Cover Stories

• Born from Crisis: An Emerging Framework for Effective Leadership

  By Victor Simon III

  Orgaizatins, like individuals, typically reveal who they are — and what they are made of — in the face of adversity.
   

• Creating a Pandemic Response Manual is Critical

  By Steve Zurek and Mary Henderson

  We need to capture what we’ve learned so that future leaders of our districts can benefit from what is currently community knowledge, information residing in the minds of those who’ve expe­rienced and navigated the situa­tion. 

• Learning Loss, Learning Opportunity

  By Theresa Kelly Gegen

  There is both the fear, and the hope, that public education will never be the same. 

• Superintendent Advisory Committees Guide Districts through Pandemic

  By Paul O’Malley

Feature Articles

• Breaking Up with Your Smartphone

  By Scott Uhler and Mallory Milluzzi

  Now That You are Elected, Your Personal Phone Could Become Public Business
   

• A Career of Communication and Negotiation

  By Jim Hook

  Tom Kostes has helped negotiate every North Palos SD 117 contract for nearly 50 years, as a superintendent and as a board member.

Regular Features

• From the Field: The Difference is Process

  By Dee Molinare

  In crisis, boards that have followed the process, vetting through deci­sions, appear to have weathered the storm with less turmoil.

• Front Page: Loss and Opportunity

  By Theresa Kelly Gegen

• Journal Resources July/August 2021