The superintendent was a consummate people-person who had from the get-go paid close attention to the human dimension of her working relationship...
Don’t Over-rely on Human Relations in Building Your Partnership With the Board
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Your Values Statement: More Than Meets the Eye
You’ll recall that the last article posted at this blog, “The Governing Gold Standard,” describes a modern approach to developing innovation...
Don’t Let an Insidious Foe Damage the Partnership With Your Board
Preparing for the “Board-Savvy Superintendent” workshop I’ll be presenting later this month for the Midlands Superintendents’ Academy at the...
Superintendents Jose Espinoza and Nick Polyak on Building a Strong Partnership With the Board
I’ll never forget walking into a superintendent’s office a few years ago and finding her distraught. She’d just come out of...
Superintendents Oliver Robinson and Aaron Spence On Building a Cohesive Board Governing Team
The January 27 article on this blog – “May the (Centrifugal) Force Not Be With You!” – talks about one of the most insidious...
Getting and Keeping the Best In Your Classrooms: a Classic Strategic Challenge
I treasure the memory of my deeply satisfying three-year stint teaching English and ancient history in grades 9, 10, and 11 at Tafari Makonnen...
Are We Accountable For Fostering the Freedom To Fail?
Board-savvy superintendents know that they’ve got to work closely with their school board members in coming up with practical ways to carry out one...
Capitalizing On Your School Board As a Rich Resource In External Relations: the Charlottesville City Schools Story
Public education has taken it on the chin in recent years. School districts around the country have been thrown on the defensive by the apparent...
Should You Get Your Board Involved In Doing Non-Governing Work?
The primary mission of all school boards is to govern, which essentially involves making decisions about such governing products as the annual...
Two Seasoned Leaders On Board Engagement
In Governing at the Top (https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781475807158) I describe a phenomenon that I’m sure many superintendents have observed over the...