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Author Townsend, Rene S

Title Practical Guide to Effective School Board Meetings
Published Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (201 pages)
Contents Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Part I -- The Leadership Challenge -- Chapter 1 -- Focusing on Teaching and Learning -- Mission is Different from Vision -- The Right Mission -- Mission-Critical Work -- Teaching and Learning -- Chapter 2 -- Building the Superintendent-Board Team -- Distinct and Complementary Roles -- Policy-Driven Meetings -- Part II -- Pre-Meeting Planning -- Chapter 3 -- Planning the Calendar and Agenda -- Twelve-Month Calendar -- Audience -- The Agenda Planning Team -- The Overall Agenda -- Individual Agenda Items -- Potential Board Action -- Presentations and Recognitions -- Other Meeting Agendas -- Chapter 4 -- Preparing: Sweat the Small Stuff -- General Logistics -- The Meeting Room -- Participants -- The Unexpected -- Chapter 5 -- Designing the Board Packet -- Key Elements of the Board Packet -- Supporting Material -- Appearance of the Document -- Other Printed Matter -- Additional Considerations -- Chapter 6 -- Communicating the Agenda -- Distribution -- Communication -- Touch Base with Constituents -- Part III -- Meeting Time -- Chapter 7 -- Conducting the Board Meeting -- Behavior -- Before the Meeting -- During the Meeting -- Meeting Times -- After the Meeting -- Chapter 8 -- Meeting behind Closed Doors -- Meeting Times -- Closed Session Participants -- Agenda Requirements -- Stay on Track -- Part IV -- Post-Meeting -- Chapter 9 -- Following up -- The Link to Teaching and Learning -- Communication Plan -- Formal Follow-up -- Informal Tasks -- Chapter 10 -- Recovering -- Immediately after the Meeting -- The Next Day -- The Long View -- Chapter 11 -- Wrapping up -- Resource A: Board-Superintendent Protocols (Sample) -- Resource B: Twelve-Month Calendar (Sample) -- Resource C: Board Agenda Development Worksheet (Sample) -- Resource D: Individual Agenda Item (Sample)
Resource E: Welcome to the Board Meeting (Sample) -- Resource F: Request to Speak Cards (Samples) -- References -- Index
Summary Now superintendents can turn board meetings into productive, results-getting events that help them focus on teaching and learning to achieve district goals
Notes Print version record
Form Electronic book
Author Brown, James R
Buster, Walter L
ISBN 9781412913294
1412913292