Leading Insights
Perspectives and Strategies for Academic Leaders
Welcome to Leading Insights, the blog of the Association for Academic Leaders. Here, our staff and members share diverse viewpoints and practical strategies to support the essential and evolving work of all Academic Leaders.
When an Apocalypse Isn’t the End of the World: Generative AI in Schools
In his much-shared article “The Homework Apocalypse,” Ethan Mollick opens with the assumption that “Not enough educators (and parents) are preparing for the Homework Apocalypse that is coming this Fall.”
Exploring the Potential of Generative AI in Education: Personal Insights and Experiences of a School Leader
As a school leader, I am constantly seeking ways to enhance efficiency, foster creativity, and stay informed about the latest advancements in education. Recently, I have been exploring the potential of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and the potential for it to have an impact on my work.
Course Excerpt: Wellness for Academic Leaders
Rest is the work we do to restore–to come back to wholeness. During the Academic year, it’s all too common for Academic Leaders to decide they can put their own rest on hold until they solve others’ problems.
Marking the Moment 2023: Artificial Intelligence and the Student Experience at the Association for Academic Leaders
Right now, everyone knows they need to talk about AI–and they’re not sure where to look. The Association for Academic Leaders is making sure that members have the resources they need to tackle top-of-mind issues and lead conversations with confidence and knowledge.
Conversations Around Artificial Intelligence at the Association for Academic Leaders
Academic Leaders are continuing to have important conversations around AI on campus and with peers in other schools. When the advisory council met to generate ideas around the topics that would be included in this year’s Marking the Moment, there was unanimous support for including AI, not just once, but twice: there’s teaching and learning about AI, and then there’s educator use of AI.
Why An Association for Academic Leaders?
Why join? Because the Association for Academic Leaders is here to support educators whose work is strategically focused on teaching and learning beyond a single classroom. We built the Association by listening to educators, and creating the resources and programming that can make a difference in their work.
Love Where You Work
The Great Resignation continues. 21 million Americans left their job in 2021, with more than 4.5 million leaving last November alone, and trends continuing into 2022.
Ursuline Case Study: Insights on Recruiting, Engaging, and Retaining Faculty in 2023
It is no secret that schools across the country are facing some of their toughest staffing challenges in recent memory. While teacher shortage varies state-to-state, across districts, and in public and private sectors, it is nonetheless concerning.
What Can You Do To Keep Your Community Healthier?
As the academic year begins to wrap up, educators are tired. Academic Leaders are tired, themselves–and they still need to help colleagues find the energy to make the end of the year productive, rewarding, and joyful.
Navigating the 2023 Hiring Landscape
This spring and summer are shaping up to be the most challenging hiring environments in a generation. On the road this winter and spring, I have heard reports of increased difficulty in hiring teachers with options outside of education (computer science, math, science, and language teachers).
What Teaching and Gardening Have in Common
Harvest season is a time for reaping what we’ve sown. What is better than coming back to school to discover that the young teacher in the classroom next door has found her legs and is well-prepared for the new year?
Academic Leaders’ Next Steps with AI Generated .... Anything
The talk around AI abounds, and schools are having important conversations on campus about what this means for their communities. Academic Leaders are asking, “What’s my role in issuing guidance?” How do I get started? This is the time to draw upon several of the essential competencies of academic leadership, perhaps most immediately: Assess the present, understand the past, and design for the future.
Using AI's Powers For Good
The age of artificial intelligence is upon us, and the education press and social-media-sphere have been crackling with queries, dismay, disbelief, excitement, outrage, and just about every other kind of response educators can have.
Online Course Spotlight: The Emotional Lives of Teenagers with Dr. Lisa Damour
At the Association for Academic Leaders, we’re committed to helping independent school leaders with top of mind issues and concerns. Paramount for all of us this year is student mental health. That’s why we are so pleased to be able to work with our longtime friend and collaborator, Dr. Lisa Damour, on addressing the topic.