A school superintendent has the responsibility to ensure that school district purchasing is handled legally and to the benefit of the district. (Author/MLF)

Presents some steps the superintendent can take to encourage academic excellence in his/her district. Provides guidelines to use in working with a curriculum committee. (IRT)

Describes how one school district involved the community in choosing a new superintendent. The focal point of the selection process was a day-long ordeal in which all finalists participated in a series of interviews, tours of the district, and meetings with various segments of the community. (IRT)

Offers advice to boards that are taken aback by the actions of newly hired superintendents. The advice ranges from giving the superintendent room to work to going public with the board's grievances. (IRT)

By utilizing assessment centers, the competencies of educational administrators can be measured before hiring or promotion. (Author/JM)

Offers brief profiles of women who are the superintendents of instruction in their states or territories and comments on the similarities in their backgounds. (IRT)

Reviews reasons for administrator stress and suggest a remedy: professional support groups. (JM)

Superintendents explain methods they have used to introduce new school board members to the nature of the office they hold. (IRT)

Reports on observations of school superintendents conducted to see what they actually do on the job. Found that a superintendent's work is not as planned and organized as it is sometimes said to be because superintendents can't control the use of their own time and are frequently interrupted. (Author/IRT)

Notes that the few women who attain the heights in school management typically come from the ranks of classroom teachers, university instructors, curriculum directors, or specialties such as counseling, research, communications, or learning disabilities. (Author)

The 50 black superintendents in the nation constitute just over one-fourth of one percent of the 16,000 school superintendents. (AM)

Superintendents must become adept at selecting an in-house attorney or outside counsel, anticipating legal-service costs, and spotting red flags. Although the school attorney's most regular contact is the superintendent, the school board is the client. Mutual respect is essential. Preventive law's primary goals are keeping the district out of…

Describes Albuquerque (New Mexico) Public School's board of education's experience with an interim, four-person superintendency team appointed by the board to replace the previous superintendent. The team was composed of three associate superintendents and a local public-relations executive. Includes a brief description of the responsibilities and…

Calls for the elimination of state licensure requirements for public school principals and superintendents. Argues that such action will increase the pool of those qualified to be school leaders. (Contains 2 tables, 1 figure.) (PKP)

Describes benefits of a leadership team consisting of co-principals and an assistant principal at two elementary schools in Mansfield, Massachusetts, the goal of which is to reduce time devoted to management and increase time devoted to instructional activities. (PKP)