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School
Councils – Building Consensus for School Improvement |
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Description |
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This new publication from
Advancing Education for school councils will provide a hands-on
workbook, which will lead school councils to establish structure, and
processes, which will focus them on school improvement efforts.
The manual is designed to be used in its entirety in a training
session or in sections during school council meetings to improve the
school council’s effectiveness.
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Topics |
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This manual will
allow school councils to discuss:
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Responsibilities and Roles |
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Resolving Conflict |
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Solving Problems |
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Communicating with
Parents, Teachers, and the Community |
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Making Consensus
Decisions |
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Checklist for
Effective School Councils |
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Checklist for
Making Recommendations to the Board,
Superintendent, and/or Principal |
School councils will
have the opportunity to design:
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Scope of
Work which Focuses on School
Improvement & Student Achievement |
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Communication Plan for
communicating with stakeholder |
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Examples
of plans will be provided |
Two instruments will be
available for school councils, one which assesses
characteristics of effective school councils and one
which assesses the communications of school
councils.
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About the
Authors |
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Sam Harben and Phil Hartley,
Harben & Hartley author publications from Advancing
Education, Inc. Their firm represents over 100 school systems
and RESAs. Harben & Hartley serves as General Counsel to
Georgia School Boards Association. They
also work closely with the Georgia School Superintendents
Association and the Georgia Association of Educational Leaders. Donna
O'Neal, President of Advancing Education, Inc., edits the
publications.
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