Confessions of a School Board Member : What Every Superintendent Needs to Know / Phil Gore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gore, Phil, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School board presidents.

School boards.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

This book provides memorable, pithy anecdotes from one school board member’s experience on the board. It also weaves in amalgamations of other school board members and their sensemaking to illustrate points for the reader’s understanding and application. It includes empirical research completed in Washington state in 2016 to underscore the relevance and potential frequency of the observations and discussion points.

Contents:

Contents Dedication. 2 Acknowledgements. 3 Foreword. 5 About this book. 9 Introduction. 13 Part I Getting Started in School Board Service. 26 Chapter 1 Context of School Board Service. 28 Chapter 2 Motivations for Serving on a School Board. 41 Chapter 3 Learning the Role of a Board Member. 52 Chapter 4 Earning the Right to Be Heard. 66 Part II Learning to Work Effectively Together. 76 Chapter 5 Shared Leadership. 78 Chapter 6 Navigating between Micromanagement and Disengagement104 Chapter 7 Is This the Will of the Board?. 128 Chapter 8 Making an Impact144 Part III Focus on Improvement163 Chapter 9 Governance Priorities, Protocols, and Processes. 165 Chapter 10 Systems Thinking. 179 Chapter 11 The Opportunity of Superintendent Evaluation. 191 Chapter 12 Positively Engaging the Community. 212 Part IV Succeeding as a Superintendent224 Chapter 13 Planning for Success with a Board. 226 Chapter 14 Lessons Learned in School Board Development239 Chapter 15 Navigating Challenges. 249 Conclusion. 261 About the Author. 266 Endnotes. 268

ISBN:

9798881842734

OCLC:

1583182246