Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2005
Publication Source
The Contemporary Superintendent: Preparation, Practice and Development
Abstract
Clearly, no issue is currently more crucial to the future of the position of school district superintendent than the battle being fought over professional preparation and state licensing. The intent of licensing professionals is to protect society and not the licensee. Consequently, a decision to deregulate a profession should not be made solely in political arenas in which self- and group interests are more likely to outweigh societal interests. This chapter is grounded in the belief that persons within a profession, regardless of their personal views, have a responsibility to ensure that policy debates of this magnitude will be objective and empirically based. As a first step toward meeting this obligation, the content of this chapter traces the evolution of the superintendency in the context of five role conceptualizations. The intent is to demonstrate the depth and complexity of the position's knowledge base. In addition, the argument is made that future policy decisions will be enlightened if role conceptualizations are considered and critiqued in relation to the nature of local school districts, minority practitioner perspectives (both gender and race), and traditional approaches to professional preparation.
Inclusive pages
1-18
ISBN/ISSN
9781412913263
Document Version
Published Version
Copyright
Copyright © 2005, Corwin Publishing
Publisher
Corwin Publishing
Place of Publication
Thousand Oaks, CA
Peer Reviewed
yes
eCommons Citation
Kowalski, Theodore J., "Evolution of the School District Superintendent Position" (2005). Educational Leadership Faculty Publications. 26.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/eda_fac_pub/26
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Comments
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