Governing at the Top: Building a Board-Superintendent Strategic Governing Team - Hardcover

Governing at the Top is an indispensable resource for superintendents who are committed to building a rock-solid partnership with their school board. -- Bruce Caughey, executive director, Colorado Association of School Executives Governing at the Top is chock-full of practical, tested wisdom that superintendents can put to work in partnering with their boards. -- S. Dallas Dance, Ph.D., superintendent, Baltimore County Public Schools, Maryland Doug Eadie offers powerful insights on the nature of school board-superintendent partnerships that result in the kind of high-impact governing these challenging times demand. -- Robert Rader, executive director, Connecticut Association of Boards of Education This book is a practical guide for public schools for administrators and school board members. Gives clear definitions and explanations of governing as opposed to policy making. Gives good ideas to superintendents for ways to make strategies that actually work. Also tells how to involve school board members and to work as a team for the goal of an effectively run school. This book is a great length to encourage people in the administration positions to pick it up and read it clearly. Key points are clearly stated. -- Leann Spears, Era High School

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. View the AASA-produced information video for Governing at the Top at the following Internet address: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOob0Jp2ZuU. Also visit the following website sponsored by the author for more information: www.boardsavvysuperintendent.com.