Effective school boards take part in team development and training, sometimes with their superintendents, to build shared knowledge, values and commitments for their improvement efforts.
Not exact matches
Willingboro, NJ
School Board has taken action effective for the 2013 - 2014 school year to discard a school meal rather than feed a student, if their parents can not, or haven't arranged to, refill their student's lunch ac
School Board has
taken action
effective for the 2013 - 2014
school year to discard a school meal rather than feed a student, if their parents can not, or haven't arranged to, refill their student's lunch ac
school year to discard a
school meal rather than feed a student, if their parents can not, or haven't arranged to, refill their student's lunch ac
school meal rather than feed a student, if their parents can not, or haven't arranged to, refill their student's lunch account.
But to build a truly
school - led system, we need all
schools to be on
board, with the confidence to work with others in
effective partnerships — whatever form these partnerships
take, supporting and challenging each other to improve.
But experts disagree sharply over what form the training should
take and whether most programs are
effective in improving
school boards» performance.
It
takes a while for
board members to be really
effective, there is a learning curve,» said the former executive director of the Pennsylvania
School Boards Association.
This guide was designed to help
school districts recruit people to serve on the
school board, and foster an understanding of what it
takes to be an
effective board member.
Research behind VAL - ED (the Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education tool to assess principal performance, developed by researchers at Vanderbilt University) suggests that there are six key steps - or «processes» - that the
effective principal
takes when carrying out his or her most important leadership responsibilities: planning, implementing, supporting, advocating, communicating and monitoring.40 The
school leader pressing for high academic standards would, for example, map out rigorous targets for improvements in learning (planning), get the faculty on
board to do what's necessary to meet those targets (implementing), encourage students and teachers in meeting the goals (supporting), challenge low expectations and low district funding for students with special needs (advocating), make sure families are aware of the learning goals (communicating), and keep on top of test results (monitoring).41
The Woodbridge administration and
School Board are not fulfilling their own strategic plan... you can not develop students ready to
take an
effective part in society if you do not teach them to effectively access, analyze and synthesize the vast amount of information coming at them every day.
With five strands to help your team
take advantage of the engaging, varied content, whether you're a teacher looking for strategies to foster social emotional intelligence; a
school leader creating
effective partnerships; an administrator assessing the effectiveness of your brand; or a
board member hoping to diversify your fundraising strategy.
The Woodbridge administration and
School Board are not fulfilling their own strategic plan... you can not develop students ready to
take an
effective part in society if you do not teach them to effectively access, analyze and synthesize the vast amount of information coming at them every day.