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When I interviewed my superintendent I got more of a list of tasks throughout the year as opposed to a monthly list. He honed in on finances. From previous conversations I was able to fill in a number of unknowns. As my superintendent has moved on to greener pastures I am left to analyze the information received and extrapolate my own set of to-dos from his information.
I also posed the question to Jarred Burke, Richland Center Superintendent and he also echoed the yearly to-do list as apposed to a monthly list. He also has a calendar in which their list is transcribed so they do not miss any important due dates.
From the two superintendents I would extract the following monthly list which would consist of the following but not limited to:
When I interviewed my superintendent I got more of a list of tasks throughout the year as opposed to a monthly list. He honed in on finances. From previous conversations I was able to fill in a number of unknowns. As my superintendent has moved on to greener pastures I am left to analyze the information received and extrapolate my own set of to-dos from his information.
I also posed the question to Jarred Burke, Richland Center Superintendent and he also echoed the yearly to-do list as apposed to a monthly list. He also has a calendar in which their list is transcribed so they do not miss any important due dates.
From the two superintendents I would extract the following monthly list which would consist of the following but not limited to:
- Communicate with school board president
- Finance Manager-Update on finances, bills paid, deposits update, expenditures, balance update, approve expenditures as needed.
- Administrative meeting-Personnel updates
- Communicate with school board president
- School Board Meeting-agenda set with president, meeting, closed session, Annual Mtg.
- Conference attendance
- Communicate with school board president
- Contact legislators regarding current issues/updates
- Special meetings-IEP, WASB, WiRSA...etc
- Communicate with school board president
- Keep up with the constant flow of miscellaneous items that continually cross the desk of a superintendent.
- Did I mention to communicate with the school board president?
I found the superintendent that I interviewed to be one that is run by the school board. Especially the president. This relationship has strained the superintendent's ability too make decisions without board approval. I feel this, in turn, has snowballed the effects and now makes it harder and harder to make decisions without board approval. Examples discussed in person.
Wow! Sounds like a tough situation. Time for a superintendent to come in and work on educating the board about their role - governance, not management of the internal workings of the school. I prefer the month-by-month checklist as this keeps me far more organized. When you view other blogs, you'll find these are laid out more clearly.
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