January 2024: School Administrator
Public Health in Public Schools
This issue examines some distinctive ways that public schools deliver health services to their communities today.
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Additional Articles
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District Support for Students Experiencing HomelessnessFive school districts’ strategies for protecting their most vulnerable students and increasing support services.
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Productive Partners: Schools and Health Care OrganizationsHow school-based health centers can help address inequities by providing resources to students.
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School Districts Make Room for TelehealthIn rural and remote regions, providing access to health care in schools through digital communication.
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Disrespectful CommunicationSurveyed superintendents say ill-mannered interactions with parents have gotten worse.
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A Mother’s Muzzling RequestHow ought a counselor handle demands from a parent of a transgender child to tell friends to halt their messaging after the child transfers?
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Limits to Speaking Your Mind in SchoolBalancing staff members’ free speech rights with managing an effective workforce.
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Influencing Public Perception With Proactive VideosA communication consultant’s suggestions for using sounds and scenes for spreading positive developments.
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Navigating Board Buy-In StrategiesGaining governance support for new initiatives and processes in the district.
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District Communication Pros Need a Seat at Your TablePublic information officers can help your schools tell their stories.
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Trust at the Red Light
The importance of trusting yourself when handling competing demands and disputes.
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Walking in the Footsteps of a TragedyRecounting the haunting experience of visiting Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., amidst a call for addressing gun violence.
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Public Health in Public SchoolsAASA’s executive director on how his former district attended to student needs.
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Streamlining the Association’s Financial OperationsThe finance department’s new director streamlines the association’s fiscal operations.
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Sidelight: Don KillingbeckA Michigan superintendent who judges beard-growing contests.
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Change Agent for Changed SchoolsLittle Rock’s superintendent is a change agent for changed schools.
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Editor's Note
A Practicum on Health Practices
In the interest of expressing gratitude where it’s due, I want to sincerely thank someone who is not on our magazine staff for doing the early planning that led to this month’s issue on public health approaches to benefit public schooling.
The heavy lifting in identifying appropriate topics and potential contributors was handled by Rebecca Shaw as part of a full-semester project tied to her master’s degree in public health at George Washington University. Her practicum required that she produce several deliverables — including a literature review and an editorial plan — that we incorporated into the theme issue now in front of you.
Rebecca previously had spent four years working for AASA on grant-funded initiatives relating to school support for children. She’s now a communications coordinator with the Food Research & Action Center in Washington, D.C.
Our magazine’s partnership with a graduate student was new and worthwhile. I’m sure you’ll find some interesting fare on the health front resulting from her important contribution.
Jay P. Goldman
Editor, School Administrator
703-875-0745
jgoldman@aasa.org
@JPGoldman
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