Amid the buzz, it's easy to lose sight of a critical truth: generative artificial intelligence has transformative potential but requires grounded leadership to unlock its value.
The finalists for 2025 Superintendent of the Year award from AASA, The School Superintendents Association hail from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida and Illinois.
The best leaders are those who know their strengths, embrace their team's diversity and adapt their play to meet the moment. For the goal is never personal glory, but collective victory.
hile all school districts have tools in place to inform parents of their child's school absences, it's important they convey this information in a positive and holistic way.
Students may still be experiencing heightened levels of election-related stress and anxiety as they process its outcomes and implications due to a non-stop, 24-hour news feed of information enabled by personal devices.
School leaders must also consider how AI could impact trust within the community. Automated communications, while efficient, can feel impersonal if not used strategically.
Security consultant Todd McGhee has worked with the Marie Philips Elementary School in Framingham for years, installing new safety measures that are often overlooked. Unsuspecting monitors and clocks throughout the school easily disguised critical messaging systems that can flash warnings in case of emergencies. “Short, quick communications so that the community is not wondering what in the world is going,” McGhee explained.
Let's do our part as educators to leverage CTE to help today's students experience life-affirming academic success and capitalize on that positive momentum.
