Thomas A. Kersten is associate professor emeritus in Educational Leadership at Roosevelt University in Chicago and Schaumburg Illinois. He has twenty-eight years of public school administrative experience in Illinois including eleven as superintendent. He is also the author of Stepping into Administration: How to Succeed in Making the move and Moving into the Superintendency: How to Succeed in Making the Transition. Margaret E. Clauson is assistant superintendent in Wilmette Illinois. She has served as an Illinois educator for over twenty years as a teacher assistant principal middle school principal Administrator for Human Resources and Assistant Superintendent. She has written and presented on a variety of leadership topics. . Language: English