AASA Radio- The School Superintendents Association

Rural school districts face unique challenges based on various economic and demographic changes that continue to squeeze school budgets.  In this episode, we look at how one rural school system is using creative strategies to support and expand high-quality education in rural public schools.

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David W. Gibson is a 22-year educator. 14 years in administration 5 as superintendent.  3rd year as superintendent of Paintsville Independent schools, which is a distinguished school system in Kentucky.  Chair of Kentucky Valley Education Cooperative. Dr. Jeff Hawkins is the Executive Director at the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative serving twenty-three school districts in eastern Kentucky. Through his leadership, KVEC has been recognized as one of the highest performing educational service agencies in the country and has been awarded three significant USDE awards within the last five years: an Investing in Innovation Award, a Project Prevent Award and a coveted Race to the Top – District Award that led to the development of the Appalachian Renaissance Initiative.

I this episode we talk about an enlightening new study on the importance and impact of creating a principal pipeline.

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Jody Spiro, Wallace's director of education leadership, began working at the foundation as a senior program officer in 2002. Her career as a senior educator and manager of education programs has spanned the private, public, nonprofit and international sectors. Her areas of specialization include leadership, facilitating active learning and systemic change processes. She is the author of Leading Change Step-by-Step: Tactics, Tools, and Tales and High-Payoff Strategies: How Education Leaders Get Results.

Join us as we talk with AASA Superintendent of the year as we reexamine and rethink what it means to help students become ready for college, career, and life.

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Dr. David R. Schuler is the superintendent of High School District 214 in northwest suburban Chicago and the 2018 National Superintendent of the Year. During his time as AASA president, he helped introduce Redefining Ready!, a multimetric approach to measuring students' postsecondary potential.

Gun violence, intolerance and hate are on the rise in schools around the country. Our guest leads a program to tackles these issues with aim of creating a healthier climate in schools.

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More than nine million students attend rural schools. Rural students, parents, communities, and superintendents have unique needs. Join us for a critical discussion on why rural education demands our attention.

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Robert Mahaffey

Director, Rural Programs, AASA—The School Superintendents Association and Executive Director

Rural School and Community Trust, a national nonprofit organization addressing the crucial relationship between good schools and thriving communities.

It's generally agreed that the system of teacher evaluation is broken. The question is how do we develop a new system which provides a valid means for evaluating teachers, allows for and supports improvement and includes a quick, but fair mechanism for removing teachers who don't perform. In this segment we discuss an AASA./AFT joint initiative to design a framework for creating an effective system.

The current administration and U.S Secretary of Education usher in a new era in education priorities. Join our panel of national education leaders as we discuss education priorities and who will set them.

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Daniel (Dan) Domenech is executive director of the American Association of School Administrators. JoAnne Bartoletti is the Executive Director of the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP). Gail Connelly is Executive Director of the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP). John D. Musso is Executive Director of the Association of School Business Officials International. Rhian Evans Allvin is the CEO of National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Patrick Riccards is chief communications and strategy officer for the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation and former local school board chairman.

Join us as we check in with a member of the first cohort of the Urban Superintendents Academy. The Academy is designed to meet the special challenges inner-city district leaders face.

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Dr. Jessica Huizenga serves as the Receiver/Superintendent of the Southbridge Public Schools, recently taken over by the state. As Receiver, she retains the full authority of the Superintendent and School Committee. She has been in Education for 19 years, and has served as a teacher, Assistant Principal, Principal, Assistant Superintendent and Superintendent in both Urban and Suburban districts across the nation.

Join us as we discuss the superintendent's role in building systems that offer continuous, job-embedded professional learning opportunities.

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Dr. Dallas Dance oversees the instruction of more than 110,000 students and leads and manages a $1.76 billion budget, more than 21,000 employees, and 175 schools, centers, and programs. He also has served on President Obama's Advisory commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans.

Our guest says poverty is not a learning disability. Join us as we discuss the 700 innovative partnerships his district has formed to prevent barriers to student learning and transform education in the community.

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Dr. Steven Webb has served as superintendent of Vancouver Public Schools since 2008. As Washington State Superintendent of the year, Webb was named one of four finalists for the 2016 National Superintendent of the Year.