Leaders of Leaders of Human Resource Development

Th is book deals with foundational aspects of human resource leadership in education. In this chapter, we turn to the leaders of leaders of human resource development. Th ough not qualifi ed as such merely by their appointment to the position, superintendents and district level administrators, and principals should see themselves as leaders of leaders of human resource developers. Th at responsibility implies several things about the nature and quality of the district system of human resource development. Th is chapter attempts to elaborate on some aspects of that system of human resource development, focusing fi rst on the leadership of the superintendent or chief executive offi cer of the school district, whatever his or her title might be. Th is section will be followed by a focus on a the system of leaders of leaders working under the direction of the superintendent, and then followed by a treatment of the coherent system of support structures to support a thorough-going focus on human resource development throughout the district.