By dlpod, on May 11th, 2010%
Mr. Thomas Brady Interview, Superintendent of Providence, RI Public Schools.
Leading a School Community to Success through Change
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Topic: Leading a School Community to Success through Change
Join us to listen as we interview Mr. Thomas Brady, the superintendent for Providence Public Schools, Providence, RI. What makes us the leaders we are? How do our life experiences surface when we serve as public school superintendents?
These and many other questions are answered in a stirring discussion and retrospect of Mr. Thomas Brady’s current career in public education. Our host Arthur Griffin and Mr. Brady discuss the challenges Mr. Brady has faced in the more than ten years he’s been working in public education, and the intersection and differences among his experiences in Philadelphia and Fairfax, VA.
In a unusual twist, listeners will also discover how Brady’s extensive military career has helped shape and prepare him for the . . . → Read More: Ep 51 Mr. Thomas Brady Interview
By dlpod, on February 7th, 2010%
Interview with Ms. Eileen Cooper Reed, Cincinnati School Board
The School Board’s Role in Decision Making: Insights from the President
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The School Board’s Role in Decision Making: Insights from the President
Elaine Cooper Reed, Cincinnati School Board President, discusses issues facing public schools today with host Mr. Arthur Griffin. Ms. Reid discusses the challenges she has faced with school funding and downsizing, as well as many other issues. This episode is revealing and helpful as she shares with us many insights she’s garnered over years as a member of the governance team.
District Leaders Podcast is always
Leading Today for Success Tomorrow!
Biographical Background
After practicing clinical social work for several years, Eileen Cooper Reed attended the University of Cincinnati College of Law, graduating in 1984. Her Administrative Law Team won 1st place in the National Administrative Law Competition. She was . . . → Read More: Ep 48 Ms. Eileen Cooper Reed
By dlpod, on December 30th, 2009%
Interview with Dr. Eugene G. White, Supt. Indianapolis Public Schools
Handling the Tough Decisions: Preserving Student Achievement during Budget Cuts
Handling the Tough Decisions: Preserving Student Achievement during Budget Cuts
Dr. Eugene G.White, Superintendent of Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) in Indiana discusses difficult choices in district leadership with host Mr. Arthur Griffin. An accomplished author and recipient of 2009 Indiana Superintendent of the Year award (also in 2002). Having experience through the ranks from school principal through medium to large urban districts, he has much to share on leadership and coping with the difficult decisions faced in these roles.
Dr. White has authored two books for school leaders including Leadership Beyond Excuses: The Courage to Hold the Rope.
Specific topics included in this interview with Dr. White:
Most difficult decisions faced across 30 years of school and district leadership
Coping with large budget cuts while maintaining educational excellence
Describing priorities, equity, and negotiation during process . . . → Read More: Ep 47 Dr. Eugene G. White
By dlpod, on May 27th, 2008%
Interview with Waterbury CT Superintendent
Dr. David Snead
Mobility and Poverty: Urban Education and the Role of the Superintendent
Key Topics include: Leadership | High Stakes Testing | Teacher Training | Vocational Education | ARCHIVE | Trends in Education | Urban Education | Making the Tough Decisions | Improving Student Performance | Professional Development
Dr. David Snead, Superintendent of the Waterbury (CT) Public Schools, joins host Ed Milliken for an interview which discusses vital topics effecting schools, superintendents, students and society today. They particularly focus this session on the topics of pupil achievement from the perspectives of poverty and mobility. In just one example of the depth and relevance of this interview, Dr. Snead emphasizes and explains how standards level performance is difficult to achieve when students live in an environment of poverty and children and families are very mobile. This school leader calls for curricular consistency as a powerful way enable students to progress in . . . → Read More: Ep. 15 – Dr. David Snead Interview
By dlpod, on March 17th, 2008%
Interview with Superintendent of Enlarged City School District of Troy New York, Fadhilika Atiba-Weza
Urban Education: Challenges and Success Strategies
Key Topics include: High Stakes Testing · Career and Technical Education · Leadership · Improving Student Performance · Making the Tough Decisions · Urban Education
This exciting episode of the District Leader’s Podcast features an interview with Superintendent Fadhilika Atiba-Weza and podcast host Ed Milliken. They discuss the great challenges facing superintendents and real strategies for success in serving populations of students with performance disparities. Listen in as this school leader shares insight on balancing the needs for assessment, accountability and evaluation. This exciting discussion also delves into the role of the superintendent in reaching out to the community and parents.
Don’t miss Episode 10 of The District Leader’s Podcast and the chance to join your colleagues as they consider these examples of managing, leading and coping . . . → Read More: Ep. 10 – Mr. Atiba-Weza
By dlpod, on February 24th, 2008%
Superintendent of Beaumont Texas Independent School District Dr. Carrol Thomas:
Vision in Leadership: Urban Education, Improving Student Performance
Key Topics include: Leadership · Improving Student Performance · Urban Education · Teacher Training · ARCHIVE ·
Dr. Carrol Thomas, Superintendent of schools for 19 years and president-elect for the National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE) is interviewed by Sheryl Neal about his successful work in closing the gap of student performance. This informative interview provides firsthand insight into the strategies used in the Beaumont Texas Independent School District to make them among the TOP 50 schools in student improvement.
From adopting inclusion methods, to data gathering, multiple teaching strategies to teacher instructional feedback and direction, Dr. Thomas fills this podcast interview full of concrete examples of approaches district leaders may explore for consideration to close the student achievement gap. No doubt this is part of the reason he has been successful in his . . . → Read More: Ep. 9 – Dr. Carrol Thomas
By dlpod, on February 10th, 2008%
Former Superintendent of Jackson Mississippi Public Schools Dr. Earl Watkins:
Urban Education, Leadership, Student Success: Schools as Transformation Opportunities
Key Topics include: Improving Student Performance · Urban Education · Leadership ·Teacher Training
Dr. Earl Watkins, Superintendent of Jackson Public Schools, Mississippi (2002- Aug. 2008) provides an inspirational interview with host Arthur Griffin. Dr. Watkins addresses issues of the difficult challenges of urban education and shares his vision of schools as an opportunity for student transformation. This podcast illustrates the dynamic relationship and impact which authentic leadership can have on student performance and their schools. Bringing all efforts to bear on this purpose can have dramatic results. Don’t miss this vibrant exchange which provides strategies from his experience for leadership, improved student performance, teacher training and school change.
Join us for this episode of Vision and Action from
the District Leader’s Podcast.
Leading today for success tomorrow.
. . . → Read More: Ep. 8 – Dr. Earl Watkins
By dlpod, on December 15th, 2007%
Interview with Rockville Centre, New York, School District, Superintendent
Dr. William Johnson
Improving Student Achievement and Teacher Professional Development Recommendations
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 . . . → Read More: Ep. 4 – Dr. William Johnson
By dlpod, on November 30th, 2007%
Interview with Nassau BOCES District Superintendent
Dr. James Mapes
Career Education Programs
Key Topics include: ARCHIVE · Trends in Education · Improving Student Performance · Urban Education
Dr. James Mapes shares the challenges and provides recommendations regarding the role as superintendent not only with students but also in developing community relationships in his interview with District Leader’s Podcast host Dr. Ed Milliken. With a career, that has spanned over two decades in education, Dr. James Mapes Long Island’s Nassau BOCES District Superintendent is uniquely prepared to offer valuable insight and suggestions to school leaders. This compelling interview also includes Dr Mapes sharing his experience with Career Education Programs, dealing with No Child Left Behind and focusing on closing the learning gap.
Biographical Background
Dr. Mapes, is the Interim District Superintendent for Western Suffolk BOCES. He was appointed to this interim position by the NYS Commissioner of Education. The Chief Executive Officer and District . . . → Read More: Ep. 3 – Dr. James Mapes
By dlpod, on November 30th, 2007%
Interview with Superintendent of Wilmington and Newark Delaware School Districts-
Dr. Lillian Lowery
Making the Tough Decisions
Key Topics include: Making the Tough Decisions · Urban Education
Join us for this gripping interview as Dr. Lillian Lowery discusses difficult challenges met as new superintendent of Christina School District in Wilmington, Delaware. In this interview with our host Arthur Griffin, Dr. Lowery shares some of the ramifications of the Supreme Court on racially identifiable schools, using race as a determinant for student assignment and community engagement. Dr. Lowery expresses her thoughts on configuring Christina Schools making the district accountable and teaching civic responsibility.
This is an episode that will provide an abundance of strategies for you to consider in addressing similar issues.
Biographical Background
Dr. Lillian Lowery is superintendent of schools for Wilmington and Newark, DE. In her previous position as assistant superintendent for Fairfax County Public Schools, she provided leadership for 25 schools . . . → Read More: Ep. 2 – Dr. Lillian Lowery
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