Describes how three New York administrators--two principals and a superintendent from separate districts--provide each other advice through email using an electronic mentoring approach called a journal triad. (PKP)

Describes National School Public Relations Association standards for school public relations and communications professionals and program. Includes reactions and comments about new Association standards from seven superintendents and four school public-relations professionals. (PKP)

Describes how superintendents and business managers work together during periods of limited financial resources and tight budgets. Provides examples from several states. (PKP)

Illustrates how choices about which and how much data to publish can result in the reification of the status quo and/or generation of powerful new discourse that establishes the inclusive norms of a new genre of superintendency. (Contains 67 references.) (Author/PKP)

Describes eight common mistakes that beginning superintendents make when deciding whether the weather forecasts for snow and ice will make roads hazardous enough to cancel schools. For example, delaying an obvious decision to cancel schools until the morning or passing the responsibility to someone else. Describes several elements of an inclement…

Describes how superintendents can help school board meetings operate more efficiently. (PKP)

Personal account of his first-year experience as superintendent of the East Valley School District, a suburban district in Spokane, Washington. (PKP)

Four search consultants, people whose job it is to match superintendents with school boards, expressed reservations about formally coaching the school board and the newly appointed superintendent. (MLF)

When he was director of alternative schools and deputy superintendent of New York City's District Four in the 1970s and 1980s, Seymour Fliegel created a districtwide free choice plan and a nationally recognized network of 24 alternative concept schools. In this interview, Fliegel argues the merits of choice and suggests ways for schools to…

Describes results of a survey of 30 superintendents who were asked to identify the most critical issues in managing and running small rural school districts. Reports finances were the greatest worry, followed by regional economic conditions, state regulations, salaries, and providing an adequate variety of classes. (Author/DHP)

Feeling out of touch with daily classroom realities, a Washington State superintendent spent seven half-days as a routine substitute teaching elementary school classes. Newly sensitized, the author shares his insights concerning class size, classroom management, and educational technology issues. (MLH)

Two authors with a total of 30 years in school administration offer some advice to new administrators. Included are the following: try to cultivate an atmosphere of trust; turn to your peers for support; and choose your fights carefully. (MLF)

The superintendents and school board members participating in this study were randomly selected from New York State school districts. Respondents' perceptions of the purposes, strengths, and weaknesses of formal superintendent evaluations and the importance attached to various superintendent functions were similar. However, few superintendents…

Captures the shock, pain, and disappointment of a superintendent who was abruptly fired by his board president. Advice hinges on bettering one's bargaining position, developing an action plan, and learning to anticipate people problems before they arise. Lacking meaningful employment, the former superintendent has become a writer and house…

Salary, job responsibility, and mobility data from 673 Wisconsin superintendents and principals indicated that 81 percent changed organizations at least once; 54 percent of all position changes were organizational; interpositional mobility led to higher salaries and longer time to achieve level; and extra time spent teaching seemed to slow…