Secrets of School Board Success: Practical Tips for Board Members

By Lynn Hamilton

Book Overview

The Secrets of School Board Success: Practical Tips for Board Members offers practical suggestions for effective service on a public school board. Readers will learn how Lynn Hamilton helped garner the support of teachers, terminate collective bargaining with a union, and pass six of seven tax increase measures after a long history of failures at the polls. As a result of his 15-year career as a school board member, Hamilton is able to portray how members of a school board can foster an environment that helps to create an outstanding superintendent, which is key to a successful public school system. Board members and administrators will relate to the real-life problems that are described here, and benefit from the creative and eye-opening solutions based on Hamilton's success and experience.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578867142
• ISBN13: 9781578867141
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: R & L Education
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.7"