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Effective School Boards: Strategies for Improving Board Performance
Jr. Eugene R. Smoley
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Description for Effective School Boards: Strategies for Improving Board Performance
Paperback. "An empathetic but hard--hitting book about effective school board leadership. It should be required reading for superintendents, school board members, and all elected leaders. "----Anne L. Series: The Jossey-Bass education series. Num Pages: 141 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 281 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 489.
"An empathetic but hard-hitting book about effective school boardleadership. It should be required reading for superintendents,school board members, and all elected leaders."
--Anne L. Bryant, executive director, National School BoardsAssociation
"The chances for providing an even better education for studentsincreases geometrically when school boards and superintendents worktogether in common purpose. This book can help build the capacityof boards to support district-level improvement with wisegovernance and leadership."
--Paul Houston, executive director, American Association of SchoolAdministrators
School boards are under fire and overworked, but they are here tostay. Here is a practical guide to improving their operation.Filled with real-life examples of sound board action, EffectiveSchool Boards presents a useful model for boards who want to make adifference in improving education and leading wisely. In this book,Eugene Smoley analyzes information received from extensiveinterviews with school board members about the key elements ofhighly functional boards and offers advice and insights to helpboards make better decisions, act collaboratively, relate to theircommunities, and plan strategically. He outlines three stages ofboard improvement--self-assessment, monitoring, anddevelopment--highlighting how boards can partner with districtsuperintendents to lead change. Practical tools for improvementinclude a self-evaluation questionnaire, a sample format forretreats and conferences, and concrete suggestions to assist schoolboard members, superintendents, concerned citizens, businessleaders, foundations, and anyone who cares about how today'sschools are governed.
--Anne L. Bryant, executive director, National School BoardsAssociation
"The chances for providing an even better education for studentsincreases geometrically when school boards and superintendents worktogether in common purpose. This book can help build the capacityof boards to support district-level improvement with wisegovernance and leadership."
--Paul Houston, executive director, American Association of SchoolAdministrators
School boards are under fire and overworked, but they are here tostay. Here is a practical guide to improving their operation.Filled with real-life examples of sound board action, EffectiveSchool Boards presents a useful model for boards who want to make adifference in improving education and leading wisely. In this book,Eugene Smoley analyzes information received from extensiveinterviews with school board members about the key elements ofhighly functional boards and offers advice and insights to helpboards make better decisions, act collaboratively, relate to theircommunities, and plan strategically. He outlines three stages ofboard improvement--self-assessment, monitoring, anddevelopment--highlighting how boards can partner with districtsuperintendents to lead change. Practical tools for improvementinclude a self-evaluation questionnaire, a sample format forretreats and conferences, and concrete suggestions to assist schoolboard members, superintendents, concerned citizens, businessleaders, foundations, and anyone who cares about how today'sschools are governed.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
141
Condition
New
Series
The Jossey-Bass education series
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780787946920
SKU
V9780787946920
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About Jr. Eugene R. Smoley
EUGENE R. SMOLEY, JR., is an indepAndent consultant who helps school districts and nonprofit organizations resolve management and governance issues. He is a senior fellow of the Cheswick Center, a research and education trust dedicated to improving nonprofit governance. He has worked with school boards and superintAndents of many school districts across the country. He teaches in the educational leadership doctoral program at the University of Delaware.
Reviews for Effective School Boards: Strategies for Improving Board Performance
"An empathetic but hard-hitting book about effective school boardleadership. It should be required reading for superintAndents,school board members, and all elected leaders." (Anne L. Bryant,executive director, National School Boards Association) "The chances for providing an even better education for studentsincreases geometrically when school boards and superintAndents worktogether in common purpose. This book can help build the capacityof boards to support district-level improvement with wisegovernance and leadership." (Paul Houston, executive director,American Association of School Administrators) "The age-old mystery of how to improve the performance of schoolboards has finally been solved. Just follow the sound advice inthis book." (Richard P. Chait, professor, Harvard Graduate Schoolof Education) "In this valuable book, Smoley has brought wisdom and clarity toone of the most perplexing issues facing education reform: How dowe get school boards to work effectively? This is a guidebook thatserious school board officials should read cover to cover."(Christopher T. Cross, president, Council for BasicEducation) "In an era where quality superintAndents and harmoniousrelationships between them and their boards of education are oftenhard to find and even harder to maintain, Effective School Boardsis a pungent and pithy must-read." (Kenneth S. Burnley,superintAndent of schools, Colorado Springs School District,Colorado)