Overview
Doug Eadie's Governing at the Top: Building a Board-Superintendent Strategic Governing Team is both a powerful addition to the K-12 governance literature and a practical guidebook for school board members, superintendents, and senior administrators. Opening with a crystal-clear, eminently practical definition of the work of governing that goes well-beyond the outdated notion of policy making, this exciting new book then takes a close look at the key elements involved in building the kind of rock-solid board-superintendent governing partnership that these changing, challenging times demand. After describing the critical role of a board-savvy superintendent in the governing partnership, Doug examines in detail how board-superintendent teams can go about developing the board's governing architecture (the board's governing role, its members, and its committee structure), mapping out processes for active board member engagement in governing work, and keeping the board-superintendent working relationship healthy. View the AASA-produced information video for Governing at the Top at the following Internet address: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOob0Jp2ZuU. *Professors interested in examining this book as a textbook or supplemental text, contact textbooks@rowman.com with your course information.
Full Product Details
Author: Doug Eadie
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Education
Dimensions:
Width: 16.20cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 24.30cm
Weight: 0.299kg
ISBN: 9781475807158
ISBN 10: 1475807155
Pages: 100
Publication Date: 31 January 2014
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Governing at the Top is an indispensable resource for superintendents who are committed to building a rock-solid partnership with their school board. -- Bruce Caughey, executive director, Colorado Association of School Executives Governing at the Top is chock-full of practical, tested wisdom that superintendents can put to work in partnering with their boards. -- S. Dallas Dance, Ph.D., superintendent, Baltimore County Public Schools, Maryland Doug Eadie offers powerful insights on the nature of school board-superintendent partnerships that result in the kind of high-impact governing these challenging times demand. -- Robert Rader, executive director, Connecticut Association of Boards of Education
Author Information
Doug Eadie is the president & CEO of Doug Eadie & Company, a consulting firm that specializes in developing the capacity of school boards and superintendents to do high-impact governing work and to take command of strategic change. Doug is the author of 20 books in addition to Governing at the Top and of over 100 articles. Visit Doug Eadie's website at https://www.dougeadie.com/.
