Since adopting the online tool for superintendent evaluations, Leichner says that SuperEval has helped his district to define its priorities and allowed them to add substance to the conversation. Evaluations are no longer limited to a predetermined checklist that may not even properly represent a superintendent’s typical duties.

SuperEval streamlined the evaluation process for Batavia City School District, which can now be completed in less than a month. Even better, the process freed up more time to concentrate on the students.

As a leader in your district, you are left to address staffing shortages in your schools. While it may be overwhelming, there are some things you can do to help turn the tides, keep the best and brightest on board, and fill these vacancies.

Social media can be a great tool to help you build momentum, engagement, and excitement about what your schools are up to — all of which lead to promoting school spirit.

Podcasts are a great way to reflect, grow, and even relax or recharge. We’ve put together a few recommendations for school leaders.

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After a year that challenged educators, parents, and children to rethink academic norms and adapt to unprecedented change, reflecting on our education system’s collective successes and failures reveals that the most prosperous districts...

If you are like many school district leaders, you have earned your position through years of experience, most likely starting your tenure in education as a teacher, making your way to administration, and eventually to a school district...

As our communities continue to diversify, schools are responsible to educate students across a broad array of ethnicities, races, religions, and cultural backgrounds. School leaders must acknowledge the importance of social-emotional...