Download or read book The Impact of Mandated School Board Training on School Board Members Perceptions of Their Governance Role in the State of Missouri written by S. Carol Lupardus and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book School Board superintendent Role Perceptions on Governance and Administration of Missouri Schools written by John W. Hood and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Leadership and School Boards written by Laura E. Reimer and published by R&L Education. This book was released on 2008-07-11 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: School boards have the potential to build an extraordinary future for our children. The leadership of the school board can launch the potential in every child and educator in their schools, or it can cripple and discourage learning communities. Elected trustees play a critical role in today's school systems. As policy-makers, governors and community representatives, they influence the direction and achievement of schools within their jurisdiction. Administrators new to the school board table must quicklyacquire comprehensive knowledge of the mandate and purpose of the school board, and how to work with trustees to lead the school district to attain its educational goals. Exploring facets of school board governance such as the role of democracy, public finance, accountability, purposeful meetings, and how to work with the personalities at the table, this book offers foundational training for board members and general knowledge for persons interested in knowing what school trustees actually do. Thoroughly understanding the purpose of the school board, and what it means to 'guard the trust' on behalf of the citizenry is critical to improved schools and quality education.
Download or read book A Program Evaluation of the State Mandated School Board Member Training by Missouri Association of Rural Educators written by Jane Louise Renner and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study evaluated the school board member training offered by Missouri Association of Rural Education (M.A.R.E.). Three groups of school board members were studied and compared: Trained Novices, school board members with between 12 and 22 months board service training from M.A.R.E.; Untrained Novices, school board members who with between 12 and 22 months board service but with no training; and Complete Novices, school board members newly elected to their board within two months and with no training. M.A.R.E. provided their pre and post knowledge assessment instrument given before and after training to determine what knowledge is gained as a result of training. A one way ANOVA determine that training had a significant impact on knowledge of the topics included in the assessment. Although M.A.R.E.'s stated objectives and intended outcomes are to increase knowledge and awareness about education in rural Missouri, effective education, and promising practices; interviews and a focus group results indicated the most prevalent recurring themes from M.A.R.E. training were school finance and the basic processes of boards and board meetings. A convergence of all the quantitative and qualitative data revealed the following. (1) M.A.R.E.'s pre and post knowledge assessment does not assess its state objectives and intended outcomes specifically. (2) School board members who receive training from M.A.R.E. and their superintendents are very satisfied with M.A.R.E. training. (3) By increasing the knowledge of school board members in the areas of basic processes of boards and board meetings, board members can increase knowledge and confidence and thereby positively affect student achievement and school improvement.
Download or read book School Governance written by Peter Craig Nikolai and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The evaluation component was designed to assess board perceptions of their current practice and their perceptions of how an ideal board would function in contrast with recommendations of current research. Data were collected over more than a 12-year period. The convenience sample consisted of 1,803 board members from 211 school systems across the country. The control group consisted of 770 board members. There were 430 board members in the pre-test experimental group, and 421 in the post-test experimental group. Analyses of pre-treatment data revealed control and experimental group board members to be unsatisfied with the practices of their boards. Post-treatment experimental group board members perceived themselves to have improved overall. Their perceptions of ideal board practice did not change significantly overall. Conclusions noted that perceptions of current practice became more congruent with ideal practice after board members had received training in effective school board governance practices.
Download or read book Roles and Responsibilities of Local School Board Members in Relation to Student Achievement written by Mary L. Delagardelle and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research investigated school board members' perceptions about their roles and responsibilities for improving student learning, and examined contextual factors and characteristics that influence those beliefs. The study involved both quantitative and qualitative methods of analysis and the results surfaced several areas that shed light on potential needs for the leadership development of board-superintendent teams. The research focused on two questions: (a) Which governance roles and responsibilities do board members believe are most important to positively impact student learning? and (b) Do some contextual factors and characteristics have more influence on the board members' beliefs about their roles and responsibilities for improving student learning than others? Data were collected from an online statewide survey completed by 718 local and regional board members and their top administrators. Additional data sources included: (a) interviews with local school board members and superintendents, (b) school finance data, (c) board member training and tenure data provided by the state school board association, and (e) statewide student achievement data. The analysis of the data also revealed a particular region in the state wherein board members (a) expressed lower expectations for their roles; (b) placed less importance on specific responsibilities tied closely to improving student achievement; (c) appeared to have a very limited understanding of what is required for systemic change of student learning; (d) participated in less training; and (e) the achievement of students was lower than other parts of the state. In addition, participants revealed: (a) a shared uncertainty and lack of confidence about the role of the board for improving achievement; (b) a concern about separating their role from the role of district staff; (c) a lack of concern about the school community connection; and (d) a perceived need for educational expertise to make a meaningful contribution in their role as a board member. The research findings suggest implications for both practice and future research. Attention to these implications and recommendations will contribute to strengthening critical linkages between school governance and the improvement of student achievement in schools.
Download or read book The School Board Effect written by Alexander U. Ikejiaku and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-08-12 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every school board adopts a unique governing style which affects the way the district is managed. This book identifies some of those styles and examines their potential impact on district administration, and ultimately on student achievement. The book also clarifies the role of school boards in unequivocal terms, discusses board-superintendent relations, and offers several recommendations and critical takeaways for education stakeholders. The authors doctoral research which gave rise to this book shows that a school boards governing style has the potential to affect educational outcomes in consequential ways, particularly in urban districts where the greatest impact was observed. A content outline for a set of professional development modules on school board governance is provided in the book, including an in depth review of the roles and responsibilities of school boards, and some case studies on board-superintendent interaction.
Download or read book A Study of School Board Members Role in Policy Execution as Perceived by Superintendents and Board Presidents in Missouri Schools written by Ronald Lewis Overfield and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Perceptions of School Board Knowledge in States that Mandate Board Member Training written by Steve Mord Bounds and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Inservice Training Needs of School Board Members as Perceived by School Board Members and School Superintendents in Missouri written by Ibrahim Bahgat and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book School Board and Superintendent Responsibilities written by James Robert Haley and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purpose of the study. The purpose of this study was to determine the perceived level of authority for leadership responsibilities being performed by school boards and superintendents in Missouri public schools. A common list of responsibilities throughout the state for each of the groups could lessen the opportunity for conflict and lead to more effective schools. Methodology. The population for this study were 448 public school districts in the state of Missouri. School districts excluded from this study were the 79 elementary (K-8) districts in Missouri and the Special School District St. Louis County, St. Louis City School District, and the Kansas City 33 School District. The sample consisted of 210 school districts selected from the population, with school board presidents and superintendents as units of measure. Survey instruments were designed to collect information concerning the level of authority for leadership responsibilities both school board members and superintendents actually have, and the level of authority for leadership responsibilities school board members and superintendents believed they ideally should have. All data collected were subjected to descriptive statistical analysis. Three hypotheses were developed for testing. Findings. The following statements briefly describe the status of board members' and superintendents' perceptions on authority of leadership responsibilities. Significant difference was found between the actual level of authority and the ideal level of authority which board presidents and superintendents believed should exist for each group. Significant difference was found between board presidents and superintendents concerning the level of authority which each group ideally should possess. Though both groups indicated that more authority should be directed to the superintendent's position, board presidents chose a lower level than that of the superintendents.
Download or read book The Perceived Role of School Boards in the Public Schools of Missouri written by Joseph Ketterlin and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reclaiming Local Control through Superintendents School Boards and Community Activism written by Meredith Mountford and published by IAP. This book was released on 2022-09-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1987, Jacqueline Danzberger described school boards as the forgotten players. However, things have changed drastically for school boards over the past few years. No longer are school boards the forgotten players in school governance. Instead, school boards often find themselves in the center of controversies stemming from the intrusion of political partisanship into local governance structures which historically, and for the purposes of sustained democratic educational governance, were intentionally intended to be non-partisan elected boards. However, this is where many school boards find themselves today. The chapters in this volume address several key questions school board members are currently facing as they struggle to protect some of our country’s earliest guardrails of democracy; local control of schools. To be sure, school boards are no longer the forgotten players. Implications of this may be wide reaching and therefore deserve room in the current literature on educational governance. Volume II of the Research on the Superintendency series highlights recent research on school boards, local control, governance, and the superintendency. Each chapter is briefly described and the chapters are in a particular order that readers may wish to pay attention to as they enjoy the book. The first three chapters deal with local control in both rural and urban settings. The next two chapters are studies focused mainly on school boards and how their roles have shifted over the years followed by a chapter on the relationship between school boards and their superintendents within a regulatory environment and the level of stress it can bring to board members and superintendents. The final five chapters describe recent superintendent research that is closely linked to school governance or school board policies. We ask readers to juxtapose lessons learned in those five chapters to the role of school boards within the context of those chapters.
Download or read book An Analysis of the Impact of School Board Training and Evaluation as Perceived by School Board Members and Superintendents written by Patrick Rice and published by . This book was released on 2011-09-09 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The majority of school board members and superintendents agree that school board training and evaluation is needed to increase school board effectiveness. Although most board members and superintendents agree, there is not a consensus regarding the form and scope of board training and evaluation. The purpose of this study was to develop a better understanding of the perceptions of school board superintendents and school board members regarding school board training and evaluation. Board members and superintendents agreed that training and evaluation are important components to the success of school boards. Specifically, many board members--especially newly elected members--fail to properly understand their roles and duties, which often lead to role confusion, challenging board/superintendent collaboration issues, and an increased number of board members with personal agendas. Although training and evaluation were seen as important, there was not a clear consensus regarding the form and scope of board member training and evaluation. Board members were especially concerned about issues related to local control, time commitment, and training expenses, as well as how trainings will be conducted.
Download or read book American Doctoral Dissertations written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Impact on School Governance of the Team of Eight School Board Training as Perceived by Selected School Boards and Superintendents in Texas Public Schools written by Susan Simpson-Laskoskie and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
