Superintendents’ Perceptions of the Assistance Provided by Their Predecessors During A Change in Leadership
November 01, 2021
Appears in 2021 Winter Journal of Scholarship and Practice.
This study involving superintendents from four states sought to identify the nature and quality of help provided by outgoing superintendents to their successors, and to capture data regarding differences in the helpfulness of that support, depending on whether the superintendent moved to a new superintendency, retired from the position, or was nonrenewed or terminated.
The findings indicate that one third of successor superintendents have a strongly favorable view of the helpfulness of their predecessor. Internally-promoted successor superintendents viewed the helpfulness of their successor significantly more favorably than successor superintendents employed from outside the district. Fellow superintendents, administrative assistants, and district administrators were viewed as a much greater source of support than predecessor superintendents.
Authors
Frank D. Davidson, EdD
Assistant Professor
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ
Michael Schwanenberger, EdD
Associate Professor
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ
Howard Carlson, EdD
Superintendent
Wickenburg Unified School District
Wickenburg, AZ
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