Thriving as a Superintendent

How to Recognize and Survive an Unanticipated Departure

By (author) Thomas F. Evert, Amy E. Van Deuren

Hardback - £48.00

Publication date:

28 February 2013

Length of book:

130 pages

Publisher

R&L Education

ISBN-13: 9781475803013

All superintendents are at risk for an unanticipated departure and it can happen at any time in a career. Thriving as a Superintendent: How to Recognize and Survive an Unanticipated Departure is a resource for active and aspiring superintendents, which explores issues surrounding superintendent unanticipated departures. The book places special emphasis on lessons learned from the superintendents interviewed and current research about how to prepare for, recognize, and negotiate through an unanticipated departure, as well as how to move forward should such a departure occur.

The authors conducted in-depth interviews with 22 superintendents who personally experienced unanticipated departures. These superintendents represent a wide range of experience levels and district contexts, and these interviews are compiled and synthesized so that their stories and lessons learned can be shared in a way that benefits readers.

In addition, three in-depth scenarios (case studies) are included. These scenarios provide context for discussion and consideration. Each scenario includes an annotated reference section of relevant material that will be helpful to students and practitioners interested in engaging in further study.
Authors Thomas Evert and Amy Van Deuren, both university professors with experience in educational leadership and law, have written a well-researched, readable narrative on how to maneuver through an unanticipated departure. ... Superintendents will find this book to be an accurate assessment of life in the superintendency.