The curtain fell on a splendid production. The superintendent couldn’t have been prouder of the chair of the school board’s new Strategic and...
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Board-Savvy Superintendents Take “Caveat Emptor” to Heart
By all accounts, MaryEllen Elia was doing an outstanding job at the helm of the Hillsborough County Public Schools: significantly improving...
Don’t Over-rely on Human Relations in Building Your Partnership With the Board
The superintendent was a consummate people-person who had from the get-go paid close attention to the human dimension of her working relationship...
Equipping Superintendent-Aspirants To Survive and Thrive In the Governing Arena
The same year the superintendent of a large urban school district was named “Superintendent of the Year” by her state association and was also a...
Two Really Board-Savvy Superintendents On Board Evaluation of Their Performance
I got several quizzical looks when I suggested that school boards should pay close attention not only to the achievement of...
Don’t Let an Insidious Foe Damage the Partnership With Your Board
Preparing for the “Board-Savvy Superintendent” workshop I’ll be presenting later this month for the Midlands Superintendents’ Academy at the...