What Every Superintendent and Principal Needs to Know - Softcover

Rosborg, Jim; McGee, Max; Burgett, Jim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0970862164 ISBN 13: 9780970862167

Publisher: Communication Unlimited, 2003

Synopsis

School Leadership for the Real World

From three brave voices in the trenches come more healthy, easy-to-apply, straightforward school leadership ideas and practices than from any other book in print. No-nonsense, often funny advice about what works, what never did, and what you can do to put your school(s) and yourself atop the excellence pile, modestly or raucously crowing.

Three of Illinois’ top educational leaders—Jim Rosborg, Max McGee, and Jim Burgett—offer 336 pages of advice that ranges from assessment to personal hygiene to getting those irksome referenda passed to what to say to the press, and when. It’s simply a must for every school administrator.

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Why should your Board buy this book for every administrator in your district?

The authors are three guys who rose to the top in school administration because, under fire, they could provide practical, successful solutions to almost any predicament. Even more, they could innovate, cut through the jargon and nonsense, and lead. So on these pages, they share what they have learned: ideas, high-impact lessons about leadership, and everyday problem solving that can be immediately implemented at every school level. Their combined wisdom and stories will make administrators think, laugh, and act.

About this title

About the Author

Jim Rosborg

Superintendent of Belleville Public School District #118 in Belleville, Illinois, Jim received his Educational Doctorate from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville and presently serves as an adjunct professor at St. Louis University, as President of the statewide Illinois Elementary District Organization, and serves on the Board of Directors for the Illinois Association of School Administrators.

Max McGee

Former Illinois State Superintendent of Education, Max currently serves as Superintendent of Wilmette School District #39. Max is a "lifer" in education with 30 years of experience and a Ph. D. from the University of Chicago.

Jim Burgett

During his 33-year tenure, Jim has served in almost every educational capacity. Named the Illinois Superintendent of the Year in 2001 and Administrator of the Year in 2002, Jim is currently Superintendent of the Highland Community Unit School District and a nationally recognized educational speaker and presenter.

From the Inside Flap

Reference/School Administration

"The Buck Stops With Us!"

Modestly stated, this book shares more sound, straightforward, easy-to-apply school leadership ideas and practices than any other book in print. Three of Illinois' top educational leaders offer 336 pages of no-nonsense, often funny advice about what works and what doesn't, ranging from assessment to personal hygiene to getting those irksome referenda passed to what to say to the press, and when. It's simply a must for every school administrator.

See how these three highly acclaimed superintendents:

* Write business plans, build business cases, and sell them to the Board and community.
* Make the union an ally, take charge in contract negotiations, defuse no-win situations, and forge a win-win agreement that all sides warmly embrace.
* Take care of themselves and their families as well as they serve others.
* Guide visionary leaders beyond traditional boundaries, putting pre-school classes in their classrooms, educating parents, replicating other schools' successes, and much more
* Implement 20 specific ideas for creating the proper work and learning atmosphere.
* Build internal capacity by focusing on a shared purpose, mission, and goal(s); enhancing staff knowledge and skills; distributing leadership, and establishing accountability.
* Inject ethics into every action while exercising the kind of civic leadership that binds the school, community, press, and politicians into one voice for educational excellence.

"What Rosborg, McGee, and Burgett have written could not have come at a better time. They have focused their collective experience to provide school administrators with practical, no-nonsense advice on how to lead every school to educational excellence."

Dr. Walt Warfield, Executive Director, Illinois Association of School Administrators

"This book is great. It should be required reading for all aspiring educational leaders."

Dr. Donald L. Kussmaul, President-Elect, American Association of School Administrators

"The authors of What Every Superintendent and Principal Needs to Know present common-sense suggestions that will help any principal or superintendent lead his or her school and community to make decisions that keep the focus on the improvement of achievement and the needs of all students."

Dr. Jim L. King, Executive Director, Missouri Association of Secondary School Principals

Jim Rosborg / Superintendent of Belleville Public School District 118 in Belleville, Illinois, Jim received his Educational Doctorate from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville and presently serves as an adjunct professor at St. Louis University, as President of the statewide Illinois Elemen-tary District Organization, and serves on the Board of Directors for the Illinois Association of School Administrators.

Max McGee / Former Illinois State Superintendent of Education, Max currently serves as Superintendent of Wilmette School District #39. Max is an education "lifer" with 30 years of experience and a Ph. D. from the University of Chicago.

Jim Burgett / During his 33-year tenure, Jim has served in almost every educational capacity. Named the Illinois Superintendent of the Year in 2001 and Administrator of the Year in 2002, Jim is currently Superintendent of the Highland Community Unit School District. He is also a nationally recognized educational speaker and presenter.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Communication Unlimited
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0970862164
• ISBN 13: 9780970862167
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336