Accessing the Superintendency

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Marilyn Tallerico - Syracuse University, USA

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Leadership | Principalship | Superintendents & District Administration

October 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

So What?

"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."

Richard Loveall, Director

Executive Search Services, California School Boards Association

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Marilyn Tallerico

Marilyn Tallerico is a professor of Educational Leadership at Syracuse University. She teaches graduate courses in professional development, curriculum leadership, assessment of teaching, and politics of education. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Staff Development, as well as numerous other research and practitioner journals. She is widely published in the areas of the superintendency, gender, and educational leadership. Her two prior books were Accessing the Superintendency: The unwritten Rules (2000) and City Schools: Leading the Way (1993), the latter co-edited with Patrick B. Forsyth.A theme throughout her work is how... More About Author

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