Ryan Donlan, Todd Whitaker

The School Board Member's Guidebook

Making A Positive Difference Through School Governance

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Every student deserves a high-impact, well-qualified, and governance-driven school board. In this helpful new edition, bestselling authors Ryan Donlan and Todd Whitaker show you as a school board member how to make smart, worthwhile decisions that will lead to positive change in your district.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• 2. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 359g
• ISBN-13: 9781041012122
• ISBN-10: 1041012128
• Artikelnr.: 73871192

Autorenporträt

Ryan Donlan is a Professor of Educational Leadership at Indiana State University and specializes in helping schools with leadership, governance, and performance improvement. He has authored books on governance, leadership, and teaching, including Uncommon Sense for New Teachers: A Good Beginning is Half the Work. Todd Whitaker is a Research Professor at the University of Missouri. He is a leading presenter in the field of education and has written 65 books, including the national best seller, What Great Teachers Do Differently.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Difference Maker 2. How to Find Common Ground 3. How to Maximize
Constituencies 4. How to Communicate with and Manage Constituencies 5. What
Boards of Education Are Really About 6. How Boards Can Govern More
Effectively 7. The Superintendent as Your Shield 8. The Care and Feeding of
Community Members 9. Holding Board Meetings 10. Between Board Meetings 11.
The Board President: Neither Fish nor Fowl, or is it BOTH Fish and Fowl?
12. Community Caricatures 13. Governing Best: Advancing by Retreating 14.
Starting Undefeated