Selecting School Leaders: Guidelines for Making Tough Decisions

Using three case studies of two elementary school principals and a superintendent who failed as leaders, Holland describes the skills needed to be an effective leader, how to teach leadership, and how candidate selection can be improved. The book is meant for school boards and administrators, college professors, students, and executive search committees. Holland is an educational consultant, professor emeritus of educational leadership at Rhode Island College, and has been a secondary school teacher, administrator, and superintendent. The book is not indexed. Annotation c2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

William R. Holland has served as a junior high school teacher, school-level administrator, superintendent of schools, executive director of the Rhode Island Association of School Principals, college professor, and Rhode Island commissioner for higher education. He is professor emeritus in educational leadership at Rhode Island College and works as an educational consultant.