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Take a look at the moments that bring our Council of School Officers community together. From professional development and leadership events to member celebrations and retiree gatherings, these photos highlight the people and experiences that make CSO special.
Browse our event albums below to see highlights from past and recent gatherings.
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Barbara Broady Childs is a retired DC Public Schools educator with 42 years of experience as a teacher, assistant principal, and principal. A graduate of Howard University and Trinity College, she also supervised student teachers at Bowie State University. She served as Executive Vice President of the Council of School Officers until her retirement in 2024. Barbara remains active in education, community service, and Zion Baptist Church. She also serves as President of the Washington Bridge Unit Inc. and enjoys traveling.
Gwendolyn Brown is a retiree and former Special Education Supervisor with DCPS. In this role, she assisted with identifying the least restrictive educational settings for special education students and supported school visitations, observations, recommendations and professional development for teachers and para educators.
Gwendolyn Brown is a retiree and former Special Education Supervisor with DCPS. In this role, she assisted with identifying the least restrictive educational settings for special education students and supported school visitations, observations, recommendations and professional development for teachers and para educators.
Gwen has 36 years of experience as a special education teacher and teacher mentor with DCPS, along with two years in a public charter school advocating for teachers and students. She also served for more than five years as an adjunct professor at Trinity University.
Gwen has 36 years of experience as a special education teacher and teacher mentor with DCPS, along with two years in a public charter school advocating for teachers and students. She also served for more than five years as an adjunct professor at Trinity University.
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Barbara Broady Childs - A native New Yorker, Barbara remained in Washington, DC after graduation where she continues to live, work and play. After graduation from Howard University, she earned a Master of Arts in Teaching from Trinity College. She applied those skills in the DC Public Schools for 42 exciting years as a teacher, assistant principal and principal, until her retirement in 2008. She has also worked as a field supervisor for interns in the Master of Arts in Teaching at Bowie State University, where she supervised the work of student teachers. Barbara has a great love of education and believes that children will succeed if given an equal chance. Not willing to sit after retirement, Barbara continues to work with educators. She was the Executive Vice President of the Council of School Officers (CSO), until her retirement in 2024. The union is the sole and...
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Principals are key drivers of school success. They create the conditions where teachers can teach and students can learn. And during National Principals Month, there may be no better way to recognize their work than to listen to what they have to say.
The principalship is changing. The challenges are different. The expectations are greater. And every day, principals are finding ways to bring educators, students and families together and keep their schools moving forward.
On October 28, join the American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA) and the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) for a National Principals Month conversation that puts the people doing the job at the center of the discussion.
Four principals from across the country will tell their stories in their own words.
Terita Walker, Principal, Denver's East High School, Colorado
Dr. Eric Brown, Principal, Mission Bay High School, California
Annette Sanchez, Principal, Beeville Independent School District, Texas
They will talk candidly about why they became principals, the challenges they are facing, what they have learned along the way and, most importantly, what they are doing that is working.
This won't be a presentation about principals. It will be a conversation with principals.
Together, we'll explore the questions school leaders are confronting every day:
What are the biggest challenges facing principals right now?
How are the role, responsibilities and expectations of the principalship evolving?
How are students, families and staff relying on school leaders in new ways?
And what practices are helping principals and their schools succeed?
NAESP Executive Director Stephanie Morris will open the program, and AFSA President Mark Cannizzaro, a former New York City principal, will close the conversation.
Principals are key drivers of school success. They create the conditions where teachers can teach and students can learn. And during National Principals Month, there may be no better way to recognize their work than to listen to what they have to say.
The principalship is changing. The challenges are different. The expectations are greater. And every day, principals are finding ways to bring educators, students and families together and keep their schools moving forward.
On October 28, join the American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA) and the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) for a National Principals Month conversation that puts the people doing the job at the center of the discussion.
Four principals from across the country will tell their stories in their own words.
Terita Walker, Principal, Denver's East High School, Colorado
Dr. Eric Brown, Principal, Mission Bay High School, California
Annette Sanchez, Principal, Beeville Independent School District, Texas
They will talk candidly about why they became principals, the challenges they are facing, what they have learned along the way and, most importantly, what they are doing that is working.
This won't be a presentation about principals. It will be a conversation with principals.
Together, we'll explore the questions school leaders are confronting every day:
What are the biggest challenges facing principals right now?
How are the role, responsibilities and expectations of the principalship evolving?
How are students, families and staff relying on school leaders in new ways?
And what practices are helping principals and their schools succeed?
NAESP Executive Director Stephanie Morris will open the program, and AFSA President Mark Cannizzaro, a former New York City principal, will close the conversation.
Principals are key drivers of school success. They create the conditions where teachers can teach and students can learn. And during National Principals Month, there may be no better way to recognize their work than to listen to what they have to say.
The principalship is changing. The challenges are different. The expectations are greater. And every day, principals are finding ways to bring educators, students and families together and keep their schools moving forward.
On October 28, join the American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA) and the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) for a National Principals Month conversation that puts the people doing the job at the center of the discussion.
Four principals from across the country will tell their stories in their own words.
Terita Walker, Principal, Denver's East High School, Colorado
Dr. Eric Brown, Principal, Mission Bay High School, California
Annette Sanchez, Principal, Beeville Independent School District, Texas
They will talk candidly about why they became principals, the challenges they are facing, what they have learned along the way and, most importantly, what they are doing that is working.
This won't be a presentation about principals. It will be a conversation with principals.
Together, we'll explore the questions school leaders are confronting every day:
What are the biggest challenges facing principals right now?
How are the role, responsibilities and expectations of the principalship evolving?
How are students, families and staff relying on school leaders in new ways?
And what practices are helping principals and their schools succeed?
NAESP Executive Director Stephanie Morris will open the program, and AFSA President Mark Cannizzaro, a former New York City principal, will close the conversation.
Principals are key drivers of school success. They create the conditions where teachers can teach and students can learn. And during National Principals Month, there may be no better way to recognize their work than to listen to what they have to say.
The principalship is changing. The challenges are different. The expectations are greater. And every day, principals are finding ways to bring educators, students and families together and keep their schools moving forward.
On October 28, join the American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA) and the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) for a National Principals Month conversation that puts the people doing the job at the center of the discussion.
Four principals from across the country will tell their stories in their own words.
Terita Walker, Principal, Denver's East High School, Colorado
Dr. Eric Brown, Principal, Mission Bay High School, California
Annette Sanchez, Principal, Beeville Independent School District, Texas
They will talk candidly about why they became principals, the challenges they are facing, what they have learned along the way and, most importantly, what they are doing that is working.
This won't be a presentation about principals. It will be a conversation with principals.
Together, we'll explore the questions school leaders are confronting every day:
What are the biggest challenges facing principals right now?
How are the role, responsibilities and expectations of the principalship evolving?
How are students, families and staff relying on school leaders in new ways?
And what practices are helping principals and their schools succeed?
NAESP Executive Director Stephanie Morris will open the program, and AFSA President Mark Cannizzaro, a former New York City principal, will close the conversation.
Principals are key drivers of school success. They create the conditions where teachers can teach and students can learn. And during National Principals Month, there may be no better way to recognize their work than to listen to what they have to say.
The principalship is changing. The challenges are different. The expectations are greater. And every day, principals are finding ways to bring educators, students and families together and keep their schools moving forward.
On October 28, join the American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA) and the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) for a National Principals Month conversation that puts the people doing the job at the center of the discussion.
Four principals from across the country will tell their stories in their own words.
Terita Walker, Principal, Denver's East High School, Colorado
Dr. Eric Brown, Principal, Mission Bay High School, California
Annette Sanchez, Principal, Beeville Independent School District, Texas
They will talk candidly about why they became principals, the challenges they are facing, what they have learned along the way and, most importantly, what they are doing that is working.
This won't be a presentation about principals. It will be a conversation with principals.
Together, we'll explore the questions school leaders are confronting every day:
What are the biggest challenges facing principals right now?
How are the role, responsibilities and expectations of the principalship evolving?
How are students, families and staff relying on school leaders in new ways?
And what practices are helping principals and their schools succeed?
NAESP Executive Director Stephanie Morris will open the program, and AFSA President Mark Cannizzaro, a former New York City principal, will close the conversation.
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