The Governance Core

School Boards, Superintendents, and Schools Working Together
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-5443-4433-1
Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc.

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 340 g

Working together for excellence for all children

As our society faces daunting and evolving challenges, education might well be the social institution that offers the most hope and opportunity for change. Overloaded with multiple, diverse issues, however, where do educational leaders even begin?

Davis Campbell and Michael Fullan believe efficacy must be achieved with a systems focus. The Governance Core provides strategies and tools for board members, superintendents and school leaders to unify and face the complex challenges of school governance together. Practical and authentic, the Governance Core is based upon:

- A governance mindset
- A shared moral imperative
- A unified, cohesive governance system

- A commitment to system-wide coherence

- A focus on continuous improvement in the district

Essential for local education governance – school boards in collaboration with district and school leadership – this guide will help you operate at the highest levels of effectiveness.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Campbell, Davis W

Fullan, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Schulleitung, Schulentwicklung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Frank Pugh
Foreword by John Malloy
Introduction: Politics, Governance, and System Improvement
Unity of Purpose: Driven by a Shared Moral Imperative
Politics, Governance, and System Improvement
How This Book Is Structured
Shift to Positive Drivers
Concluding Comments
PART I: MINDSETS FOR EFFICACY
Chapter 1. Moral Imperative and the Governance Core
The Nature of Governance
A Fundamental Choice
Five Major Themes of Good Governance
The Governance Core
Concluding Comments
Chapter 2. Trustee Governance Mindset
Systems Thinking
Strategic Focus
Deep Learning
Manner
Concluding Comments
Chapter 3. Superintendent Governance Mindset
Typical Governance Styles
Examples of Purposeful Superintendent Support for Governance
What These Superintendents Have in Common
Supporting a Trustee Governance Mindset
Concluding Comments
Chapter 4. Welcoming New Trustees
The First 100 Days: What the Board Should Do
The First 100 Days: What New Trustees Should Do
Concluding Comments
PART II: GOVERNING FOR EFFICACY
Chapter 5. Governing With Coherence
Coherence
Coherence Making
Coherence in Perspective
Distractions and Challenges to Coherence
Concluding Comments
Chapter 6. Governance Culture
Processes That Develop Governance Infrastructure
Concluding Comments
Chapter 7. The Governance Job: Systems Thinking and Strategic Action
Setting Strategic Direction
Policy Direction and Approval
Stewardship and Support
Oversight and Accountability
Community Leadership Throughout
Concluding Comments
Chapter 8. Governance Tools
Discussion Meetings
Governance Handbooks
Board Self-Evaluations
Continuing Board Education
Concluding Comments
PART III: THE CHALLENGES AHEAD
Chapter 9. Rising to the Occasion
All Rise
Appendix I: Template for Creating Board Protocols
Appendix II: Three Comparisons of Effective Governance Principles
References
Index
Acknowledgments
About the Authors

Über Autor(innen)

Fullan, Michael
Michael Fullan, Order of Canada, is the former Dean of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, and Professor Emeritus of the University of Toronto. He is co-leader of the New Pedagogies for Deep Learning global initiative. Michael served as Premier Dalton McGuinty’s Special Policy Adviser in Ontario from 2003-2013. He received the Order of Canada (OC) in December 2012 and holds five honorary doctorates from universities around the world. His ‘interim autobiography,’ Surreal Change, covers his pre-Covid-19 era to 2018. Michael and his colleagues are now working diligently on field-based comprehensive system change in several countries. Under the umbrella of what they call the ‘humanity paradigm’ —equitable-equal deep change that integrates local (school and community), middle (district/regional), and centre (policy) entities. Michael’s latest books are: Spirit Work and the Science of Collaboration (with Mark Edwards, 2022), The Principal 2.0 (2023), The Drivers (with Joanne Quinn, 2023), and The New Meaning of Educational Change, 6th Edition (2025).

For more information on books, articles, videos, podcasts please go to: www.michaelfullan.ca

Campbell, Davis W
Davis Campbell is the former Executive Director of the California School Boards Association and is Chair of the University of California Davis, School of Education Advisory Board and a Senior Fellow at the Center for Applied Policy in Education.

Campbell has a deep and broad background in public education. He served for 12 years in the California Department of Education, serving six of those as Deputy State Superintendent of Public Instruction in charge of all education programs. In 1988 he was appointed Executive Director of the California School Boards Association, serving in that capacity until his retirement in 2001. He has also served as an elected trustee on the Yolo County Board of Education. In 2020, Campbell was awarded the 2020 University of California Davis Alumni Association Distinguished Achievement Award.

Campbell maintains an active consulting practice in effective governance in education as well as nonprofit agencies at both the state and international level. In California, in addition to continuing education governance programs with school districts, Campbell has provided workshops for nonprofit organizations as well as governance workshops and presentations with cities, counties, and special districts. Campbell’s international work includes governance support for American and International schools in Madrid Spain (15 years), Barcelona Spain, Lisbon Portugal, Paris France, Rome and Milan Italy, Tunis Tunisia, Cairo Egypt and British Columbia Canada.