Description
The go-to resource for school board members’ greatest challenges!
This invaluable guide addresses the top challenges experienced by nearly every school board, and shows how professional learning can support positive change throughout a school system. Effective for individual study or group learning, this resource helps board members to:
- Learn from case studies focused on 12 critical board-level decisions, including hiring a new superintendent, resource allocation, compensation planning, and more
- Know when, where, and how to use professional learning to improve individual and districtwide performance
- Benefit from best practices and tools developed to support effective decisions and successful implementation of major initiatives
Table of Contents
Foreword by Anne Bryant
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction: Using This Book as a Guide to Your Learning
1. Hiring the Superintendent: Making the Right Choice
2. Planning Strategically: Setting and Supporting Priorities
3. Advancing Professional Learning: Adopting Standards for Professional Learning
4. Allocating Resources: Prioritizing Dollars and Time for Learning
5. Improving School Performance: Reviewing School Improvement Plans
6. Approving Programs: Supporting Professional Learning for Success
7. Setting School Calendars: Providing Time for Educator Learning
8. Building Schools: Putting Learning at the Center
9. Evaluating Performance: Aligning Expectations
10. Compensating Educators: Supporting Learning and Action
11. Engaging Parents: Making Parent Learning a Priority
12. Improving Continuously: Walking the Talk of Professional Learning
Appendix A: Standards for Professional Learning
Appendix B: Standards for Professional Learning: School Board Innovation Configuration Maps
Appendix C: Standards for Professional Learning: Superintendent Innovation Configuration Map (Leadership Standard)
Additional Resources
Index
