Table of Contents

Foreword
1: What’s the State of the K-12 Governing Art?
2: What Exactly Do We Do When We Govern?
3: What Can Stand in the Way of High-Impact Governing?
4: What is the Superintendent’s Role in Governing?
5: How Can We Build a Solid Board-Superintendent Partnership?
6: What Does the Superintendent Do as Chief Board Developer?
7: How Can We Strengthen Our Board’s Self-Management Capacity?
8: How Can We Make Use of Board Standing Committees As Powerful Governing Engines?
9: How Can We Turn Board Members Into Satisfied Owners of Their Planning Work?
10: How Can We Turn Board Members Into Satisfied Owners of Their External/Stakeholder Relations Work?
11: How Can We Engage Senior Administrators in the Governing Process?
Acknowledgments
About the Author

About the Author

Doug Eadie, President & CEO of Doug Eadie & Company, has over the past 30 years helped over 500 public and nonprofit organizations, including many school boards and superintendents, to build their boards’ capacity do high-impact governing work and to develop rock-solid board-superintendent working relationships. Doug is the author of 21 books in addition to Building a High-Impact Board-Superintendent Partnership, including Governing at the Top and Five Habits of High-Impact School Boards, and of over 100 articles on board and chief executive leadership and board-chief executive relations. He administers and writes for a popular blog for public school leaders, www.boardsavvysuperintendent.com. Before founding Doug Eadie & Company, Doug served in a number of senior executive positions in the nonprofit sector and as a Peace Corps teacher in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for three years. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, Doug was awarded the master of science in management degree by the Weatherhead School of Case Western Reserve University.

Reviews

Building a High-Impact Board-Superintendent Partnership is full of practical wisdom that you can put to immediate use in your district.
*Talisa Dixon, Superintendent, Columbus City Schools (Ohio)*

This is the only book I’ve seen that provides readers with a really concrete definition of the work a school board actually does when it governs.
*Bryan Luizzi, Superintendent, New Canaan Public Schools (Connecticut)*

Doug has written a masterpiece...an absolute must read as a leader. The comprehensive collection of proven practices unlocks the secret to building positive and enduring board-superintendent partnerships.
*L. Oliver Robinson, Superintendent of Schools, Shenendehowa CSD; NYS Superintendent of the Year 2011*

Doug’s new book is a treasure-trove of practical guidance for Superintendents and School Boards looking to build a truly high-impact governing body.
*Aaron Spence, Superintendent, Virginia Beach City Public Schools (Virginia)*