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What Does It Take for the District Central Office to Operate as a Learning Organization?
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Honig, Meredith I. – ERS Spectrum, 2009
Many reformers suggest that urban district central offices would strengthen teaching and learning districtwide if they operated as "learning organizations." But what does it mean for a school district central office to operate as a learning organization? This article draws on research about learning theory and school district central offices to…
Descriptors: Evidence, Learning Theories, School Districts, Central Office Administrators
New Superintendents' Perceptions of Their Jobs: Is the Honeymoon Over?
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Cox, Edward P.; Malone, Bobby – ERS Spectrum, 2003
Describes issues in superintendent hiring process and school-board role in sustaining success for new superintendents. Reports findings of survey of 54 new Indiana superintendents about their recruitment and interviewing experiences and the "honeymoon period" of their early employment. Finds, for example, that one-third of superintendents reported…
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Role, Elementary Secondary Education
Getting Better at Building Superintendent-School Board Relations.
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Basom, Margaret R.; Young, Suzie; Adams, Ted – ERS Spectrum, 1999
Researchers surveyed 25 members of the Superintendency Institute of America concerning feasible strategies for building and maintaining a positive and trusting superintendent/board relationship. Respondents highlighted building trust, maintaining focus, communicating effectively, teaching the board, and being politically savvy as ingredients for…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Politics of Education
Views of Departing School District Superintendents: Can the Disengagement Period Be Productive?
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Keane, William G.; Follo, Eric – ERS Spectrum, 1996
A survey of 50 Michigan superintendents who had recently left their positions for retirement or another position found that only 4 respondents felt like lame ducks during their disengagement period. The most productive behavior for departing superintendents is to conduct business as usual, complete major projects, move their districts forward, and…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education
Ten Things Superintendents Can Do To Create and Maintain an Effective School Governance Team.
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Goodman, Richard H.; Fulbright, Luann – ERS Spectrum, 1999
To improve board-administrator relations, superintendents should establish a firm foundation for teamwork, nurture mutual respect and support, understand their roles, be a supercoach, encourage frequent, two-way communication, avoid surprises, discourage micromanagement, avoid wasting teammates' time, tackle conflict, and assess the team's…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Communication Problems, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance
School Superintendents' Evaluations: Effective and Results-Based?
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Mayo, C. Russell; McCartney, Gary P. – ERS Spectrum, 2004
This study examined superintendents' perceptions of current performance evaluation practices and their preferences for those practices. Specifically, 1,125 superintendents across the nation received a questionnaire exploring evaluation effectiveness and results-based procedures. Findings indicate practices are neither uniformly effective nor…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Administrator Attitudes, Performance Based Assessment, Evaluation Methods