Board’s Role in Student Achievement
One of our main responsibility as school board members is the oversight of student achievement in our community. It is a large responsibility and sometimes gets overlooked when we are faced with the day to day issues of our school districts. To maintain a focused effort we must establish a framework between the board and the Superintendent that allows us to revisit this important responsibility on a consistent basis.
Simple as PIE
One of our roles as board members involves setting the direction for the school district. While there are many methods for setting direction it usually boils down to some variation of the PIE approach. PIE stands for Plan Implement and Evaluate. As board members, we contribute in planning portion, let staff primarily implement and then we are involved in the evaluation of results.
Planning
While some of us rely on the annual goal setting for the Superintendent Evaluation as our total planning effort, planning for oversight of student achievement requires more effort. Ideally, your Board and Superintendent have developed and published a Mission Statement along with a commitment to oversee student achievement as one of your top priorities. With that commitment you are ready to work on the identifying the plan for overseeing student achievement that will have clear and measurable goals with multiple success indicators. The oversight of student achievement is a multiple year process so your timeline can reflect that.
Implement
During the implementation phase, our role as board members is to support the staff. We can support staff with public recognition of student achievement progress as well as being visible at key events that promote student achievement.
Evaluation
Regardless of what the data shows in terms of results, nothing in education is simple to evaluate. Much like research into health, simple cause and effect is hard to pinpoint. As a result, using a long term approach of constant and never ending improvement is the preferred method. By making the commitment to consistently oversee student achievement we will begin to understand the deeper issues involved in improving student achievement.
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