Accessing the Superintendency
The Unwritten Rules
- Marilyn Tallerico - Syracuse University, USA
November 1999 | 184 pages | Corwin
Provides a behind-the-scenes look at how superintendants are selected, including an assessment of how non-traditional candidates fare
Introduction
PART ONE: DEMYSTIFYING SELECTION PRACTICES
How Do School Boards Prepare for the Search?
What Is Recruiting and Interviewing Candidates All About?
How Are Hiring and Powerbrokering Related?
PART TWO: PREVENTING AND PROMOTING ADVANCEMENT
What Do Sex and Color Have to Do With It?
Whare Are the Biases?
How Do Consultants and School Boards Help?
How Can You Get the Most Out of the Network?
Conclusions
"The content of the book is outstanding. Thank you for continuing to advance the cause of superintendents who reflect the increasingly diverse student populations of America."
Executive Search Services, California School Boards Association