April 2020: School Administrator
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Differentiating the Complex from the ComplicatedA new language of leadership and governance, prompted by social communication and digital access to knowledge
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The Politicization of Local School Board RacesAdvocacy forces and big money from outside the community wield influence but not always with the expected results
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Transitioning with Integrity and ForesightHow to exit a superintendency with your reputation intact and your district well-positioned to move on to new leadership
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Social Media UsageA new national AASA survey reveals superintendents’ habits.
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A Prank Gone WrongThe complication: The school board president's twin daughters are among those implicated a few weeks before their graduation ceremony.
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Cheerleaders, the Anthem and the VFWWhat happens when school district leaders can’t stay ahead of the misinformation being spread across social media? The superintendent in Coraopolis, Pa., shared a case study.
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Texting Relationships Between Students and StaffAn effective school policy on communication ought to pass the TAP test: Transparent, Accessible, Professional.
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Steering Clear of Conflicts of InterestThe importance of distinguishing between what are legal conflicts and ethical conflicts, real or perceived. They often involve personnel matters.
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Practicing Patience When Overnight Change Doesn’t Exist
The fast-forward button does not work when a superintendent seeks large-scale change.
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Doing Your Situational Best
The fraught thinking about always being able to perform at one’s highest level, according to a veteran school system leader.
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Acting Out of Fear on School SafetyA counterproductive force to building the trusting culture needed to support student learning.
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Social Justice For AllIn January, I participated in a community celebration of the 25th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. During the inspiring breakfast gathering, students shared their award-winning “Spoken Words” projects
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A Perennial Check on Board RelationsA superintendent’s success depends highly on how he or she gets along with the school board.
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'Responsibility Just Oozes Out'The 2020 National Superintendent of the Year finalist knows from experience what it’s like to grow up in a migrant farm family.
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Cutting a Sharp Profile
Every superintendent who earns the lofty honor of National Superintendent of the Year carries a distinctive personal story with him or her. That’s certainly the case with the 2020 award winner, Gustavo Balderas, whose early
life was spent in the farm fields of eastern Oregon alongside his parents, migrant laborers from Mexico.
His inspirational story offers testimony to the catalytic role of public education in this country. It’s captured succinctly
in about 800 words by freelance writer Paul Riede in our profile section this month, where you can discover a few notable facets of Balderas, superintendent
in Eugene, Ore. You can read a more detailed account of Balderas and what places him among the cream of the
crop of his profession in Conference Daily Online, a publication produced during AASA’s national conference in February.
We use
the magazine’s profile page each month to highlight on a personal level the work of an accomplished school system leader (and AASA member) whom we believe deserves our readers’ attention. Over the next several months, you will read our
short profiles of the three other national finalists for the NSOY honor.
Of course, we also welcome suggestions from our readers. If you’re aware of someone in the superintendency with a distinctive back story, an unusual rise to
the superintendency or an unusual professional accomplishment, I encourage you to reach out to me for our consideration.
Jay P. Goldman
Editor, School Administrator
703-875-0745
jgoldman@aasa.org
@JPGoldman
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