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Article: Training for My Board Colleagues? You Bet.(why school board members need training)(Brief Article)
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- School Administrator
- Article date:
- February 1, 2001
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Training should be mandatory for all school board members. It is in the best interest of the children and education as a whole to have board members trained, at the very least, in their fundamental duties and responsibilities, boardsmanship and professional ethics.
This training should include recognition of the fine line that separates the superintendent and the board. Whenever a district gets in trouble with the community, it usually means either the board or the superintendent has violated that delicate balance.
I would begin this process by quickly separating formal education from school board training. The extent of a board member's schooling is not ...