The Superintendent as CEO: Standards-Based Performance

The first of its kind, this unique text identifies the knowledge needed by current and aspiring school district CEOs to become high performers.

Author: John R. Hoyle, Lars G. Bjork, Virginia Collier
Publisher: Corwin Publishers
Published: 10/12/2004
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.39lbs
Size: 10.18h x 7.10w x 0.77d
ISBN: 9780761931676

About the Author
Hoyle, John R.: - John R. Hoyle, a professor of educational administration at Texas A&M University, is an authority on the superintendency, leadership research, and future studies. He served as president of the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration and was the first recipient of the NCPEA "Living Legend Award." In a 2004 survey, Hoyle's peers selected him as one of the four most "exceptional living scholars" in educational administration. Hoyle served as chair of the AASA National Commission on Professional Standards for the Superintendency and authored the document Professional Standards for the Superintendency. He has written numerous books, book chapters, articles, and papers and is a popular consultant, seminar leader, and motivational speaker.Bjork, Lars G.: - Dr. Björk is an associate professor in the Department of Administration and Supervision at the University of Kentucky, Co-Director of the University Council for Educational Administration's Joint Program Center for the Study of the Superintendency, and a Senior Associate Editor of Educational Administration Quarterly. He has co-edited several books including Higher Education Research and Public Policy (1988), Minorities in Higher Education (1994), and The New Superintendency: Advances in Research and Theories of School Management and Educational Policy (2001), co-authored, The Study of the American Superintendency 2000: A Look at the Superintendent of Education in the New Millennium (2000) and The Superintendent as CEO: Standards-Based Performance (in press).Collier, Virginia: - Virginia Collier is a Clinical Associate Professor at Texas A&M University. She served as a teacher, principal and superintendent in the Texas schools for thirty-five years. Governor George W. Bush appointed her as a member of the Texas State Board of Educator. Dr. Collier served as the first female president of the Texas Association of School Administrators and is active in the American Association of School Administrators. The focus of her work is serving as coordinator of the TAMU cohort programs in the San Antonio and Houston areas and working with masters and doctoral students in principal and superintendent preparation.
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