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Building a High-Impact Board-Superintendent Partnership will consist of 11 brief chapters, each covering a critical question that practitioners need to answer in building the board-superintendent partnership

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Author:   Doug Eadie
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield
Dimensions:   Width: 16.10cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.404kg
ISBN:  

9781475847864

ISBN 10:   1475847866
Pages:   146
Publication Date:   12 September 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Foreword 1: What’s the State of the K-12 Governing Art? 2: What Exactly Do We Do When We Govern? 3: What Can Stand in the Way of High-Impact Governing? 4: What is the Superintendent’s Role in Governing? 5: How Can We Build a Solid Board-Superintendent Partnership? 6: What Does the Superintendent Do as Chief Board Developer? 7: How Can We Strengthen Our Board’s Self-Management Capacity? 8: How Can We Make Use of Board Standing Committees As Powerful Governing Engines? 9: How Can We Turn Board Members Into Satisfied Owners of Their Planning Work? 10: How Can We Turn Board Members Into Satisfied Owners of Their External/Stakeholder Relations Work? 11: How Can We Engage Senior Administrators in the Governing Process? Acknowledgments About the Author

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Building a High-Impact Board-Superintendent Partnership is full of practical wisdom that you can put to immediate use in your district. -- Talisa Dixon, Superintendent, Columbus City Schools (Ohio) This is the only book I’ve seen that provides readers with a really concrete definition of the work a school board actually does when it governs. -- Bryan Luizzi, Superintendent, New Canaan Public Schools (Connecticut) Doug has written a masterpiece...an absolute must read as a leader. The comprehensive collection of proven practices unlocks the secret to building positive and enduring board-superintendent partnerships. -- L. Oliver Robinson, Superintendent of Schools, Shenendehowa CSD; NYS Superintendent of the Year 2011 Doug’s new book is a treasure-trove of practical guidance for Superintendents and School Boards looking to build a truly high-impact governing body. -- Aaron Spence, Superintendent, Virginia Beach City Public Schools (Virginia)

Building a High-Impact Board-Superintendent Partnership is full of practical wisdom that you can put to immediate use in your district. -- Talisa Dixon, Superintendent, Columbus City Schools (Ohio) This is the only book I've seen that provides readers with a really concrete definition of the work a school board actually does when it governs. -- Bryan Luizzi, Superintendent, New Canaan Public Schools (Connecticut) Doug has written a masterpiece...an absolute must read as a leader. The comprehensive collection of proven practices unlocks the secret to building positive and enduring board-superintendent partnerships. -- L. Oliver Robinson, Superintendent of Schools, Shenendehowa CSD; NYS Superintendent of the Year 2011 Doug's new book is a treasure-trove of practical guidance for Superintendents and School Boards looking to build a truly high-impact governing body. -- Aaron Spence, Superintendent, Virginia Beach City Public Schools (Virginia)

Author Information

Doug Eadie, President & CEO of Doug Eadie & Company, has over the past 30 years helped over 500 public and nonprofit organizations, including many school boards and superintendents, to build their boards’ capacity do high-impact governing work and to develop rock-solid board-superintendent working relationships. Doug is the author of 21 books in addition to Building a High-Impact Board-Superintendent Partnership, including Governing at the Top and Five Habits of High-Impact School Boards, and of over 100 articles on board and chief executive leadership and board-chief executive relations. He administers and writes for a popular blog for public school leaders, www.boardsavvysuperintendent.com. Before founding Doug Eadie & Company, Doug served in a number of senior executive positions in the nonprofit sector and as a Peace Corps teacher in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for three years. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, Doug was awarded the master of science in management degree by the Weatherhead School of Case Western Reserve University.

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