Big district gets new leader as busy hiring season continues
Broward County Public Schools’ superintendent resigned suddenly last week but there won’t be a national search to replace him.
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Staying sane: Leaders share the ways they de-stress and decompress
The student mental health crisis and high turnover in leadership have tilted the spotlight toward the wellness of K12 leaders. Superintendent Shane McCord, for one, finds his moments of self-care zen by spending time with his family, fishing and—surprisingly or not—doing yard work.
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4 superintendents are switching places as hiring surge continues
T. Lamar Goree, a former Louisiana superintendent of the year, has been named the lone finalist to become the new leader of Duncanville Independent School District in Texas.
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5-year promise: How one leader steers her strategic plan
“When we present something going on in the district and link it to the strategic plan, that’s how we keep it alive and in front of the families,” Superintendent Rachel Monárrez says.
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ICYMI: DA’s latest Leadership Institute is all about self-care and branding
With all the attention placed on student mental health, a growing number of district leaders are now looking to their own self-care to better support themselves and their districts.
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Female leaders are now taking the helm of several districts
Interim superintendents in South Carolina, Illinois and New Jersey were promoted to the full-time position in another busy week of hiring.
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Leaders forced to close more schools by 2 big concerns
Wichita Public Schools in Kansas will close six schools to cover a $42 million budget shortfall as San Francisco’s superintendent declares “We must have fewer schools than we do now.”
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New group of superintendent hires reflects diversity—to a degree
Administrators from underrepresented groups and women are stepping up but white men continue to represent the majority of new superintendents picked by school boards.
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School boards are now spending more time on these 5 topics
Is your school board focused on the same topics that are of growing concern at their counterparts’ meetings in other districts and states?
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Superintendent’s Playbook: Interviewing at a new district? Leave your vision at the door
When Neil Gupta was interviewing for the top spot at Ohio’s Oakwood Schools this time last year, he was asked what his vision for the district was. Can leaders provide such a response without conversing with their community first?
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