2012 Tech-Savvy Superintendent Award winners discuss the keys to their success
2012 Tech-Savvy Superintendent Award winners discuss the keys to their success
Winners of the 2012 Tech-Savvy Superintendent Awards sat down with eSchool News Editor-in-Chief Dennis Pierce to discuss the qualities they think are important for today’s superintendents, the initiatives…
eSchool Media honors 10 of the nation’s tech-savvy superintendents
Sponsored by GlobalScholar and JDL Horizons, the 12th annual Tech-Savvy Superintendent Awards from eSchool Media recognized 10 senior school district executives from around the nation who demonstrate outstanding…
Alan November: What’s your plan for making every home a center of learning?
The 2012 Tech-Savvy Superintendent Awards ceremony featured a keynote speech from Alan November, a former classroom teacher and ed-tech pioneer who co-founded the education consulting firm November Learning.…
Mark Evans: The ‘three Cs’ that ed tech can help address
For Mark Evans, being a tech-savvy superintendent means “always looking down the road,” with an eye toward how technology can help school districts achieve what he calls the…
Daniel Frazier: ‘Bold leadership’ is needed for today’s schools
Daniel Frazier, superintendent of Iowa’s Sioux Central Community School District, believes the most important thing school leaders need to do today is “show bold leadership.”
Nicholas Gledich on the importance of ‘pausing and planning’
Nicholas Gledich, superintendent of the Colorado Springs School District 11 in Colorado, says one of the things his district has learned is the value of “pausing, planning, and…
Michele Hancock: The key to ed-tech success is ‘constantly communicating’
Michele Hancock, superintendent of the Kenosha Unified School District in Wisconsin, attributes much of her district’s ed-tech success to constant communication with stakeholders.
Michael Hanson: How he’s taken his district from worst to first in ed tech
When Michael Hanson became superintendent of California’s Fresno Unified School District in 2005, the district was on the verge of a state takeover, and an audit revealed it…
C.J. Huff: Creating new possibilities from unspeakable tragedy
On May 22, 2011, the town of Joplin, Mo., lost six schools in an EF5 tornado that killed 160 people and displaced half the student body. Joplin currently…
Jerri Kemble: Today’s superintendents must be ‘willing to take risks’
Jerri Kemble, superintendent of the Centre School District in Lost Springs, Kansas, knows first-hand the challenges of leading a small school district: She’s not only the superintendent, but…
Brad Saron: Ed tech is not about devices, but ‘how you use them’
For Bradford Saron, being a tech-savvy superintendent “has less to do with the devices you have and more to do with how you use them. In my judgment,…
William Skilling on moving from professional development to ‘professional learning’
The most important part of effective leadership “is not knowing how do to something, but knowing what to do”—and then turning it over to the people with the…
How GlobalScholar’s mission aligns with the Tech-Savvy Superintendent Awards
In a recent video interview with eSchool News Editor Dennis Pierce, Mike Fay, executive vice president of sales and marketing for GlobalScholar, explained how his company’s mission aligns…
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