Retirement in new terms.A lot of you will be leaving the superintendency Su`per`in`tend´en`cy n. 1. The act of superintending; superintendence. in the next few years. We've known that for awhile a·while adv. For a short time. Usage Note: Awhile, an adverb, is never preceded by a preposition such as for, but the two-word form a while may be preceded by a preposition. and received confirmation anew a·new adv. 1. Once more; again. 2. In a new and different way, form, or manner. [Middle English : a, of (from Old English of; see of) + new from AASA's just-issued "State of the American School Superintendency," which reports 39 percent of superintendents anticipate retiring within five years and another 13 percent expect to be working in a different capacity in that time frame. Earlier this fall, The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times published a special section on retirement that addressed a rather oxymoronic concept that it called paid volunteerism. The newspaper suggested the phrase was "an apt description of the way modern retirees view nonprofit work." An AARP AARP, a nonprofit, nonpartisan national organization dedicated to "enriching the experience of aging"; membership is open to people age 50 or older. Founded in 1958 by Ethel Percy Andrus as American Association of Retired Persons, AARP now has over 30 million official is quoted as saying: "People used to say, 'Here I am, what do you need done? Today's retirees say, 'Here's what I do well, how can you use it, and what will you pay?'" Those points serve as the underpinning un·der·pin·ning n. 1. Material or masonry used to support a structure, such as a wall. 2. A support or foundation. Often used in the plural. 3. Informal The human legs. Often used in the plural. of "Reaching Out in Retirement" (page 17), one of this month's featured articles. Patti Ghezzi, a freelance education writer in Atlanta, details the experiences of superintendents who've retired with plenty of expertise still to share with newcomers to the field, sometimes for an arranged mentoring fee, sometimes not. I hope you'll also spend some time with the first-person pieces on changing aspects of retirement by former superintendents Donald Draayer, Dick Goodman, Charles Kuzminski and David Smith as well as the informative opening feature on legacy planning by Robert Galford. It's a fair bet to claim that retirement is taking lots of nontraditional turns for those in school leadership. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jay P. Goldman Voice: 703-875-0745 E-mail: jgoldman@aasa.org |
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