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Build a successful board by knowing where the land mines are
Veteran school board member, Richard E. Mayer, takes a humorous but substantive approach to the serious relationship between school administrators and board members. While the overwhelming majority of school board members have good motives, even people who mean well can make bad moves. This book shows how to prevent good intentions from creating bad outcomes. Each chapter presents a negative school board scenario, offers alternatives, and provides win-win solutions. Key features include: 28 brief case studies; Lessons learned for board members; Lessons learned for administrators
In addition to highlighting typical traps, the case studies light the path to positive collaboration and shared decision making between superintendents and school boards. Whether you are a school board member or an administrator who is trying to figure out what goes on in school board members' heads, How Not to Be a Terrible School Board Member provides clear direction in a realistic and memorable way.
Terrible Habit #12: Be Decisive; Don't Compromise
Terrible Habit #12: Be Decisive; Don't Compromise
Thursday, 7:44 p.m., Item 5G
Following a short break, you are back at your place, ready for the next agenda item: deciding how to run summer school this year. In the materials the administration has sent to you, four plans are described. Plan 1 is the least expensive, but it limits the program so severely that many deserving students will be closed out. Plan 2 is more expensive, but it serves all of the most deserving students and includes a second site that will make taking students to school more convenient for more parents. Plan 3 is very costly, exceeding the budgeted amount by $40,000; and Plan 4 is also expensive and involves ...