New and Experienced Superintendents
The Superintendent's File Cabinet
ADMINISTRATION
Administrator Evaluation Documents -
Samples
Document #1 - 360 Degree Feedback - pdf only

Document #2 - Hammondsport CSD - pdf only

- Provided by Chris Brown, Superintendent, Hammondsport CSD|
Document #3 -
Lancaster CSD - pdf only
- Provided by Jeffery Rabey, Director, Lancaster CSD|
Document #4 - pdf only

BOCES - Board of Cooperative Educational
Services
What is BOCES?

BOCES - State Approved Sharing
Opportunities

BOCES - Regional Computer Center
Services

Essential Knowledge
and Skills for Effective School Leadership

Based on the Blue Ribbon Panel on School Leadership - NYSED - 10/2001
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Board of Education
Board
Authority and Responsibility Regulation (an example)

- Provided by Philip Martin, Superintendent,
Fayetteville-Manlius CSD
Board - Superintendent Protocol
Boardmanship

Board Self Evaluation Documents
Document #1
- JMM

Document #2

Do's and Don'ts of Board - Superintendent Relationships

Five Filters for Decisions

- Provided by Gary Worden and Waneta Griffin, Maine-Endwell CSD
Productive Board of Education Activities
- JMM

Template
for Clarifying Roles of the Board of Education and
the Superintendent
of Schools -
pdf only

Board Meetings
Reorganizational Meeting
Checklist

Staff Presentation Protocol at Board
of Education Meetings

- By Michael Johnson, Superintendent, Averill Park Central
Schools
Board Members
New Board Member
Orientation Program -JMM

Strategies
for Working With New Board Members

- Provided by Walter J. Doherty, Superintendent, Central Square CSD
"A Board Member's Ten Commandments"
- Unknown

Board Policy Sampler
#1001
- Code of Conduct for Board Members - JMM

#1200 -
Orientation of New Board Members - JMM

#1250 - Levels of Responsibility
- JMM 
#1600 - Board of
Education Self Evaluation - JMM
CURRICULUM - most items in "pdf only"
to preserve formatting
Annual Curriculum Cycle
- JMM

Preliminary Curriculum Form pdf only

Curriculum Proposal Form
pdf only

Curriculum Items - Provided by Walter J. Sullivan,
Superintendent
Chairperson,
NYSCOSS - Curriculum & Instruction Committee
A. High Standards and
High Achievement for All Students pdf only

B. List of NYSCOSS Papers
on Curriculum and Instruction pdf only

C. NYSCOSS - ASSESSING
THE ASSESSMENTS 2002 pdf only

D. Phase In of the New
NYS Assessments
pdf only
EXTRACURRICULAR / SPORTS
Interscholastic Athletics Handbook - Akron CSD
- pdf only

Student Athlete Handbook - Akron CSD - pdf only
FACILITIES / MAINTENANCE
Emergency School
Closing - Sample Letter to Parents

FINANCIAL
Best Practices for Extraclassroom Activity Funds Workshops
Budget Development Process
Coordinated
- JMM

Strategic
- JMM
Fiscal
Navigation for Superintendents Workshops
Top 10
Tips for Creating Your Budget Message
Top
10 Tips for Your Budget Presentation
FOOD SERVICE
PERSONNEL
Everything is
Negotiable Workshops
Negotiations Discussion Issues Outline
Staffing Reductions

- Provided by Walter J. Doherty, Superintendent, Central Square CSD
Standard Hiring Procedures
- JMM
Introduction, manual (14 pages), 13 appendices
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Emergency School
Closing - Sample Letter to Parents

Key Communicators Program - pdf only

Overview -
Letter of Invitation - Communicator Survey - Staff Survey
Media Relations Tips for
Success

Media Relations in Times
of Crises - JMM

Media Skills Package
- By Michael Johnson, Superintendent, Averill Park
Central Schools
Actions to Strengthen your
Media Skills

Guidelines foe
Successful Interviews with the Media

Tips for Public Meetings

Tips for
Television and Radio Interviews 
"Top 10" Media Skills Package
Dealing With the
Media
Effective
Communication
Your Budget Message
Your Budget
Presentation
SPECIAL STUDENT SERVICES
(Guidance, Attendance, Health)
STAFF DEVELOPMENT
STUDENT DISCIPLINE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
"A Superintendent's Ten Commandments"
- Unknown

Do's and Don'ts of Board - Superintendent Relationships

Embracing
Confusion: What Leaders Do When They Don't Know What to Do
- By Barry Jantz and Jerome Murphy, Phi Delta Kappan, January 2005
Personal Problems Affecting the Superintendent -JMM
"Seven Surprises for School Leaders"

- By Patrick F. Bassett, NAIS, reprinted with permission
Superintendent and School Law -
JMM

Law-related resources a new
superintendent should have (diagram) - pdf only

Attorney Involvement - pdf
only
Superintendent's Annual Calendar
- JMM - pdf only

Superintendent's Annual Fiscal Calendar
- JMM - pdf only

Superintendent's Calendar of Standard Monthly and Quarterly Reports
- JMM
Template
for Clarifying Roles of the Board of Education and
the Superintendent
of Schools -
pdf only
"Superintendents' Biggest Mistakes" 
- By Iowa Association of School Administrators
Superintendent Evaluation Documents
- Samples -
Document #1
- JMM

Document #2

Document #3

Document #4

Document #5 
Board Policy Sampler
#7600 - Evaluation of the
Superintendent - JMM

#8010 - Superintendent - Job
Description - JMM 
What Superintendents Read - JMM
