Archive for the Superintendent’s Leadership Category

IntroductionGenerally speaking, an educational discourse is an institutionalized way of thinking and how it affects the views and practices in all areas of individual and organizational work.  The discourse that emerged in the Saline Area Schools in the late 1999-2000 was one of Equity and Excellence.  Excellence

​Leonard C. BurrelloExecutive DirectorThe Center for AppreciativeOrganizing in Education If a teacher grabbed a girl by her crotch and kissed her, he would be suspended without pay and fired. If a principal ridiculed a staff member before her peers, he would be placed on administrative leave pending an

​​Dena R. Cushenberry Superintendent, Warren Township in Marion County, Indiana The Center for Appreciative Organizing in Education ​ ​​Back in February, we discussed just how hard we sometimes have to be on our staff and coworkers, even letting them go when they’re not doing enough to contribute to our schools and

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​​Leonard C. BurrelloExecutive DirectorThe Center for AppreciativeOrganizing in Education If you’ve been keeping an eye on the decreases in funding for public education at the university and K-12 levels, then you will likely find these data helpful in analyzing the funding trends and their implications for career

​​Leonard C. BurrelloExecutive DirectorThe Center for AppreciativeOrganizing in Education Burnout. A timely topic for these last few weeks of the school year. Because as burned out as our students might feel, many administrators probably feel even more so. Writing for The Harvard Business Review on November 16, 2016,

​​Leonard C. BurrelloExecutive DirectorThe Center for AppreciativeOrganizing in Education Middletown School District, New York Introduction to the Interview This inquiry is guided by the need for new transformative narratives which provide inspired ideas for how to improve public education. It is our intention to study and learn through

​​Dena R. Cushenberry Superintendent, Warren Township in Marion County, Indiana The Center for Appreciative Organizing in Education ​ Starting with the second week of the school year, the board members accompany me on my many tours of the district. On one such tour, this time to a middle school, the board

​​Dena R. Cushenberry Superintendent, Warren Township in Marion County, Indiana The Center for Appreciative Organizing in Education ​ ​It was going to be a long day. On the agenda: work on my annual report to the board, one-on-one meetings with my senior staff, and an evening at the local church to discuss

​​​Dena R. Cushenberry Superintendent, Warren Township in Marion County, Indiana The Center for Appreciative Organizing in Education ​ There’s something special about a principal assigned to the same school where he was both a student and teacher. To say the least, Warren was excited to hear about Paul’s appointment, and I