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Navigating Teacher Contracts & Contract Renewal: Contract Renewal
In February, Kirk Strang spoke at the WASDA New Superintendents Academy regarding navigating teacher contracts and contract renewal. We’re recapping Kirk’s presentation here to make sure Wisconsin superintendents and school districts are informed…
Part 1
Navigating Teacher Contracts & Contract Renewal: The Teacher Contract
This February, Kirk Strang spoke at the WASDA New Superintendents Academy on the topic of navigating teacher contracts and contract renewal. We’re recapping the entire presentation here, to help ensure superintendents and school districts are up…
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Understanding Administrator Contracts & Contract Renewal: Contract Renewal
In the final installment of our four-part series recapping Kirk’s presentation on administrator contracts and contract renewal, we turn our attention to contract renewal — including types of renewal, renewal vs. extension, and navigating…
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Understanding Administrator Contracts & Contract Renewal: Contract Nonrenewal
Welcome back to our four-part series that recaps Kirk Strang’s presentation on administrator contracts and contract renewal, which was presented in January at the WASDA New Superintendents Academy. This is an important topic that Kirk revisits…
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Understanding Administrator Contracts & Contract Renewal: Evaluations
Welcome back to our four-part series covering Kirk’s presentation on administrator contracts and contract renewal, which was presented this past January at the WASDA New Superintendents Academy. This is a topic Kirk speaks on every year to help…
Part 1
Understanding Administrator Contracts & Contract Renewal: The Contract
At the January WASDA New Superintendents Academy, Kirk Strang presented on the topic of administrator contracts and contract renewal. This is a topic Kirk speaks on every year to help new superintendents get up to speed on the subject, as well as…
Student Discipline & Expulsion from a Superintendent’s Perspective: Special Education & Stray Thoughts
This past November, Kirk Strang spoke at the WASDA New Superintendents Academy on the topic of, Understanding and Preparing for Student Discipline and Expulsion from the Superintendent’s Perspective. During the presentation, one of the…
The Early Childhood Feelings Thermometer for Parents & Child Care Providers
In our continuing efforts to support the mental health of our Wisconsin students, we wanted to share some information regarding an early childhood feelings thermometer, a tool that has been developed by the Wisconsin Office of Children’s Mental…
State Superintendent Talks with Students at Youth Mental Health Roundtable
On Tuesday, November 12, 2024, State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly met with students at a youth mental health roundtable at Wausau East High School. The discussion revolved around mental health challenges that students face. This is a topic…
Part 4
The Latest on Pupil Suspension & Expulsion: Disciplinary Alternatives
Thus far in our series on pupil suspension and expulsion, we’ve covered suspension, expulsion,…
Part 3
The Latest on Pupil Suspension & Expulsion: Unwritten Rules, Politics & Stray Thoughts on Expulsion
In this series, we’ve been covering all of the major talking points from Kirk’s presentation, The Latest on Pupil Suspension and Expulsion, from the 2024 WASSA Fall Workshop.
In …
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The Latest on Pupil Suspension & Expulsion: Expulsion
In Part 1 of this series covering Kirk’s presentation from the WASSA Fall Workshop, The Latest on Pupil Suspension and Expulsion, we focused on pupil discipline and suspension. In…
Part 1
The Latest on Pupil Suspension & Expulsion: Suspension
In October, Kirk Strang presented, The Latest on Pupil Suspension and Expulsion, at the WASSA Fall Workshop. We’re sharing Kirk’s presentation here, in its entirety, as this is a subject that is always a concern for superintendents and school…
Governor Evers Announces Grant for Teacher Training & Recruitment Programs
In November of 2024, Gov. Evers announced a grant program geared to helping areas in Wisconsin that are experiencing a deficit of teachers. Created in tandem with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD), the grant is meant to…
State Superintendent Proposes Clean Drinking Water Program for Wisconsin Public Schools
In November of 2024, Dr. Jill Underly proposed a new grant program that focuses on upgrading the water fountains in Wisconsin’s public schools in an effort to better control lead and other contaminants in school drinking water.
The…
Part 7
Student Speech & the First Amendment: Religious Speech & Expression
In this 7-part series, we’ve been covering all of the topics from Kirk Strang’s presentation, Student Speech & the First Amendment, from September’s WASDA fall conference.
So far in the series we’ve covered:
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Student Speech & the First Amendment: Student Use of Technology
This past September, Kirk Strang presented on the topic of Student Speech & the First Amendment at the WASDA fall conference.
In this series, we’ve been sharing all of the key points of the presentation, and so far we’ve covered:
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Student Speech & the First Amendment: Student Handbooks & Codes of Conduct
In September, Kirk Strang presented on the topic of Student Speech & the First Amendment at the WASDA fall conference.
In this seven part series we’ve been covering all of the key points of the presentation, and thus far we’ve covered…
Part 4
Student Speech & the First Amendment: Clothing, Plus Speech Schools Might be Able to Regulate (Sometimes)
This past September, at the WASDA fall conference, Kirk Strang shared his presentation on Student Speech & the First Amendment. We’ve been covering all of the major talking points of the presentation here in this series.
Here’s what we’…
Part 3
Student Speech & the First Amendment: Oral or Written Speech
In September, Kirk Strang presented on Student Speech & the First Amendment at the WASDA fall conference. In this series, we’re covering all of the topics Kirk discussed in an effort to help Wisconsin school districts be more informed on the…