January 2025: School Administrator
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Toward Transformational EngagementTopeka’s superintendent on how school systems can move into authentic levels of parental participation.
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Opening Windows into Students’ LivesThe disparate approaches of three school districts as they create connections with families.
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Geographic RepresentationThe regions of the country where women serve in greatest numbers in the superintendency.
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Refusing Service from a Disreputable CharacterOur panel analyzes whether a school contract ought to be severed when a business owner is accused of sexual assault.
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What a Superintendent Learns from Board ServiceWhat the author picked up from his own school board membership that he could apply when running a district.
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Dealing with Negative Comments OnlineDon’t let social media be the only outlet for sharing complaints. Personal contacts by phone or in person make a human connection.
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Getting Back on the HorseNegative professional experiences shake our confidence. Accepting failure as inevitable helps propel us forward.
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Supporting Co-Teaching Special Education CollaborativelyThe coordination between principals and central office impacts the staffing for educating students with disabilities.
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Unplugging for the Better: A Mid-Year Cellphone Shutdown
How a school district effectively communicated its forthcoming change on handheld devices in classrooms.
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Toward Authentic, Intentional EngagementFamily engagement in schooling needs to be a genuine partnership going beyond simple updates.
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Keep It in the FamilyFamily matters played a big part the author’s career.
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Sidelight: Amy AlzinaA Sidelight features Lululemon ambassador Amy Alzina.
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Wasatch Native Champions His HometownThe superintendent in Wasatch County, Utah, champions his hometown.
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Editor's Note
Family Dynamics of the Superintendency
It was back in junior high school in Auburn, N.Y., when I first got a whiff of understanding about the unique occupational role played by a school superintendent. It came in the form of losing a friend who lived around the corner from our family’s house. She’d been a classmate, a really sharp student as I recall, and then she was gone at the end of 7th grade, after just three school years, moving with her family as her father left the superintendency in Auburn for a position in administration with the state education agency.
Many of us cannot appreciate what it means to grow up as the daughter or son of the person who oversees everything connected to the schools in the community. We’re exploring this subject, as well as what it’s like to parent a school-age child or children while you’re the superintendent, in this distinctive issue of School Administrator that looks at several facets of superintendent family dynamics.
In a feature we’ve titled “All in the Family” by Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, we look at families with pairs of superintendents who happen to be spouses or siblings or hold a parent-offspring relationship. We’re profiling eight families with these unusual matches.
Lots of good human interest angles to entertain and enlighten you here. Tell us what you think and about others we’ve not mentioned.
Jay P. Goldman
Editor, School Administrator
703-875-0745
jgoldman@aasa.org
@JPGoldman
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