Superintendent Resources

AASA Board-Savvy Superintendent

Below are two articles written by Dr. Phil Gore, Chief Learning Officer for the Idaho School Boards Association. These articles were published in the AASA School Administrator magazine as part of their Board-Savvy Superintendent series.

Improving School Board Effectiveness offers a clarifying and essential look at the evolving role of school boards and how they contribute to efforts to improve student learning. 

Superintendent evaluation is a unique process that is often neglected but critical in this era of accountability. This invaluable guide provides an overview of the entire process, including: crafting board policy, criteria for good policy, and prototype policy.

Structured around three pillars of Governance Mindset, Culture, and Infrastructure, this essential guide for school trustees and superintendents addresses the core principles and responsibilities of effective school governance.

Take a reader-friendly tour through the responsibilities and challenges of being a school board member. Written by experienced, award-winning administrators, this book gives practical guidance on how to best work with school administrators and staff to create and fulfill a shared vision of school system excellence.

Transforming Education: Building Foundations for Systemic Change and Empowered Communities provides an engaging and pragmatic roadmap for transformational change in education systems. Written for school superintendents and board members, it unveils a five-step theory of action that enables lasting, systemic reforms.

In Building Relationships, Yielding Results, the seasoned superintendent of an urban school district provides a clear road map for effective collaboration with school boards and the type of relationship-building required to achieve long-term, sustainable reforms.