AASA Podcast with Dr. Philip D. Lanoue
http://www.aasa.org The American Association of School Administrators, also known as AASA, provides a podcast where school administrators are interviewed by Dan Domenech. This is a long running podcast with countless interviews with great leaders in education. One of the most recent interviews was with the National Superintendent of the year for 2015, Dr. Philip D. Lanoue. He has led the Clarke County School District in Athens, Georgia since July 2009.Â
Dr. Lanoue was asked to comment on a his goal, âTo take kids to a place they never thought they could be.â He mentioned that there are several programs and initiatives in place to attain this goal. One of those programs is based around making children more healthy. The district is collaborating with several organizations that support the students in several aspects of their health and well-being. He mentioned that a studentâs health is key to their learning and then he spoke on the research behind that.Â
Throughout the entire interview Dr. Lanoue continued to express that school administrators should be lead learners. He explained that as a lead learner he must also be the largest advocate of children learning. This advocacy is not just for the teachers, parents or the children alone. Basically he wants every decision made to be student driven with the focus on learning. He ended the interview speaking about the need to be flexible and ready for change. Dr. Lanoue believes that students are ever-changing and that educators must be willing to change with them.












