Great On Their Behalf: Why School Boards Fail, How Yours Can Become Effective
Great On Their Behalf: Why School Boards Fail, How Yours Can Become Effective

Author: Airick Journey Crabill

Publisher: John Catt

Published: 2023-12-08

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 1036003450

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School systems nationwide are struggling to excel as they lurch from crisis to crisis-teacher shortages, school shootings, high turnover rates, weak discipline systems, and more. These things can pull the focus of school boards away from why school systems exist: to educate students. Airick Journey Crabill has a track record of helping school systems improve student literacy, numeracy, and career and college readiness rates while simultaneously strengthening the school's financial and operational standing. Great on Their Behalf is your practical guide to igniting the transformation of your school board and enabling it to create the conditions for improving what students know and can do. Step by step, the exercises in this book inspire board members to adopt a student-outcomes-focused mindset as they reevaluate their impact on those they serve. It challenges them to explore effective ways to focus on what students need. Then it provides the necessary knowledge and skills for school boards to empower their students for success.

Great on Their Behalf
Great on Their Behalf

Author: Airick Journey Crabill

Publisher:

Published: 2023

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781544537696

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School systems nationwide are struggling to excel as they lurch from crisis to crisis-teacher shortages, school shootings, high turnover rates, weak discipline systems, and more. These things can pull the focus of school boards away from why school systems exist: to educate students. airick journey crabill has a track record of helping school systems improve student literacy, numeracy, and career- and college-readiness rates while simultaneously strengthening the school's financial and operational standing. Great on Their Behalf is your practical guide to igniting the transformation of your school board and enabling it to create the conditions for improving what students know and are able to do. Step by step, the exercises in this book inspire board members to adopt a student-outcomes-focused mindset as they reevaluate their impact on those they serve. It challenges them to explore effective ways to focus on what students need. Then, it provides the necessary knowledge and skills for school boards to empower their students for success.

How Not to Be a Terrible School Board Member
How Not to Be a Terrible School Board Member

Author: Richard E. Mayer

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2011-07-19

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 1412997933

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Veteran school board member Richard E. Mayer's humorous approach to administrator-board relations presents negative behavior scenarios and analyses, offers alternatives, and provides win-win solutions.

District Leadership That Works
District Leadership That Works

Author: Robert J. Marzano

Publisher: Solution Tree Press

Published: 2009-11-01

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1935542362

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Bridge the great divide between distanced administrative duties and daily classroom impact. This book introduces a top-down power mechanism called defined autonomy, a concept that focuses on district-defined, nonnegotiable, common goals and a system of accountability supported by assessment tools. Defined autonomy creates an effective balance of centralized direction and individualized empowerment that allows building-level staff the stylistic freedom to respond quickly and effectively to student failure.

Appendix
Appendix

Author: Great Britain Royal Commission on the the Working of the Elementary Education Acts, England and Wales

Publisher:

Published: 1888

Total Pages: 510

ISBN-13:

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The Governance Core
The Governance Core

Author: Davis Campbell

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2019-04-10

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 1544344325

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Working together for excellence for all children As our society faces daunting and evolving challenges, education might well be the social institution that offers the most hope and opportunity for change. Overloaded with multiple, diverse issues, however, where do educational leaders even begin? Davis Campbell and Michael Fullan believe efficacy must be achieved with a systems focus. The Governance Core provides strategies and tools for board members, superintendents and school leaders to unify and face the complex challenges of school governance together. Practical and authentic, the Governance Core is based upon: A governance mindset A shared moral imperative A unified, cohesive governance system A commitment to system-wide coherence A focus on continuous improvement in the district Essential for local education governance – school boards in collaboration with district and school leadership – this guide will help you operate at the highest levels of effectiveness.