Leadership Teaming: The Superintendent-Principal Relationship

"At last, a book that adds value by bringing principals and superintendents together in a new kind of partnership." —Thomas J. Sergiovanni, Lillian Radford Professor of Educational Leadership Trinity University "This book has wonderful resources to help principals and superintendents build strong collaborative teams." —Elaine McEwan, Educational Consultant Author, Ten Traits of Highly Effective Schools "This thoughtful book is cutting edge." —Margaret Grogan, Professor and Chair of Educational Leadership University of Missouri, Columbia "This book goes to the heart of the matter. It breaks new ground on how both superintendents and principals can create a truly collaborative model in their schools." —Joanne Rooney, Codirector Midwest Principals′ Center Build alliances of transformational leadership for your school and district! Ideal for new or experienced school and district administrators, this book shows how to develop a strong superintendent-principal partnership. Written by a principal and a superintendent with decades of experience, this resource provides strategies for effective leadership, communication, and collaboration, and includes: Both the principal′s and the superintendent′s perspectives on issues such as performance expectations and characteristics of quality teams Critical experience- and research-based team components Stories from the field about successful principal-superintendent teams Reflective questions, summaries, and other tools to help readers apply the principles and strategies to their own practice Use these practical and proven approaches to create a healthy school/district culture and promote mutually supportive professional relationships.

Table of Contents:
Preface Superintendent′s Perspective Principal′s Perspective About Our Book Acknowledgments About the Authors Part I. Leadership Teaming 1.The Superintendent′s Perspective: Characteristics of High-Quality Teams Leadership Teams Work in Harmony Vision of a Leadership Team Develop an Affirmative Orientation Take-Away Message Closing in on Key Concepts Extending Your Thinking 2. The Principal′s Perspective: What Phenomenal Teams Look and Feel Like Teamwork Defined The Right People The Right Work The Right Way Take-Away Message Closing in on Key Concepts Extending Your Thinking Part II. Leadership Qualities 3. The Superintendent′s Perspective: What Superintendents Want in a Principal? Competence Character A Caring Heart Take-Away Message Closing in on Key Concepts Extending Your Thinking 4. The Principal′s Perspective: Superintendents Principals Want to Work For The Transformational Leader Emotionally Intelligent Leadership Superlative Superintendents Take-Away Message Closing in on Key Concepts Extending Your Thinking Part III. Leadership Team Essentials 5. The Superintendent′s Perspective: The Importance of Trust in Communication Message Madness The Importance of Trust Portraits of Trust Take-Away Message Closing in on Key Concepts Extending Your Thinking 6. The Principal′s Perspective: Communication Expectations and Relationships Critical Attributes Principals′ Perspectives Superintendents′ Perspectives Expectation Development Take-Away Message Closing in on Key Concepts Extending Your Thinking Part IV. Leadership Learning 7. The Superintendent′s Perspective: Cultivating Team Capacity The Learning Team Applying the Professional Learning Community Concepts The Arlington Leadership Professional Learning Community Lessons Learned, Points to Ponder Take-Away Message Closing in on Key Concepts Extending Your Thinking 8. The Principal′s Perspective: Perfecting Principal Performance Ensuring Success Perfecting Performance Principal Performance Impact Perfecting Superintendent Performance Take-Away Message Closing in on Key Concepts Extending Your Thinking Conclusion Leadership Teaming Key Concepts Resources Resource A: Code-Building Exercise 1 Resource B: Code-Building Exercise 2 Resource C: Code Review Activity Resource D: Principal Entry Plan Resource E: Principal Professional Goal Plan References Suggested Readings Index

Review :
“This book has wonderful resources to help principals and superintendents build strong collaborative teams.” “This thoughtful book on how superintendents and principals can collaborate as effective teams to form professional learning communities is cutting edge.” “This book goes to the heart of the matter. It breaks new ground in its clarification of contemporary leadership literature and how both superintendents and principals can create a truly collaborative model in their schools.” “As a former high school principal and school superintendent, I found myself wishing I had had access to a book like this when I began my administrative roles. The book provides ample resources based on contemporary research and literature and is filled with practical, field-based suggestions and activities that will assist school administrators in building cohesive, goal-oriented, successful teams.” "The authors have been in the trenches, yet their book represents a hopeful message that schools can be high-performance organizations as well as healthy and supportive places for adults and students." "Relationships are key, and this book beautifully provides the necessary highs and lows of positions, how they relate, and the successes of a productive relationship.” “While based on clearly described leadership theory, this book is filled with practical ways to improve teamwork in any school district." “At last, a book that adds value by bringing principals and superintendents together in a new kind of partnership.”