The Board-Savvy Superintendent's hard-hitting, no-nonsense, advice on school board leadership capitalizes on Houston and Eadie's hands-on experience working with hundreds of boards and superintendents over the past quarter-century. It is a practical, survive-and-thrive book that will help school district leaders―board members, superintendents, and senior administrators―learn to work together successfully in leading their districts in these extraordinarily challenging times. Filled with detailed, thoroughly tested guidance on how to acquire the skills and knowledge that make up board savvyness, it also addresses how to develop the school board's capacity to produce truly high-impact governance, and how to build a strong, enduring, productive board-superintendent working partnership. The authors take a fresh look at the process of governing, going well beyond the old-fashioned, control-focused "policy governance" approach. Rather than being preoccupied with developing a static structure of policies to distinguish the board's role from the superintendent's, the book describes how the board and superintendent can creatively work together in making decisions about such critical governing "products" as values, vision, mission, and strategic change initiatives. School district leaders will appreciate The Board-Savvy Superintendent's close look at the "gold standard" for board involvement in school affairs: leading strategic change. The authors go well beyond the conventional long-range planning approach of merely projecting everything a school district is doing for some arbitrary period of 3 or 5 years, which has generated tons of paper and little important change to provide the reader with detailed, practical guidance on engaging school boards creatively and proactively in a much more selective, vision-driven process that actually results in the implementation of strategic change: the Strategic Change Portfolio.

The Board-Savvy Superintendent

Education & Teaching

Houston, Paul D.

Eadie, Doug

Schools & Teaching

R&L Education

Articles of Faith and Hope for Public Education is a compilation of the writings Houston has done for Leadership News and many other education-related publications (including Kappan, Education Week and The American School Board Journal) during his tenure as AASA executive director. Houston explains in the introduction that this book is the result of requests from members who appreciate his honest appraisal of public education and find themselves wanting to share his thoughts with others. Included is a preface to each article explaining its significance at the time it was written and its relevance today.

Articles of Faith and Hope for Public Education

The Spiritual Dimension of Leadership: 8 Key Principles to Leading More Effectively

This book illuminates many of the core values, beliefs, and principles that can guide, sustain, and inspire leaders during difficult times.

Sokolow, Stephen L.

Corwin

This book illuminates many of the core values, beliefs, and principles that can guide, sustain, and inspire leaders during difficult times.

Out-of-the-Box Leadership (The Soul of Educational Leadership Series)

In this handbook that combines research and reflective exercises, recognized experts discuss transformative leadership, leadership alternatives, improvements in school reform, and challenges in leadership roles.

Business & Money

Blankstein, Alan M.

Cole, Robert W.

Management & Leadership

Engaging EVERY Learner (The Soul of Educational Leadership Series)

Join today′s most insightful thinkers as they explore the heart, mind, and soul of educational leadership! This concise volume offers educational leaders key concepts and strategies for framing discussions about closing the equity gap and ensuring high achievement for all learners. As the first volume in The Soul of Educational Leadership series, this unique collection presents:  Contributions from Pedro Noguera, Thomas Guskey, Richard Farson, Alan Boyle, Antoinette Mitchell, Stephen G. Peters, Randall & Delores Lindsey, Karen Pittman & Merita Irby, and Alan M. Blankstein Thought-provoking ideas applicable to all schools, districts, and learning communities A complete index for browsing and referencing across topics

Education & Reference

Join today's most insightful thinkers as they explore the heart, mind, and soul of educational leadership! This concise volume offers educational leaders key concepts and strategies for framing discussions about closin

Building Sustainable Leadership Capacity (The Soul of Educational Leadership Series)

Bringing together a powerful group of leading educational thinkers, including Michael Fullan, Dennis Sparks, Linda Lambert, and Dean Fink, this volume examines how to sustain improvement through shared leadership.

Bringing together a powerful group of leading educational thinkers, including Michael Fullan, Dennis Sparks, Linda Lambert, and Dean Fink, this volume examines how to sustain improvement through shared leadership.

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Books by Houston, Paul D.

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The Board-Savvy Superintendent

Articles of Faith and Hope for Public Education

The Spiritual Dimension of Leadership: 8 Key Principles to Leading More Effectively

The Spiritual Dimension of Leadership: 8 Key Principles to Leading More Effectively

Out-of-the-Box Leadership (The Soul of Educational Leadership Series)

Out-of-the-Box Leadership (The Soul of Educational Leadership Series)

Engaging EVERY Learner (The Soul of Educational Leadership Series)

Engaging EVERY Learner (The Soul of Educational Leadership Series)

Building Sustainable Leadership Capacity (The Soul of Educational Leadership Series)

Building Sustainable Leadership Capacity (The Soul of Educational Leadership Series)