This book combines theoretical debate and empirical evidence of the effectiveness and relevancy of local school boards today. Original theorists of competing school board governance theories, current researchers, and researcher/practitioners provided the latest empirical data about the role of school boards as well as applications for…

Superintendent Gillet, lacking sensitivity to the environment of the school, allows issues to surface without resolving them within the context of the prevailing climate. He discovers the hard way that shared decision making, collaboration, and other participatory governance models should be implemented for resolving divergent issues. Rather than…

In this article, the author discusses the need of administrative support for board members. An effective board services office can help a lot in attracting and retaining community leaders. Board members need administrative support to help them manage events, records, communications, scheduling, correspondence and constituent service. In small to…

Principals today are expected to competently perform a variety of roles, particularly those of instructional leader and school manager, under increasing public scrutiny. In general, the school principal has few statutory protections and limited constitutional due-process rights. The problem is that in many cases, principals' employment contracts…

Based on the premise that an effective relationship between community college governing boards and presidents is crucial, this volume explores the professional needs, challenges, and roles of college presidents and governing board members and the influence of these factors on the board-president team. The following articles are provided: (1)…

This book of ethics case studies for regents and trustees of institutions of higher education was developed because of the need for ethics materials in the Oklahoma Regents Education Program. The cases presented are more than entertaining stories (fiction extracted from experience). They are invitations to think more deeply and get to the heart of…

This paper focuses on the evaluation of the on-the-job performance of school district superintendents as they implement school board policy. It draws from the results of a federally supported project on improvement of administrator performance evaluation. Following an overview of the paper's objectives and rationale, part 1 offers a brief history…

A study was conducted of the relatively small group of community college presidents who have been in their current position for 10 years or longer. The study focused on the fit of the president to the institution, the presidents' vision, the planning process, and style issues such as leadership, delegation, consensus building, and decision making.…

This booklet addresses issues concerning the various responsibilities of trustees on governing boards of independent colleges and universities. Introductory information notes the increasing complexity and significance of the trusteeship role and its unique context in independent institutions. The booklet distinguishes between board and individual…

Findings of a study that examined successful high school principals' strategies for implementing school improvement visions are presented in this paper. Methodology involved case studies of four Georgia high school principals with reputations for effective school improvement. Interviews were conducted with the principals and 10 teachers from each…

This handbook provides suggestions for building a private-independent school trustee-board relationship. An effective relationship requires individual education about today's trusteeship and appropriate board organization. Chapter 1 describes the role of the trusteeship, and chapter 2 offers guidelines for developing a school philosophy and…

This book presents a comprehensive approach to the presidential search for institutions of higher education. Beginning with the premise that each institution must tailor the search to its own needs and circumstances, the book offers options and guidelines in nine chapters. The first chapter reviews initial steps including the size, composition,…

Guidelines that include policies, goals, and procedures for the governance of small colleges are presented. The following guidelines suggest how different elements of an institution's governance system might be expected to operate: (1) as a corporate body, a board of trustee has at least four responsibilities; (2) individual members of a board…

Principals express dissatisfaction with superintendents and boards of education, particularly over the superintendents' and boards' bargaining with teachers. (IRT)

Asserting that presidential evaluation is the support and the apex of an overall program of accountability in administration, a former president of the University of Scranton suggests principles and procedures including evaluation based on a mutually accepted job description or priority list, inclusion of self-evaluation, and emphasis on…