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Becoming a High Impact
Board
Susan SalterDirector of Board DevelopmentAlabama Association of School
Boards
Getting Started Write your name on
a tent card and place it in front of you at your table.
Introduce yourself to others at your table and share why you serve on the school board.
Participants will ~ Understand how school boards
work to improve student learning and achievement.
Understand the roles of the board and superintendent.
Objectives
What is:
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What should be:
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Percentage of time spent on student learning
What do school boards in high achieving systems
do differently?
Traits of “high-impact” boards
Consistently express the belief that all students can learn and that schools can teach all students.
Far more knowledgeable about teaching and learning issues.
Traits of “high-impact” boards Use a variety of data to make
decisions.
Create a supportive workplace for staff.
Balance systemwide direction with building-level autonomy.
Involve their communities.
Set clear expectations
Create the conditions for success
Hold the system accountable
Build public will Learn together as a
board team
Emerging Understanding about the Role of the Board in Improving Student Learning
Effective boards don’t micromanage
What is “Key Work”?
So what does all this look like in the real world?
VisionStandards
Collaboration Assessment
Climate
Alignment
Accountability
ContinuousImprovement
Vision
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Vision isn’t about where schools are; it’s about where the stakeholders want them to be.
It establishes student achievement as top priority of board, staff and community.
Vision
Roles for Vision:
Board
Set the expectation for creating a vision & mission
Approve the vision & mission
Use them to guide
Communicate them at all opportunities
Recommend a process
Assure staff support to carry out the process.
Propose a strategic plan to make vision a reality
Superintendent
VisionStandards
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Define what students should know and be able to do at key points in their school careers.
Define how well students must be able to perform in order the meet the standards.
Standards:Standards
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What should students know and be able to do at each grade level?
Is the bar set high enough? Is it too high?
Has the board provided the training and resources the staff needs to do this?
Questions to ask:Standards
Roles for Standards:
Board
Provide policy Provide
resources Build community
support
ID options for the board to consider
Implement decisions
Provide data & info on results
Superintendent
VisionStandards
Assessment
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Assessment … Provides data on individual progress toward standards.
Identify teachers who are most successful.
Enable teachers to deliver individualized instruction.
Assessment
Roles for Assessment:
Board
Provide policy Provide
resources Build community
support
ID options for the board to consider
Implement decisions
Provide data & info on results
Superintendent
VisionStandards
Assessment
Accountability
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Establish a strong, shared accountability process focused on:
individual student results; comprehensive data collection; growth and improvement as well
as scores; transparent, honest reporting.
Accountability
•Not about finding the guilty
•Not about blaming
•Not about punishing
Accountability
Accountability
Roles for Accountability:
Board
Provide policy Provide
resources Communicate to
stakeholders
ID options for the board to consider
Implement decisions
Provide data & info on results
Superintendent
The Power of the Right Questions
Being effective leadersfor student learning and achievement does not require board members to have all the answers, but it does require them to ask the right, and sometimes hard, questions.
Table Activity
What questions should you be asking at the board table to
ensure accountability?
What data should you be
studying?
VisionStandards
Assessment
Alignment
Accountability
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How you choose to use your resources speaks volumes about the board’s “real” goals and sends a message to staff and community about the seriousness of your intent.
Alignment
Alignment is the difference between a regatta
and an armada.
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Align resources and practices to focus on student learning and achievement by considering:
budget; staff allocation; curriculum, textbooks, technology and
supplies; staff development choices; students and schools with greatest
needs.
Alignment
Alignment is NOT about how much you need, but about how you use what you have.
Remember, Everything is not a priority. Keep first things, first.
What?
Alignment
Roles for Alignment:
Board
Provide policy Provide
resources Build community
support
ID options for the board to consider
Implement decisions
Provide data & info on results
Superintendent
VisionStandards
Assessment
Climate
Alignment
Accountability
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Create apositive climate
for student success.
Climate
• Do students and staff feel safe?• Does the staff feel empowered
to meet student needs?• Does the board show respect
and professionalism in meetings and in work with superintendent and staff?
Climate
• Are the facilities good work places for employees?
• How is morale?• Is the student Code of Conduct
clear, fair, appropriate?
Climate
VisionStandards
Collaboration Assessment
Climate
Alignment
Accountability
Public schools cannot raise achievement alone. Build partnerships to capitalize on community resources.
Collaboration
With and among staff With parents With the community With business and political
leaders
Collaboration
VisionStandards
Collaboration Assessment
Climate
Alignment
Accountability
ContinuousImprovement
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Continuous Improvement is a thoughtful, constant process:
Question, Examine, Revise,Refine and Revisit
ContinuousImprovement
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Customer focus Data-based decisions The right questions at the
right time Open communication Celebrating and rewarding
improvement
ContinuousImprovement
Culture Change
Cost/schedule Decide by hunch Internal
standards Fire fighting Self focus
Quality first Decide by fact Customer focus Prevention Mutual respect
ContinuousImprovement
Individual Do your own
thing Competition Been there, done
that Fix the blame
Team Share ideas Collaboration Is there another
way? Fix the problem
ContinuousImprovement
Culture Change
Set clear expectations
Create the conditions for success
Hold the system accountable
Build public will Learn together as a
board team
The board’s role in improving student learning
Set clear expectations
Create the conditions for success
Hold the system accountable
Build public will Learn together
as a board team
Vision, standards, accountability
Alignment, climate, continuous improvement
Accountability, assessment
Vision, collaboration
Continuous improvement
Lighthouse Key Work
Becoming a High Impact
Board
Questions?
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