Leadership: It takes a district

2019 ◽  
Vol 100 (6) ◽  
pp. 70-71
Author(s):  
Joshua P. Starr
Keyword(s):  
Central Office ◽  
Office Staff ◽  
District Superintendents ◽  
Teaching Learning

District superintendents must handle a variety of issues that are not directly related to instruction. Because the job is so complex, a strong central office staff is crucial. Joshua Starr considers how leaders can build a team that is able to manage logistical issues while staying true to the district vision of strengthening teaching, learning, and equity.

ACCEPTANCE OF PRESIDENCY

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1964 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-135
Author(s):  
Frank H. Douglass
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Central Office ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
Office Staff ◽  
Good Fortune ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics

THIRTY-THREE men have held this office before me—thirty-three of the greatest names in Pediatrics. With such a heritage I feel very grateful and humble. It has been my good fortune to have known most of these men personally, and to the following three, I am particularly indebted: Dr. J. B. Bilderback, who was my teacher; Dr. Henry Dietrich, under whom I had my residency; and Dr. Jay I. Durand who was the first to interest me in our Academy and who was always an inspiration to me. The founders and officers of the Academy who have served before me have set the purpose of the voyage of the Good Ship American Academy of Pediatrics; the Executive Board of the Academy continually reviews our problems and charts our course; the Execcutive Director and Central Office staff arrange the cargo, but you—the stock holders—must work the cargo if our voyage is to be successful. I will try to the best of my ability to run a happy and efficient ship— and hold her steady as she goes.

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1959 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 766-773
Author(s):  
Stewart H. Clifford
Keyword(s):  
Presidential Address ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Central Office ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Business Manager ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
Office Staff ◽  
Productive Activities ◽  
Executive Secretary ◽  
Prompt Action

IT IS Academy tradition that your outgoing President be afforded this opportunity to render to the Fellows his evaluation of present Academy activities and his recommendations as to the future. It is a healthy experience for any organization to pause for a moment to reflect on the path it has come and take fresh bearings on the course to be charted toward the Academy's goal of improving the total health and welfare of all children. The routine business of the Academy is being efficiently carried out by the central office staff at the Academy headquarters in Evanston under the able leadership of our Executive Secretary, E. H. Christopherson. We have been very fortunate in having the loyal services of our Business Manager, W. J. Becker, whose department is the increasingly complex business and financial affairs of the Academy as well as attention to many of the details of our Annual and Spring Meetings. The Executive Board is the authoritative group having control over all Academy activities. Every effort is made to keep their load of routine business as light as possible that full attention can be directed toward committee activities and to decision on Academy policy. Between Board meetings, the Executive Secretary represents the Board on matters of established Academy business. An Executive Committee has been created to act jointly for the Board in areas where no established policy exists and where prompt action is required. The productive activities of the Academy having to do with children originate in the Board and in the various special and standing committees. The standing committees are in general of two types—one is concerned with functions and conditions that may affect all age groups; the other is concerned with the broad problems that may occur in specific age groups. The problems encountered in any age group may involve the applied activities and thinking of many disease or function oriented committees.

What a difference a district can make: An interview with Meredith Honig

2018 ◽  
Vol 99 (7) ◽  
pp. 42-46
Author(s):  
Rafael Heller
Keyword(s):  
Education Policy ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Central Office ◽  
District Leadership ◽  
University Of Washington ◽  
Office Staff ◽  
Policy Debates ◽  
The University ◽  
District Central Office

While they’re often overlooked in education policy debates, district central office staff can play critical role in improving schools. In this interview, Meredith Honig, professor of Education Policy, Organizations, and Leadership at the University of Washington and founder of the District Leadership Lab, explains what her research and experience working with district has revealed about the value of their work and how they can be more effective.

Letter to the Editor

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-123
Author(s):  
Stanley L. Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Preschool Child ◽  
Executive Committee ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Central Office ◽  
Policy Statement ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
Office Staff ◽  
Letter To The Editor

I am sure that the Executive Board, the central office staff, the Council on Child Health, and the Committee on Infant and Preschool Child-all of whom were involved in the preparation of the Policy Statement on Day Care—welcome the publication of the letter reflecting the concerns of the Indiana Chapter. I can assure Dr. Sweeney and the others on his Executive Committee that these concerns were well aired in discussion by the Board, the Council, and the Committee during the preparation of this statement.

ACCEPTANCE OF THE PRESIDENCY OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1967 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 1049-1049
Author(s):  
George B. Logan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Central Office ◽  
The United States ◽  
Good Sense ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
Office Staff ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
American Medicine ◽  
Yearly Change ◽  
Major Division

THIS change of blue to purple ribbon on my badge is a great honor. I thank you for selecting me to serve the Academy in this way. However, acceptance of the presidency at this time gives me some feelings of trepidation, despite your support and the support of a strong Executive Board and Central Office staff. American medicine is undergoing revolutionary changes: scientifically and educationally as well as in its methods of delivery. Pediatrics as a major division of medicine is not exempt from these changes. Government is playing an ever-increasing role in medical activities. Whether we agree with these changes or not is beside the point. The fact is, they are with us. But these changes are not unique to the United States. They seem to be part of worldwide scientific and social alterations. This year, you as Academy members must become accustomed not only to the usual yearly change of a president but also to a change of executive directorship. Dr. Christopherson's years in this office have been years of tremendous accomplishment. We are all confident that Dr. Frazier's will be the same. Those of us to whom the mantles of responsibility are being given are grateful for the firm foundation that has been built by our predecessors in office. We shall, to the best of our ability, face present and future problems with equanimity, dispatch, good sense, and the best possible judgment. As we undertake these tasks we shall always keep before us the section of our Constitution which states: "the object of the Academy shall be to foster and stimulate interest in Pediatrics and correlate all aspects of the work for the welfare of children which properly come within the scope of Pediatrics."

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