Negotiating Your Second Contract

Type: Article
Topics: Legal Matters, School Administrator Magazine

November 01, 2025

LEGAL BRIEF

Remember the feeling around finalizing your first superintendent contract? The excitement of getting the job. The increase in salary. The excitement about what awaited.

Whether you negotiated every sentence or signed whatever was placed in front of you, there is a rhythm with the initial contract for a first-time superintendent. The board of education and superintendent usually are motivated to quickly finish the working agreement and move forward.

On the other hand, the second contract can look quite different.

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Chad Watkins

General Counsel

Illinois Association of School Administrators, Springfield, Ill.

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