Role of Superintendent and the Board
Role of the School Board
- Clarify the district’s purpose
- Connect with the community
- Employ a superintendent
- Monitor District Performance
- Take responsibility for themselves, their actions, and board action
Duties of the School Board - Documents
- School Board Policy
- School Improvement
- Approve the Budget
- Evaluate the Superintendent
- Open meeting Agenda
- District Development Mission Plan
Duties of the School Board - Control
- Legal compliance
- Legal liability and risks
- Long - term goals and strategies
- Spending public funds
- Evaluation standards (district, school, and personnel)
- Staff professional development
- Focused meeting and initiatives
Other Considerations for the School Board
- Boards determine “what,” superintendents determine “how.”
- Boards act with votes, superintendents act through procedure
- The Superintendent works for the board, district staff work for the superintendent.
- Boars are the “Governing Body,” superintendents are the “Leaders.”
- The only time individual members of the board can act is when taking a vote, at all other times they act as the Board.