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A. 29 www.Panasonic.com/NCP www.Panasonic.com/whiteboards Parts Express 8 www.parts-express.com/eduation/da Rosetta Stone, Ltd 65 www.RosettaStone.com/BackToSchool Seton Hall University 67 www.shu.edu Sharp Electronics Corporation 37 www.sharpusa.com/education Subway 74 www.subway.com TechEra, Inc. CV3 www.MountDirect.com/da VS America, Inc. 53 www.contactvsamerica.com Walt Disney Company 5, 17-24 www.DistrictAdministration.com/disney Wimba 83 www.wimba.com/K12 DistrictAdministration SEPTEMBER 2009 The Magazine of School DiSTricT ManageMenT Volume 45 Number 8 Editorial Director Joseph J. Hanson Publisher Daniel E. Kinnaman EDITORIAL Editor Judy Faust Hartnett jhartnett@districtadministration.com Senior Editor Angela Pascopella apascopella@districtadministration.com Products Editor Kurt O.E. Dyrli kdyrli@districtadministration.com Associate Editor Don Parker-Burgard dpburgard@districtadministration.com Contributing Writers Laura R. Bona, Kevin Butler, Alan Dessoff, Jennifer Chase Esposito, Eamonn O’Donovan, Cathleen Norris, Scott Poland, Ron Schachter, Elliot Soloway, Gary S. Stager ART Art Director Susan Rohal-Corbett srohalcorbett@promediagrp.com Promotions Designer Brian Kelly Art Production Coordinator and Designer Edie Hagendoorn DA BLOGS Tech Disruptions blog by Cathleen Norris & Elliot Soloway blogs.DistrictAdministration.com/techdisruptions Product Posts blog by Kurt O.E. Dyrli, Products Editor blogs.DistrictAdministration.com/productsblog DA ONLINE CIO David Brennan dbrennan@promediagrp.com Director of Interactive Media Stephanie Martinez smartinez@promediagrp.com Web Designer Sharon A. Reiger Database Analyst Georgia Langner Web Developer Gene Wong Web Editor Judy Faust Hartnett jhartnett@districtadministration.com Web Seminar Director J.D. Solomon jdsolomon@promediagrp.com Web Seminar Producer Dana Kubicko dkubicko@promediagrp.com ADVERTISING SALES Associate Publisher East Coast Sales Manager George Halo ghalo@districtadministration.com (609) 242-4294 Fax: (908) 765-0300 Central Sales Manager Terry Nelson tnelson@districtadministration.com (815) 356-5509 Fax: (815) 356-5640 West Coast Sales Manager George Saroyan gsaroyan@districtadministration.com (951) 415-2423 Fax: (866) 382-3782 Featured Products Matt Kinnaman mkinnaman@districtadministration.com (413) 241-6085 Fax: (203) 516-2391 Executive Job Search Gloria Williams (203) 663-0101 gwilliams@promediagroup.com, www.DistrictAdministration.com/viewjob.aspx Ad Traffic Manager Rosetta Moore rmoore@promediagrp.com (203) 663-0102 Fax: (203) 663-0153 CUSTOM PUBLISHING For information regarding custom publishing, contact your sales manager or J.D. Solomon at jdsolomon@districtadministration.com M A R K E T I N G & A D M I N I S T R AT I O N Promotions Director Matt Kinnaman Associate Publisher J.D. Solomon Director of Account Services Susan D. Charamut Conference and Tradeshow Manager Ellen Boyer Bookkeeper Katie MacArthur Circulation Coordinator Frances Cassone Executive Assistant Lilly Holman Operations Assistant Gloria Williams Collections Coordinator Elizabeth Portillo PROFESSIONAL MEDIA GROUP LLC Chairman and CEO Joseph J. Hanson President and COO Daniel E. Kinnaman CIO David Brennan Director of Finance, Operations and Human Resources Donna Levin Director of Circulation and Production Dana Kubicko Editor in Chief Emeritus Odvard Egil Dyrli Publisher Emeritus Howard A. Reed REPRINTS/PERMISSIONS Reprints are available at a nominal cost. For more information contact Rosetta Moore at (203) 663-0102. SUBSCRIPTIONS Send address changes to Fran Cassone, District Administration, 488 Main Ave., Norwalk, CT 06851 circulation@promediagrp.com SUBMISSIONS Send story ideas to editor before sending unsolicited manuscripts. District ADministrAtion assumes no liability for the return of unsolicited materials. HOW TO REACH US 488 Main Ave., Norwalk, CT 06851, Phone: (203) 663-0100, Fax: (203) 663-0149, Editorial Fax: (203) 663-0148 Web Site www.DistrictAdministration.com 12 September 2009 District Administration http://www.adaptivecurriculum.com http://www.aetnamedicare.com/ps http://www.Alcatel-Lucent.com http://www.alertnow.com http://www.DistrictAdministration.com/cisco http://www.crsadvancedtechnology.com http://www.DistrictAdministration.com/webseminars http://www.daveandbusters.com/specialevents http://www.echalk.com http://blogs.DistrictAdministration.com/techdisruptions http://www.pearsontapestry.com http://blogs.DistrictAdministration.com/productsblog http://www.ers.org http://www.elmousa.com http://www.epsonbrighterfutures.com/admin http://www.flvs.net/learnmore http://www.FollettSoftware.com http://www.google.com/apps/alloftheabove http://www.hanoverresearch.com http://www.K12.com/educators http://www.lexialearning.com http://www.DistrictAdministration.com/viewjob.aspx http://www.LGcommercial.com http://www.marsh-ind.com http://www.mhsegsolutions.com http://www.naviance.com http://www.ed.ncu.edu http://www.oncoursesystems.com/discipline http://www.Panasonic.com/NCP http://www.Panasonic.com/whiteboards http://www.parts-express.com/eduation/da http://www.RosettaStone.com/BackToSchool http://www.shu.edu http://www.sharpusa.com/education http://www.subway.com http://www.MountDirect.com/da http://www.contactvsamerica.com http://www.DistrictAdministration.com/disney http://www.wimba.com/K12 http://www.DistrictAdministration.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of District Administration - September 2009

District Administration - September 2009
Contents
From the Editor
Letters
News Update
Health Update
Curriculum Update
Stimulus Monitor
Conversations
Administrator Profile
District Profile
Administrator Roles Shift with the Times
Turning Around Schools in Need
Global Learning
Managing Generational Diversity
New Products
Professional Opinion
How Well Does This Web Site Work?
New Books
Tech Disruptions
Online Edge

District Administration - September 2009