Hero Maker: How Superintendents Can Get Their School Boards to Do - the Right Thin

Learn how to turn your school board members into heroes by helping them make smart, worthwhile decisions they will deserve to brag about. In this much-needed book, Ryan Donlan and Todd Whitaker offer practical strategies to help superintendents develop better working relationships with their boards.

List of contents

1. The Hero Maker 2. Constituencies 3. The Board of Education 4. The Superintendent as the Shield 5. The Care and Feeding of Board Members 6. Board Meetings 7. Between Board Meetings 8. The Superintendent/Board President Relationship 9. Advancing, by Retreating 10. Board Personalities: Doors and the Dance of Drama 11. Starting Undefeated 12. The Tour of Duty

About the author

Ryan Donlan is a Professor of Educational Leadership at Indiana State University and specializes in school leadership, governance, and team performance, with books for board members, superintendents, principals, assistant principals, and teachers, including Uncommon Sense for New Teachers: A Good Beginning is Half the Work.
Todd Whitaker is a Research Professor at the University of Missouri. He is a leading presenter in the field of education and has written 65 books, including the national best seller, What Great Teachers Do Differently.

Product details

• Authors: Ryan (Indiana State University Donlan, Donlan Ryan, Todd Whitaker
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 24.09.2025
• EAN: 9781041012108
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4101210-8
• No. of pages: 136
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Administration / General, EDUCATION / Administration / Facility Management, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization