Many school districts conduct nationwide searches when they have an opening for the position of school superintendent. The position holds a great amount of influence over the general presence of schools in a community, and the person who holds it has the opportunity to wield personal influence as well. As the CEO in charge of the school district, the superintendent has many masters. He has to
. work with the school board, supervise and direct a staff of administrators and school officials. The school board is his main master, because it has the authority to evaluate his performance and also to hire or fire him. The reason he has many masters is that he must please the parents who are the ones who pay his salary. The Superintendent Search Manual at http://www.nmsba.org/suptsearch.html presents a site that depicts a cartoon of two people who may have the job of finding a new superintendent for their school district. It has a few important buttons to click, including one that lists questions not to ask. Another presents an interview format with precise steps and recommendations that are easy to follow. A third option presents information that may be very helpful to the ones conducting the interview process. It advises on things to watch for as the interview plays out. These suggestions for observations are very intriguing and may add some interest to the process. Interview Questions and Answers at http://interviewquestionsandanswers.biz/school-superintendent-interview-questions/ lists 24 questions that provide a good basis for evaluation. It has some words that may seem inappropriate from an educational standpoint as some questions end with "Etc." In addition, there are actually grammatical errors in the phrasing of some questions, leading one to wonder about the qualifications of the author to prepare such a list. Nonetheless, there is enough information on the site to merit a review, albeit a discriminating one. More Reference Links: http://www.nmsba.org/suptsearch.html http://interviewquestionsandanswers.biz/school-superintendent-interview-questions/
