Moving into the Superintendency

How to Succeed in Making the Move

Thomas Kersten, Kara Coglianese

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2026
• Edition: 2
• eBook ISBN:
  9798765188606
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Leadership in Education

Too often, new superintendents-even if they have succeeded in other administrative positions-can undermine their successes by making critical novice mistakes, such as failing to recognize political stumbling blocks or unintentionally inviting school board member micromanagement. Moving into the Superintendency: How to Succeed in Making the Move provides novice superintendents with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in their new roles. Thomas Kersten, a highly experienced school administrator with eleven years of superintendent experience and Kara Coglianese with over thirteen, share the most practical and useful strategies that will help new superintendents optimize their early successes. Guiding beginning superintendents throughout their telling first year, Kersten's and Coglianese's professional advice will shorten the office's initial learning curve, guarantee a smooth transition into this role, and set a foundation of professional skills upon which superintendents will build their careers.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Title
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• 1 Assessing Your Fit for the Superintendency
• 2 Looking Before You Leap
• 3 Getting Off to a Successful Start
• 4 Establishing Your Leadership
• 5 Working Effectively with the School Board
• 6 Establishing Relationships Within the School District
• 7 Building Relationships Outside the School District
• 8 Making Principal and Teacher Selection Your Top Priority
• 9 Avoiding the Most Critical Leadership Mistakes
• 10 Managing School District Financial Resources
• 11 Working Smarter, Not Harder
• Closing Thoughts
• References
• About the Authors
• Copyright