A practical planning tool with concrete tasks and tips for new or experienced superintendents! Written by seven outstanding superintendents, this reflective calendar and planning journal helps superintendents address day-to-day concerns while maintaining a focus on increasing student achievement. Month-to-month, this planner takes administrators from July through June, provides checklists and templates for overlaying timelines with events, and presents issues for reflection and action that include: maintaining visibility and effective communication monitoring program, curriculum, and achievement objectives building relationships among the educational community developing the budget coaching and mentoring planning ahead, establishing new goals, and facing unexpected events and challenges

A practical planning tool with concrete tasks and tips for new or experienced superintendents! Written by seven outstanding superintendents, this reflective calendar and planning journal helps superintendents address day-to-day concerns while maintaining a focus on increasing student achievement. Month-to-month, this planner takes administrators from July through June, provides checklists and templates for overlaying timelines with events, and presents issues for reflection and action that include: maintaining visibility and effective communication monitoring program, curriculum, and achievement objectives building relationships among the educational community developing the budget coaching and mentoring planning ahead, establishing new goals, and facing unexpected events and challenges

Foreword by Michael Kirst If board meetings are something you simply "get through" so you can get on with your "real" work, this book is a must. As chair, you can turn board meetings into productive, result-getting events that help you focus on teaching and learning to achieve your school's goals with the support of this realistic, detailed, and entertaining book! The authors, having chaired over 1,000 board meetings between them, discuss: - Creating clarity and building the team to increase effectiveness and support positive working relationships - Developing general operating procedures - Carrying out effective board meetings - Critical aspects of the meeting itself, as well as tips on conducting closed sessions - Post-meeting follow-up and how these activities affect and influence the culture of the district Chairpeople, board members, leadership staff and community members will find this guide invaluable for creating effective and meaningful board meetings.