School Board Relations exposes future administrators to a broad spectrum of requirements, information and resources. Collaboration for school leaders, effects of systems on K-12 Education, and professional development plans will be the emphasis of this paper.
Creating and connecting collaborative rapport between school board members and superintendent is one of the main and most important role for the superintendent. To build trust within the district, the superintendent must constantly focus on answering to board members’ needs along with providing each of them with the same up-to-date information. Board members were elected by their communities to form policies and make decisions for local public schools. The superintendent’s job is to …show more content…
While this may sound simple it is often the most difficult area for the board and superintendent to clarify. The laws and politics play a role spoken and unspoken in all decisions from the federal mandates to the state requirements, and the local politics. For education only, the country has created at state and local levels a separate fourth branch divorced from general government which creates issues. The state and federal governments push for effective results demonstrated the lack of knowledge and skills at the local level to get the work done. The push in the last few years with the Common Core Standards, teacher evaluation, and the new testing guidelines for students was created by people in agencies hundreds of miles from reality of what a 21st Century teacher faces each day. The rules are constantly changing the requirements of educators and what student must know. The laws governing funding, instruction, hiring practices to the number of days each year is just a little of what is required. The new Arkansas Act 1294, The Dyslexia Project will require students in K-2 to be screened. This is a need but with the requirement should come additional resources or personnel to carry out the task. Problems with the local issues may arise at different level due to motivations, expertise and different political and educational agendas. The cost of education is spread across layers of …show more content…
Professional development activities for first-year Arkansas superintendents will be designed to meet the requirements of Act 586 of 2011 and other training requirements that are required by Arkansas law and/or Arkansas Department of Education rules. Each year, the professional development activities will be “re-designed” to reflect changes in the laws, to keep abreast of ADE initiatives, and to address current issues of concern. Before checking the website or writing a plan for the district. Candidate should considering the district in which they will be serving and assess the needs of the community. Candidates may have a really strong communication plan and be good communicator for the stakeholders. Although this is excellent without a need assessment of the district and the surrounding areas valuable time is being
Creating and connecting collaborative rapport between school board members and superintendent is one of the main and most important role for the superintendent. To build trust within the district, the superintendent must constantly focus on answering to board members’ needs along with providing each of them with the same up-to-date information. Board members were elected by their communities to form policies and make decisions for local public schools. The superintendent’s job is to …show more content…
While this may sound simple it is often the most difficult area for the board and superintendent to clarify. The laws and politics play a role spoken and unspoken in all decisions from the federal mandates to the state requirements, and the local politics. For education only, the country has created at state and local levels a separate fourth branch divorced from general government which creates issues. The state and federal governments push for effective results demonstrated the lack of knowledge and skills at the local level to get the work done. The push in the last few years with the Common Core Standards, teacher evaluation, and the new testing guidelines for students was created by people in agencies hundreds of miles from reality of what a 21st Century teacher faces each day. The rules are constantly changing the requirements of educators and what student must know. The laws governing funding, instruction, hiring practices to the number of days each year is just a little of what is required. The new Arkansas Act 1294, The Dyslexia Project will require students in K-2 to be screened. This is a need but with the requirement should come additional resources or personnel to carry out the task. Problems with the local issues may arise at different level due to motivations, expertise and different political and educational agendas. The cost of education is spread across layers of …show more content…
Professional development activities for first-year Arkansas superintendents will be designed to meet the requirements of Act 586 of 2011 and other training requirements that are required by Arkansas law and/or Arkansas Department of Education rules. Each year, the professional development activities will be “re-designed” to reflect changes in the laws, to keep abreast of ADE initiatives, and to address current issues of concern. Before checking the website or writing a plan for the district. Candidate should considering the district in which they will be serving and assess the needs of the community. Candidates may have a really strong communication plan and be good communicator for the stakeholders. Although this is excellent without a need assessment of the district and the surrounding areas valuable time is being