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Direct linkHenrikson, Robin – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2022
Evaluating the superintendent is the paramount duty of the school board. Current evaluation practices are inconsistent and meaningless for providing effective feedback. The researcher was interested in understanding this issue from the school board's perspective. Research questions addressed were: '(1) What current evaluation practices…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Administrator Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Boards of Education
Download full textBoring, Michael R. – Washington State School Directors' Association (NJ1), 2011
The selection of a superintendent is among the most significant decisions any school district board of directors will make. The superintendent should be the person and office through which the direction set by the board is carried out. The working relationship that develops between the board and superintendent is thus absolutely critical and the…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Superintendents, Worksheets, Personnel Selection
Peterkin, Robert; Jewell-Sherman, Deborah; Kelley, Laura; Boozer, Leslie – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2011
This book demonstrates through case studies and expert analyses the impressive educational gains children can make when the best educational research, policy, and practice are aligned. This volume is a valuable resource to aspiring leaders, educational researchers, and current practitioners and a must-read for anyone who cares about the public…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Strategic Planning, Public Schools, Equal Education
Banks, Patricia Anne; Maloney, Richard J. – School Administrator, 2007
In most districts, the evaluation of superintendents by the members of the board of education takes place in executive session of the board behind closed doors. Few board members or superintendents question the status quo. Most evaluation forms are merely collections of subjective checklists that catalog approved personality traits, attributes,…
Descriptors: School Districts, Personnel Evaluation, Superintendents, Boards of Education
Wildman, Louis – 1987
School board members with concerns for success benefit the entire school district. An ambiguity between administration and policy-making necessitates a clarification of the role of the school board. The board should care about the quality of education and the district, recognize the increasing complexity of education, and represent the goals of…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Gerla, Samuel, E. – 1987
The purpose of this study was to collect data from 40 school superintendents who were newly hired in Washington school districts just prior to the 1986-87 school year, assess the conditions within a school district when hiring a superintendent; and evaluate expectations placed upon a new chief executive by the board of education. Thirty-eight…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection, Board Administrator Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education
Alsbury, Thomas – 2002
Educational administrators have been aware of the effects of politics on the effective operation of schools since the political reform movement in the late 1800s and early 1900s. During this time of increased change and the demand for accountability, the ability to explain or anticipate political conflict in the community would be welcome by many…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Boards of Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance
Washington State School Directors Association, Olympia. – 1975
This booklet is intended to help new school board members in the state of Washington learn their jobs rapidly and, at the same time, to serve as a constructive reference for experienced board members. Individual chapters focus in turn on an overview of the school board, the school board member as an individual, the structure of Washington's public…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education
Scheidt, Omar H. – 1978
The highly centralized Washington State System of Community Colleges, as created by the Community College Act of 1967, is administered by a governor-appointed state board with one member from each of the seven congressional districts. Reporting to the state board on all revenues and expenditures made are 22 local boards of trustees. A commission…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Policy, Budgeting
