceA latecomer to the education field who exudes patience.
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Editor's Note
Free Verse, in Free Time
It’s hard to imagine a superintendent could possibly pursue a serious outside interest, given the job’s consuming nature. That’s why we occasionally showcase some of the more distinctive hobbies and avocations we’ve discovered among AASA members. Usually, we feature them in the People Watch page’s Sidelight section, where in the last few years we’ve turned up a skydiver, a dog trainer, a competitive ballroom dancer and an umpire in the Little League World Series.
To that list of sundry pursuits, we can add that of a professional poet. Nancy Lubarsky, superintendent of a small district in Mountainside, N.J., is about to publish her second book of poetry, The Only Proof (Aldrich Press), in May. This follows Tattoos (Finishing Line Press), a collection of poems published two years ago. Her poetry also has appeared in the Edison Literary Review, Poetica, Paterson Literary Review and other refereed journals.
It should not be surprising to learn that Lubarsky, a Garden State native, started as an English teacher and earned both her master’s and doctorate in English.
Rather than shoehorn Lubarsky into the 100-word Sidelight section, we’ve turned over our back-page Leadership Lite to her timely free verse lyric poem. It’s titled “A Snow Day?” Enjoy.
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