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| Foreword | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Executive Summary | |
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| The Superintendency | |
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| A Quick Look Back | |
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| The Future of the Superintendency | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| The 2000 Study | |
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| Survey Objectives | |
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| Survey Population | |
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| Content Areas | |
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| Instrument Development | |
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| Sample Selection | |
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| Survey Implementation and Return Rate | |
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| Data Analysis | |
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| Personal Characteristics | |
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| Gender and Race | |
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| Age | |
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| Career Path | |
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| Early Retirement | |
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| Attrition | |
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| Marital Status | |
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| Politics and Political Party Preference | |
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| Community Background | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Professional Experience | |
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| Entry into Administration | |
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| What's in a Name? | |
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| Years Superintendents Spend in the Classroom | |
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| Extracurricular Activities | |
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| Gaining the First Superintendency | |
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| Number of Superintendencies | |
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| Years in the Superintendency | |
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| Superintendent Tenure | |
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| Mentoring, Discrimination, Hiring | |
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| Superintendents Spending a Career in One District | |
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| Number of States in Which Superintendents Served | |
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| Selection to the Superintendency | |
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| Participation in Professional Organizations | |
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| Professional Journals Read by Superintendents | |
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| Mentoring and Being a Mentor | |
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| Future Plans of Superintendents | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Superintendent/School Board Relations | |
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| Power Struggles | |
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| Who Initiates Policy? | |
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| How Are Board Members Oriented? | |
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| Community Participation | |
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| Community Pressure Groups | |
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| Board Abilities | |
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| Elected or Appointed? | |
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| Evaluations and Job Descriptions | |
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| The Why and How of Evaluation | |
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| Superintendent Evaluation Ratings | |
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| Board Expectations | |
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| Do Boards Accept Policy Recommendations? | |
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| Superintendents Working with Boards | |
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| Problems Board Members Face | |
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| Problems Superintendents Face | |
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| Self-Perceptions | |
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| Factors that Inhibit Effectiveness | |
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| Reasons to Leave a District | |
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| Reasons to Leave the Field | |
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| Fulfillment | |
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| Prestige | |
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| Stress | |
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| Communication Sources | |
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| If They Could Do It All Over Again | |
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| Summary | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Female Superintendents | |
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| Personal Demographics | |
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| District Demographics | |
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| Career Paths: The Road More Traveled | |
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| The Search | |
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| Moving On | |
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| Professional Development | |
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| Educational Research | |
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| Contracts and Evaluation | |
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| Board Demographics, Dynamics, and Decision Making | |
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| School Board Decision Making and Board Dynamics | |
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| Stress, Self-fulfillment, and Prestige | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Ethnic Minority Superintendents | |
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| Personal Demographics | |
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| District Demographics | |
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| Type of Community Lived in Prior to College/Type of Community in Which School District Is Located | |
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| District Enrollment and School-Business Partnerships | |
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| Career Paths--The Road More Traveled | |
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| Professional Development | |
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| Contracts and Evaluation | |
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| Board Demographics, Dynamics, and Decision Making | |
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| Stress, Fulfillment, Prestige, and Challenges of the Superintendency | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Professional Preparation and Training | |
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| Formal Academic Training and Degrees | |
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| The Educational Administration Reports | |
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| Strengthening Field Connections | |
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| Evaluation of University-Based Programs | |
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| Professional Associations, Preparation and Standards | |
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| The Perception of Administrator Shortage | |
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| A Look at the 2000 Study Data | |
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| Formal Academic Preparation and Degrees | |
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| Education Prior to the Superintendency | |
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| Issues and Challenges Facing the Superintendency Today | |
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| Emphasis of Preservice and Inservice Education Programs | |
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| Educational Research | |
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| Quality of Educational Administration Programs | |
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| Quality of Programs | |
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| Quality of Instructors | |
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| University-Based Professional Preparation Programs | |
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| Non-University-Based Professional Development and Training | |
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| Summary | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index of Tables | |