Education California | The official newspaper of the Association of California School Administrators
Volume 49 | Number 11 | November 19, 2018
Summit offers professional learning, honors
Close to 900 school leaders attended
ACSA’s 2018 Leadership Summit, Nov.
8-10 in San Diego. Attendees were able to
access dozens of workshops, offering the
best in professional learning.
In addition, three keynote speakers pro-
vided innovative and thought-provoking
addresses. The speakers included Travis
Allen, who offered a look at how to reach
today’s technologically-connected students,
Tim Wise, who offered challenging ways
to view and address racism, and Shabnam
Mogharabi, CEO and executive producer
of Soul Pancake, an
award-winning media
Summit
and
entertainment
company.
photos on
One of the high-
pages 4-5
lights of the conference
is always the Every
Student Succeeding
luncheon, in which 19 regional and two
adult education winners are feted, complete
with video stories of the challenges they
have overcome. Tears were shed by both
the winners and the audience as they heard
the stories of sometimes unbelievable chal-
lenges they faced.
On Friday night, the association celebrat-
ed its own, as 21 job-alike Administrators of
the Year were honored, plus ACSA’s five
special award winners. It was an evening for
celebrating the profession, and some of the
top leaders in California education.
Next year's Leadership Summit will take
place Nov. 7-9 in San Francisco. Mark your
calendars now.
An illustrious career
President Holly Edds presents Elliott Duchon with the Ferd. Kiesel Memorial
Distinguished Service Award.
The Ferd. Kiesel Memorial Distinguished Service Award is the
highest honor ACSA presents to an individual. The award is made
in the memory of Ferd. Kiesel, ACSA’s founding president. The
recipient can be anyone who has made a significant contribution to
public education, including an administrator, teacher, legislator or
community member.
For those who know him, there could be no more fitting recipi-
ent than Jurupa Unified School District Superintendent Elliott
Duchon. His career spans more than 41 years in education, and his
district has received multiple awards, including Models of Excellence
in Riverside County Awards. He has served on the governor’s
“Kitchen Cabinet on LCFF”, the California Association of Bilingual
Educators, and he has played leadership roles within ACSA. In 2012,
he was honored as Jurupa Valley Citizen of the Year for his work in
the community.
His journey into school leadership was a “Sunday drive.”
“Every stopping point has been great,” he said. “The current
waypoint has been the most fulfilling, the hardest and the most
See DUCHON, page 3
A change agent for
her students
Marcus Foster Award for Administrator Excellence winner Stacy Love Bryant,
left, is introduced at the awards banquet by President-elect Linda Kaminski.
The Marcus Foster Award for Administrator Excellence was
established to honor the memory of Marcus Foster, former superin-
tendent of the Oakland Unified School District. The recipients are
leaders who are skilled managers of change; involve many sectors of
the community; and are willing to take risks to improve educational
opportunities, among other attributes. Award winners are leaders
who are willing to try new ideas to help children; to speak out in
the community on issues that have an impact on children; respect all
people, especially children, as human beings; and protects the rights
of all people to have full citizenship.
A perfect example of this description is Stacy Love Bryant,
deputy superintendent with Palmdale School District. Bryant never
allows challenges to prevent her from creating lasting and meaning-
ful changes.
Like so many school leaders, Bryant did not set out to be an
See BRYANT, page 3
Wildfire donations. Many
Californians have been devastated by
the wildfires in our state. The Camp
Fire in Butte County has affected
residents, schools and educators in
ACSA Region 2 and the Woolsey Fire
in Ventura County has hit those in both
Regions 13 and 14. ACSA is partner-
ing with United Way to help raise
donations. To join us, go to http://bit.
ly/2TdfOAj or text BUTTEFIRE to 91999
for the Camp Fire; or go to http://bit.
ly/2Te76BK or text UWVCACSA to
41444 for the Woolsey Fire. Or simply
open the ACSA App, where you will
find links on the front page.
Drinking water. Of the $9.5 mil-
lion allocated to the Drinking Water for
Schools Grant Program, funding is still
available. Eligible applicants include a
single school, entire school district, or
a county office of education applying
for multiple districts in their jurisdic-
tion. Additional information about the
program can be found on the Drinking
Water for Schools Grant Program web-
page at http://bit.ly/2PRfrN8.
Accessibility resources. The
“Smarter Balanced Resources and
Practices Comparison Crosswalk”
for 2018-19 is now available at http://
bit.ly/smarterbalancedresources.
The Crosswalk lists the accessibility
resources that currently are included
in the Smarter Balanced Usability,
Accessibility, and Accommodations
Guidelines and assists educators and
decision makers by providing a descrip-
tion of both the resource and its
classroom equivalent. This document
is particularly helpful because many
assessment accessibility resources are
similar to those commonly used during
classroom instruction.
Board position. The California
Association of Student Councils has
an opening on the board of directors.
The term is three years with quarterly
meetings on a weekend day set by the
board. Each member serves on one
committee (Fundraising, Marketing,
Finance) that meets during regular
meetings and occasionally by confer-
ence call. Email june.thompson@casc.
net for more information.
Leadership Coaching key to candidates
earning clear administrative credential
The
Commission
on
Teacher
Credentialing program standards require
coaching to acquire a Clear Administrative
Services Credential. This clearly requires
the services of a qualified coach.
Participants in ACSA’s Leadership
Coaching program receive training in a
research-based coaching model prior
to working with a credential candidate.
Leadership Coaching emphasizes the
importance of building and maintaining
trust, the value of being a good listener, and
the use of questioning strategies to promote
reflection and growth in educational lead-
ers. This two-day workshop is the first step
to become an ACSA certified leadership
coach.
Intended audience
• Coaches of beginning and experienced
school administrators.
• Coaches serving in school leadership
training programs and administrative ser-
vices training programs.
• Instructors in educational administra-
tive pre-service programs.
• Coaches of teacher leaders.
• Individuals responsible for designing
See COACHING, page 6
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