1. A New Direction: The Role of the School Board in Moving From Competence to Excellence Virginia School Boards Association November 18, 2010 Presented By Chandra Smith and Kim Bridges Richmond Public School Board
2. The Journey from Competence to Excellence: School Board Governance as the Foundation for Excellence in Operations & Academics What does your board spend most of its time doing? What are the primary challenges that confront you as a system? As a governance team?
3. The Journey from Competence to Excellence: Know the destination Every child will leave Richmond Public Schools prepared to choose post-secondary opportunities and to contribute to our democracy.
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5. The Journey from Competence to Excellence: Understand the landscape
6. The Journey from Competence to Excellence: Understand the landscape
7. The Journey from Competence to Excellence: Clear the path for a smooth, productive journey Professional Development and Boardsmanship Advocacy Collaboration Partnership Leadership Oversight Board Processes
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11. The Journey from Competence to Excellence: Create the road map Vision A premier learning community that is the first choice for ALL in Richmond and recognized nationally for student excellence. Mission Educate ALL students to become highly successful, contributing citizens in a global society. Goals Improve Student Achievement Promote a Safe and Nurturing Environment Provide Strong Leadership for Effective and Efficient Operations Enhance Capacity Building through Professional Development Strengthen Collaborations with Stakeholders Increase Parent & Community Satisfaction
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13. The Journey from Competence to Excellence: Get the resources you need Establish a process for advocating Involve industry professionals Educate the board Mobilize Parents Joint Legislative Services
14. The Journey from Competence to Excellence: Get the resources you need Strengthen relationship with locality Moving from eviction …
29. The Journey from Competence to Excellence: Keep going!!! Assess where you’ve been, identify where you need to go next Strategic Planning Continued collaborative work Process for continuous improvement Self-Evaluation
30. Richmond Public Schools The Journey from Competence to Excellence Intense Responsibility Intense Accountability Intense Transparency
Editor's Notes
06-A268 04/28/11
Whether the six goals of which you are intently familiar should change, the bottom line is that …
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Growing population of children identified in the autism spectrum disorder.
We have to focus on the beginning as well as the end… August 2009 marks the inauguration of a new school year, the first time that over 900 children will enter into their first formal educational environment as pre-school students. As these pre-kindergarten students and all other students are launching into the next phase of their matriculation in Richmond Public Schools, the time for high expectations and excellence in teaching and learning is eminent and urgent. By engaging all in a sense of urgency and unified support, we will build the desired world class educational system, a product that will be the undeniable CHOICE .
All means all. A complete transformation inside out. We have to model the behaviors that we deem as high caliber professionals so that our stakeholders will view us in the same light.
Back-to-School Supply Drives, Principal for a Day, Principal lunch, Teacher of the Year breakfast, Realtor Tour, Foundation for fundraising
If we remain just where we are,
While we are excited by these number, I ponder about the 32.5 % of students that did not complete and the 35.7% who were not four year graduates.
