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Davidson  \nNorthern Arizona University  \nMichael Schwanenberger  \nNorthern Arizona University  \nRichard Wiggall  \nNorthern Arizona University  \nIn the fall of 2018, all school superintendents in a state in the southwest were invited to take part in a survey which included a section related to superintendent perceptions of the board’s evaluation process for superintendents. The present article addresses the factors perceived to be important in evaluations of superintendents by governing board members. The survey revealed the most important factors in governing board evaluations of the superintendent, as perceived by superintendents. The survey also revealed that superintendents perceive high levels of trust in their relationships with board members. The results indicate that the most important factors inboard evaluations of the superintendent include management of the financial affairs of the district, maintaining the quality of the education program, relationships with employees, developing and implementing long term plans for the district, student performance measured by state-mandated assessments, and maintaining a safe environment for students.  \nICPEL Education Leadership Review, Vol. 20, No. 1– November, 2019 ISSN: 1532-0723 © 2019 International Council of Professors of Educational Leadership  \nSuperintendents play a critical role in influencing the culture, policy agenda, strategic decisionmaking, and overall leadership of their districts. In literature which spans decades regarding the superintendency, various roles have been associated with the position, including teacher-scholar, manager, negotiator-statesman, applied social scientist, and communicator (Cuban, 2001; Hurst, 2017; Kowalski, 2006) . Within recent decades, many authors have argued that, given a variety of social, political, and economic factors, the superintendency has evolved into a complex and almost unwieldy position (Bjork & Keedy, 2002; Brunner, 2002; Fusarelli, Cooper, & Carella, 2002; Glasman & Fuller, 2002; Grissom & Andersen, 2012; Grissom & Mitani, 2016; Kowalski & Glass, 2002; Leithwood & Louis, 2012; Papa, English, Davidson, Culver, & Brown, 2013; Parsons, Brandon, Friesen, & Jacobsen, 2019; Petersen & Short, 2001; Tekniepe, 2015; Wells, 2019) . The complexities associated with the position have been compounded through factors including social media (Hurst, 2017) and increasing cultural and political polarization (Bowers, 2016) .  \nLiterature Review  \nWhat We Expect Superintendents to Know and Do  \nStudying superintendents' leadership has historically posed some challenges to the researcher, in that superintendents might be sometimes concerned about the political consequences of being forthcoming about their perceptions regarding the job (Melton, Reeves, McBrayer, & Smith, 2019) . Effective superintendents tend to be very conscious of their public image (Hurst, 2017), and concerns related to one’s image could lead to describing one’s experiences in ideal rather than actual terms, as well as focusing on areas such as instructional leadership, rather than the actual political and managerial roles that are likely to dominate their time and attention. In the polarized times in which we live, even in the relative safety of a private interview with a researcher, it is reasonable to assume that some superintendents may be more likely to provide politically safe answers to questions about their role when a more controversial response may result in unpleasant political consequences.  \nWhile subject to factors such as the political, social, and cultural contexts in which they work, superintendents must find an effective balance between their political, managerial, and instructional selves. The current context of school accountability demands significant and measurable instructional improvements despite overwhelming financial challenges, yet superintendents cannot ignore the political and manageri","cbCaipsdvk4T599W","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipsdvk4T599W","pdf",285165,17,"English","# What Matters Most in Superintendent Evaluation\n## Purpose and Survey Findings\n## Superintendent Roles and Complexity\n# Literature Review\n## What We Expect Superintendents to Know and Do\n## Conflict Management","[{\"question\":\"What were the survey’s main findings about superintendent evaluations?\",\"answer\":\"The survey found the most important evaluation factors from governing board members’ perspective and also showed that superintendents perceive high levels of trust in their relationships with board members.\"},{\"question\":\"Which factors are considered most important in board evaluations of superintendents?\",\"answer\":\"Key factors include managing the district’s financial affairs, maintaining education program quality, relationships with employees, developing and implementing long-term district plans, student performance on state-mandated assessments, and maintaining a safe environment for students.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the article discuss challenges in studying superintendent leadership?\",\"answer\":\"It highlights that researchers may face political concerns and public-image considerations, leading some superintendents to provide politically safe responses rather than candid accounts of their roles.\"}]","What Matters Most in Superintendent Evaluation | PDF",1792093714,43]