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| Challenges Facing The Superintendency | |
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| Historical Perspectives | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Administering the Schools in Colonial America and the Early Republic | |
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| From School Master to School Executive | |
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| The Era of Scientific Management | |
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| Democratic Administration and the Human Relations Movement | |
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| Improving the Professional Status of the Superintendent | |
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| The Role of the Superintendent 1954-1982: Issues and Challenges | |
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| The Challenges of Reform in the 1980s and 1990s | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Case Studies | |
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| Inbasket Exercise | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| Issues and Problems Facing the Superintendent | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Inadequate Financing | |
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| The Superintendent's Leadership Role in School Reform | |
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| Alternative Governance Structures | |
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| Superintendent and School Board Relations | |
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| The Changing Demographics of Students, Teachers, and Administrators | |
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| Violence and Crime in the Schools | |
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| Increasing Pressures and Challenges from Special Interest Groups | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Case Studies | |
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| Inbasket Exercise | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| Leadership Perspectives: The Life of the School Superintendent | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Leadership Perspectives, Professional Identities and Trust | |
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| Preparation for the Superintendency | |
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| Making Sense of the Superintendency | |
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| Establishing Support by Building Bridges | |
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| Opportunities and Obligations | |
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| The Balance of Professional and Personal Roles | |
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| Summary | |
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| Case Studies | |
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| Inbasket Exercise | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| Organizational Culture and School Leadership | |
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| What is Culture? Can Organizational Culture be Managed? Culture and the School System | |
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| Summary | |
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| Case Studies | |
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| Inbasket Exercise | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| The New Politics of Education | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Complexity of School District Governance | |
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| Understanding the Political Landscape | |
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| Politics and Values | |
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| Community Power Structures | |
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| The Public Schools: What and Whose Purposes Are Served? Special Interest Groups: A Sampler | |
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| Single Purpose Organizations | |
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| The New Face of Public Education | |
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| Knowledge: The Ultimate Source of Power | |
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| Summary | |
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| Case Studies | |
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| Inbasket Exercise | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| The Shaping Of The Superintendent's Work | |
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| The School Superintendent and Board of Education | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Legal Bases for State and District Educational Systems | |
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| The Local Board of Education | |
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| The Superintendent as Chief Executive Officer and Educational Leader in the District | |
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| The Relationships of the School Superintendent and Board | |
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| Evaluation of the Superintendent | |
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| Summary | |
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| Case Studies | |
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| Inbasket Exercise | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| Leadership for Educational Planning | |
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| Introduction | |
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| What is Planning? The Importance of Planning | |
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| The Strategic Planning Process | |
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| The Operational Planning Process | |
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| The Management of Planned Change | |
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| Summary | |
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| Case Studies | |
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| Inbasket Exercise | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| School District Governance Policy and Regulation Development | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Evaluation of Educational Goals, Policies and Regulations | |
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| Benefits of Governance Policies and Administrative Regulations | |
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| Differentiation of Governance Policies and Administrative Regulations | |
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| The Organization and Codification of Governance Policies and Administrative Regulations | |
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| How Governance Policies and Administrative Regulations Are Developed | |
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| Summary | |
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| Case Studies | |
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| Inbasket Exercise | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| The Superintendent and the Law | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Management of the District | |
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| Governing Board | |
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| Personnel | |
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| Contract Remedies | |
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| Dismissal of Superintendents | |
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| Emerging Legal Issues | |
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| Charter Schools | |
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| Prayer in the Schools | |
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| Student-to-Student Sexual Harassment | |
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| Sexual Abuse of Students by Teachers and Negligent Supervision and Retention of Personnel | |
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| Special Education Inclusion | |
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