New Superintendents
New Superintendent's Toolbox
Also see:
Transition to Superintendency Program
- practical
and valuable
"Experience vs. Potential:
Hiring Superintendents in a Tight Market"
By William D. Silky, Ed.D.,
Professor of Educational Administration
Dynamics of Career Transition - template in pdf only
By James M. Merrins, Ed.D., Educational Support Services
Readiness
"Creating a Professional Profile That Will Land You Your First Superintendency"
AWSA/WASDA, ASeN*, Vol. 1, No. 2, (2005), pp 3-5
"Do You Have a Ph.D. or Ed.D.?"
AWSA/WASDA, ASeN*, Vol. 2, No. 2, (2006), pp 5-6
How to Get a Good Letter of
Reference - JMM
"How to Know if You're Ready"
AWSA/WASDA, ASeN*, Vol. 1, No.1, (2005), pp 6-7
"Managing a "Blemish" on Your Record"
AWSA/WASDA, ASeN*, Vol. 2, No. 3, (2007), pp 4-5
"Thinking Within the Role"
AWSA/WASDA, ASeN*, Vol. 4, No. 1, (2008), pp 2-4
"Selecting and Working With a Mentor"
AWSA/WASDA, ASeN*, Vol. 3, No. 1, (2007), pp 2-3
"Working Effectively With a Search Consultant"
AWSA/WASDA, ASeN*, Vol. 3, No. 2, (2007), pp 4-5
Scanning
"Deciding the Profile of the School District..." before applying
AWSA/WASDA, ASeN*, Vol. 3, No. 3, (2008), pp 2-3
"Eight Strategies That Will Help You Determine the Financial Fitness of a School District"
AWSA/WASDA, ASeN*, Vol. 2, No.13, (2006), pp 3-4
"Researching the School Board"
AWSA/WASDA, ASeN*, Vol. 4, No. 2, (2008), pp 2-4
Interviewing
"Assessing and Presenting What You Have to Offer"
AWSA/WASDA, ASeN*, Vol. 3, No. 2, (2007), pp 2-3
"Good Interviewing is Relationship Building"
AWSA/WASDA, ASeN*, Vol. 4, No. 2, (2008), pp 5-8
"Key Messages Board Members Want to Hear"
AWSA/WASDA, ASeN*, Vol. 2, No. 3, (2007), pp 2-3
"Rejection Does Not Have to Mean Dejection"
AWSA/WASDA, ASeN*, Vol. 3, No. 1, (2007), pp 4-5
Superintendent Interview Questions
Sample
1 Questions 
Sample
2 Questions 
Sample
3 Questions 
"Ten of the Most Common Interviewing Mistakes"
AWSA/WASDA, ASeN*, Vol. 2, No.1, (2006), pp 5-7
"Ten Secrets for Preparing Yourself for a Great Interview"
AWSA/WASDA, ASeN*, Vol. 1, No.1, (2005), pp 3-5
"Vision: Bring, Buy or Build"
AWSA/WASDA, ASeN*, Vol. 1, No.13, (2006), pp 3-4
Contract - Superintendent's Employment Contract
"Negotiating Your First Contract"
AWSA/WASDA, ASeN*, Vol. 1, No. 2, (2005), pp 6-7
Reflections on the Superintendent's Employment Contract [NYS]

The Superintendent's Employment Contract - JMM
In This Toolbox - with source
After Getting the Superintendency and Prior to Starting
Entry Plans
Use of an
Entry Plan - JMM
Sample Entry Plans:
- Example #1
- Ralph Kerr

- Example #2 pdf only

-
Example #3
- Tom Mele

- Example #4 pdf only

- Example #5 pdf only
- Example #6 pdf only
- Example #7 pdf only
- Example #8 pdf only
"Starting
Confused: How Leaders Start When They Don't Know Where to
Start"
-
Jentz and Murphy, Phi Delta Kappan, June 2005
Focus of Superintendent Efforts - NYSCOSS
pdf only

Getting Organized
- JMM

Getting Started List (14 pages) - JMM pdf only

- General Guidance and More
"The Classic Mistakes of New Superintendents" - AASA article

- Kerrins and Cushing,
The School Administrator, February 2001
- Seven classic
mistakes and six excellent strategies provide direction
When New in the Superintendency
"Coping Strategies to Keep You Sane"
AWSA/WASDA, ASeN*, Vol. 3, No. 3, (2008), pp 4-5
"Dealing With What Your Predecessor Leaves Behind"
AWSA/WASDA, ASeN*, Vol. 2, No. 2, (2006), pp 3-4
Establishing the Second Contract with the Board of Education
"A Board Member's Ten Commandments"
- Unknown

"A Superintendent's Ten Commandments"
- Unknown

Boardmanship - Unknown

Five Filters for Decisions

Gary Worden and Waneta
Griffin
Why Board's Micro-Manage and What to Do About It - JMM
Productive Board of Education Activities
- JMM

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

Personal
Problems Affecting the Superintendent -JMM
"Seven Surprises for School Leaders"

Patrick F. Bassett, NAIS, reprinted
with permission
Superintendent's Annual Calendar - JMM -
pdf only

Superintendent's Annual Fiscal Calendar - JMM
- pdf only

"Superintendents' Biggest Mistakes" 
Iowa Association of School Administrators
Superintendent's Calendar
of Standard Monthly and Quarterly Reports - JMM
Superintendent
and School Law - JMM

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

Attorney Involvement - pdf only
Superintendent Networks
- - Information - Advice - Support - Feedback
"Taming the Political Animal"
AWSA/WASDA, ASeN*, Vol. 1, No.3, (2006), pp 5
"Three Things That Can "Bite You" in Your First Year"
AWSA/WASDA, ASeN*, Vol. 4, No. 1, (2008), pp 5-7
What Superintendents Read
- JMM

* Association of Wisconsin School Administrators (AWSA)/Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators (WASDA), Aspiring Superintendents e-Newsletter
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