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    Leadership: School Board Superintendent Principal
    Leadership: School Board Superintendent Principal
    Leadership: School Board Superintendent Principal
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    Leadership: School Board Superintendent Principal

    By Fayette B Nick EdD

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    This book provides a practical look into the essence of leadership in a K12 educational environment, including the five mistakes school boards make in hiring a superintendent, the jealousy and envy pitfall, and the importance of having the right people in your inner circle. Also discussed is the role of the school district attorney, the puppet principal, the default leaders, the charter school leader dilemma, and the sixty-five things you should know and do to become an effective K12 education leader.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateNov 14, 2014
    ISBN9781503512030
    Leadership: School Board Superintendent Principal
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    Fayette B Nick EdD

    Fayette B. Nick, EdD, is an independent education consultant. She has served in a number of leadership positions, including interim superintendent. She is the author of Involving Parents in the Common Core State Standards: Through a Family-School Partnership Program. She holds a doctorate in educational leadership from Nova Southeastern University; an education specialist degree in education administration and a master of science in education from Jacksonville State University, Alabama; and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Austin Peay State University. She is a sought-after education presenter, consultant and speaker. She resides in Columbia, South Carolina. You can visit her website at www.fayettebnick.com.

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      Book preview

      Leadership - Fayette B Nick EdD

      Copyright © 2014 by Fayette B. Nick, EdD.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Rev. date: 11/03/2014

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      Contents

      Prologue

      Section I School Board Leadership

      Chapter 1 The School Board Members

      The Most Important Job of the School Board

      Hiring a Leader by Default

      School Boards Superintendent Hiring Mistakes

      The Board’s Relationship with the Superintendent

      The School Board’s Attorney

      Public Participation and Comments

      School Board and Standing Committees

      Section II Superintendent Leadership

      Chapter 2 The Superintendent and District-Level Staff

      Smoke and Mirrors Illusion

      Your Inner Circle

      Jealousy and Envy Pitfall

      A Word about Courage

      School, Public, and Community Relations and ROPE

      Adopt-a-School Program

      Section III Principal Leadership

      Chapter 3 The Principalship

      The Puppet Principal

      Principal and Legal Counsel

      Select Your Own Staff

      Parent Advisory Council

      Look at the Correlates of Effective Schools

      Parental Involvement

      The Charter School Leader

      Section IV Moving Forward

      Chapter 4 Moving Forward: Sixty-Five Things to Know and Do

      The Sixty-Five Things

      Reference

      To my spouse, Henry Nick Jr., who has encouraged and

      supported my work in education, thank you. Also, to my first

      grade teacher Miss Fordham, who first taught me about leadership, thank you.

      PROLOGUE

      A s a practicing education leader or aspiring education leader, you have read many books on leading a school and a school district. In addition, you have studied a number of leadership theories. This book is designed not to review information you already know but to provide practical insight into the essence of leadership in K–12 educational institutions. As you are aware, there are many definitions of leadership. My definition of leadership is simply to influence others to do the work that you want done in your school or school district. The major work of schools and school districts is to prepare students for postsecondary education and/or for a career upon leaving high school and the ability to function in a highly technological society, which includes the entire world.

      Several years ago, I read a groundbreaking book called Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the Dangers of Leading by Heifetz and Linsky (2002). Well, leadership is more on the line today than ever before in this environment of high-stake testing, accountability, and low parental involvement in secondary education and our technological global society. As an education leader, you should be aware of the reality of leading at every level: school board, superintendent, and the principalship. This book provides a fresh, practical, and realistic look at leadership in K–12 education in the twenty-first century.

      The book is divided into four sections. Section I: The School Board discusses major issues that plague every school board, such as hiring an effective superintendent and other leadership personnel, public participation and public comments in school board meetings, the correct role of the school board attorney, and five mistakes made by school boards in hiring a superintendent. Section II: The Superintendent describes and discusses the smoke and mirrors illusion, the jealousy and envy pitfall, having courage to do the job, and more. Section III: The Principalship describes and discusses the puppet principalship, having your own legal counsel, selecting your own staff, and more. Section IV: Moving Forward

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