Relationship with the Board
Operational Expectations
While the Mission and Student Achievement Goals are the major drivers of what happens in the school system, the Board also has concerns about how the system operates. These operational expectations express those concerns to the Superintendent and staff. Continuous monitoring by the Board will provide the means for judging whether compliance with the operational expectations has been achieved.
The Board values a harmonious and positive relationship with the Superintendent characterized by excellent communication, mutual respect, personal ethics, and professional integrity and guidance. To assure this result, the Superintendent will:
1. Maintain an ethical and harmonious working relationship with the entire Board. The Superintendent will:
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treat all members impartially;
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refrain from criticism of individual members;
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respond to Board concerns in a timely and courteous manner;
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communicate immediately and directly with the Board or individual Board members when an honest difference of opinion exists; and
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promote a positive relationship in Board meetings.
2. Keep the Board informed on issues, needs, policies, and operation of the school system and:
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offer professional advice to the Board with appropriate recommendations based on thorough study and analysis supported by ample information, including assessment of alternatives, to enable Board members to make informed decisions.
3. Encourage communication and cooperation between Board members and staff members so as to be responsive to concerns of Board members.
4. Interpret, implement, and support Board policy to staff members and the public, including the implementation of Board priorities (goals) in budget planning and in all operational areas defined and monitored by the Board.
5. Interpret needs of school personnel and students to the Board and:
- keep Board members informed of personnel problems and methods used to solve problems.
Reasonable Interpretations and Indicators
The Board expects the Superintendent to apply reasonable interpretations to its statements of Student Achievement goals and Operational Expectations, and to present those interpretations to the Board as part of the monitoring process. The Board recognizes that strategic choices will be based upon those interpretations, and therefore the interpretations of the Superintendent must be reasonable. The Board further recognizes that there may be serveral potential interpretations to the Student Achievement Goals and the operational Expectations, all falling within the relam of "reasonable." The Board will accept any interpretation made by the Superintendent, as long as the Board considers it to be reasonable.
May 10, 2007 - Relationship With the Board Reasonable Interpretations and Indicators
The Board has established an annual calendar and work plan for its work, which includes scheduled monitoring throughout the year of each stated student goal, and scheduled monitoring of each operational expectation. The Superintendent will provide thorough and detailed monitoring reports as prescribed in the annual calendar. The Board will respond to each monitoring report indicating one of the following: 1.) acceptance of the report as evidence of satisfactory performance; or 2.) expectation for improvement based on the conclusion of a majority of the Board.
June 8, 2009 - Relationship with the Board Monitoring Report
June 9, 2008 - Relationship with the Board Monitoring Report
June 11, 2007 - Relationship with the Board Monitoring Report