The time between when you were hired as superintendent and your official starting date is your transition period. Transition times vary depending upon when you were hired. Ideally you have one or two months for the transition. Make effective use of whatever time is available.
As part of Corwin's 25th Anniversary, we are featuring posts by authors who have partnered with Corwin in their work for many years. Today's post is contributed by Joseph Murphy, author of 19 Corwin titles. I am finishing my 19th book for Corwin now and hope
Part 4 in an 8 part series. Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. In our last installment (Identifying the Perspiring Student), we examined Dr. Russ Quaglia and Dr. Michael Corso’s quadrant of their Student Aspirations FrameworkTM where students were demonstrating high effort or hard
Part 3 in an 8 part series. Read Part 1: Identifying the Hibernating Student and Part 2: Waking Up the Hibernating Student Are your students overly (and at times unnecessarily) perspiring? Are they working hard but aimlessly? Are they trying to cram knowledge into the frontal
Contributed by Dave Nagel Part 2 of an 8 part series In my blog post Identifying the Hibernating Student, we talked about how to identify the students who have neither a dream or goal to work towards, nor are they putting any actions or efforts into their
In this podcast episode, Corwin Executive Editor Arnis Burvikovs interviews author Russ Quaglia on his book and consulting program, Student Voice. Students have plenty of opinions when it comes to school, and they’re not all about free ice cream in the cafeteria. When you take time
I am pleased to see a renewed emphasis on connectedness, collaboration, and shared responsibility. Our school in Miami-Dade was fortunate to be part of a pilot called School-Based Management/Shared Decision-Making (SBM/SDM). As a principal new to the school, the teachers were eager for change and
October has always been one of my favorite months—for two words: pumpkin pie. Pumpkin anything, really. But this October we can celebrate much more than just the changing of the season and pumpkin spice lattes. October has two very important themes; it is Connected Educators Month
Public education is the cornerstone of democracy. Its mission is to transmit the knowledge and skills needed for children to become productive and contributing members of society. Achieving this mission requires effective public school superintendents who understand the connection between the success of our public
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