While about 90% of superintendents' contracts require an annual evaluation, less than half say their contracts specify what measures or indicators the school board will use to rate their performance, according to AASA's 2022-2023 State of the Superintendent survey.
Date & Time: Tuesday, August 22 at 2 pm ET
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In this 20-minute DA Ed Talk, an educational leadership consultant with more than 30 years of experience as an educator, instructional leader and administrator will discuss how to lead this powerful transformation in any district.
Elkins School District's grade-point average is on a tear. Over the last five years, the 1,400-student district has soared from 12th to second for GPA in its cooperative areas in northwest Arkansas.
A "crisis in the quality of classroom teaching" is the biggest barrier to providing students with the support they need to overcome unfinished learning, according to a poll of district leaders that was conducted by the Center on Reinventing Public Education.
Enrollment at Fremont County School District #24 was down to around 320 students in 2013, 40 short of the benchmark that would provide more state funding to expand programming for students.
Date & Time: Thursday, August 10 at 2 pm ET
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In this 30-minute DA Ed Talk, learn some strategies for evaluating the strength and sustainability of student growth plans at the classroom, school, and district levels.
The road to recovery remains rocky as the academic growth that most students made in the 2022-23 school year failed to match pre-pandemic norms, according to data on grades 3-8 released Tuesday.
Superintendent Kirt Hartzler makes a bold claim about Union Public Schools that would fill any leader with pride or envy: "We truly are a high-poverty yet high-performing school district."
