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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480931103321

Titolo

The superintendent's fieldbook : a guide for leaders of learning / / James Harvey [and three others] ; contributors, Pamela J. Ansingh [and fifty-one others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-4833-0639-9

1-4522-7759-1

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (400 p.)

Disciplina

371.2/011

Soggetti

School districts - United States - Administration

School superintendents - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

"A joint publication, Corwin, a SAGE Company, National Superintendents Roundtable."

Nota di contenuto

""THE SUPERINTENDENT�S FIELDBOOK: A GUIDE FOR LEADERS OF LEARNING -FRONT COVER""; ""THE SUPERINTENDENT�S FIELDBOOK: A GUIDE FOR LEADERS OF LEARNING ""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""ABOUT THE AUTHORS""; ""PART I: ORIENTATION""; ""PART II: LEADING YOUR SCHOOLS""; ""PART III: COPING WITH GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES""; ""PART IV: LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT""; ""PART V: ADDRESSING RACE AND CLASS""; ""PART VI: DEVELOPING YOUR PRINCIPALS""; ""PART VII: COLLABORATING WITH YOUR ALLIES""; ""PART VIII: ENGAGING YOUR COMMUNITY""

""PART IX: SO, WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN?""""APPENDICES""; ""APPENDIX A: THE NATIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS ROUNDTABLE AND THE FORUM FOR THE AMERICAN SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT""; ""APPENDIX B: MEMBERS OF THE DANFORTH FORUM FOR THE AMERICAN SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT""; ""APPENDIX C: MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS ROUNDTABLE""; ""APPENDIX D: CONTRIBUTORS""; ""INDEX""



Sommario/riassunto

Guidance for ever-changing challenges, success through improved effectiveness  Equip yourself to face the demands of a superintendent with this practical guide for new and veteran district leaders. Understanding leadership and budgets is only one piece of a pie that has grown to include privatization, performance-based teacher compensation, technology, and global comparisons like PISA. Based on research with 300 superintendents, this new edition is your touchstone forpractical advice on how to:     Survive on the job    Bargain like a pro    Work with your school board    Tackle the achieveme