Background
Houston, Paul David was born on April 10, 1944 in Springfield, Ohio, United States. Son of Paul Doran and Irene Almeda (Sansom) Houston.
(The Board-Savvy Superintendent's hard-hitting, no-nonsens...)
The Board-Savvy Superintendent's hard-hitting, no-nonsense, advice on school board leadership capitalizes on Houston and Eadie's hands-on experience working with hundreds of boards and superintendents over the past quarter-century. It is a practical, survive-and-thrive book that will help school district leaders―board members, superintendents, and senior administrators―learn to work together successfully in leading their districts in these extraordinarily challenging times. Filled with detailed, thoroughly tested guidance on how to acquire the skills and knowledge that make up board savvyness, it also addresses how to develop the school board's capacity to produce truly high-impact governance, and how to build a strong, enduring, productive board-superintendent working partnership. The authors take a fresh look at the process of governing, going well beyond the old-fashioned, control-focused "policy governance" approach. Rather than being preoccupied with developing a static structure of policies to distinguish the board's role from the superintendent's, the book describes how the board and superintendent can creatively work together in making decisions about such critical governing "products" as values, vision, mission, and strategic change initiatives. School district leaders will appreciate The Board-Savvy Superintendent's close look at the "gold standard" for board involvement in school affairs: leading strategic change. The authors go well beyond the conventional long-range planning approach of merely projecting everything a school district is doing for some arbitrary period of 3 or 5 years, which has generated tons of paper and little important change to provide the reader with detailed, practical guidance on engaging school boards creatively and proactively in a much more selective, vision-driven process that actually results in the implementation of strategic change: the Strategic Change Portfolio.
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(Drawing upon his life and professional experiences, A.A.S...)
Drawing upon his life and professional experiences, A.A.S.A. Executive Director Paul Houston reflects upon important issues in education. Houston's philosophical and practical advice on how educators might improve their work and make the world a better place for our children will interest and inspire educators everywhere.
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(Articles of Faith and Hope for Public Education is a comp...)
Articles of Faith and Hope for Public Education is a compilation of the writings Houston has done for Leadership News and many other education-related publications (including Kappan, Education Week and The American School Board Journal) during his tenure as AASA executive director. Houston explains in the introduction that this book is the result of requests from members who appreciate his honest appraisal of public education and find themselves wanting to share his thoughts with others. Included is a preface to each article explaining its significance at the time it was written and its relevance today.
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(This book illuminates many of the core values, beliefs, a...)
This book illuminates many of the core values, beliefs, and principles that can guide, sustain, and inspire leaders during difficult times.
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educational association administrator
Houston, Paul David was born on April 10, 1944 in Springfield, Ohio, United States. Son of Paul Doran and Irene Almeda (Sansom) Houston.
Bachelor, Ohio State University, 1966. Master of Arts in Teaching, University North Carolina, 1968. Certified in Advanced Study, Harvard University, 1971.
Doctor of Education, Harvard University, 1973. Doctor (honorary), Duquesne University, 1997.
Teacher Chapel Hill City Schools, North Carolina, 1968—1970. Principal Summit City Schools, New Jersey, 1972—1974. Assistant superintendent Birmingham City Schools, Alabama, 1974—1977.
Superintendent Princeton Regional Schools, New Jersey, 1977—1986, Tucson Unified School District, 1986—1991, Riverside Unified Schools, California, 1991—1994. Executive director American Association School Administrators, Arlington, Virginia, 1994—2008. President Center European Leadership, since 2008.
Visiting professor Brigham Young University, Princeton University. President Southwest Regional Laboratories Board, 1989-1990.
(Articles of Faith and Hope for Public Education is a comp...)
(The Board-Savvy Superintendent's hard-hitting, no-nonsens...)
(This book illuminates many of the core values, beliefs, a...)
(Drawing upon his life and professional experiences, A.A.S...)
President New Jersey Interscholastic Association. Board directors Princeton and Tucson Library., 1977-1987, Young Men’s Christian Association, 1977-1987. Member Rotary (president 1983-1984), Phi Delta Kappa.
Married Marilyn Kay Bowyer, August 27, 1966 (divorced July 1986). Children: Lisa Lenore, Suzanne Elizabeth, Caroline Michelle. Married Jovel Kane, June 27, 1988 (divorced August 1997).