It was great catching up via Zoom with my dear colleague Pat Watson this past Saturday morning. After 3 ½ years at the...
Pat Watson on Managing His Partnership with the Board at the Helm of the Bloomfield Hills Schools
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Board-Savvy Superintendents
Bagging Three Big Feathered Friends
Let me tell you a tale of two school districts’ very different approaches to presenting financial performance reports at their monthly board...
Getting Off on the Right Foot With Your New Board
Déjà vu All Over Again A little over four years ago, listening to my new superintendent coaching client – who had recently taken the helm of a...
Passing the Search Committee Test: 5 Practical, Tested Tips
We all know that superintendent tenure has been steadily – and dramatically – declining all over the country. So far as I can tell, superintendent...
Superintendent Leadership on the Governance Front: An Emerging New Model
Over the course of my 35-plus years working with superintendents and their school boards, I’ve conducted hundreds of one-on-one interviews with...
David Schuler on Preparing Aspiring Superintendents for the Top Spot
This post, featuring my video interview with Dave Schuler, incoming Executive Director of the American Association of School Administrators,...
Superintendent Leadership on the Governance Front: An Emerging New Model
Over the course of my 35-plus years working with superintendents and their school boards, I’ve conducted hundreds of one-on-one interviews with...
Boosting the Governing IQ of the Superintendent-Aspirants in Your Cabinet
Last August, sitting in on a Cabinet governance work session that Ehren Jarrett, Superintendent of the Rockford (Illinois) Public Schools, was...
David Schuler on Preparing Aspiring Superintendents for the Top Spot
In addition to serving as superintendent of Illinois High School District 214, Dave Schuler dedicates countless hours to making this true tale of...
Recruiting a Really Board-Savvy Superintendent
Experience has taught me – and I’m sure many if not most of this blog’s readers – that the more board-savvy its superintendent, the more effective a...