VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS
SENIOR PARTNERS
PARTNERS
SENIOR ASSOCIATE PARTNERS
ASSOCIATE PARTNERS
News and Announcements
(For more information, click on headline)
-
2017 Gallup Poll finds 42% of superintendents engaged in their jobs…..
These are the key findings of the Gallup 2017 Survey of K-12 School District Superintendents from Gallup’s recent report on Leadership Perspectives on Public Education:
Forty-two percent of superintendents are engaged in their job, a significantly higher percentage than Gallup finds among U.S. workers nationally and on par with the 45% of workplace “leaders” (those who manage teams of managers). Engaged workers tend to be more productive, and their work leads to better outcomes for their organizations. Superintendents in city, suburban and larger districts tend to show higher levels of work engagement.
Superintendents are most likely to believe their greatest challenges are improving the academic performance of underprepared students, the effects of poverty on student learning and budget shortfalls. Compared with 2013, far fewer regard rising demands for assessment from the state and federal level and revamping curriculum as challenges. Superintendents were most likely to name rising assessment demands as a challenge in 2013, but now it is a mid-range concern for them…….
-
VASS Combines Annual Fall Conference with Governor’s Summit on Teacher Shortage
This year, VASS is combining its Annual Fall Conference with the Governor’s Summit on the Teacher Shortage Crisis. Both events are in Charlottesville, with the VASS Conference being held at the Charlottesville Omni Hotel all day on Monday, October 23 and on Tuesday morning, and the Governor’s Summit being held at the UVA Curry School of Education on Tuesday, October 24, after the VASS Conference concludes. There is no additional cost for attending the Governor’s Summit; however, participation is limited (on a first register, first serve basis) due to limited space at Curry. For program and registration information for both events, please click here. -
VASCD 2017 Southwest Conference: Performance Assessment at Its Best
Virginia teachers are making greater use of performance-based assessments, but how do we know if we're doing it well? Join Kristina Doubet at VASCD's Annual Southwest Conference to learn how Virginia has defined the qualities of effective performance assessment and how to apply them in your own classroom. Bring your own performance assessment or use one of our examples. We will use the Virginia Department of Education's Criteria for Quality Performance-Based Assessments to analyze and revise our assessments so they are the best they can be! Register here -
VASS Offers New Communications Consulting Service to Division Members
VASS has joined with Hunter Communications, led by former Fairfax Public Schools communications chief Barbara Hunter, to create "Communication Counselors on Call." This on-demand service, available to all VASS member divisions, gives superintendents up to two hours of free consultation on a broad range of communication challenges, including bond referendum campaigns, community engagement strategies, publications, Freedom of Information Act requests, crisis responses, speechwriting, and media relations.
-
Aaron Spence is the 2018 Virginia Superintendent of the Year
Dr. Aaron C. Spence, Superintendent of Virginia Beach City Schools, was named Virginia’s Superintendent of the Year at the Virginia Association of School Superintendents (VASS) Annual Awards Luncheon on Tuesday in Roanoke. The leaders of seven Virginia education organizations and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction selected him from among eight regional finalists.
-
Eight Superintendents Give Ignite Presentations During 2017 Spring Conference
Superintendent representatives from each of the eight regions made brief Ted Talk-like presentations during the VASS Annual Spring Conference on what motivates them to do their challenging jobs on a daily basis.
-
Superintendents Professional Conference
The 2017 Superintendent's Professional Conference, which is sponsored by Region VIII, will be held at the Sheraton Ocean Front Hotel, Virginia Beach, VA, on October 1-4, 2017.
-
"VASS Buyers Guide" is Now Online
VASS worked with Strategic Value Media to create the guide, a web portal to a large network of vendors that supply goods and services to educators. The guide, which highlights companies that are VASS Business Members, is designed to help school division leaders make efficient and fully informed purchasing decisions.
Twitter
RT @VDOE_News: Arlington County's Wakefield High social studies teacher Michelle Cottrell-Williams is the new 2018 Virginia Teacher of the…
RT @Noellerson: ESSA: Four Takeaways on the First State Plans to Win Approval blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaig… via @educationweek
RT @AASADan: A8: Our public schools lead, shape and grow the country's leaders of tomorrow. #suptchat #LovePublicEducation
RT @Noellerson: In 'Historic' Compromise, Illinois Lawmakers Pass School Funding Formula #LovePublicEducation blogs.edweek.org/edweek/state_e… via…
RT @VDOE_News: Sept. 8 is deadline for school divisions to nominate a Title I school for National Distinguished Schools Recognition https:/…
RT @Noellerson: What's at Stake for Schools in the Debt Ceiling Debate blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaig… via @educationweek
RT @FirstLadyVA: Governor & First Lady Announce 295% School Participation Increase in Key Child Hunger Program @NoKidHungryVA https://t.co/…
Virginia Association of School Superintendents
P.O. Box 68, Batesville, VA 22924 | (804) 562-4430 | Copyright © 2017