Key Topics include: Teacher Training ·
Improving Student Performance ·
Urban Education ARCHIVE ·
Podcast host Ed Milliken engages Dr. William Johnson in an informative and moving interview about critical issues that continue to face schools across the world. With 22 years as a school Superintendent and a successful student and school improvement record Dr. Johnson provides compelling insight into the potential for all students to succeed. In this episode of the District Leader’s Podcast listeners also hear strategies for success working with large districts, diverse student populations, poverty, seeming student learning gaps, and effective teacher professional development to meet these needs at the Rockville Centre School District, New York. This interview does not shy away from the difficult questions. Listen in as Dr. Johnson and our podcast host Ed Milliken bring more support, insight and stirring discussion always, Leading Today for Success Tomorrow.
(Note to our listeners: please the excuse background noise for which we needed to compensate; however, we believe this is a very valuable resource for school leaders.)
Biographical Background
Dr. William Johnson has served as Superintendent of Schools for the Rockville Centre, New York School District, since 1986. During his years as Superintendent, the Rockville Centre School District has continued to grow in excellence and prestige. It has been part of virtually every list of “best schools and/or districts” at the regional, State and national level. South Side High School became an all Regents high school seven years before New York State Standards for School Excellence were announced. In addition, South Side High School, an International Baccalaureate school with its rigorous educational program, has achieved a Regents graduation rate of over 97%.
Dr. Johnson was named New York State’s Superintendent of the Year in 2005. He is past-president of the Nassau County and New York State (NYS) Council of School Superintendents and is currently co-chairperson of the NYS Council of School Superintendents Curriculum Committee. He served on the Salerno Commission on Financial Reform and was appointed by the Governor to serve as a member of the Governor’s Education Reform Commission.
He is also a speaker and lecturer to various state and regional associations concerning teaching, curriculum and instruction, social and emotional learning, and financing public schools, he serves on numerous regional and statewide committees. He has been a member of the Commissioner of Education’s Advisory Council for more than ten years. He is currently an adjunct professor at Teachers’ College, Columbia University. Named Educator of the Year by the Hofstra University Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa and received the Distinguished Service Award from the School Boards Association of Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
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