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The superintendent's rulebook : a guide to district level leadership / Patrick Darfler-Sweeney.
Van Pelt Library LB2831.7 .D37 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Darfler-Sweeney, Patrick, author.
- Series:
- Eye on Education book
- An Eye on Education book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- School superintendents.
- Educational leadership.
- Genre:
- Graphic novels.
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 194 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.
- Summary:
- "A concise and accessible text, The Superintendent's Rulebook explores the human resource, political, and leadership dimensions of the superintendency. This important book is designed for new, aspiring superintendents, and Boards of Education, helping readers apply the many leadership lessons taught in training programs and education leadership courses to their everyday practice. Full of real-world examples, takeaway strategies, and supplemented with discussion and "inbox" questions, this valuable resource encourages reflection, while capturing the-day to-day spirit and complexities of district level leadership"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Tone & climate
- Labor relations/negotiations
- 80-90% on site-time commitment
- Secretaries, support staff
- Discipline
- Accountability/evaluation
- Facilities management
- Building the relationship with BOE/trustees
- Training BOE/trustees members
- Your marriage with the BOE/trustees
- Live by the news, die in the news
- Know who you answer to and to whom you are charged to guide and know the difference
- Everything counts
- All politics is local/all education is local, until the state says it isn't
- Never become a crusader
- Developing your network
- Interviewing
- Public information center
- Leadership fitness
- Logic means nothing, B.F. Skinner had it right!
- Learn and understand the 20-60-20 scale rule
- Be patient
- Do your homework, and, keep your eye on the ball
- Web 0.0 to 2.0 & beyond
- Educating in the digital world
- Learning is messy
- Quality of life.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781138294738
- 113829473X
- 9781138294745
- 1138294748
- OCLC:
- 1021216298
- Publisher Number:
- 99977610458
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