The School District of Lee County is now offering educators significant financial incentives to work in high-risk schools, teach hard-to-staff subjects and teach courses that have the greatest impact on student achievement.
More than half of board members are labeled “silent observers” during budget deliberations, new research confirms. Here’s how superintendents can prompt meaningful discussions.
In 2013, less than 60% of students in Alabaster City Schools were attending some form of college. Therefore, this superintendent had to make sure the other 40-plus percent had options available to them. Here’s how he did it.
Too often, school board members point their fingers away from themselves, says this school board member. It’s time for leadership to point the finger inward and ask, “What can we do better?”
As the new year begins, we find ourselves with two questions that have come up during debrief sessions in multiple districts.
Martin County School District Superintendent Michael Maine is in his second year as the top educator in the district. This year, he wants his staff to know that anything short of excellence is not good enough for kids.
The Sevier School District hasn’t hired a principal outside of its system in more than 30 years. Superintendent Cade Douglas shares his model for investing in his administrators.
Nearly two years ago, starting salaries for teachers in South Carolina’s Beaufort County was $37,500. Now, it’s nearly 20 grand higher.
Often in superintendent turnover, it takes months—or even longer—for a district to replace a departed leader. Within the last week, however, two districts had their replacements ready just as their superintendents announced their retirements.
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