The School Board Member's Guidebook : Making A Positive Difference Through School Governance (Hardcover, 2 ed)

1. The Difference Maker? 2. How to Find Common Ground? 3. How to Maximize Constituencies? 4. How to Communicate with and Manage Constituencies? 5. What Boards of Education Are Really About? 6. How Boards Can Govern More Effectively? 7. The Superintendent as Your Shield? 8. The Care and Feeding of Community Members? 9. Holding Board Meetings? 10. Between Board Meetings? 11. The Board President: Neither Fish nor Fowl, or is it BOTH Fish and Fowl?? 12. Community Caricatures? 13. Governing Best: Advancing by Retreating? 14. Starting Undefeated