P0950 INSERVICE EDUCATION FOR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS

BOARD POLICY:

Members of the Board of Education are expected to participate in planned and continuing programs of inservice education in order to enhance the quality and effectiveness of public school governance in the school community of Unified School District 259.

Implemental Procedures:

1.      The Board shall plan and participate in specific inservice activities designed to assist Board members in their efforts to:

a.       Improve their skills as members of the governmental policy making body.

b.      Expand their knowledge about trends, issues, and new ideas affecting the continued welfare of the local schools.

c.       Deepen their insights into the nature of leadership in a modern democratic society.

2.      Newly elected members to the Board shall participate in timely and specifically planned inservice educational activities which will deal with the basic function of the Board and the managerial operations of the school district in general.

3.      The Board regards the following as appropriate kinds of activities and services in which Board members might participate:

a.       School board conferences, workshops, and conventions held by the state, regional, and national school board associations and allied groups.

b.      Local school district-sponsored training sessions for Board members.

c.       Subscriptions to publications addressed to the concerns of Board members.

4.      The Board recognizes its responsibility to the public and shall keep the community informed through the news media about the Board's continuing inservice education and the program's anticipated short- and long-range benefits to local schools.

5.      The President of the Board shall provide leadership to encourage individual participation; however, the Board as a whole shall retain the authority to approve or disapprove the participation of members in planned activities.

Latest Revision Date: February 1975

Previous Revision Date: P0950