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This is a wonderful program! My friend and neighbor is the program director for this initiative here at Kansas State. Are the teachers in your districts adequately prepared to meet the needs of the military children they serve?

Operation Educate the Educators

 

"I am also proud that today, more than 100 colleges of teacher education have signed on to Operation Educate the Educators, a partnership between the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and the Military Child Education Coalition. Last year, the partners set a Joining Forces goal of getting 100 colleges of education to commit to raising awareness on their campuses about military children in their classrooms, and to help better prepare teachers to support them."

Dr. Jill Biden

 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/10/03/joining-forces-train-teachers-serve-military-children

                                                 Junk Food at School?
                                                      
"Several hundred retired military leaders are raising red flags about childhood obesity in the USA and its impact on finding qualified recruits, calling for junk food to be booted out of schools."
By Nanci Hellmich
USA Today

Published: September 25, 2012

http://www.stripes.com/news/us/retired-military-leaders-want-junk-foods-out-of-schools-1.190691

Attention New and Aspiring   Superintendents

AASA has a support initiative designed to help new and aspiring superintendents  build skills and develop leadership capabilities.   Visit their site to discover some resources to help you grow and develop in your leadership role.

 

New and Aspiring Superintendents

 

 

September 2012

Check out the results of the 2012 PDK/Gallup poll on the Public's Attitudes Toward Public School.
 2012 PDK/Gallup Poll

Scott McLeod
Associate Professor
University of Kentucky

Scott McLeod wrote an interesting article on Rethinking Technology Restrictions in Schools.


Sometimes a superintendent's fear of technology is related to their lack of understanding about how technology works.  According to McLeod (2012), "That's when it's time to educate, not capitulate" (p. 11).