Admin Table of Contents
What is a superintendent?
Tony Thurmond
| California Superintendent of Public Instruction | |
|---|---|
| Current Officeholder | |
| California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond Nonpartisan Assumed office: 2019-01-01 | |
| Elections | |
| Next election: | November 8, 2022 |
What is the role of the superintendent?
The superintendent is the top executive (“CEO”) in the school district. The superintendent implements the school board’s vision by making day-to-day decisions about educational programs, spending, staff, and facilities. The superintendent hires, supervises, and manages the central staff and principals.
What kind of a person was the superintendent?
In the American education system, a superintendent or superintendent of schools is an administrator or manager in charge of a number of public schools or a school district, a local government body overseeing public schools. All school principals in a respective school district report to the superintendent.
What do great superintendents do?
A great superintendent is an instructional leader. He or she knows that the most important job of the school district is to make sure students are learning and achieving at high levels. He or she directs the administrators to accomplish the goals of the district, monitors their progress and evaluates their performance.
What skills does a superintendent need?
School Superintendents should be detail-oriented leaders who possess strong communication, decision-making, organizational and problem-solving skills. They should have the ability to share a vision with a team and guide them toward achieving specific goals.
What skills should a superintendent have?
Although leadership, vision, and strategic thinking were listed as the most important skills for superintendent success, every superintendent in the study ranked good communications skills as a “very important” component of each of those skills.
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