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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Effective school boards
    sub title: strategies for improving board performance
  name:
    name part: Smoley, Eugene R.
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: cau
    date issued: 1999
    edition: 1st ed.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xxiv, 141 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
  table of contents: Making rational decisions. Access and use relevant information. Discuss deliberately. Consider alternative actions. Work toward consensus -- Functioning cohesively as a group. Operate with norms. Demonstrate leadership. Articulate cohesiveness. Act on values. Show respect -- Exercising appropriate authority. Act with defined roles. Take initiative. Overrule the superintendent. Resist pressure -- Connecting to the community. Structure community involvement. Obtain input. Explain actions. Facilitate information flow. Connect with the internal community -- Working toward board improvement. Cultivate leadership. Assess competence. Obtain assistance -- Acting strategically. Address critical issues. Plan. Organize. Consider context. Evaluate -- Strengthening the superintendent-board partnership. The superintendent as a partner. The board as a partner. The meaning of partnership. The risks for superintendents. How boards can reduce risks. Superintendent steps toward partnership. Conclusion --Getting the best information. Regulating the flow of information. Understanding the role of information. Establishing information priorities. Identifying information categories. Assessing and planning an information system. Asking the difficult questions. Conclusion -- Engaging in Board Development. The concept of board development. How boards can improve. Action one : conduct self-assessment. A self-assessment example. Action two : monitor progress. Action three : develop systematically. Conclusion. Conclusion : an agenda for action. Boards can work. A model for board action. How boards can support development. Conclusion.
  note: Eugene R. Smoley, Jr.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-141).
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    topic: School boards
    geographic: United States
  classification: LB2831 .S64 1999
  classification: 379.1/531/0973
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Jossey-Bass education series
  identifier: 0787946923
  identifier: 98058158
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 990104
    record change date: 20151021071534.0
    record identifier: in00001490328