Doug Eadie's Governing at the Top: Building a Board-Superintendent
Strategic Governing Team is both a powerful addition to the K-12
governance literature and a practical guidebook for school board
members, superintendents, and senior administrators. Opening with a
crystal-clear, eminently practical definition of the work of governing
that goes well-beyond the outdated notion of "policy making," this
exciting new book then takes a close look at the key elements involved
in building the kind of rock-solid board-superintendent governing
partnership that these changing, challenging times demand. After
describing the critical role of a "board-savvy" superintendent in the
governing partnership, Doug examines in detail how board-superintendent
teams can go about developing the board's governing "architecture" (the
board's governing role, its members, and its committee structure),
mapping out processes for active board member engagement in governing
work, and keeping the board-superintendent working relationship healthy.
View the AASA-produced information video for Governing at the Top at the
following Internet address: http: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOob0Jp2ZuU.
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supplemental text, contact textbooks@rowman.com with your course
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