Success strategies for school board leaders
Subtitle: lessons from superintendents
By: edited by Gary Ivory, Michele Acker-Hocevar.
Contributors: Ivory, Gary, 1947-; Acker-Hocevar, Michele, 1948-
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Education
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781578866304; 9781578866311
Subjects: School superintendents -- United States; Educational leadership -- United States; School management and organization -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Challenge: leading in an era of change / Kathryn Whitaker and Sheldon T. Watson; title: Success strategy: selling the vision / Edith A. Rusch; title: Success strategy: prioritize and make decisions / Judith A. Aiken; title: Challenge: fostering student achievement / Robin Dexter and William Ruff; title: Success strategy: basing decisions on data / William Ruff and Robin Dexter; title: Success strategy: recruit, keep, develop, and rely on good staff / Faye E. Patterson; title: Success strategy: learning about education and your role / Ramón Domínguez; title: Challenge: shortages of resources / Rhonda McClellan, Adrienne Hyle, and L. Nan Restine; title: Challenge: mandates and micropolitics / Cynthia I. Gerstl-Pepin; title: Challenge: understanding your superintendent's perspective / L. Nan Restine, Adrienne Hyle, and Rhonda McClellan; title: Challenge: the need to be re-elected / Thomas Alsbury; title: Success strategy: obtain meaningful community input / Eduardo Arellano; title: Success strategy: maintain good relationships / Mary Devin, Teresa Northern Miller, and Trudy A. Salsberry; title: Index; title: About the contributors.