Two Preeminent Board Development Change Champions
Doug Eadie
The last post at this blog talked about the all-too-common resistance among board members to change on the governance front, often the result of fear – of losing influence, experiencing discomfort, failing at doing something new, and the …
Board-Savvy Superintendents Don’t Underestimate Resistance to Governance Change
Doug Eadie
Resistance to change has scuttled more than one change ship in the sea of K-12 governance; in fact, it makes sense to assume that whatever approach your district takes to updating your board’s “governing design” – its role, …
K-12 Enterprise Part 3: Leyden District 212’s Partnership with A 1 Tool Company
Dr. Nick Polyak
This is the third article in our series looking at what we’re calling the “K-12 Enterprise.” We’ve defined the K-12 Enterprise as a public school district that is more secure and better able to thrive in an …
More on the K-12 Enterprise: Creating Satisfied Indirect Customers
Doug Eadie
Later today Superintendent Nick Polyak (Leyden School District 212, Illinois) will join Geoff Luther, the owner of A-l Tool Corporation, and Frank Holthouse, Leyden’s Careers and Community Outreach Director, in recording a podcast for this blog describing the …
Leading the K-12 Enterprise
Doug Eadie
In Cleveland recently to facilitate a daylong board retreat, I dropped by the administrative headquarters of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District to chat with one of Eric Gordon’s top lieutenants, Dr. Roseann Canfora, the district’s Chief Communications Officer. …
Board-Savvy Superintendents Take “Caveat Emptor” to Heart
Doug Eadie
By all accounts, MaryEllen Elia was doing an outstanding job at the helm of the Hillsborough County Public Schools: significantly improving educational and administrative performance, building a collaborative working relationship with faculty, and launching a far-reaching teaching improvement …
Taking the Helm as CEO of Your District
AASA Aspiring Superintendents Academy 5/6/17
We spent a lot of our time together last Saturday at the workshop I presented for AASA’s Aspiring Superintendents Academy (“Hit the Ground Running With Your New Board”) talking about the very special nature of …
Don’t Over-rely on Human Relations in Building Your Partnership With the Board
Doug Eadie
The superintendent was a consummate people-person who had from the get-go paid close attention to the human dimension of her working relationship with the board during her three years at the helm of this Midwestern district. As I …
Making Superintendent Evaluation a Powerful Relationship Building Tool
Doug Eadie
Truly board-savvy superintendents make sure that their board evaluates their performance at least annually, employing a well-designed process that gets the heart of the superintendent’s leadership as chief executive of her district. Really board-savvy superintendents know that a …
Dr. Devin Vodicka and 3 Students Discuss Vista USD’s Personalized Learning Initiative
Dr. Devin Vodicka
A few weeks ago, during a conversation about educational innovation with Mort Sherman, AASA’s Associate Executive Director, Mort urged me to get in touch with a man he described as a “consummate innovator,” Dr. Devin Vodicka. Since …
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