School Boards

From Warped Planks to Polished Mahogany
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-73658-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 12, 172 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 432 g

Reihe: Brill Guides to Scholarship in Education

You want to be on the school board, or you are on the board, but it is chaos and frustration. My time on a school board and my years in education have taught me some lessons in this book. I got there to do something, but then I found that I was only one of nine and had no authority to tell anyone what to do. You must learn to work with the district administrator and other board members. Common sense is essential but insufficient to navigate the conflicting evidence and views on issues vital to student achievement.

Autoren/Hrsg.

R Paulson, Daniel

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Schulleitung, Schulentwicklung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword: Splinters and Chaos—Indeed William M. Reynolds

Preface

1 Introduction

2 Duties of a School Board

3 Why Become a School Board Member?

4 The Vision—Mission Statement

5 Great Ideas, Logic, and Reason on Mt. Everest

6 The Board and the District Administrator

7 Policy and Procedures

8 Association of School Boards

9 Robert’s Rules of Order and Power

10 Chain of Command and Information

11 Micromanage vs 30,000 Feet View

12 Athletics

13 Expulsions

14 Mandates

15 Strategic Planning

16 Board—Teacher Relations 1 Teacher Effectiveness

17 Special Education 1 Money

18 Federal Government and School Boards 1 Title 1 2 The Common Core 3 Race to the Top and Every Child Succeeds

19 Facilities

20 School Choice

21 Chaos and Hope

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Daniel R. Paulson, D.Ed., has taught SLBP students, been the Director of Alternative Education, an assistant principal at a high school, and a school board member since 1973. He has written chapters in books edited by Bill Reynolds.