Making Governance Work: TQE for School Boards / Edition 1

by William K. Poston

Overview

This volume provides school governors with helpful perspectives drawn from research as well as practical experience. It also offers specific suggestions on how to ensure that schools are operating as effectively as possible, helping governors to develop the appropriate roles and responsibilities that will nurture quality and excellence in school organizations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803961449
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	04/14/1994
Series:	Total Quality Education for the World , #8
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

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William K. Poston Jr. is an Emeritus Professor of educational leadership and policy studies at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, where he served for 17 years. A former math and physics teacher, he accumulated 25 years of experience in educational administration including 15 years as a superintendent in Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona, and in Billings, Montana. His experience includes serving as executive director of the Iowa School Business Management Academy—the licensure program for school business managers in Iowa—for 15 years. He is the originator of curriculum-driven budgeting, and he has led over 75 curriculum audits. Poston has written 13 books and over 40 journal articles and continues to provide extensive service to schools in the areas of evaluation, curriculum management auditing, performance-based budgeting, and organizational quality improvement.

Table of Contents

Foreword - Larry E Frase
Board Governance and Change
Applying TQM Principles to Board Leadership
Using Policy to Implement Board Vision
Designing Policy for Quality Improvement
Choosing a Quality Future
Achieving Quality Leadership and Teamwork
Board Oversight Responsibilities
Implementing TQE
The Board's Challenge
Planning and Troubleshooting Guide