This course will focus on the changing role of today’s leadership team. Topics will include: changes in the way we educate today’s young people, teaching skills students need, raising expectations, and focusing on the government learning environment in which today’s students are growing up.

Instructors:
Dr. Phil Lanoue
Valarie Wilson, GSBA Executive Director

Course Length : 1 Hours
Board Training Credit : 1 Hours

Domain I – Governance Structure Domain Description: The board of education and superintendent form the governance leadership team of the local school system, and act in a manner that focuses on improving student achievement and organizational effectiveness.

Standard A – The governance leadership team is comprised of the local board of education and the superintendent, and adheres to appropriate roles and responsibilities, as defined in the state constitution, state law, local act and board policy.

Standard B - The governance leadership team demonstrates a unified approach to governing the school system in order to assure effective fulfillment of roles and responsibilities.

Standard C - The board acts as a policy-making body separate from the roles and responsibilities authorized to the superintendent.

Standard D - The governance leadership team demonstrates a unified approach to governing the school system in order to assure effective fulfillment of roles and responsibilities.

Domain II – Strategic Plan Domain Description: The governance leadership team, in collaboration with the community, adopts and enacts a planning process that results in an adopted system strategic plan designed to improve student achievement and organizational effectiveness.

Standard A - The governance leadership team provides input to and adopts the system strategic plan.

Standard B - Annually and as needed, utilizing the adopted strategic planning process, the governance leadership team monitors and reports progress on performance measures.