New and Experienced Superintendents

ADMINISTRATION

Administrator Evaluation Documents – Samples

• Document #1 – 360 Degree Feedback – pdf only
• Document #2 – Hammondsport CSD – pdf only
  – Provided by Chris Brown, Superintendent, Hammondsport CSD|
• Document #3 – Lancaster CSD – pdf only
  – Provided by Jeffery Rabey, Director, Lancaster CSD|
• Document #4 – pdf only

BOCES – Board of Cooperative Educational Services

• What is BOCES?
• BOCES – State Approved Sharing Opportunities
• BOCES – Regional Computer Center Services
• Essential Knowledge and Skills for Effective School Leadership
  – Based on the Blue Ribbon Panel on School Leadership – NYSED – 10/2001

BOARD OF EDUCATION

Board of Education

• Board Authority and Responsibility Regulation (an example)
  – Provided by Philip Martin, Superintendent, Fayetteville-Manlius CSD
• Board – Superintendent Protocol
• Boardsmanship
• Board Self Evaluation Documents
  • Document #1 – JMM
  • Document #2
• Do’s and Don’ts of Board – Superintendent Relationships
• Five Filters for Decisions
  – Provided by Gary Worden and Waneta Griffin, Maine-Endwell CSD
• Productive Board of Education Activities – JMM
  Template for Clarifying Roles of the Board of Education and the Superintendent of Schools – pdf only

Board Meetings

• Re-organizational Meeting Checklist
• Staff Presentation Protocol at Board of Education Meetings
  – By Michael Johnson, Superintendent, Averill Park Central Schools

Board Members

• New Board Member Orientation Program – JMM
• Strategies for Working With New Board Members
  – Provided by Walter J. Doherty, Superintendent, Central Square CSD
• “A Board Member’s Ten Commandments” – Unknown

Board Policy Sampler

• #1001 – Code of Conduct for Board Members – JMM
• #1200 – Orientation of New Board Members – JMM
• #1250 – Levels of Responsibility – JMM
• #1600 – Board of Education Self Evaluation – JMM

CURRICULUM

– most items in “pdf only” to preserve formatting

• Annual Curriculum Cycle – JMM
  • Preliminary Curriculum Form pdf only
  • Curriculum Proposal Form pdf only
• Curriculum Items
  – Provided by Walter J. Sullivan, Superintendent Chairperson, NYSCOSS – Curriculum & Instruction Committee
  1. High Standards and High Achievement for All Students pdf only
  2. List of NYSCOSS Papers on Curriculum and Instruction pdf only
  3. NYSCOSS – ASSESSING THE ASSESSMENTS 2002 pdf only
  4. Phase In of the New NYS Assessments pdf only
• Job Description – Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction (Also in PDF)

EXTRACURRICULAR / SPORTS

• Interscholastic Athletics Handbook – Akron CSD – pdf only
• Student Athlete Handbook – Akron CSD – pdf only

FACILITIES / MAINTENANCE

• Emergency School Closing – Sample Letter to Parents

FINANCIAL

• Best Practices for Extraclassroom Activity Funds Workshops
• Claims Auditor Job Description
• Budget Development Process
  • Coordinated – JMM
  • Strategic – JMM
• Fiscal Navigation for Superintendents Workshops
• Top 10 Tips for Creating Your Budget Message
• Top 10 Tips for Your Budget Presentation

FOOD SERVICE

PERSONNEL

• Everything is Negotiable Workshops
• Negotiations Discussion Issues Outline
• Staffing Reductions
  – Provided by Walter J. Doherty, Superintendent, Central Square CSD
• School District Job Descriptions Bank
  • Superintendent of Schools
  • Superintendent of Catholic Schools
  • Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instructional #1
  • Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction #2
  • Claims Auditor
• Standard Hiring Procedures – Sample 1
  – JMM Introduction, manual (14 pages), 13 appendices

PUBLIC RELATIONS

• Emergency School Closing – Sample Letter to Parents
• Key Communicators Program – pdf only
  Overview – Letter of Invitation – Communicator Survey – Staff Survey
• Media Relations Tips for Success
• Media Relations in Times of Crises – JMM
• Media Skills Package
  – By Michael Johnson, Superintendent, Averill Park Central Schools
  • Actions to Strengthen your Media Skills
  • Guidelines foe Successful Interviews with the Media
  • Tips for Public Meetings
  • Tips for Television and Radio Interviews
• “Top 10” Media Skills Package
  • Dealing With the Media
  • Effective Communication
  • Your Budget Message
  • Your Budget Presentation

SPECIAL STUDENT SERVICES

(Guidance, Attendance, Health)

STAFF DEVELOPMENT

STUDENT DISCIPLINE

SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

• “A Superintendent’s Ten Commandments” – Unknown
• Do’s and Don’ts of Board – Superintendent Relationships
• Embracing Confusion: What Leaders Do When They Don’t Know What to Do
  – By Barry Jantz and Jerome Murphy, Phi Delta Kappan, January 2005
• Personal Problems Affecting the Superintendent -JMM
• “Seven Surprises for School Leaders”
  – By Patrick F. Bassett, NAIS, reprinted with permission
• Superintendent and School Law – JMM
  • Law-related resources a new superintendent should have (diagram) – pdf only
  • Attorney Involvement – pdf only
• Superintendent’s Annual Calendar – JMM – pdf only
• Superintendent’s Annual Fiscal Calendar – JMM – pdf only
• Superintendent’s Calendar of Standard Monthly and Quarterly Reports – JMM
• Template for Clarifying Roles of the Board of Education and the Superintendent of Schools – pdf only
• Superintendent Evaluation Documents – Samples –
  • Document #1 – JMM
  • Document #2
  • Document #3
  • Document #4
  • Document #5
• Board Policy Sampler
  • #7600 – Evaluation of the Superintendent – JMM
  • #8010 – Superintendent – Job Description – JMM
  • What Superintendents Read – JMM