Leadership Teaming
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"At last, a book that adds value by bringing principals and superintendents together in a new kind of partnership."
—Thomas J. Sergiovanni, Lillian Radford Professor of Educational Leadership
Trinity University
"This book has wonderful resources to help principals and superintendents build strong collaborative teams."
—Elaine McEwan, Educational Consultant
Author, Ten Traits of Highly Effective Schools
"This thoughtful book is cutting edge."
—Margaret Grogan, Professor and Chair of Educational Leadership
University of Missouri, Columbia
"This book goes to the heart of the matter. It breaks new ground on how both superintendents and principals can create a truly collaborative model in their schools."
—Joanne Rooney, Codirector
Midwest Principals' Center
Build alliances of transformational leadership for your school and district!
Ideal for new or experienced school and district administrators, this book shows how to develop a strong superintendent-principal partnership. Written by a principal and a superintendent with decades of experience, this resource provides strategies for effective leadership, communication, and collaboration, and includes:
- Both the principal's and the superintendent's perspectives on issues such as performance expectations and characteristics of quality teams
- Critical experience- and research-based team components
- Stories from the field about successful principal-superintendent teams
- Reflective questions, summaries, and other tools to help readers apply the principles and strategies to their own practice
Use these practical and proven approaches to create a healthy school/district culture and promote mutually supportive professional relationships.
Contents
Preface
- Superintendent's Perspective
- Principal's Perspective
About Our Book
About Our Book
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
About the Authors
Part I. Leadership Teaming
- 1.The Superintendent's Perspective: Characteristics of High-Quality Teams
- Leadership Teams Work in Harmony
- Vision of a Leadership Team
- Develop an Affirmative Orientation
- Take-Away Message
- Closing in on Key Concepts
- Extending Your Thinking
- 2. The Principal's Perspective: What Phenomenal Teams Look and Feel Like
- Teamwork Defined
- The Right People
- The Right Work
- The Right Way
- Take-Away Message
- Closing in on Key Concepts
- Extending Your Thinking
Part II. Leadership Qualities
- 3. The Superintendent's Perspective: What Superintendents Want in a Principal?
- Competence
- Character
- A Caring Heart
- Take-Away Message
- Closing in on Key Concepts
- Extending Your Thinking
- 4. The Principal's Perspective: Superintendents Principals Want to Work For
- The Transformational Leader
- Emotionally Intelligent Leadership
- Superlative Superintendents
- Take-Away Message
- Closing in on Key Concepts
- Extending Your Thinking
Part III. Leadership Team Essentials
- 5. The Superintendent's Perspective: The Importance of Trust in Communication
- Message Madness
- The Importance of Trust
- Portraits of Trust
- Take-Away Message
- Closing in on Key Concepts
- Extending Your Thinking
- 6. The Principal's Perspective: Communication Expectations and Relationships
- Critical Attributes
- Principals' Perspectives
- Superintendents' Perspectives
- Expectation Development
- Take-Away Message
- Closing in on Key Concepts
- Extending Your Thinking
Part IV. Leadership Learning
- 7. The Superintendent's Perspective: Cultivating Team Capacity
- The Learning Team
- Applying the Professional Learning Community Concepts
- The Arlington Leadership Professional Learning Community
- Lessons Learned, Points to Ponder
- Take-Away Message
- Closing in on Key Concepts
- Extending Your Thinking
- 8. The Principal's Perspective: Perfecting Principal Performance
- Ensuring Success
- Perfecting Performance
- Principal Performance Impact
- Perfecting Superintendent Performance
- Take-Away Message
- Closing in on Key Concepts
- Extending Your Thinking
Conclusion
- Leadership Teaming Key Concepts
Resources
- Resource A: Code-Building Exercise 1
- Resource B: Code-Building Exercise 2
- Resource C: Code Review Activity
- Resource D: Principal Entry Plan
- Resource E: Principal Professional Goal Plan
References
- Suggested Readings
Index
Index
Additional materials
Description
"At last, a book that adds value by bringing principals and superintendents together in a new kind of partnership."
—Thomas J. Sergiovanni, Lillian Radford Professor of Educational Leadership
Trinity University
"This book has wonderful resources to help principals and superintendents build strong collaborative teams."
—Elaine McEwan, Educational Consultant
Author, Ten Traits of Highly Effective Schools
"This thoughtful book is cutting edge."
—Margaret Grogan, Professor and Chair of Educational Leadership
University of Missouri, Columbia
"This book goes to the heart of the matter. It breaks new ground on how both superintendents and principals can create a truly collaborative model in their schools."
—Joanne Rooney, Codirector
Midwest Principals' Center
Build alliances of transformational leadership for your school and district!
Ideal for new or experienced school and district administrators, this book shows how to develop a strong superintendent-principal partnership. Written by a principal and a superintendent with decades of experience, this resource provides strategies for effective leadership, communication, and collaboration, and includes:
- Both the principal's and the superintendent's perspectives on issues such as performance expectations and characteristics of quality teams
- Critical experience- and research-based team components
- Stories from the field about successful principal-superintendent teams
- Reflective questions, summaries, and other tools to help readers apply the principles and strategies to their own practice
Use these practical and proven approaches to create a healthy school/district culture and promote mutually supportive professional relationships.
Contents
Preface
- Superintendent's Perspective
- Principal's Perspective
About Our Book
About Our Book
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
About the Authors
Part I. Leadership Teaming
- 1.The Superintendent's Perspective: Characteristics of High-Quality Teams
- Leadership Teams Work in Harmony
- Vision of a Leadership Team
- Develop an Affirmative Orientation
- Take-Away Message
- Closing in on Key Concepts
- Extending Your Thinking
- 2. The Principal's Perspective: What Phenomenal Teams Look and Feel Like
- Teamwork Defined
- The Right People
- The Right Work
- The Right Way
- Take-Away Message
- Closing in on Key Concepts
- Extending Your Thinking
Part II. Leadership Qualities
- 3. The Superintendent's Perspective: What Superintendents Want in a Principal?
- Competence
- Character
- A Caring Heart
- Take-Away Message
- Closing in on Key Concepts
- Extending Your Thinking
- 4. The Principal's Perspective: Superintendents Principals Want to Work For
- The Transformational Leader
- Emotionally Intelligent Leadership
- Superlative Superintendents
- Take-Away Message
- Closing in on Key Concepts
- Extending Your Thinking
Part III. Leadership Team Essentials
- 5. The Superintendent's Perspective: The Importance of Trust in Communication
- Message Madness
- The Importance of Trust
- Portraits of Trust
- Take-Away Message
- Closing in on Key Concepts
- Extending Your Thinking
- 6. The Principal's Perspective: Communication Expectations and Relationships
- Critical Attributes
- Principals' Perspectives
- Superintendents' Perspectives
- Expectation Development
- Take-Away Message
- Closing in on Key Concepts
- Extending Your Thinking
Part IV. Leadership Learning
- 7. The Superintendent's Perspective: Cultivating Team Capacity
- The Learning Team
- Applying the Professional Learning Community Concepts
- The Arlington Leadership Professional Learning Community
- Lessons Learned, Points to Ponder
- Take-Away Message
- Closing in on Key Concepts
- Extending Your Thinking
- 8. The Principal's Perspective: Perfecting Principal Performance
- Ensuring Success
- Perfecting Performance
- Principal Performance Impact
- Perfecting Superintendent Performance
- Take-Away Message
- Closing in on Key Concepts
- Extending Your Thinking
Conclusion
- Leadership Teaming Key Concepts
Resources
- Resource A: Code-Building Exercise 1
- Resource B: Code-Building Exercise 2
- Resource C: Code Review Activity
- Resource D: Principal Entry Plan
- Resource E: Principal Professional Goal Plan
References
- Suggested Readings
Index
Index
Additional materials
Reviews
Leadership Teaming
The Superintendent-Principal Relationship
November 2008 | 152 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 01/02/2026 | 9781412966313 | $37.95 |
| Hardcover | 01/02/2026 | 9781412966306 | $79.95 |
| Lifetime | 01/02/2026 | 9781452296029 | $35.00 |
"At last, a book that adds value by bringing principals and superintendents together in a new kind of partnership."
—Thomas J. Sergiovanni, Lillian Radford Professor of Educational Leadership
Trinity University
"This book has wonderful resources to help principals and superintendents build strong collaborative teams."
—Elaine McEwan, Educational Consultant
Author, Ten Traits of Highly Effective Schools
"This thoughtful book is cutting edge."
—Margaret Grogan, Professor and Chair of Educational Leadership
University of Missouri, Columbia
"This book goes to the heart of the matter. It breaks new ground on how both superintendents and principals can create a truly collaborative model in their schools."
—Joanne Rooney, Codirector
Midwest Principals' Center
Build alliances of transformational leadership for your school and district!
Ideal for new or experienced school and district administrators, this book shows how to develop a strong superintendent-principal partnership. Written by a principal and a superintendent with decades of experience, this resource provides strategies for effective leadership, communication, and collaboration, and includes:
- Both the principal's and the superintendent's perspectives on issues such as performance expectations and characteristics of quality teams
- Critical experience- and research-based team components
- Stories from the field about successful principal-superintendent teams
- Reflective questions, summaries, and other tools to help readers apply the principles and strategies to their own practice
Use these practical and proven approaches to create a healthy school/district culture and promote mutually supportive professional relationships.
Table Of Contents:
- Preface
- Superintendent's Perspective
- Principal's Perspective
- About Our Book
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Part I. Leadership Teaming
- 1.The Superintendent's Perspective: Characteristics of High-Quality Teams
- Leadership Teams Work in Harmony
- Vision of a Leadership Team
- Develop an Affirmative Orientation
- Take-Away Message
- Closing in on Key Concepts
- Extending Your Thinking
- 2. The Principal's Perspective: What Phenomenal Teams Look and Feel Like
- Teamwork Defined
- The Right People
- The Right Work
- The Right Way
- Take-Away Message
- Closing in on Key Concepts
- Extending Your Thinking
- Part II. Leadership Qualities
- 3. The Superintendent's Perspective: What Superintendents Want in a Principal?
- Competence
- Character
- A Caring Heart
- Take-Away Message
- Closing in on Key Concepts
- Extending Your Thinking
- 4. The Principal's Perspective: Superintendents Principals Want to Work For
- The Transformational Leader
- Emotionally Intelligent Leadership
- Superlative Superintendents
- Take-Away Message
- Closing in on Key Concepts
- Extending Your Thinking
- Part III. Leadership Team Essentials
- 5. The Superintendent's Perspective: The Importance of Trust in Communication
- Message Madness
- The Importance of Trust
- Portraits of Trust
- Take-Away Message
- Closing in on Key Concepts
- Extending Your Thinking
- 6. The Principal's Perspective: Communication Expectations and Relationships
- Critical Attributes
- Principals' Perspectives
- Superintendents' Perspectives
- Expectation Development
- Take-Away Message
- Closing in on Key Concepts
- Extending Your Thinking
- Part IV. Leadership Learning
- 7. The Superintendent's Perspective: Cultivating Team Capacity
- The Learning Team
- Applying the Professional Learning Community Concepts
- The Arlington Leadership Professional Learning Community
- Lessons Learned, Points to Ponder
- Take-Away Message
- Closing in on Key Concepts
- Extending Your Thinking
- 8. The Principal's Perspective: Perfecting Principal Performance
- Ensuring Success
- Perfecting Performance
- Principal Performance Impact
- Perfecting Superintendent Performance
- Take-Away Message
- Closing in on Key Concepts
- Extending Your Thinking
- Conclusion
- Leadership Teaming Key Concepts
- Resources
- Resource A: Code-Building Exercise 1
- Resource B: Code-Building Exercise 2
- Resource C: Code Review Activity
- Resource D: Principal Entry Plan
- Resource E: Principal Professional Goal Plan
- References
- Suggested Readings
- Index