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Download full textSharp, William L.; Newman, Isadore – 1991
The relationship between the board of education of a public school system and the school superintendent is extremely important to the functioning and progress of the system. First-time Ohio superintendents were surveyed at the end of their first and second years about their perceptions of their relationships with their boards of education (N=58).…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Boards of Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Job Satisfaction
Walter, James K.; Sharp, William L. – Executive Educator, 1996
Beginning superintendents should reconsider before buying homes and settling into new communities. Today's superintendent, like the Old West hired gun, has a short, precarious tenure. Superintendents should be prepared, learn to recognize signs of trouble, quit while they're ahead, and keep their (metaphorical) bags packed. Board hostility is…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Career Change, Coping, Elementary Secondary Education
Sharp, William L.; Newman, Isadore – 1990
All first-year Ohio superintendents were surveyed regarding their board of education relationships. The administrators were sent a questionnaire asking about the boards' trust and confidence in them, the nature and extent of board/superintendent communications, and the superintendents' job satisfaction. Of 63 questionnaires mailed out, 58 (92.1…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Board Administrator Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education, Job Satisfaction
Sharp, William L.; Walter, James K. – 1995
This paper presents findings of a study that examined the "health" of the superintendency as perceived by superintendents in two states. Questionnaires sent to 307 Illinois superintendents elicited 227 responses, a 74 percent response rate, and questionnaires sent to 137 Massachusetts principals yielded 104 responses, a 76 percent response rate.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Board Administrator Relationship, Boards of Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Sharp, William L.; Walter, James K. – 1997
The tenure of a typical superintendent is less than 4 years. What should a prospective superintendent know about conducting a job search? This book examines the superintendency from a personal viewpoint and provides in-depth guidance on career strategies and family considerations. Chapter 1 describes the history of the superintendency and the…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, Career Development
Sharp, William L.; Malone, Bobby G.; Walter, James K. – 2003
This paper describes a study that explored superintendent and school-board evaluations. Specifically, it looked at some of the methods and uses of boards' evaluations of superintendents and some of the needs and methods of boards' evaluation of themselves. Data for the study were collected from 188 surveys of selected school superintendents in…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Policy
