How not to be a terrible school board member : lessons for school administrators and board members
(Book)

Machine generated contents note: PrefaceAbout the AuthorAcknowledgmentsI. Terrible District teamwork1. Humiliate a District Employee in Public2. Negotiate in Public3. Attack the Administration in Print4. Micromanage the Superintendent5. Never Question the Administration6. Solicit Complaints from Teachers and Staff7. Ask for Special TreatmentII. Terrible Board Teamwork8. Disrespect a Fellow Board Member9. Speak for the Board10. Build Coalitions11. Abstain on Tough Votes12. Be Decisive, Don't Compromise13. Come Unprepared to a Board Meeting14. Do Too Much HomeworkIII. Terrible Public Relations15. Represent Your Supporters16. Minimize Public Input17. Run Your Own District Survey18. Argue with a Hostile Speaker19. Confide in a Reporter20. Garner Public Support21. Sign a PetitionIV. Terrible Personal Style22. Ignore Minor Conflicts of Interest23. Take Political Stands24. Use the District's Credit Card25. Remember Your Political Party26. Do a Favor27. Accept Gifts28. Radiate Negative EnergyEpilogueIndex.

Includes bibliographical references.

"How to Not Be a Terrible School Board Member is a practical guide both for how to become an effective school board member, and for how school administrators can improve their board relations. The intended audience is prospective, present, and past school board members and school administrators. While the overwhelming majority of school board members have good motives, even people with good motives can make bad moves, even terrible moves. This book is dedicated to preventing situations in which good intentions can lead to bad outcomes. The book takes a case based approach that focuses on terrible school board member moves as the fastest and most memorable way to help one learn how to be an effective school board member, and to see, by contrast, how a successful school board member operates. Case-based learning is used in many professional programs such as business, law, medicine, and even teacher education, and research on learning by example has a strong and growing empirical research base"--Provided by publisher.