New Member Orientation to Maximize School Board Performance
Date: Wednesday, May 29
Time: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Speakers:
Marie Wiles, Superintendent of Schools, Guilderland CSD
Colleen O'Connell, Board of Education President, Guilderland CSD
Christine Hayes, Board of Education Member, Guilderland CSD
Cost: $85 member; $170 nonmember
Course Number: GOV 205
~ A School Board U Training Webinar~
A thorough and strategic new school board member orientation can be a crucial step towards building and/or maintaining a high performing board.
Over the past decade, the culture of school board governance has changed with many boards now focused on their role to improve student achievement amidst a sea of reform and financial constraints. With this change comes the need for school boards to transform their perception of governance from a voluntary practice to one that closely mirrors a profession. By stepping outside the box and employing methods used by corporations, school boards can hand craft an orientation program that can:
- acclimate new members faster
- improve board performance
- potentially reduce member turnover
Hear members of the Guilderland Board of Education, along with their Superintendent, discuss the need to invest the time and resources in building a thorough board orientation and how to use the corporate model of onboarding to tailor a program designed to benefit your board.