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Title	The first 90 days: strategies to build a strong board relationship
Author	Guerrero-Pestonji, Adriana
Author email	apest@sbcglobal.net;Apestonji@gusd.net
Degree	Doctor of Education
Document type	Dissertation
Degree program	Education
School	Rossier School of Education
Date defended/completed	2012-02-23
Date submitted	2012-05-01
Date approved	2012-05-02
Restricted until	2012-05-02
Date published	2012-05-02
Advisor (committee chair)	Escalante, Michael F.
Advisor (committee member)	Garcia, Pedro Garcia, John
Abstract	This study looks at the transition period of the superintendent, specifically what strategies and skills, as well as frameworks, are employed as part of their entry plan. This is a qualitative study centered on the following research questions: 1. What strategies are successful superintendents using to build strong relationships with the board during their entry period? 2. How do superintendents implement these strategies and evaluate their success? 3. What formal/informal leadership preparation assists superintendents for entry into the superintendency? ❧ This study utilizes information gathered from districts across the state of California. The study was conducted by 9 members of a cohort at the University of Southern California through a collaborative thematic dissertation process. The thematic dissertation group employed two research instruments: a qualitative paper survey of both superintendents and board member designees, and a qualitative interview protocol administered through personal interviews with 45 superintendents and their designees. The superintendents were chosen from districts that have achieved a minimum growth of 30 points over the past three years or sustained growth with an API score above 800. Only superintendents whose district population has maintained at least 2,000 students were selected to participate. ❧ The position of the superintendent has evolved from instructional leader to a more in depth position reflecting traits of a chief executive officer. The job has become complex with multiple responsibilities and added accountability measures. Although there are programs and trainings that address professional development of the superintendency, they are limited in addressing what effective skills and strategies are being used to create trust between a superintendent and his or her board within their first 90 days of entry to a district. One of the study’s goals was to ask superintendents if there was an entry plan created to build communication based on trust with their respective board. The second question asked if board designees concur that a formal written plan was effective in communication to build trust. This also focused on the need for future studies and perhaps implementation into the professional training programs and education available to aspiring, as well as current, superintendents.
Keyword	board; relationships; strategies; entry plan; trust; communication
Language	English
Part of collection	University of Southern California dissertations and theses
Publisher (of the original version)	University of Southern California
Place of publication (of the original version)	Los Angeles, California
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Provenance	Electronically uploaded by the author
Type	texts
Legacy record ID	usctheses-m
Rights	Guerrero-Pestonji, Adriana
Access conditions	The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given.
Repository name	University of Southern California Digital Library
Repository address	USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA
Repository email	cisadmin@usc.edu
Archival file	uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-GuerreroPe-711.pdf