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Become the best board member you can be through AASB! AASB provides in-district workshops upon request and can tailor the workshop to meet the needs of your board. Suggested board development topics include: Policy Development: The Process Better understand the board's policy-making function. • Policy in relation to law • Identify the policy development cycle • School Board's role • Administration's role Program Evaluation: School Board's Role Make informed decisions about student learning in your district. • Gather curriculum information • Determine the role of the school board and educators • Use program evaluation in decision-making Communications Discuss strategies that promote effective discussion. • With other board members • With school personnel • With community • With parents Goal Setting Develop a vision and plan. • Identify needs • Determine goals • Prioritize • Set action plans • Evaluate results Teamwork Learn to work together to improve board's effectiveness • Concepts and principles of teamwork • Identify teamwork behaviors • Clarify board/superintendent roles and goals • Practical application Board/Superintendent Relations Develop a common understanding of policy and administration that will help define the boundaries. • Roles and responsibilities • Communications • Divergent Opinions • Evaluation School Board Self-Evaluation Attain a quality decision-making process that leads to board decisions focused on the community and its children. • Board effectiveness: meetings, policy, staff/community relations • Effectiveness of the board president • Effectiveness of the individual board member setting goals for improvement Conflict Management Look at ways you work and how you solve problems • Identify conflict causes • Understand dynamics of conflict • Individual conflict management styles • Conflict management strategies • Practical application Effective School Board Meetings Making the board meeting work is every member's job • Set the agenda • Board/administrator/staff role • Leadership • Decision-making • Communication • Parliamentary Procedures • Time Management • Legal requirements AASB Workshop Presenters Joseph Reeves Joseph Reeves, Director of Membership Services, came to Alaska from the New York State School Board Association where he worked since 1986. During that time he served as Director of Superintendent Search Services, Director of Convention Planning and Director of Board Development Services. While in New York he facilitated over 300 on-site workshops for boards and more than 70 superintendent searches. Joseph has also worked as an Education Director for a research museum, an Assistant Education Inspector in Sierra Leone, and a Principal/Teacher in the Aleutian Region School District. Carl Rose Executive Director of AASB, Carl is a former school board member and one intensely involved in education now as a professional. He understands the challenges school boards face and is able to relate his experience and recommendations in a relevant way. He will show you that within every problematic relationship are the seeds of opportunity and growth. |
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