Tod Allen Farmer

Pathways to the School Superintendency: Becoming a Superintendent Tod Allen Farmer

This book serves as a guide for anyone seeking tobecome a school superintendent. Principals emergefrom the teaching ranks. Superintendents have oftenserved as principals. But what is the most commoncareer route to become a school superintendent? Whatis the fastest route to the superintendent position? Are there career paths that are more commonlyfollowed by women or minorities? What do schoolboards look for when hiring a candidate? Do schoolboards prefer internal or external job candidates? From what type of religious, political andsocio-economic backgrounds do most schoolsuperintendents come? If I am a teacher desiring tobecome a school superintendent, how do I get there? What types of positions would make me the mostmarketable candidate and thereby increase my chancesof being hired as a school superintendent? This bookanswers those questions and many more regarding howto become a school superintendent. Pathways to theSchool Superintendency is a career planning resourcefor a wide variety of prospective schoolsuperintendents.