Governing at the Top

Building a Board-Superintendent Strategic Governing Team

Doug Eadie

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 Opening with a crystal-clear, eminently practical definition of the work of governing that goes well-beyond the outdated notion of “policy making,” this exciting new book then takes a close look at the key elements involved in building the kind of rock-solid board-superintendent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.

Professors interested in examining this book as a textbook or supplemental text, contact textbooks@rowman.com with your course information.

R&L Education / American Association of School Administrators (AASA)

Pages: 100 • Trim: 6½ x 9¾

978-1-4758-0715-8 • Hardback • January 2014 • $59.00 • (£45.00)

978-1-4758-0716-5 • Paperback • January 2014 • $30.00 • (£22.99)

978-1-4758-0717-2 • eBook • January 2014 • $28.50 • (£21.99)

Subjects: Education / Administration / School Superintendents & Principals

Governing at the Top

Building a Board-Superintendent Strategic Governing Team

Hardback

Paperback

eBook

Summary

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 Opening with a crystal-clear, eminently practical definition of the work of governing that goes well-beyond the outdated notion of “policy making,” this exciting new book then takes a close look at the key elements involved in building the kind of rock-solid board-superintendent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.
- Professors interested in examining this book as a textbook or supplemental text, contact textbooks@rowman.com with your course information.

Details

R&L Education / American Association of School Administrators (AASA)

Pages: 100 • Trim: 6½ x 9¾

978-1-4758-0715-8 • Hardback • January 2014 • $59.00 • (£45.00)

978-1-4758-0716-5 • Paperback • January 2014 • $30.00 • (£22.99)

978-1-4758-0717-2 • eBook • January 2014 • $28.50 • (£21.99)

Subjects: Education / Administration / School Superintendents & Principals

Author

Doug Eadie is the president & CEO of Doug Eadie & Company, a consulting firm that specializes in developing the capacity of school boards and superintendents to do high-impact governing work and to take command of strategic change. Doug is the author of 20 books in addition to Governing at the Top and of over 100 articles. Visit Doug Eadie's website at https://www.dougeadie.com/.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Chapter One:The Wild and Wonderful World of Governing
Chapter Two: Your Governing Lynchpin – The Board-Savvy Superintendent
Chapter Three:Designing Your Board As a Governing Organization
Chapter Four:Board Engagement In Governing Work
Chapter Five:Maintaining a Healthy Board-Superintendent Working Relationship

Reviews

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