January 2021: School Administrator
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A Conversation with John Kotter: Leading Transformative ChangeKotter discusses the differences between leadership and management, the evolution of organizational management, and the importance of having a collaborative network rather than a hierarchy to be successful.
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Well-Prepared to Engage Our Youngest LearnersA positive outlook from one district on distance learning.
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How AASA’s Cohort Sparked My Early Learning KnowledgeHow my involvement in the Early Learning cohort changed the way I see and do things in my district.
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An Assessment Tool for Early LearningA web-based evaluation rubric for measuring impact in preschool and early grades.
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What Head Start Can Teach Us About Engaging FamiliesA former school administrator discovers applicable ideas once on the job leading Head Start's national office.
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The Power of PlayA Finnish educator’s views on the essential place of unstructured school time during the school day.
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A Research Base for Exploration at Our Early Learners AcademyImagine a preschool where lifelike murals of a dinosaur, sea creatures and an arctic wolf cover the walls and children crawl through an igloo or board a submarine to learn about the ocean.
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Social Media PresenceHow many superintendents are daily users and how many try to stay away from social media?
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Tattling on Truant PeersWhat’s a school district administrator to do with knowledge shared by a son about his friends’ inclination to skip online classes in a neighboring school system?
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Reducing Liability From ComplaintsLimiting the school district’s risk will mean de-escalating parental or citizen beefs before they reach the courts.
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Policy Pitfalls Awaiting Triage
Working together to update your school board policy book that often grow dusty without periodic attention and renewal as conditions change.
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There’s No Leadership Without ‘Nuance’
The venerable book author wonders whether school leaders today carry the ability to link contextual details to the big picture to effect complex change.
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One Study Is Enough To Be Dangerous
Educators ought to be wary of relying on a single piece of research to back one’s position with confidence.
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Janitor to Custodian to Superhero
The women and men who work every day to keep our facilities clean and safe are due much more appreciation and thanks than ever before.
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Creating Spaces for CollaborationMaking time for partnerships and cooperation to benefit early learners.
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Our Actions on the Early Learning FrontHow your professional association is making a major commitment to growing early childhood programs nationally.
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A Former Band Director Strikes a NoteThe superintendent in Grandview, Mo., had all of his communication channels open and operating when the pandemic struck.
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Editor's Note
A Primer on Early Learning Today
Few educators who ultimately reach the superintendency have logged time assigned to preschools and the primary grades earlier in their working lives. That lends even more value to the informative and up-close experiences that AASA’s Early Learning cohort is yielding about the components of leadership support for the youngest learners, one of the subjects addressed in this month’s issue.
The closing of schools and childcare centers owing to the coronavirus has made clear the serious impact on the learning of those in preschools and the primary grades, making this focus of School Administrator notably timely and pertinent.
Our editorial lineup examines the virtual engagement of young learners and trauma sensitivity for educators. We also are carrying articles by Deborah Bergeron, who heads the national office of Head Start, and Pasi Sahlberg, the noted Finnish educator whose latest book describes the value of free play for students embedded in the school day.
And you won’t want to pass up the conversation between John Kotter, one of the pre-eminent researchers on organizational change, and Larry Nyland, a two-decade veteran of the superintendency. It’s the latest installment of our magazine’s Thought Leadership Series consisting of interviews with book authors popular among education leaders.
Jay P. Goldman
Editor, School Administrator
703-875-0745
jgoldman@aasa.org
@JPGoldman
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