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Manage Your Workflow

Managing the Workload of High-Performance Leadership
Justin Baeder
Friday, April 8, 4-5:15 p.m., Convention Center, 1st Floor, Room 24-25

What does a focus on performance look like in the moment? Being a school leader involves managing thousands of pieces of information, each important in its own way.

NAESP Responds to Obama’s Call to “Fix” No Child Left Behind

Staff Use of Social Networking

Our My Two Cents question for this month is: Does your school or district have a policy about staff use of social networking (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.)? If so, what restrictions are in place? Read what some of your colleagues had to say:

Study: School Board Members’ Focus Shifting Toward Student Achievement

A national study that surveyed more than 1,000 school board members and superintendents found that a greater number of school boards are focusing on issues related to student learning and accountability instead of traditional operational issues.

A Principal on Capitol Hill

Pennsylvania Principal Melissa Patschke attended NAESP’s Federal Relations Conference and is sharing her experience in the Principals’ Office.

The Power of the Elementary Principal’s Voice

Pennsylvania Principal Melissa Patschke is attending NAESP’s Federal Relations Conference this week and will be sharing her experience in the Principals’ Office.

What we, as school principals, do each day to support schools, children, and families is valuable information for those influencing critical legislative decisions that promise to, and historically have, impacted our schools. Each principal’s story, whether it is related to progress, boundaries, or celebrations, deserves to be shared.

Nation-Building Through Education

“The future is ours to win” was a major theme in President Obama’s second State of the Union address on Tuesday.

Principal Magazine Recognized for Association Excellence

The September/October 2010 issue of Principal magazine has been honored with a Gold Award in the TRENDS 2010 All-Media Contest, which recognizes the national association community’s top media products of 2010.

Mixed Emotions About Standardized Testing

The author of the Speaking Out article in the January/February issue of Principal feels conflicted about high-stakes testing because although NCLB requires it and principals are expected to use the resulting data to inform their decision-making, the process adds undue stress to students and the data from a single achievement test are not representative of a student’s abilities.

To Be Young, Gifted, and Urban

Should urban schools continue to fund gifted and talented programs? Washington Post education columnist Jay Mathews thinks no. “Unfortunately public schools, including those in the suburbs, rarely have the resources or teaching expertise to challenge them much,” he writes.

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