Contemporary reform initiatives in public education have included concerns with large scale, systemic reform in which the superintendent was a pivotal player. Yet much of the research attention is focused on the principalship or on state-level policymaking. This volume attempts to correct this lack of attention on the superintendency by stimulating conversations about new ways to conceive of the role. The empirical and conceptual analyses reported in this book are outcomes of the UCEA Joint Program Center for the Study of the Superintendency. The chapters report on studies that focus on the issues of recruitment, diversity, district/community relations, power and politics, and transformation. This annual review is designed to provide a forum for empirical and conceptual investigations of organizational behaviour in schools and school districts, as well as their institutional environments. Specifically, the review attempts to inform educational management and policy by integrating perspectives from sociology, psychology, economics, political science, and management.

Primarily focusing on the role of the superintendent in US school districts, this book also offers a coherent guide to critical professional aspects such as preparation for supervisory roles and staff development. Featuring the research of educational leadership specialists, it includes an array of useful, hands-on strategies for aspiring and existing leaders, as well as ideas for educational administration, leadership professional development, and educational policy.

The Superintendent as CEO is unique; it is both the core, how-to professional book for superintendents and it supports the very popular movement of training superintendents to have an executive/CEO mentality that complements their educational background. It has a strong research base and it accommodates the ELCC standards required for educational administration programmes to get or retain certification, while also following the AASA Professional Standards for the Superintendency (K-12.

The Superintendent as CEO is unique; it is both the core, how-to professional book for superintendents and it supports the very popular movement of training superintendents to have an executive/CEO mentality that complements their educational background. It has a strong research base and it accommodates the ELCC standards required for educational administration programmes to get or retain certification, while also following the AASA Professional Standards for the Superintendency (K-12.

Primarily focusing on the role of the superintendent in US school districts, this book also offers a coherent guide to critical professional aspects such as preparation for supervisory roles and staff development. Featuring the research of educational leadership specialists, it includes an array of useful, hands-on strategies for aspiring and existing leaders, as well as ideas for educational administration, leadership professional development, and educational policy.