I am seeing a rapidly growing number of school board members who expect their superintendent search committees to assess the board-savviness of...
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4 Board-Savvy Superintendents on Preparing Superintendent-Aspirants to Take the Helm
A few years ago a really bright and thoughtful superintendent almost 18 months into her first superintendency reached out to me for help. In our...
4 Board-Savvy Superintendents on Preparing Superintendent-Aspirants to Take the Helm
A few years ago a really bright and thoughtful superintendent almost 18 months into her first superintendency reached out to me for help. In our...
How Superintendent-Aspirants Can Demonstrate Board-Savviness to Search Committees
A major ongoing theme of www.boardsavvysuperintendent.com has been preparing cabinet members who are what we call superintendent-aspirants to build...
Don’t Unwittingly Turn Your Board Members Into Victims of Poorly Designed Structure and Process
A superintendent called me recently, asking if I’d be interested in presenting a governance training workshop for her school board. She explained...
Board Spear Carriers: Protecting the Superintendent’s Line of Credit
Last week’s post at this blog features my video interview with Dave Schuler, Lead Teacher of AASA’s Aspiring Superintendents Academy and former AASA...
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...
Capitalizing on Spear Carriers to Preserve Your CEO Line of Credit
The school board’s Planning & Development Committee held four intensive work sessions over the course of six months in coming up with a list of...
Demonstrating Your Board Savvyness
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...
How Ironic!
Over the years, I’ve been privileged to present a number of governance keynotes and workshops at AASA, NSBA, and state K-12 association meetings. As...