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• Surviving board transitions 

  We have all seen it happen. An effective superintendent and supportive board of education are working together in reasonable harmony. Most parents...

  School Administrator, 08/01/09 by Donald R. McAdams · More from publication

• Top 10 'guarantees' for a great relationship 

  Let's have a little fun, David Letterman style, by generating a Top 10 list. Like Letterman, we will start at the bottom and work our way up to No....

  School Administrator, 02/01/09 by Donald R. McAdams · More from publication

• Getting your board out of micromanagement 

  Micromanagement! Every superintendent hates the word. Every governance authority condemns the practice. Yet school board members seem irresistibly...

  School Administrator, 11/01/08 by Donald R. McAdams · More from publication

• The pros and cons of standing board committees 

  Standing committees. Legislative bodies have them, so do university boards of regents, nonprofit boards, religious boards and even corporate...

  School Administrator, 05/01/08 by Donald R. McAdams · More from publication

• Responding to board member requests for information 

  Successful superintendents want their boards to have deep knowledge of their school districts. The more the board sees the district through the...

  School Administrator, 03/01/08 by Donald R. McAdams · More from publication

• Planning for your own succession 

  One of life's great truths is that we are all transitional. All superintendencies eventually end. Superintendents have a personal responsibility to...

  School Administrator, 01/01/07 by Donald R. McAdams · More from publication

• Link your evaluation to district performance 

  Every superintendent knows about superintendent evaluations. Some superintendents welcome them; many don't. But few tools are more useful for...

  School Administrator, 09/01/06 by Donald R. McAdams · More from publication

• Administrative support for board members 

  Wise superintendents know that school board service is time-consuming and stressful and that a well-supported board is a better board. School...

  School Administrator, 01/01/06 by Donald R. McAdams · More from publication

• The short, productive board meeting 

  Board meetings are the time and place where school boards act. In fact, only when coming together as a body in a legal meeting do school board...

  School Administrator, 09/01/05 by Donald R. McAdams · More from publication

• Management oversight but not management 

  Good board members and effective boards do not micromanage, but they are trustees for the public. They must accept responsibility for establishing...

  School Administrator, 09/01/04 by Donald R. McAdams · More from publication