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Budget & Facilities

  • School-Based Medicaid Claiming - What You Need to Know

  • NYPA's New Clean Energy Programs for School Districts

  • Propane-Fueled School Buses for Savings and Safety

  • Using Energy Performance Contracting to Cut Energy Waste and Save Money

  • Adaptive Reuse of Existing Facilities Through Creative Reconstruction

  • Creative Funding for Capital Projects

  • Is There a PILOT in Your District's Future?

  • School Building Aid Changes - Are You Ready?

  • The New Reality of School Budget Development for Optimal Efficiency and Efficacy

  • Long-Term Financial Planning for Difficult Economic Times

  • Wind Power for Schools - Smart for New York

  • Environmental Education Opportunities and Compliance Responsibilities

  • Gaining Capital Project Support in Tough Fiscal Times
Governance & Planning

  • Planning to Build a Legacy

  • The 10 Toughest School Board Questions

  • The Audit Committee: Identifying Potential Risks and Internal Controls

  • Golden Rules for the School Governance Team

  • Hot Topics in Policy

  • Applying Ethical Leadership: Is Your Board on Board?

  • Turn Your Board Self-Evaluation Tool into a Governance Tool

  • Consolidations, Functional Mergers, Shared Services and Other Partnerships

  • Small Districts, Big Issues

  • Evaluating the Superintendent: A Roadmap for the Future

  • Principles of Culturally Responsive Education

  • Quality Educational Programs with Reduced Revenue

  • Getting the Data You Need

  • The Superintendent Evaluation - Key Tool for School Success
School Improvement

  • Using Stakeholders to Drive School Improvement

  • Teacher Rounds: Collaboration to Improve Teacher Effectiveness

  • Grading Policies and Practices: Planning for Change

  • CIA (Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment) Model for Excellence

  • Middle Schools - Time for Another Look?

  • RTI - Getting It Right at the Building Level

  • Small Learning Communities for Transforming Schools

  • Special Education Program Review for Student Benefit

  • No-Cost SAT/ACT Prep and Career Exploration - 2 No-Cost Student Programs

  • Increasing Grad Rates with Comprehensive School Counseling

  • Successful Educational Advocacy for the Early Learner

  • Linking Board Policy to Educational Initiatives

  • The Challenges of School and Teacher Accountability
School Law

  • Speech and Religious Accommodations - A Changing Landscape

  • The Threat and Realities of a Tax Levy Cap: Lessons to be Learned

  • Student Discipline - Beware the Procedural Hazards

  • Technology in the Schools - Navigating the Legal Minefields

  • Bullying - The Legal Issues

  • The ABCs of Public-Nonpublic School Relations

  • Student Residency - Who's In and Who's Out

  • Employee Discipline - What School Boards Need to Know

  • Special Education Review
Community Relations

  • Managing Opposition: A Crash Course in Consent Building

  • Parents Turn Adequate Yearly Progress into Anything is Possible

  • Best Budget Communications Strategies for Extraordinary Times

  • All Aboard the Social Media Train

  • Perfecting Your School Board Meeting Through Transparency, Community Engagement and Decorum

  • Dealing with Investigative Reporters and Gotcha Journalism

  • Districts in Distress! Engaging (and Persuading) Your Public
Employee Relations

  • Negotiations 101 - Avoiding Bad Faith Bargaining Claims

  • Bargaining's New Frontier - Teacher & Principal Evaluations

  • Tenure, Seniority & Abolition of Positions

  • Superintendent Contracts - Negotiating the Right Balance

  • Investigating Staff Misconduct
Health & Wellness

  • Bombs and Bomb Threats: What School Leaders Should Know

  • Containing Health Care Costs with Prescription Plans, Wellness and Other Benefits

  • When Trauma, Illness or Grief Strikes, Is Your District Ready?

  • Shining a LIGHT on Child Sex Abuse

  • Linking Health and Physical Activity to Academic Achievement

  • District Collaboration for Crisis Mental Health Support

  • Fuel Up to Play 60: Solutions for Funding School Wellness
Student Achievement

  • National Standards for Family Engagement: Guidelines and Best Practices for NYS Districts

  • Tests and Testing: What Board Members Need to Know

  • Three Elementary Schools; One District Vision

  • A District Blueprint for Maximizing Student Achievement

  • Making CTE Students College-Ready: How Data Can Help

  • Finding Student Literacy Initiative Gems from Data Rubble

  • Data First for Board Governance

  • Collaborative Inquiry and Progress Monitoring for Student Data Analysis

  • 4 As + 4 Cs = A Systemic Approach to Student Achievement

  • Data-Based Planning and Thinking: How Boards Do It

  • MoneySKILL High School Financial Literacy

  • 21st Century Educational Settings - A Conversation
Technology

  • Wikipedia: Education's (Unexpected) Best Friend

  • Online Learning for Greater Student Success

  • Technology Mandates and Compliance Concerns: Best Practices

  • iPads: Engaging Students with Innovative Possibilities

  • The Security Hat-Trick: Three Cyber Threats to Avoid

  • Wired for Success - Online Learning Strategies

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