The Kentucky Board of Education on Tuesday approved a list of legislative priorities for 2024, including a proposed stipend of up to $8,000 per semester for student teachers.
Most often, applicants desire a salary that's livable and respectable. Unfortunately, not every school district can offer competitive pay. So what are they doing instead?
If you've just entered the superintendency or you're planning to in the future, here are three sessions that cover some of the most pressing concerns new leaders face.
In order for there to be more women involved in district leadership, it requires current and aspiring leaders to create a strong network of females who advocate for one another. And that's the mission these two have sought out to do in their own communities.
With every decision feeling more divisive, technology evolving at hyperspeed, and the needs of school communities getting greater, leaders today have to adapt, innovate, and communicate in fundamentally different ways.
Amazing things happen in the lives of students when families and educators join forces, says Superintendent Marvin Connelly Jr. of Cumberland County Schools.
"We must drastically scale up our cyber skills to deliver this future, keep America secure, and ignite the next generation of American innovation," reads a first-of-its-kind government plan released on Monday that aims to meet the growing demand for cybersecurity professionals.
The number of states with registered teacher apprenticeships has increased exponentially—from two to 21—over the last year, and the Department of Education is offering more support.
Even before the pandemic, he believes Georgia was already in a pretty good spot in terms of leveraging innovative technologies in the classroom, says Keith Osburn, deputy superintendent for technology services and chief information officer for the Georgia Department of Education. So by March 2020, teachers and administrators already had a variety of tools in their wheelhouse.
