So You Want to Be a Superintendent or The Problem of Freedom

So You Want to Be a Superintendent?

Author: William Hayes

The perfect primer for anyone interested in becoming a superintendent. Veteran superintendent, William Hayes shares his insight and experience in areas ranging from relationships with the Boards of Education, faculty, staff, the administrative team, and the media to balancing the public and personal life of a chief school officer. He closely analyzes current issues in education such as integrating technology into the school system and the legal problems facing superintendents and school districts.

Table of Contents:

	Preface	v
	Acknowledgments	vii
1	The Superintendency Today	1
2	Preparing for the Superintendency	11
3	Career Paths Leading to the Superintendency	23
4	Sacrifices and Rewards of the Position	29
5	The First Year	37
6	Budgets and Bond Issues	45
7	The Superintendent's Relationship with the Board of Education	55
8	The Superintendent's Relationship with Faculty and Staff Members	63
9	Working with the Administrative Team	73
10	The Superintendent as an Instructional Leader	83
11	The Superintendent and the Law	91
12	Surviving in the Political Arena of the Community	101
13	The Superintendent and Technology	107
14	The Superintendent's Personal Life	115
15	Career Choices	121
16	Some Final Thoughts on Leadership	129
17	Is the Superintendency the Right Job for You?	135
	Index	139
	About the Author	145

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The Problem of Freedom: Race, Labor, and Politics in Jamaica and Britain, 1832-1938

Author: Thomas C Holt

"A spirited and absorbing history of emancipation, oppression, and rebellion in the British empire."--C. Vann Woodward.

"Holt greatly extends and deepens our understanding of the emancipation experience when, for just over a century, the people of Jamaica struggled to achieve their own vision of freedom and autonomy against powerful conservative forces."--David Barry Gaspar.

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