Author : Rene S. Townsend
Publisher : Corwin
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 40,61 MB
Release : 2005-02-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781412913294
Now superintendents can turn board meetings into productive, results-getting events that help them focus on teaching and learning to achieve district goals.
Author : Rene S. Townsend
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 21,79 MB
Release : 2005-02-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 1483363538
Now superintendents can turn board meetings into productive, results-getting events that help them focus on teaching and learning to achieve district goals.
Author : Nancy Walser
Publisher : Harvard Education Press
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 23,3 MB
Release : 2009-10-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 161250048X
2009 Notable Education Book, American School Board Journal The Essential School Board Book highlights effective practices that are common to high-functioning boards around the country—boards that are working successfully with their superintendents and communities to improve teaching and learning. Amid today’s heightened attention on student achievement, school boards find their responsibilities intensified and transformed. In this age of accountability, all school boards need to consider how best to maintain a focus on student achievement and promote it through district and school policies. In a highly readable and accessible fashion, the book summarizes research linking school board practices to student achievement. It features stories of sixteen diverse boards around the country—elected and appointed; rural, urban, and suburban—and the policies and procedures they have employed to enhance student achievement. Also included is a resource section for those investigating successful school board policies and practices in more depth.
Author : Elaine Cogan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 14,62 MB
Release : 2018-01-12
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1134259093
The author explains why it's essential to begin the preparations by deciding what the meeting is intended to accomplish. That, in turn, determines what kind of meeting you should conduct: informational, advisory, or problem-solving. The author breaks down the essential tasks involved and even suggests the right type of person to handle each one. She describes various types of troublesome meeting attendees-from accusers and apathetics to fence-sitters and know-it-alls-and offers advice on how to deal tactfully but firmly with them all. The author also tackles working effectively with the media, a subject that terrifies most planners. True stories of public meetings, both good and bad, add humor to her no-nonsense narrative. Follow her step-by-step checklist and leave nothing to chance."
Author : National School Boards Association
Publisher :
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 30,73 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Education
ISBN :
This guide to effective school board service is a "how-to" manual for school board members. The objective of the book is to condense the time board members need to become more effective school leaders, but it also contains information and advice intended to be helpful to experienced board members. Consisting of 17 chapters, the book is based on personal interviews with and surveys of school board members and school administrators. Included are many checklists, helpful hints, and illustrations designed for easy reading and understanding. The 17 chapters discuss getting on board, learning boardsmanship, board meetings, exercising board leadership, the board as decision maker, and boards and superintendents. Also covered are the board and the district staff, school boards and collective bargaining, the fundamentals of school finance, curriculum, and other matters (including transportation, food services, insurance, declining enrollment, use of facilities, and student discipline). The last three chapters discuss communication techniques, politics and the political process, and a board member's personal life (including time management, stress, and the benefits of board membership). (Author/JM)
Author : Paula Jorde Bloom
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,96 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Early childhood education
ISBN : 9780962189456
Meetings are the glue that holds early childhood organizations together. Whether it's a weekly staff meeting, a monthly parent meeting, or an annual board meeting, administrators rely on meetings as the primary vehicle for communicating information, identifying and solving problems, and making new decisions and modifying old one. There is no avoiding it, skill in facilitating meetings is essential for effective program management. This book is filled with practical tips and techniques to help early childhood directors lead more engaging and productive meetings. Making the Most of Meetings will help you craft a well-designed agenda; engage participants in lively, substantive discussions; increase interpersonal understanding; solve problems in a collegial way; build a more productive work team; and increase shared commitment to your center's goals.
Author : Eugene R. Smoley
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 18,60 MB
Release : 1999-04-15
Category : Education
ISBN :
"An empathetic but hard-hitting book about effective school boardleadership. It should be required reading for superintendents,school board members, and all elected leaders." --Anne L. Bryant, executive director, National School BoardsAssociation "The chances for providing an even better education for studentsincreases geometrically when school boards and superintendents worktogether in common purpose. This book can help build the capacityof boards to support district-level improvement with wisegovernance and leadership." --Paul Houston, executive director, American Association of SchoolAdministrators School boards are under fire and overworked, but they are here tostay. Here is a practical guide to improving their operation.Filled with real-life examples of sound board action, EffectiveSchool Boards presents a useful model for boards who want to make adifference in improving education and leading wisely. In this book,Eugene Smoley analyzes information received from extensiveinterviews with school board members about the key elements ofhighly functional boards and offers advice and insights to helpboards make better decisions, act collaboratively, relate to theircommunities, and plan strategically. He outlines three stages ofboard improvement--self-assessment, monitoring, anddevelopment--highlighting how boards can partner with districtsuperintendents to lead change. Practical tools for improvementinclude a self-evaluation questionnaire, a sample format forretreats and conferences, and concrete suggestions to assist schoolboard members, superintendents, concerned citizens, businessleaders, foundations, and anyone who cares about how today'sschools are governed.
Author : Illinois Association of School Boards
Publisher :
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 41,95 MB
Release : 2006
Category : School boards
ISBN : 9781880331187
Author : Paul Bambrick-Santoyo
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 27,18 MB
Release : 2010-04-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 0470548746
Offers a practical guide for improving schools dramatically that will enable all students from all backgrounds to achieve at high levels. Includes assessment forms, an index, and a DVD.
Author : Washington State School Directors' Association
Publisher :
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 23,78 MB
Release : 2009
Category :
ISBN :
Representative democracy relies on the informed trust of the citizens. School board members serve their communities at a crucial place, governing large sums of money and the future of the community's children. Without the informed trust of the citizens, this enterprise will fail. Trust may be lost directly, or through inattention to detail. One of the critical places for school boards to work to retain the informed trust of their communities is in the conduct of meetings that are effectively run, meet the requirements of the law and address the reasonable expectations of the citizenry. This paper focuses on the provisions of Washington's Open Public Meeting Act (OPMA), but also addresses other legal requirements, and nonlegal issues surrounding effective and responsive public meetings. This is written exclusively from the perspective of school districts and school boards. It should be kept as a resource to help dispel inaccurate common knowledge and practice, and to increase sophisticated compliance with the law and public trust.
