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AND WE'RE HERE FOR OUR TEAMMATE TRAINEE.
TODAY'S DATE IS NUMBER ONE, THE 18TH.
YOU NEED TO BE HELD AT THE UPSTAIRS BOARD CONFERENCE ROOM WITH 42 SOUTH CENTER AVENUE, TEXAS 7 5 1 4 6.
ONE WAS HERE MR. SMITH, MS. DAVIS HERE, MR. JONES, MS. MORRIS, MYSELF PRESENT NIGHT ABSENT.
WE HAVE STEVEN SON AND MS. MAY.
AND AT THIS TIME WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME YOU, MS. THANK THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.
I'M MARRYING HAMILTON BOARD PRESIDENT.
THIS IS MR. JONES, MS. MORRIS, MS. DAVIS, MS. SMITH.
WELL, I AM DELIGHTED TO BE HERE, TY.
SO I JUST STEPPED OFF AFTER 14 YEARS IN THE RICHARDSON SCHOOL BOARD, UH, IN JUNE.
AND SO, UM, TY AND I GO WAY BACK AND I HAVE TO ASK, DID YOU GET AN NTA AASB LAST NIGHT? YOU DIDN'T MAKE, YEAH, I, I GOT A COUPLE OF PICTURES FROM TRACY FISHER AND, UH, AND DEBBIE AND ALL THAT, BUT I WAS CURIOUS TO SEE MAYBE I MISSED.
I MISS EVERYONE, BUT, UH, IT'S GOOD TO BE DOWN IN LANCASTER.
I, UH, I HAVE NOT BEEN HERE BEFORE I WAS, I WAS DRIVING IN AND WHAT A CHARMING TOWN.
YOU WOULD ALMOST THINK YOU'RE AN EAST TEXAS, YOU KNOW, NESTLED IN A BIG CITY.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF PARALLELS BETWEEN, UM, BETWEEN YOU AND RICHARDSON.
UM, AS I CAME IN, I WAS READING YOUR HISTORICAL PLAQUE BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE TOO.
AND OUR ADMIN BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1910.
AND IT WAS OUR ONLY K-12 SCHOOL UNTIL 1956 WHEN WE BUILT OUR FIRST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
SO, UM, WE WERE A RAILROAD TOWN.
UM, ASSUMING THAT LANCASTER WAS AS WELL.
I THINK WE ALL WERE AT SOME POINT AND WE WERE NAMED AFTER THE, UM, RAILROAD, UH, UH, SUPERINTENDENT AT THE TIME.
SO ANYWAY, I AM DELIGHTED TO BE HERE.
LIKE I SAID, I HAVE STEPPED OFF AFTER 14 YEARS IN RICHARDSON.
BUT YOU KNOW, YOU GET A CALL, YOU ANSWER A CALL AND YOU GO, YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK IT'S TIME FOR ME TO STEP, STEP DOWN, LET SOMEONE ELSE STEP IN.
UM, I SERVED, UM, EIGHT TONS AS CHARGER, THREE TERMS AS PRESIDENT.
I GOT TO BE SECRETARY WHEN MY KIDS GRADUATED.
SO I SIGNED HER DIPLOMA, WHICH MEANT MORE TO ME THAN IT DID TO THEM.
UM, AND, UH, I HAD, I HAVE TWO SONS, BOTH LIVE IN RICHARDSON, WHICH IS AMAZING THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE BOTH MARRIED AND WE ALL KNOW THAT, UM, YOU GO WHERE YOUR WIFE TELLS YOU TO GO.
AND SO I LIVE FIVE MINUTES FROM MY PARENTS AND MY HUSBAND IS ORIGINALLY FROM BATON ROUGE.
UM, BUT WE HAD, YOU KNOW, AS I LIKE TO SAY, WHATEVER ACTIVITIES YOUR KIDS ARE IN, THOSE ARE THE ACTIVITIES THAT YOU WERE IN.
AND SO, UM, WE WERE SPORTS FAMILY.
MY HUSBAND PLAYED BASEBALL AT LSU.
I PLAYED TENNIS AT ARKANSAS AND MY KIDS WERE FOOTBALL, BASEBALL COUNTRY, WESTERN DANCE CHOIR, A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING.
SO, UH, I GOT TO BE, UH, THE MOM THERE AND I'M ORIGINALLY FROM RICHARDSON.
SO I ACTUALLY GRADUATED FROM RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL AND CAME BACK.
SO, UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO BEFORE WE GET STARTED IS JUST, I WANT TO KIND OF KNOW THE SAME ABOUT Y'ALL.
AND SO I ALWAYS ASK, UM, WHEN I'M DOING TEAM OF EIGHT TRAINING, WHICH I'M MORE BUSY NOW THAN I EVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE.
I REALLY THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE LIKE A ONCE IN A WHILE GIG.
BUT, UM, I LOVE TO KNOW THIS IS WHAT'S INTERESTING WHERE YOU WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL, UM, UH, HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD AND THEN YOUR KIDDOS AND WHAT ACTIVITIES THEY WERE IN.
BECAUSE AGAIN, IF THEY WERE IN IT, YOU WERE IN IT.
SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START.
THEN YOU CAN DEFER, YOU CAN CALL STARTING ANYWHERE.
UM, WHEN WE BEGAN MARION HAMILTON, REDWOOD FROM BUSINESS MAGNET, THE ISD SCHOOLS, UM, BEEN ON THE BOARD 13 YEARS, I HAVE TWO CHILDREN.
MY SON IS 20 SHE'S GRADUATED LAMAR UNIVERSITY WORKING ON HER MBA.
CURRENTLY, MY SON IS A JUNIOR PREVIEW AND HE'S THE BAND KID.
MY DAUGHTER PLAYED SOFTBALL AND I DIDN'T DO ANY OF THAT STUFF BECAUSE I WENT TO A MAGNET SCHOOL AND I CARRIED A BRIEFCASE.
BACK BEFORE IT WAS SAYING BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH.
SO THAT WAS THE THING I WAS, I KIND OF SAD.
I NEVER HAD A DAUGHTER, BUT THEN I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, I'D BE MY LUCK.
SHE'D EITHER BE IN DRILL TEAM OR CHEERLEADER.
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YEAH, BUT I WOULDN'T WANT THAT IN THE RAIN AND COLD.YES, SHE DID THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED WHERE THOSE LITTLE PORTABLE HEATERS THAT CAME ON LONG AFTER I WAS LONG AFTER I WAS GONE.
WHO WANTS TO JUMP IN NEXT? ALL RIGHT.
I WILL GO, UH, TIDY JONES, SCHOLAR AND HIGH SCHOOL BY WAY OF THERE'S THIS MAGNET AND LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL.
I MADE A TOUR, YOU KNOW, I HAVE DIFFERENT GOALS AND I'M LIKE,
UH, WHERE'D YOU GO TO COLLEGE? I WOULDN'T GET MY ASSOCIATES FROM THE BARREL TO GRAB FROM, UH, UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON BY WAY OF PEER REVIEW.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS, I'M CURIOUS HOW MANY COLLEGES, BECAUSE THIS IS A MAN WHO OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU HAD SETTLED ON JUST ONE, I WOULD HAVE BEEN SHOT BY WAY OF BW.
OH, BY WAY OF, UH, I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD SINCE 2011, UH, TWO KIDS.
MY DAUGHTER WAS STARTING TO 0.4 FOR SCOTLAND, HIGH SCHOOL AND JUNIOR, SENIOR YEAR.
SHE SWAM HER SOPHOMORE YEAR, EXTRA FRESHMAN YEAR AND WE'LL LOOK AT JV.
MY SON PLAYED BASKETBALL AT SKYLINE AND DUNCANVILLE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I WAS THE BOOSTER CLUB, DAD.
I'M TREASURER FOR THAT AND BOTH ORGANIZATIONS THAT IS WOW.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GIVE ANYTHING TO GO AND SIT BACK IN THE STANDS ONE MORE TIME.
NO, BUT I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY.
SHE'S NOW COACHING FRESHMAN BASKETBALL TO CEDAR HILL AND THEY PAY SCOUT OUT ON THE 27TH OF NOVEMBER.
WE GOT SERVICE MADE JUST FOR HER AND I PUT A TEAM.
I'M IN MY NINTH YEAR ON THE BOARD.
UM, MY NEPHEW, UH, HE GRADUATED FROM SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL, AS WELL AS MYSELF.
I GRADUATED FROM THE HOSPITAL AND, UM, SHE, HE PLAYED TENNIS.
HE ACTUALLY GOT A TENNIS SCHOLARSHIP TO, UH, MISSISSIPPI.
UM, AND THEN, UM, MY DAUGHTER, SHE GRADUATED FROM LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL AND SHE WAS A MAJOR WRECK.
SO YOU ALL STILL HAVE MAJORETTES OR THAT IS AWESOME.
YOU KNOW, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WE WOULD GET ONE AND THE COOLEST THING EVER.
MY NEPHEW WANTED HER TO DO, BUT WHEN SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS TRYING TO HAVE TO MEASURE IT AND I'M LIKE IS PLAYING WITH HIS, YOU ALREADY KNOW ALL THE TIME.
SO SHE ACTUALLY ENDED UP BEING A CAPTAIN.
SO I HAVE TO ASK, DID WE EVER TWIRL FIRE OR, UM, NO, NO FIRE, NO FIRE.
SO DID SHE GO OUT, SHE GONNA GO ON TO COLLEGE AND TWIRL OR DID SHE HANG? NO, SHE DIDN'T.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE TALENTS THAT THE REST OF YOUR LIFE YOU'LL USE BECAUSE YOU'LL BE AT PARTIES OR WHATEVER, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU JUST START TWIRLING AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, I STILL HAVE COLLEGE FRIENDS WHO ARE TWIRLERS AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE MAKE THEM TWIRL EVERY, EVERY TIME, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S GREAT, BUT IT'S GOOD TO MEET YOU, RON, TO THANK YOU AS WELL.
HOWDY HIM, KENDALL SMITH, UH, BORN AND RAISED IN DALLAS, TEXAS.
UH, I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO HEALTH PROFESSIONS, WHICH IS TODAY A PART OF THE TOWN VIEW ALONG WITH BACK OF THE DAY BUSINESS MAGNET.
AND, UH, ALMOST ALL THE OTHER MAGNETS ARE.
UM, UH, FROM THERE I WENT ON TO, UH, WHAT WAS THEN EAST, TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TODAY IS EIGHT M COMMERCE.
I GOT MY MASTER'S AT TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AGAIN, BORN AND RAISED IN DALLAS.
I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR ONE YEAR AND TWO WEEKS.
TWO KIDS, A BOY AND A GIRL, KENDALL AND CARRINGTON.
OUR DAUGHTER HAS DOWN SYNDROME.
MY SON IS IN SEVENTH GRADE WHILE THE DAUGHTER'S IN SIXTH GRADE.
THEY'RE ACTIVE KIDS, JUST THE TYPICAL KIDS, BABY BOY IS INTO TRACK POOL.
THEY ATTEND THE LIVE SCHOOLS OF WALKS HATCHING, AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE LAST STORY IN LIFE OF KENDALL.
OH, BUT PROBABLY INTERESTING TO NOTE.
I'M NOT A CAREER EDUCATION PERSON, BUT MY IT DUDE BY TRADE.
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SO YOU BRING THAT LENS.ALL RIGHT, GIRL, I WAS ELECTED IN 1995, BY THE WAY OF THE US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
IT SAID IT JUST REFUSED TO ELECT THE BLACK DOG.
I SERVED 16 YEARS, GOT OFF, CAME BACK IN 29.
I HAVE THREE, MY SON WAS KILLED AND I'M SORRY.
UM, MY OLDEST, UM, EDUCATION, I'M A FIVE-STAR MEDIATOR FROM NORMALLY PARALEGAL FROM DALLAS COLLEGE, UNDERGRAD FROM DALLAS BAPTIST.
UM, I WORKED IN DISB AS A FINANCIAL DISB HAD TWO SCHOOLS.
I GRADUATED FROM LANCASTER, LANCASTER
AND I WAS BROUGHT IN UNDER DR.
I HAVE 21 YEARS IN CORPORATE BANKING.
UH, THAT WAS BEFORE I WENT TO
UH, AND BNI ACTUALLY RETIRED IN 2010.
UM, I HAVE MY OWN NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION.
I WORK WITH CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND EDUCATION AND ON MEDIATOR, FIDELIS COUNTY COURTS, FAMILY, AND CIVIL COURT AND THE TEXAS INTERVENTION.
YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY AS A, AS MY SON SAID, AS I WAS WALKING OUT THE DOOR AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, HE AND I WAS LIKE, WADE, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU DID THIS.
HE GOES, IF Y'ALL MESS IT UP, SHE'S GOING TO COME BACK.
SO, AND THE HEARING THE REGISTER.
JUST, JUST SAYING, JUST SAYING I'M SO GLAD I DON'T NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT ANYMORE.
SO I DON'T MISS THOSE GRIEVANCE HEARINGS AT ALL.
PERRERA GIVE ME YOUR BACKSTORY, UH, WHERE YOU WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, PROBABLY TOUR IN HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES, SOMETHING
UM, THE BEST COLLEGE GOT MARRIED, UM, STILL DOING THINGS BY TWO POINTS.
UM, FOR US, IT WAS JUST OUT OF 25 LAST MONDAY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I WASN'T A CAREER.
DIDN'T WANT TO BE A CAREER EDUCATOR, BUT TODAY I WAS TALKING TO OUR SUBSTITUTES.
WE, UM, ACKNOWLEDGED AND RECOGNIZED SHOWING APPRECIATION FOR A SUBSIDY.
IT'S WHERE I BEGAN THE JOURNEY WHEN I MOVED TO CHARLOTTESVILLE.
CAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE A JOB IN MY FIELD.
UM, I FOUND MY WAY BACK TO THE CLASSROOM.
SO, SO IF KENDALL'S BEEN HERE A YEAR AND TWO WEEKS, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE?
UM, WHILE I WAS DOING BOTH, BUT I TRANSITIONED OVER HERE IN JULY FOR, WELL, LET ME TELL YOU GUYS, YOU HAVE ONE OF THE MOST, UH, UH, FOLKS WHO, WHO DOES YOUR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT MONET IS ON TOP OF IT? LET ME TELL YA.
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PROACTIVE CALLS, MS. KATHERINE, WE GOT THIS EMAILS AND ALL THIS.I MEAN, YOU, YOU ARE A ROCK STAR.
MY FRIEND MADE SURE THAT I HAD EVERYTHING I NEEDED AND UM, COULD FIND MY PATH, MY FIND MY WAY DOWN.
BUT MONET, GIVE US YOUR STORY.
UM, WELL I WENT TO SCHOOL AT A SMALL TOWN CALLED DARLENE BOWLING, LOUISIANA, UM, HIGH SCHOOL AND I GRADUATED VALEDICTORIAN OF MY CLASS, WENT ON TO THE NORTHEAST LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY.
UM, AND THEN I TRANSFERRED TO GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY DOWN THE, DOWN THE ROAD.
AND NOW IN WILEY COLLEGE, UM, I HAVE ONE DAUGHTER WHO'S 30 YEARS OLD.
SHE WAS A BAND SCHOLAR AT AND SHE WAS IN THE BAND.
YES, SHE WORKED, BUT, UM, UM, A COMMUNICATIONS AND GRAPHIC DESIGN PERSON BY TRADE AND I'M HERE WITH BUSINESS.
I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME FEEL SO WELCOMED.
WELL, I'M GONNA, I'M GOING TO DO THIS.
Y'ALL I'M GONNA I'M UH, I'M A WA IS TY KNOWS I'M A WALK AND TALKER, UH, KIND OF PERSON.
AND SO I W I LIKE TO COME UP HERE AND WALK AND TALK.
AND, UM, I'M GOING TO SAY, ONCE YOU FINISH YOUR, UH, TUESDAY THEIR TIME, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO MOVE DOWN A LITTLE BIT, FEEL FREE TO, TO, YOU KNOW, MOVE DOWN A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M THE KIND OF THIS PRESENTATION IS, UM, ARE YOU GOING TO SAY WHERE Y'ALL SAW ALL GOOD ARE MY PRESENTATION TONIGHT? UM, SO WHEN I STEPPED OFF THE WARD, MY HEART AND MY PASSION WAS WITH MORE TRAINING.
AND, UM, I DID VISIONING TRAINING.
TY, I THINK YOU MAY HAVE COME TO ONE OF MY PRESENTATIONS AT TASA TAZZY, BUT I DID TRAINING ON THE VISIONING INSTITUTE AND THE FUTURE OF TEXAS.
AND, UM, SO I KNEW THAT WHEN I STEPPED OFF, MY HEART WAS AT PEACE BECAUSE I KNEW THIS IS WHAT I WANTED TO DO NEXT.
AND I, AND I KIND OF LAUGHED WITH Y'ALL AT FIRST, BECAUSE I SAID, HEY, UM, I'M BUSIER THAN I THOUGHT I WOULD BE.
AND I HAD BEEN AVERAGING, UM, AND I, I GOT MY, UH, UH, TEA AUTHORIZED PROVIDER.
SO I CAN DO THIS SKI, ISO TRAINING PLUS A FEW INNOVATE TRAINING.
BUT WHAT I'VE FOUND IN THE TIME THAT I'VE STEPPED OFF IS THAT COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC.
UM, AND WITH THE, THE ODD ELECTION CYCLE THAT WE HAD, REMEMBER WE HAD ONE IN NOVEMBER, THEN WE CAME BACK AND WE HAD ONE IN MAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE STEPPING ON, PEOPLE ARE STEPPING OFF, WE HAVE FORD PRESIDENTS.
WHO'VE NEVER LED A BOARD WHO HAVE NEVER ACTUALLY LED A BOARD MEETING IN THEY'VE LED SOME THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, ON ZOOM OR WHATEVER.
SO WHAT I FOUND IS THAT BOARDS ARE SUFFERING FROM WHAT I WOULD DESCRIBE AS VERTIGO.
WE'RE HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING OUR FOOTING AGAIN.
AND WE TALK ABOUT THE KIDS AND HOW HARD THIS HAS BEEN FOR THE KIDS.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE A NINTH GRADER TODAY, THE LAST ONE WAS SCHOOL YEAR YOU HAD WAS IN SIXTH GRADE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, OUR NINTH GRADERS, ESPECIALLY OUR KINDERGARTEN FIRST AND SECOND GRADE KIDS, SOME OF THEM HAVE NEVER BEEN IN SCHOOL IF THEY WENT VIRTUAL.
BUT SO WE WORRIED ABOUT THE KIDS.
WE'VE WORRIED ABOUT THE TEACHERS, UH, BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING, WHETHER IT'S HEALTH ISSUES, WHETHER IT'S, I'M TAKING CARE OF MY PARENTS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS STRESSFUL JOB.
UM, WE WORRY ABOUT OUR PARENTS AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
WE WORRY ABOUT OUR SUPERINTENDENTS.
YOU KNOW, WHAT I HAVE FOUND, AND THIS BLEW ME AWAY IN REGION 10, WHICH THERE 76 DISTRICTS IN REGION, 10 40% OF THE SUPERINTENDENTS HAVE BEEN ON THEIR JOB THREE YEARS OR LESS 40.
AND Y'ALL, YOU KNOW WHAT, THEY ARE DROPPING LIKE FLIES.
I'M TELLING YOU THERE'S GOING TO BE A HUGE EXODUS.
UM, IT'S INTERESTING, YOU KNOW, YOU MAKE YOUR TRS HERE IN DECEMBER, SO YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD SOME, THERE'S ALREADY BEEN SOME SUPERINTENDENTS THAT SAID I'M OUT, YOU KNOW, THEY MADE THEIR YEAR THEY'RE OUT, BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE, I THINK WE'RE GONNA SEE A LOT MORE.
UM, BUT NOBODY'S REALLY TALKED ABOUT HOW HARD IT IS FOR BOARDS.
AND I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE IS WE HAVEN'T HAD WITH ALL THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS COMING ON, WHERE DID WE, WHERE DID WE BUILD OUR RELATIONSHIPS? WE BUILT IT AS SOME OF THE LEADERSHIP.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WENT TO, YOU KNOW, FOR US, WE ALWAYS WENT TO SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE WE WANTED TO GET AWAY.
AND FOR US, FORT WORTH WAS TOO CLOSE.
WE HAD TO GO HOME BECAUSE OF THE MILEAGE RADIUS.
SO WE'D GO TO SAN ANTONIO, BUT THAT'S HOW YOU MADE MEMORIES.
YOU KNOW, WE'D MAKE THE NEW BOARD MEMBER CARRIER, WHICH I KNOW THAT SOUNDS HORRIBLE, BUT I DID IT.
SO I FIGURED, WELL, IF I DID IT, EVERYBODY ELSE IS GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT.
UM, BUT IN WHEN WE'D GO SEE, UM, WE'D GO TO OUR BREAKOUT SESSIONS AND COME BACK AT THE END OF THE DAY AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WE SAW AND MAYBE ENCOURAGE OUR, OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS TO GO DO THIS.
THEY WENT TO TAZ B UH, ISD TWO AND A HALF DAYS.
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HALF DAYS OF TRAINING? KEVIN KNEW YOU DIDN'T GET TWO AND A HALF DAYS OF VIRTUALLY, MAYBE BRAND, BRAND NEW.BUT NOT THERE WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES.
WE DIDN'T GO TO TASA TASMANIA.
DID YOU GUYS GO TO THE LOTTERY? HAD TO GO, OKAY, YOU'RE LUCKY.
YOU'RE THE FIRST DISTRICT I'VE HAD.
SO WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE AS BOARD MEMBERS TO REALLY MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS AND REALLY REGAIN OUR FOOTING.
SO THE PURPOSE OF, OF, OF THIS PRESENTATION TODAY IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET RE GROUNDED AND REFOCUSED.
UM, HAS, HAVE YOU ALL BEEN THROUGH, UH, SENATE BILL 1566 TRAINING EIS.
SO HAS EVERYBODY GONE THROUGH THAT WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS? BECAUSE IF YOU HAVEN'T, I HAVE GREAT NEWS FOR YOU TODAY.
WHAT I DO IS I INSERT, UM, THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS OF EVALUATING AND IMPROVING STUDENT OUTCOMES.
SO TONIGHT'S BOARD TEAM HAVE A TRAINING AS A TWOFER.
YOU GET SIX HOURS IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD IT.
AND IF YOU HAVE HAD IT AND YOU GET YOUR TIER THREE TRAINING, SO IT COUNTS FOR THAT.
BUT EVEN IF YOU'VE HAD IT WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, YOU NOW GET TO GO OUT TWO YEARS, UH, WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR EIS ON TRAINING.
SO WITH THAT, UM, AGAIN, AS YOU CAN TELL TONIGHT'S TONIGHT'S, UM, TEAM OF EIGHT IS, IS A DISCUSSION AND NOT A LECTURE.
UM, AS I LIKE TO SAY, MISERY IS OPTIONAL.
SO IF YOU NEED TO GO TO THE RESTROOM, GO TO THE RESTROOM.
IF YOU GO, LIKE I'VE GOT TO GO GET, HIT THE CURE AND GET ME A CUP OF COFFEE.
I JUST ASKED THAT YOU BRING ME ONE BACK AND WE WILL BE GOOD TO GO.
SO WHAT I DO, WHAT I'VE STARTED WITH IS I'VE JUST PUT BACK UP AGAIN TO, TO REGROUND EVERYBODY BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE IN COVID, WHAT WERE WE WORRIED ABOUT? WE WERE WORRYING ABOUT EVERYTHING.
WE WORRY ABOUT COVID PROTOCOLS.
WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT VIRTUAL TRAINING.
WE HAD, UM, DELEGATED AUTHORITY TO OUR SUPERINTENDENTS TO MAKE DECISIONS SO THEY CAN BE NIMBLE AND FLEXIBLE, BUT I'VE WANTED TO PUT UP OUR MISSION OF WHY WE'RE HERE.
YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE HERE TO DO AS TRUSTEES AND THAT'S TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT AGAIN, IS THAT OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE.
AND WE'RE PART OF 1,120 PLUS DISTRICTS, 7,700 PLUS, UM, BOARD MEMBERS.
AND WE ARE CHARGED WITH EDUCATING 5.4 MILLION TEXAS SCHOOL CHILDREN, ALL COLLECTIVELY, THEY MAY NOT ALL BE OURS, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE INDIRECTLY FOR ALL OF THEM.
AND SO OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE A QUALITY EDUCATION THAT ENABLES EVERY KID, UH, TO ACHIEVE THEIR POTENTIAL, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE, UH, WHATEVER THEIR POST-SECONDARY IS, SO THAT THEY CAN BE, YOU KNOW, I LAUGH.
PEOPLE SAY, WELL, HOW, WHAT ARE YOUR KIDS DO THESE DAYS? AND I GO, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT MY KIDS DO.
WHAT MATTERS IS THAT THEY'RE CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.
THEY'RE GOOD KIDS WHO WE'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
SO THIS JUST REGROUND GROUNDS US OF WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
SO SENATE BILL, 1566, WHAT I LOVE YOU ARE MY MOST EXPERIENCED BOARD.
Y'ALL THE LAST BOARD I WENT TO COLLECTIVELY FIVE OF THEIR BOARD MEMBERS HAD TWO YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
SO I'M SITTING HERE WITH VETERANS OLD HEADS, BUT, UM, I REMEMBER WHEN 1566 CAME OUT RIVER LOWE'S COLE PURSE, UM, IS THE ONE WHO ORIGINATED THIS LEGISLATION.
AND IF YOU'RE A LOT OF ME, I WAS A LITTLE BIT OFFENDED.
I WAS LIKE, WHAT THE HECK? THE STATE LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO TELL ME A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER THAT I NEED TRAINING.
I MEAN, IT REALLY, BUT AS I GOT INTO IT, I'VE REALLY FOUND THAT IT GROUNDS US IN WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
SO OUR CHARGES TO PROVIDE, AND IT SAYS OVERSIGHT, BUT REALLY, UM, INFORMED OVERSIGHT OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF, OF ACHIEVEMENT REGARDING STUDENT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN OTHER FORMS OF LEADERSHIP BECAUSE STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP IS QUANTIFIABLE.
IT'S IT'S GOAL ORIENTED LEADERSHIP FOR MAXIMIZING STUDENT PERFORMANCE.
SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW THAT, UM, HMM, EXCUSE ME, THAT I STRUGGLED WITH A LITTLE BIT AS A BOARD MEMBER WHO WAS ON THERE A LONG TIME WAS, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT OVERSIGHT ALL THE TIME AND, UM, YOU KNOW, OVERSIGHT, YOU'VE ASKED SOMEBODY, WHAT IS OVERSIGHT? HOW DO YOU DO OVERSIGHT? AND YOU GET A TON OF DIFFERENT, A TON OF DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS.
WELL, HERE'S THE BEST WAY I KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN IT.
SO HOW MANY BOARD MEMBERS DOES IT TAKE TO SCREW IN A LIGHT BULB, THROW A NUMBER OUT THERE? HOW MANY BOARD MEMBERS DOES IT TAKE TO SCREW IN A LIGHT BULB? ZERO.
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TAKES ZERO BOARD MEMBERS TO SCREW IN A LIGHT BULB.YOU'RE THE SECOND PERSON WHO'S GOTTEN THIS BECAUSE THE BOARD SAYS, LET THERE BE LIGHT.
THE SUPERINTENDENT GOES OUT AND RESEARCHES THE BEST LIGHT BULB AND HIRE SOMEBODY TO SCREW IT IN.
AND THEN COMES BACK TO THE BOARD AND SAYS, IS THE LIGHT BRIGHT ENOUGH? AND SO THE ANALOGY LOOKS LIKE THIS.
THE BOARD ADOPTS CLEARLY DEFINED RESULTS.
AND INBAR PURPOSES TODAY Y'ALL WERE GOING TO BE LASER FOCUSED ON ACADEMICS.
THE BOARD ADOPTS CLEARLY DIVIDED BECAUSE VISION, MISSION AND GOALS, ACADEMIC RESULTS, AND THE SUPERINTENDENT COMMITS TO THOSE RESULTS.
SO SHE SAYS, YES, I HAVE, THOSE ARE THE RESULTS.
AND I'M GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DELIVERING THAT.
THEN STEP TWO IS, AND WE TALK ABOUT RESEARCH AND THE BEST LIGHT BULB AND SCREWING IT IN IS A SUPERINTENDENT COMES BACK AND CREATES THE PLANS, IDENTIFIES THE PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES TO ACCOMPLISH THE RESULTS, PRESENTS IT TO THE BOARD.
THOSE INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS AND PLANS IN PLACE BY DOING WHAT WE CLEAR THE PATH BY, UM, SUPPORTING IT WITH RESOURCES, THROUGH OUR BUDGETS, ET CETERA.
AND THEN THE SUPERINTENDENT COMES BACK AND SAYS, IS THE LIGHT BRIGHT ENOUGH? AND WE, WE COME BACK WITH OUR PROGRESS MONITORING AND THEN, UH, THE SUPERINTENDENT MAKES HER RECOMMENDATION TO EITHER STAY THE COURSE OR COURSE CORRECT.
SO WE EITHER REVISE THE PLANS OF PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES THAT ARE NEEDED TO ACHIEVE THE RESULTS.
AND OUR JOB IS THAT ONGOING MONITORING OF AND INITIATIVES AND COURSE CORRECT.
IF NECESSARY, BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, LET THERE BE LIGHT SUPERINTENDENT GETS THE BEST LIGHT BULB AND SCREWS IT IN.
AND THEN WE DECIDE IF THE LIGHT IS BRIGHT ENOUGH.
SO JUST TO REVIEW AND COME BACK AGAIN, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE HAVE HAD, WE'VE BEEN TAKEN OFF TASK BY SO MANY OTHER PRIORITIES.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT CAME OUT OF COVID, WHAT ARE OUR FIVE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES? AND THEY WERE THESE, OUR FIRST ONE IS TO SET THE VISION, THE MISSION AND THE GOALS.
OUR JOB IS WITH INPUT FROM OUR COMMUNITY, OUR STAKEHOLDERS, TO SET THE VISION, THE MISSION.
AND THEN WE ADOPT THE BOARD GOALS.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON ACADEMICS AND THEN WE HIRED THEM, EVALUATE THE SUPERINTENDENT.
WE HIRED THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE DISTRICT AND CHARGE HER TO BE THE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADER OF THE DISTRICT, TO, TO ACHIEVE WHO COMMITS TO, UH, ACCOMPLISHING THE VISION, MISSION AND GOALS.
WE GUIDE OUR DISTRICT THROUGH POLICY AND POLICY IS THE WHAT AND CULTURE IS THE HOW CULTURE IS THE, HOW THE POLICY IS WHAT WE DO.
IT GUIDES US IN WHAT WE DO, BUT OUR CULTURE, OUR LANCASTER CULTURE IS WHAT IS, HOW IS HOW YOU DO THAT.
THEN WE APPROVE THE ANNUAL BUDGET AND THE BEST WAY CAN YOU LOVE THIS? THE BEST WAY I'VE EVER HEARD AN ANNUAL BUDGET DESCRIBED BOTH FROM THE BOARD STANDPOINT IS WE SET DOLLARS TO THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
THAT WAS ANOTHER AHA MOMENT FOR ME, CAROLYN, I'D NEVER HEARD ABOUT HER LIKE THAT SERVED UP, BUT WE SET DOLLARS TO THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND THEN RELIES ON STRONG COMMUNITY, OUR COMMUNITY, ALEXIS, TO, TO BRING THEIR REFLECTIONS, TO BRING THEIR DESIRES BACK TO THE BOARD IN AN APPROPRIATE MANNER.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT IS WE GET INTO THIS AND THIS IS THE FIRST PART THAT'S GOING TO, THIS IS GOING TO CHECK THE BOX FOR AISO IS, UH, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY, GOALS, GOAL, PROGRESS MONITORING.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO FINISH UP WITH LEADING WITH DISTINCTION, WHICH ARE GREAT BOARD BEHAVIORS.
WHEN WE SAY ACCOUNTABILITY, YOU ASK, YOU ASK, UH, ANY BOARD MEMBER IN TEXAS, WHAT ACCOUNTABILITY IS, YOU HAVE 7,000 BOARD MEMBERS AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET 7,000 ANSWERS BECAUSE WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT ACCOUNTABILITY IS.
WE FOCUS ON THE LAST PART OF ACCOUNTABILITY, WHICH IS OFTEN THE LABELS, BUT ACCOUNTABILITY IN TEXAS IS MADE UP OF THREE THINGS.
IT'S THE TEAKS, WHICH IS OUR CURRICULUM.
IT'S THE ASSESSMENTS, WHICH IS NOW STAR USED TO BE TAXED, USED TO BE TABBED.
IT USED TO BE TEAMS. WE CAN GO ALL THE WAY BACK AND THEN OUR ACCOUNTABILITY, WHICH IS THE EVALUATION OF HOW WE'RE DOING.
AGAIN, EVERYBODY TENDS TO FOCUS ON THIS PART AND WE FORGET THAT ACCOUNTABILITY IS REALLY THREE, THREE DISTINCT SECTIONS.
WHAT KIDS ARE SUPPOSED TO KNOW AND DO THE ASSESSMENT OF HOW THEY'RE DOING, IF THEY'RE ACQUIRING THOSE SKILLS.
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UM, IS, IS THE ACTUAL ACCOUNTABILITY ITSELF.SO LET'S TAKE A LITTLE DEEPER DIVE INTO THAT TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IF WE GO BACK.
AND WE REMEMBER WHEN THE, WHEN THE TEAKS FIRST CAME OUT, IT STARTED WITH TAX BACK IN THE DAY AND HOW MANY ORIGINAL TEAK HORSES WERE THERE FOR, IT WAS ONLY ENGLISH, UH, SOCIAL STUDIES, MATH AND SCIENCE.
THEN WE WENT THROUGH, WHEN WE GOT TO, UM, UPPER-LEVEL TAX, THEY BROUGHT IN AND WE DID TEAKS FOR ALL GRADE LEVELS, ALL COURSES ON YOUR VERTICAL ALIGNMENT AND WHAT THE, IN, WHAT IT SHOULD DO IS IT, IT DESCRIBES WHAT ALL TEXAS SCHOOL CHILDREN SHOULD BE ABLE TO KNOW AND DO.
SO HERE'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF A THIRD GRADE TEAK, UH, THE BASICS OF ALGEBRA, WHICH KIND OF BLOWS YOU AWAY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, RIGHT.
THAT THIS IS WHAT THE KIDS ARE, ARE, ARE LEARNING, BUT IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S ONE AND TWO STEP PROBLEMS AT THE THIRD GRADE LEVEL.
AND THEN WE FOLLOW IT UP WITH STAR.
SO I'M GOING TO GO BACK BACK IN THE DAY.
UM, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD ASSESSMENTS, RIGHT? AND DO YOU REMEMBER THE SRA? OKAY.
THE LITTLE, THE LITTLE BOAT WITH THE GREEN WRITING, THE STANFORD READING ASSESSMENT TEST, WE ALTERED THAT YOU ARE MARRIED YOU, BUT ITBS, ITBS, WE ALL TOOK ITBS BACK IN THE DAY.
UM, AND THAT WAS THE ASSESSMENT.
SO WHAT THE STAR DOES IS IT MEASURES THE EXTENT, JUST LIKE THE ASSESSMENTS WE TOOK IN THE PAST OF WHAT WHAT'S KIDS HAVE LEARNED AND ABLE TO APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS THAT ARE BETTER DEFINED IN THE TEAKS.
SO IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT THE INTENT IS DESIGNED TO MEASURE STUDENT MASTERY, DETERMINE HOW MUCH THEY KNOW, BUT IT'S NOT DESIGNED TO BE A FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WHICH IN PRIOR YEARS, YOU KNOW, WE'D GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE WE WERE BRINGING OUT OLD STAR TESTS AND USING THOSE AS BENCHMARKS, NOT DOING THAT ANYMORE AND DESCRIBING A CHILD'S WORTH OR VALUE.
SO WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IS IF WE TAKE THAT SAME ALGEBRAIC TEAK FROM THIRD GRADE, THIS IS WHAT THE ACTUAL STAR QUESTION LOOKS LIKE.
UM, YOU BUY ANOTHER RIGHT ANSWER ANYWAY, ANYONE.
SO WE MAKE THE NEW GUY ANSWERS.
I WAS ALWAYS ACCUSED OF DOING ARKANSAS MATH.
IT WAS VERY EMBARRASSING, ESPECIALLY TO SET UP THE PROBLEM.
THERE, YOU GET THE GUY WE ARE MAKING MERITS RIGHT HERE TONIGHT.
SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE TEAKS AND THE STAR IS THAT THE STAR QUESTIONS ARE DIRECTLY ALIGNED TO THE, AND GREATER THE SUBJECT, BUT HERE'S THE CONCEPT TO THIS SOMETIMES AS BOARD MEMBERS.
AND LET ME JUST THROW THIS OUT, BECAUSE YOU GUYS DO HAVE EXPERIENCE WHEN I'VE DONE THIS PRESENTATION WITH BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE EXPERIENCED, WHAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS IS, UM, IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, WHEN I FIRST DONE WENT, HUH? I KIND OF FORGOTTEN THAT.
AND THEN THERE'D BE ANOTHER PART WHERE I GO, HUH? I HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT JUST EXACTLY LIKE THAT.
AND THEN THERE'D BE ANOTHER NUGGET WHERE I'D GO, YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT IS REALLY GOOD.
AND AT THE NEXT ROTARY OR CHAMBER MEETING, I'M GOING TO PUT THAT IN MY SPEECH.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME NUGGETS THAT YOU CAN TAKE AND APPLY.
AND AGAIN, IT MAY VALIDATE WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW, BUT I KNOW THAT AFTER 14 YEARS, SOME THINGS I'VE KIND OF LEARNED BY ROTE, BUT I NEEDED TO GO BACK AND JUST REVIEW THEM AGAIN.
SO THIS WAS ONE OF THEM, BUT THE STAR LINES DOWN TO THIRD GRADE, UP TO THE NOW ONLY FIVE
THAT WAS A ONE GOOD THING WE GOT DONE OUT OF THE LEGISLATURE.
AND THEN IT ALIGNS WITH THE SAT AND THE ACT.
SO THE S SO THE TEAKS AND THE STAR ACTUALLY ALIGNED, STARTING IN THIRD GRADE AND MOVE ALL THE WAY UP TO THE SAT AND ACT.
AND THERE'S A REASON THAT IT DOES THAT.
SO HOW DO WE MEASURE STAR STUDENT PERFORMANCE? THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW.
YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT LABELS, WHATEVER THOSE LABELS USED TO BE EXEMPLARY RECOGNIZED, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
BUT THERE'S REALLY A CONNECTION AND AN IMPORTANCE BETWEEN THE MASTER'S LEVEL, WHICH SAYS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A KIDDO WHO REALLY UNDERSTANDS THE CONTENT AND HAS A 75% CHANCE OF BEING, UM, SUCCESSFUL AT THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL OR ON THE NEXT VERTICAL LEVEL COURSE WITHOUT REMEDIATION MEETS IS THEY HAVE THE HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESS IS ABOUT 60%.
HERE'S WHERE WE HAD THE FIRST.
AND IF YOU GUYS WILL REMEMBER BACK WHEN THEY FIRST BROUGHT STAR IN, WHERE WE ALL STRUGGLED WITH SPORTS IS APPROACHES IS PASSING.
AND REMEMBER THAT, THAT WAS KIND OF THE DEFAULT.
UM, I KNOW AT THE TIME IN RICHARDSON,
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WE WERE, WE WERE MEASURING ON APPROACHES AND OUR BOARD SAID, UH, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.WE'RE GONNA USE MEATS AS, AS OUR MEASUREMENT.
AND WHAT'S HAPPENED IN, ESPECIALLY IN THE RURAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS IS A LOT OF THEM WERE STILL AT APPROACHES.
AND THAT'S THEIR PARADIGM SHIFT THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO GO THROUGH RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WHAT THEY FOUND IS THEY MAY BE AT A HIGH APPROACHES LEVEL, BUT IT'S NOT ROBUST ENOUGH THAT THEIR KIDS ARE STRUGGLING IN THE NEXT GRADE OR THE NEXT SEQUENCE.
SO THEY'RE HAVING TO DO WHAT WE DID AS DISTRICTS, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, IT WAS REALLY MAKE THAT MEETS LEVEL.
UM, THE, THE STANDARD, AND THEN FINALLY DID NOT MEET GRADE LEVEL, YOU KNOW, COMING OUT OF COVID.
UH, BEN BACKEE, I, I DID THIS LAST NIGHT, UH, ESL LAST NIGHT OF REGION 10, AND BEN MACKEY IS THE BOARD PRESIDENT DALLAS.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I LOVED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE GET TO KNOW EVERYBODY.
THAT'S ANOTHER GOOD THING ABOUT TASMANIA OR MTA AASB, UM, RIFT, TEXAS AREA, SCHOOL BOARDS, AND YOU GET TO MEET YOUR COLLEAGUES.
AND BEN IS DIRECTOR OF ANALYTICS FOR DESOTA.
UM, AND JUST SO I HAVE TO ADMIT WHEN YOU HAVE THAT IN THE ROOM, I WAS LIKE, SO BEN, TELL US ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY.
YOU THINK I'M GOING THERE? NO, YOU KNOW, BUT WHAT HE WAS SHARING WITH HIS, I SAID, BEN, WHAT'S WHAT HAS BEEN THE COVID SLIDE IN YOUR EXPERIENCE? BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND HE SAID, KIM, HERE'S THE DEAL.
AND HE SHARED THIS WITH OUR OTHER, WITH OUR FOLKS IN OUR GROUP, HE SAID, IT'S ON IT'S ON AVERAGE, YOU COULD SAY 5.6 TO SIX MONTHS.
HE SAID, BUT WHAT WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT? THE YOUNGER GRADES, HE SAID, I'M SEEING THE BIGGEST HIT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND WE'RE SEEING THAT ACROSS THE STATE, WE'RE SEEING A BIG HIT WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS.
SO FOR US, IT'S REMEDIATING AND ACCELERATING AT THE SAME TIME.
AND THOSE ARE THE IMPLICATIONS.
SO ACCOUNTABILITY DOMAINS, AND I'M DOING THIS ON A HIGH LEVEL, BUT AGAIN, IT'S A GREAT REVIEW.
THERE'S THREE PARTS OF ACCOUNTABILITY.
UM, WITH Y'ALLS TELL ME, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT WITH YOUR ACCOUNTABILITY DEPARTMENT, WHO DOES YOUR ACCOUNTABILITY PRESENTATIONS FOR YOU SERVICES DEPARTMENT? WHICH ONE? IT STARTS ON INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES.
CAUSE SOME HAVE, YOU KNOW, GUYS OR, YOU KNOW, THEIR OWN, UH IN-HOUSE UM, UM, UH, ASSESSMENT.
UH, WE HAVE ONE, OUR GAL WHO WAS SPEND TWO HOURS EXPLAINING THIS TO US.
UM, OUR, OUR ASSESSMENT GALS, WE CALL HER, UH, WHO'S BRILLIANT NOR ELVIA NORIEGA, WHO WAS ON, UM, MR. MORASS TEAM, BUT IT'S BASICALLY THREE THINGS, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, WHICH EVALUATES PERFORMANCE OUT ON THE SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL PROGRESS WAS SHE LOOKS AT INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS.
AND THEN FINALLY CLOSING THE GAPS, WHICH IS, UM, WHICH IS A VALUE WEIGHTING STUDENT PERFORMANCE BASED ON STUDENT GROUPS.
AND THE WAY YOU CALCULATE IT IS YOU TAKE TWO GRADES.
THE BEST OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT OR SCHOOL PROGRESS IS 70% PLUS CLOSING THE GAPS IS 30%.
AND THEN YOU COME UP WITH A NUMBER GRADE AFTER THAT, BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT FOR A MOMENT.
NOW WE'RE GETTING BACK INTO WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING.
WE'RE GETTING BACK INTO THE SWING OF IT.
AGAIN, STUDENT IS FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
IT EVALUATES THE PERFORMANCE OF ALL SUBJECTS ACROSS ALL GRADE LEVELS.
SO THIS IS EVERY SINGLE TEST THAT YOUR KIDS TAKE HERE IN LANCASTER ISD ARE EVALUATED HERE IN ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT STAR, BUT HERE'S THE BIG DEAL IN HIGH SCHOOL IS 40% STAR, 1% COLLEGE AND CAREER MILITARY READINESS AND 20% ON A GRADUATION RATE AND THE SAME FOR THE DISTRICT.
SO A HUNDRED PERCENT ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, 40 40, 20 DISTRICT, 40, 40, 20.
LET'S TALK ABOUT COLLEGE AND CAREER MILITARY READINESS.
AND WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT? BECAUSE AT THE BOTTOM, YOU'VE GOT YOUR CC OF OUR OUTCOMES BONUS.
AND IF YOU REMEMBER WITH HOUSE BILL THREE, WHEN THE STATE LEGISLATURE, GRACE GRACIOUSLY GAVE US BACK, THAT'S A LITTLE TONGUE IN CHEEK, THE $5.4 BILLION THAT THEY TOOK FROM US IN 2011.
WHAT THEY DID THOUGH, IS THEY SAID, WE'RE GOING TO TIE THE INCREASE IN FUNDING TO STUDENT PERFORMANCE.
SO TO, TO MEET THE STANDARD FOR COLLEGE READY, WE KNOW AGAIN THAT YOU HAVE TO HIT THE TSI CRITERIA.
IT'S ONE OF THESE FIVE THINGS.
MEET THE TSR CRITERIA IN READING AND MATH, MEET THE CRITERIA, THE THREE ON AN AP OR A FOUR ON IB, DUAL CREDIT COURSES, NINE OR MORE, A SUBJECT OR THREE OR MORE IN MATH OR ENGLISH, EARN AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE AND COMPLETE AND QUALIFY FOR COLLEGE CREDIT IN ANY ON-RAMPS, WHICH HAS BEEN UT A DUAL CREDIT COURSE.
SO OF THESE CRITERIA, WHICH TELL, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR COLLEGE WRITING PROGRAMS. WHAT IS IT? TELL ME ABOUT YOUR, YOUR ADVANCED ACADEMICS, YOUR ASSOCIATES
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DEGREE.WHAT, WHAT DO YOU GUYS DO DOWN HERE AT MIND? CASTER TO PREPARE KIDS TO BE COLLEGE READY? OKAY.
WE DO ON-RAMPS AS WELL ON RAMPS.
ARE YOUR KIDDOS MARRIED? ARE THEY GRADUATING? UM, THEY'RE SO THEY'RE GRADUATING WITH THEIR ASSOCIATES AS AMAZING.
NO, IT GOES AND GO SIT AROUND COLLEGE.
HERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY IS YOU HIT THAT TSI CRITERIA IN READING AND EARN YOUR ASSOCIATES DEGREE OR ENROLL IN COLLEGE BY FALL AFTER GRADUATION.
AND YOU QUALIFY FOR THE CCNR BONUS.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIKE THAT, UM, IN TERMS OF COLLEGE READY? I KNOW COMING OUT OF COVID, WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING FORWARD AS YOU GUYS LOOK FORWARD.
WHAT HAVE YOU ALL BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF COLLEGE WRITING NEPALESE, MY BROTHER VIA PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS.
TELL ME A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT.
I MEAN, UM, WELL WE HAVE A UNT, UH, UNIVERSITY ROTATION HERE.
MAYBE LET THEM FIND OUT FROM US, US ALSO.
THEN WE ALSO AFFILIATED WITH DCCD WITH TO HAVE THEM OUT IN MY HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEN WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING A PARTNERSHIP WITH PAUL QUINN AND WE ALSO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT TAKES LATE IN COMMERCE FOR OUR KIDS TO GO ON THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL THERE.
AND I HOPE YOU'RE TELLING EVERYONE ABOUT THIS, CAUSE THAT IS AMAZING.
WHAT A GREAT, WHAT A GREAT FOUNDATION.
SO YOU'RE REALLY COLLEGE READY IS A BIG DEAL IN LIFE.
HISTORICALLY COLLEGE READY PREPARING OUR KIDS IS A BIG DEAL.
I'LL ADD TO THAT AS WELL BECAUSE, UM, SOME THINGS WE'RE DOING, TRYING TO DO THIS YEAR AS WE ALIGN OUR MATH SO THAT WE HAVE OUR EIGHTH GRADERS IN THAT ALGEBRA ONE PRIOR TO THEM GETTING THE HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, SO WHAT HAPPENED TO REALIGN SOME CURRICULUMS FOR STARTING THE NEXT FALL AND THAT WE TAKE THE SUCCESS IN EIGHT GRADE MATH, UM, AND CONDENSE THAT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE EIGHTH GRADE ALGEBRA ONE.
AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE, ARE NOT READY, THEY'LL HAVE ALGEBRA ONE PART EIGHT.
UM, WE'RE NOT QUITE READY FOR THAT POOL ALGEBRA ONE, UM, EXPOSURE.
UM, AND SO YOU TAKE THE SIXTH GRADE CURRICULUM IN SEVENTH GRADE, HALF THE SEVENTH GRADE, PUT THAT IN SIXTH GRADE, SECOND HALF OF SEVENTH GRADE OR EIGHTH GRADE AND SEVENTH, THEN EIGHTH GRADE IS ONE.
SO WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS REALIGNING OUR THREE PILLARS FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS ALLOW OUR KIDS TO, YOU KNOW, GET TO HIGH SCHOOL AND YOU KNOW, NOW TRYING TO GET THROUGH THAT, BUT TRULY IT ACTUALLY REALIGNED ALL THE WAY BACK TO THIRD GRADE WHEN IT BEGINS OR MATH OR
WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S A HUGE, UM, OBJECTIVE AND WE'VE ACTUALLY MADE THAT ONE OF OUR BOARD GOALS OF EIGHTH GRADE ALGEBRA.
AND THERE ARE SO MANY DISTRICTS THAT AREN'T AS PROGRESSIVE AS Y'ALL ARE IN THAT, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DON'T YOUR KIDS TOP OUT AT PRE AP CALC AND 12TH GRADE, YOU CAN'T GET TO AP AB AND BC CAL.
WELL, AND YOU'RE OVERLOADING KIDS WHEN THEY GET TO HIGH SCHOOL, RIGHT? SO YOU, THEY'RE NOT REALLY GETTING CREDIT NECESSARILY TO GET INTO HIGH SCHOOL.
SO WHY NOT? WHY CAN'T WE DO THAT AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL? OUR NEXT OBJECTIVE WOULD BE TO SCIENCE.
UM, UM, BUT ALSO HAVING SOME OF OUR CO-CURRICULAR CLASSES THERE AS WELL, WHERE THEY START EARNING THAT HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT FOR LIKE A FULL YEAR OF BAND MEMBERS.
WE'RE WAITING UNTIL THEY GET IN HIGH SCHOOL.
AND HONESTLY THEY CAN BEGIN BEFORE THAT THEY'RE DOING DUAL CREDIT, RIGHT.
THEY'RE ALREADY IN COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL.
WHY CAN'T THOSE WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME THING? YEAH.
IT WAS DIRECTED BECAUSE BACK TO THAT, IF WE NEVER GOT INTO THAT CONVERSATION, SO I MISSED HER, DO NOT DO, UH, THE PARTNERSHIP WITH UNIVERSITY FOR UPPER BOUND, STARTING IN THE NINTH GRADE 12 TO GET THAT ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED ON STAYING ON CAMPUS.
AND THEY HAVE SOME MORE OF THOSE.
THEY HAVE SOME OF THOSE, BUT THOSE ARE NORMALLY LIKE DURING THE SUMMERS AND THERE THEY'RE REFERRED TO THOSE PROGRAMS. UM, THE DISTRICT DOES NOT NECESSARILY RUN THOSE.
NO, I KNOW THE DISTRICT DOESN'T RUN THEM, BUT THEY ARE ALL THROUGH THE YEAR.
THERE'S NOT YET ALL YEAR, BUT I DO KNOW THIS, I KNOW THE SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE CAN, BUT I CAN LOOK INTO THAT.
I KNOW MY DAUGHTER PARTICIPATED IN IT.
I DIDN'T, I KNEW I HAD TO GO OUT AND SEEK IT AS A PARENT.
I ACT THIS ACTIVE AUTOMATIC WITHOUT, BECAUSE WE WERE DOING YOUR COLLEGE HERE WHERE THAT INFORMATION WAS GIVEN TO THEM.
IF THEY CHOOSE TO FIRST GENERATION AND
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IT COULD BE, I ONLY AM FAMILIAR WITH THE, THE SUMMER PROGRAM.SO, UM, I WOULD HAVE TO ASK ABOUT THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WELL, YOU GUYS ARE BUILDING ON THE RICH TRADITION THAT YOU HAVE, BECAUSE I CAN REMEMBER GOING TO SUMMER LEADERSHIP AND SEE IT IN WATCHING YOUR PRESENTATION ON THE TEI GRAHAM BACK IN THE DAY, WHICH RICHARDSON THAN GOD, A SUBSEQUENT TIANA GRANT TO ACCOMPLISHMENT IN THE SAME THINGS, BUT Y'ALL WERE GROUNDBREAKERS BUT NOW YOU'RE STILL GOING.
AS WE HAVE ORIGINALLY KNOW THE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH.
WELL, WHY CAN'T THE SB SCIENCE AND SURFACE TV TECHNOLOGY AND TEACHING, UH, OR THE AB ARTS.
AND WE'RE ADDING NAMES IN THERE.
SORRY, I DIDN'T GIVE YOU THAT ONE.
WELL, YOU HAVE TOSSED ME A SOFTBALL BECAUSE HERE'S THE SECOND PART.
IF THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH COLLEGE READY, LET'S TALK ABOUT CAREER, RIGHT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT, SO WHAT, WHAT ARE THE, AND THIS IS THE THING YOUR CAREER, RIGHT? YOU CAN, UM, YOU CAN BE CAREER READY IF YOU'VE EARNED THAT IT'S HARDER THAN COLORING, EARN THE INDUSTRY BASE, UH, CERTIFICATION, UH, LEVEL ONE OR LEVEL TWO CERTIFICATE OR COMPLETE A COHERENT SEQUENCE SUPPORTS WERE ALIGNED WITH THE CERTIFICATION.
WE FIND MOST OF THAT IN HEALTH SCIENCES.
UM, MOST DISTRICTS HAVE FOUND THAT TO BE THE EASIEST WAY.
AND THEN THERE ARE ADDITIONAL, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR SPECIAL ED STUDENTS WHEN THEY GRADUATE WITH AN IEP AND WORKFORCE READINESS OR GRADUATE UNDER THE ADVANCED DEGREE PLAN.
I MEAN, IN RICHARDSON, WE WERE GETTING THE BASICS OF, OF, UM, A COHERENT SEQUENCE OF COURSEWORK, BUT THAT INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATION OF WHAT'S THERE'S 245, OR THAT LEVEL ONE LEVEL TWO CERTIFICATE, WHICH IS, UM, UH, HAVING TO GET IT'S A LEVEL ONE IS 14 TO 28 HOURS OF GRANT OF A COLLEGE HIGHER, HIGHER ED.
AND LEVEL TWO IS 29 TO 36 HOURS.
SO THIS ONE IS MORE CHALLENGING, UH, FOR, FOR CAREER.
SO TELL ME A LITTLE BIT, WHERE ARE YOU GUYS WHEN YOU TOUCHED ON A MINUTE AGO, WHERE ARE Y'ALL GOING WITH WITH, UH, CTE? WE DO HAVE THAT CERTIFICATION AFTER THE BOARD JUST RECOGNIZED STUDENTS AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING.
I THINK TO DATE, THE LAST REPORT FROM THE PHARMA WAS THIRD.
ONE KIDS HAVE ALREADY EARNED SOME INDUSTRY.
ARE THERE ANY 31 INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS HAS BEEN EXTENDED? I CANNOT, I SHOULD NOT SAY THAT THE 31 KIDS, RIGHT.
THE 31 BASED CERTIFICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN BURNED.
SO HOW MANY, HOW MANY KIDS ARE IN YOUR GRADUATING CLASSES? REMIND ME FOR
SO BRIAN 2000, 2000 KIDS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THE GRADUATION WITH IEP VERSUS WORKFORCE, BECAUSE THAT COULD BE MS. PROCEED.
IT'S NOT GRADUATE PLEADED IEP BECAUSE OF INCLUSION, THE WORKFORCE READINESS I CAN AGREE WITH, BUT THE IEP DOESN'T SHOW ANYWHERE ON THAT STUDENT'S DIPLOMA.
AND SO WHY WOULD THEY, WHY WOULD THEY SAY THAT? BECAUSE THAT'S MISLEADING, YOU KNOW, THAT IS WHERE TEA CAME UP WITH AND REMEMBER WHERE WE'RE ADDRESSING 5.4 MILLION KIDS ACROSS 1100 DISTRICTS.
SO FOR SOME DISTRICTS, THIS, THIS WORKS FOR THEM.
IT MAY NOT WORK FOR ALL OF US.
I MEAN, YOU'RE, YOU GUYS ARE AT A HIGHER LEVEL THAN A LOT OF THE SMALLER DISTRICTS THAT WE WORK WITH.
UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE TEA CAME UP WITH.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT RIGHT WRONG OR DIFFERENT.
UM, BUT THERE'S, DO YOU EVER BUY TO KNOW WHAT VALUE HE IS? THEY KNOW, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR TRAINING, DO THEY REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE IEP IS? BECAUSE THAT I PAID DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION BECAUSE STUDENTS THAT ARE, UH, ADVANCED CLASS COMMON COLLEGE, THEY HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL STUDENT NOT, WELL, THIS WOULD BE FOR YOUR KIDDOS WITH, UH, WITH A 5 0 4.
I CAN'T FIX THAT, BUT THAT'S, BUT THAT'S WHERE IT IS.
AND I GUESS MY WHOLE POINT IS IF YOU THINK ABOUT KIDS AND I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE THE CONCEPT OF LIFE FRIDAY RIGHT NOW, WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT AS WE GO IS WHEN WE THINK ABOUT COLLEGE, READY AND CAREER READY, WE'RE REALLY MAKING OUR KIDS LIFE READY, WHICH TIES BACK TO YOU GUYS AS VISION STATEMENT, WHICH WE'LL GET TO IN A MINUTE, UH, SCHOOL PROGRESS.
THIS IS WHERE WE GET MEN TO INDIVIDUAL KIDS AND YOU'VE GOT THE ACADEMIC GROWTH AND WE'VE GOT RELATIVE PERFORMANCE.
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UH, ACADEMIC GROWTH IS, UH, AS A KIDS YEAR OF INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS SHARE OF GROWTH.RELATIVE PERFORMANCE IS COHORT-BASED AND YOU GET TO TAKE THE BEST OF APPLIED THROUGH AQF.
I JUST WANT TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT ACADEMIC GROWTH AND THIS IS YOU'RE GONNA, YOUR KIDS ARE GOING TO GO, THIS IS THE ROUTE YOU CHOOSE OR WHERE YOU HAVE THE HIGHEST PERFORMANCE.
IF THIS IS, LET'S SAY THIRD GRADE, AND THAT IN THIRD GRADE WAS APPROACHES.
IF THEY GO DOES NOT MEAN YOU GET ZERO POINTS FOR THAT STUDENT, IF THEY STAY IN APPROACHES AND ONLY MAINTAIN YOU, GET, YOU GET ZERO POINTS.
BUT IF YOU MAINTAIN AND YOU GROW EVEN WITHIN APPROACHES, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A HALF POINT.
IF YOU GO UP TO ME, YOU GET AN EXTRA POINT AND MASTERS, YOU GET A POINT.
HERE'S THE KEY FOR SOME DISTRICTS THAT HAVE HIGH PERFORMING STUDENTS.
SO LET'S TAKE HIGHLAND PARK, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE THEY HAVE HIGH LEVELS OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, OR THEY HAVE A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF MASTERS MASTERS THIS YEAR IN ORDER FOR THEM TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE A POINT THAT STUDENT HAS TO STAY AT THIS LEVEL.
AND IF THEY DROP, THEY GET NO POINTS.
SO, UM, FOR THEM, THEY'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE KEEPING THEIR RIGOR AND WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING TO KEEP THEIR KIDS UP.
I KNOW IN RICHARDSON, WE WERE LOOKING MORE AT MATH AND GROWTH AND THE INDIVIDUAL YEARS GROWTH, UH, WITH OUR KIDDOS.
AND IT TIED TO FOR US BEFORE RELATIVE PERFORMANCE CAME IN, WE WERE GETTING PENALIZED BECAUSE OF OUR 41 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
12 OF THEM WERE, UM, MINIMUM 12 WERE TITLE ONE SCHOOLS.
SO OUR KIDS WOULD COME IN, THEY'D GET A YEAR AND A HALF'S WORTH OF GROWTH, BUT THEY STILL COULDN'T PASS IT ON.
WELL, WHAT THIS DOES IS THAT TAKES AWAY THE PENALTY.
SO IF THIS IS YOUR HIGHER RATES OF, OF ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED KIDS, IT REWARDS THE HIGHER LEVEL OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.
WHAT'S INTERESTING FOR YOUR COLLEAGUES THAT YOU'LL MEET, IF YOU DO HAVE A LEADERSHIP TAZZY OR, OR JUST IN OTHER CONVERSATIONS IS OUR RURAL DISTRICTS WILL NOT ONLY DO COHORTS OF, OF, UM, OF SCHOOLS, BUT THEY COHORT AGAINST DISTRICTS.
SO YOUR SMALLER DISTRICTS WITH LESS THAN A THOUSAND KIDS, INSTEAD OF GOING SCHOOL TO SCHOOL, THEY WILL GO DISTRICT TO DISTRICT.
SO FROM STOOP STOOP, FROM SCHOOL PROGRESS, THEN YOU CAN EITHER DO IT BASED ON KNOW BACK.
YOU CAN EITHER DO IT BASED ON ACADEMIC GROWTH OF INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS, OR YOU CAN DO COHORT ANALYSIS.
DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY IDEA? ARE YOU ALL LOOKING AT SCHOOL PROGRESS OR AT SCHOOL AT COHORT, BUT WE DO.
SO LET'S TALK THROUGH THE LAST PART IS CLOSING THE GAP AND IT TIES INTO THE FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY ON ESSA AND THAT'S BROKEN OUT INTO THE, IN THE PAST.
IT WAS THE FIVE STUDENT GROUPS, UM, BASED ON RACE, ETHNICITY, SPECIAL ED, ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, AND CONTINUOUSLY ENROLLED IN MOBILE STUDENTS.
NOW, THERE ARE 14 DIFFERENT CATEGORIES AND IF YOU HAVE 25 KIDS PLUS IN ANY CATEGORY, THEN, UM, YOU'RE THOSE, THOSE STUDENTS ARE GONNA BE EVALUATED.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT AND GOLD, GOLD PRO UH, MONITORING.
SO, UM, YEAH, COME BACK TO THIS.
IF YOU ALL THINK ABOUT THESE THREE AREAS, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, SCHOOL PROGRESS, AND CLOSING THE GAPS.
I KNOW IN RICHARDSON, OUR FOCUS AREA WAS CLOSING THE GAPS.
WE HAD SOME PRETTY, UM, SIGNIFICANT GAPS IN OUR, UM, UH, STUDENT GROUP ACHIEVEMENT, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR HISPANIC AND, UM, AND OUR ESL KIDS, WHICH, WHICH ONE OF THESE IS, IS, DO YOU THINK FOR LANCASTER AS YOUR FOCUS AREA AND BOARD MEMBERS, WHAT ARE Y'ALL, WHAT ARE YOUR, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? SO I HAVE TO, OKAY.
KATRINA, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR PERSPECTIVE? BECAUSE I KNOW YOURS IS GOT TO HAVE AN IDEA.
THERE'S THAT COMPETITIVE ATHLETE THAT'S COMING OUT OF RUNNING UP ON ANY OF THEM.
AND I UNDERSTAND WE MUST NARROW THE FOCUS TO FOCUS.
UM, BUT THAT'S LIKE ASKING ME WHICH ROOM IN MY HOUSE NEEDS ELECTRICITY.
WELL, THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THIS A THROUGH F ACCOUNTABILITY IS WHEN, WHEN THAT WAS INTRODUCED, UH, THE COMMISSIONER MADE TWO PROMISES TO BOARDS AND TO DISTRICTS, THE FIRST ONE IS WE WEREN'T GONNA MAKE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES FOR FIVE YEARS,
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BECAUSE WE KNOW WITH, WITH TAX AND WITH EARLY STAR, IT WAS A DISASTER EVERY YEAR, EVERY YEAR, THE GOALPOSTS MOVED, RIGHT? WELL, HE SAID THAT IT'S GOING TO STAY STABLE FOR FIVE YEARS.AND THEN THE SECOND THING IS, IS NO MORE BELL CURVE BECAUSE IN THE PAST FOR YOU TO GET AN, A, SOMEBODY ELSE HAD TO GIVE THAT.
AND NOW IF ALL 1100 DISTRICTS GET AN, A GREAT, YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO PENALIZE THAT WAY.
EVERYBODY HAS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY.
UM, FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, THIS IS SOMETHING NEW, AND THIS IS GOING TO CLOSE OUT ACCOUNTABILITY.
I WASN'T AWARE OF TEXAS SCHOOLS.GOV HAVE, Y'ALL HAVE Y'ALL GONE ON THAT.
AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT, I LOVE IT.
AND, UM, AND I'LL ADMIT, I MIGHT HAVE CHECKED OUT PLANOS SCORES.
MAYBE FRESCO MAY BE MAYBE OUR SURROUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BUT I LOVE IT.
AND I LOVE IT FOR NOT ONLY THE DATA ANALYSIS, BUT WHEN YOU COME DOWN HERE AND YOU CLICK ON THIS A THROUGH F RESOURCES, IT HAS A FANTASTIC DESCRIPTION OF, OF WHAT THE THREE AREAS THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
SO, UM, RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED DATA, IT'S, IT'S, I THINK NEXT YEAR, THE DATA WOULD BE MORE ROBUST QUESTIONS.
COMMENTS YOU HAVE CAN NOW CHECK THE BOX ON, UM, ON ACCOUNTABILITY, THOUGHTS, UH, ANY, ANYTHING YOU WENT, HUH? I KIND OF FORGOT ABOUT THAT OR THINKING ABOUT THAT DIFFERENTLY.
ANY THE BONUSES? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
I MEAN, I THINK, I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT THOSE BONUSES WERE AND THAT IS, THAT IS JUST FREE MONEY, AS I SAY.
AND IT'S JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, UH, AS, AS I, I MIGHT'VE SAID IN THE, UH, BOARD MEETING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE STEPPED OVER THAT, UH, BAR, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE CMR, UH, CREDIBLE, BUT WE DIDN'T STEP OVER THE HIGH BAR TO GET, TO GET THE BONUSES AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S HOW WE HAD TO REFOCUS OURSELVES.
WELL, WE CAN TAKE A BREAK OR POWER THROUGH.
I THINK WE ALL HAD JUST KEEP GOING, UNLESS YOU GUYS WANT TO TAKE A BREAK.
UM, CAN WE EAT WHILE WE TAKE ON? OH, NO.
CAUSE WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO DIVE INTO ACADEMIC GOALS, PROGRESS MONITORING.
OH, YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE KITCHEN.
OH, YOU FILMED ME ON THE RIGHT HAND.
ONCE YOU GO OUT THE DOOR, YOU DON'T HAVE A KEURIG IN THAT KITCHEN WITH YOU.
YOU'VE NEVER WORN, UM, MISS OUT ON A GROUP.
KNOW
SHE ASKED ME IF I'M
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LOUISIANA GIRL, THE COMMUNITY COFFEES.SO WHERE'S Y'ALL'S Y'ALL'S GAME ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
CONGRATS ON THE WIND LAST WEEK.
UH, OH, WE LOST THEM LAST YEAR.
OH, SO WHAT'S Y'ALL STRENGTH THIS YEAR.
IS IT A OFFENSE OR DEFENSE?
THAT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD GAME.
THAT'S GOING TO BE YOU'RE REAL GOOD.
WE, WE WERE GOING DOWN TO D ISD.
I MEAN, WE, UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN MY KIDS WERE IN SCHOOL, SKYLINE WAS IN OUR DISTRICT, MAN.
THAT WAS A BEADING BECAUSE THAT WAS BACK WHEN STYLE ON I WAS GOING TO STAY.
AND THEN WE GOT DUNCANVILLE, WHICH WAS A BEADING, YOU KNOW? UM, BUT NOW WE'VE GONE WEST AND WE HAVE URBAN.
SO WE PICK UP THE URBAN SCHOOL WHO HAVE COME BACK, YOU KNOW, FOR THE LONGEST TIME IRVING AND NOT SO MUCH, THEY MAY NOT COME.
SO YOU REALLY HIT IT AND YOU GOT TO START HITTING IT ONCE YOU GET BY DISTRICT AND AREA.
ALRIGHT, SO I'M GONNA MISS MRS. CAROLYN, WE'LL GIVE HER A MINUTE.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ROCK AND ROLL.
SO PARTS YOU ACT IN THE GOALS AND PROGRESS MONITORING HOUSE.
BILL THREE, WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I SAID EARLIER THAT WHAT HOUSE BILL THREE DID IS IN 2019, CAME BACK AND INCREASED FUNDING BACK AGAIN TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
MOST OF US WENT UP A THOUSAND DOLLARS PER WATER WEIGHTED AVERAGE, UM, UH, FOR, FOR OUR KIDS.
BUT IT WERE, IT MADE REQUIREMENTS ON THE PART OF DISTRICTS AND BOARDS TO ADOPT PLANS DEVELOPED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HER TEAM IN THREE AREAS, AGAIN, JUST REVIEWING THIRD GRADE READING, THIRD GRADE MATH, AND THEN COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS.
AND THIS FOR ME WAS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE THINGS IN ONE FIRST PART ABOUT IT.
AND THEN AS WE'RE LOOKING AT IT AND GOING, WHY DIDN'T THEY PICK THESE? BUT HERE ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FIVE-YEAR GOALS FOR BOTH COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS.
AND FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD FIVE-YEAR GOALS FOR STUDENT GROWTH, BROKEN OUT BY BROKEN OUT BY STUDENT GROUPS AND YOU'LL STUDENT TARGETS.
AND THEN THE READING ACADEMIES, WHICH WE ALL GOT A YEAR'S WORTH OF GRACE ON.
BUT, UM, I THINK THOSE HAVE TO BE COMPLETED.
OUR TEACHERS HAVE TO GO THROUGH THOSE AND COMPLETE THOSE THIS YEAR.
UH, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, UM, BUT WHY THIRD GRADE READING, THIRD GRADE MATH AND CC.
AND I HAD THIS QUESTION AT FIRST.
IT'S LIKE, WHY DID YOU PICK THOSE THREE? WHY ISN'T THERE SOMETHING LIKE Y'ALL SAID, ALGEBRA, WHY NOT EIGHTH GRADE ALGEBRA ONE? WELL, WHAT IT DOES AND LET'S REVIEW IT AGAIN, EARLY CHILDHOOD READING.
IF PRE-K TO THREE IS LEARN TO READ, THEN FOUR THROUGH 12 IS, IS TO LEARN, LEARN, TO READ, READ, TO LEARN.
HERE'S THE OTHER THING TO THINK ABOUT THAT I THINK IS KIND OF A NEW AHA MOMENT.
AND YOU GUYS PROBABLY ALREADY THOUGHT ABOUT THIS WITH YOUR PRE-K IS THAT WHEN WE STARTED DOING OUR PRE-K ANALYSIS, IT'S NOT JUST, PRE-K THROUGH THREE, BUT IT'S CRADLE TO CLASSROOM.
AND ONE OF THE BIG CHALLENGES IS, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR KIDDOS WHO ARE COMING INTO PRE-K THREES, UM, AND THERE'S ALREADY A GAP, HOW DO WE CLOSE THAT GAP
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AND AVOID DOING THIS? WHERE WE JUST GO UP, WE CONTINUE UP.AND THAT GAP IS STILL THERE THAT WE TRY TO CLOSE BY THE TIME WE GET TO THIRD GRADE.
SO TELL ME, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT Y'ALL'S PRE-K, UM, OFFERINGS HERE IN LANCASTER.
WHAT DO Y'ALL DO? SO PRE-K THREE, YOU HAVE ALL DAY, THREE, HALF DAY, THREE
AND THEN WHAT ABOUT FOURS? THEY'RE FULL DAY.
YEAH, WE, WE ENDED UP DOING THAT TOO.
WE WENT TO A FULL DAY FOURS AND THEN HALF DAY, HALF DAY AND SOME FULL DAY THREES, BUT WE ALSO HAD TO COME IN BECAUSE OF COMP ED.
WE WERE USING UP ALL OUR COMP IT, AS WE CAME IN WITH A TUITION BASED.
SO ABOUT OUT OF OUR 3000 KIDS PER GRADE LEVEL COHORT, 8, 1850, 1900 QUALIFIED, AND THEN THE OTHERS ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS.
BUT CLOSING THAT, ARE YOU ALL SEEING THAT SAME CHALLENGE WITH CRADLE TO CLASSROOM? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT OR YOU THOUGHT ABOUT IT WASN'T IN TERMS OF KIDS COMING TO PRE-K BUT ALREADY HAVING, UM, A GAP IN VOCABULARY FLUENCY OR ARE Y'ALL SEEING THAT AS WELL, OR OKAY.
BECAUSE IT'S, AGAIN, THAT FIRST TEACHER IS NOT HOME.
SO WE'RE NOT, EVERYONE IS THE SAME.
SO YES, WE DO SEE KIDS WHO COME TO PRE-K CORE OR A KINDERGARTEN WHO ARE READING AND SOME WHO DON'T DO THAT.
WE DO SEE THAT GAP FROM THE JUMP WHERE YOU WANT TO SEE THAT GAP CLOSE IS ABOUT SECOND GRADE, SOMETIMES THIRD, BUT I ACTUALLY CHALLENGE THEM.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT, THAT, UH, UH, GAP CLOSED BY SECOND GRADE, IS THAT KIND OF A HALLMARK OF LANCASTER
SO I JUST DO MEETS AND KATRICE.
I DISPENSED WITH COURTESY TITLES, BUT, UM, THAT IS A REALLY, YOU'RE THE FIRST SUPERINTENDENT I'VE HEARD.
WHO'S TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THAT WAY OF HAVING SECOND GRADE AS THE FOCUS, UM, VERSUS WE TEND TO BE A LITTLE MYOPIC ON THIRD GRADE.
SO THAT'S AN INTERESTING, I GOT TO DO IT BEFORE IT'S DUE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? ALL THE WAY THROUGH IT'S TIME FOR YOU GET THERE'S A MEASUREMENT IN THIRD GRADE AND TRULY IT'S MONITORING BEGINNING AND EARLY, HOW TO ROLL THE KIDS ARE WHEN THEY GET HERE DURING PHONICS ANALYSIS, LEARNING THROUGH.
NO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THE SPRINGS TO THOUGHT, AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT SOME YEARS BACK, WAS ACTUALLY INVITING, UH PRE-K IS WITHIN THE CITY OF LANCASTER TEACHERS TO COME AROUND PD SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO EQUIP THEM WITH THE
NOW THEY KNOW SOME, THERE HAS BEEN SOME, SOME EXPENSES, OUR CALENDARS DON'T ALWAYS THINK.
SO WE DO NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB SEEKING OUR CALENDARS WITH THEM.
BUT THAT IS A GREAT ADVANTAGE.
AND WE WOULD OFFER THAT TO THEM FREE.
OH, SO YOU PUSH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DOWN IN YOUR EYES.
I MEAN, FOR READING LITERACY AND NUMERACY ARE KEY FOR EVERYTHING WITHOUT THAT, YOU DO NOTHING ELSE.
SO THEN LET ME, LET ME GO TO NUMERACY THEN YOU WANT TO COMMENT ABOUT, OKAY.
UM, TO ME AGAIN, THEY'RE GOOD.
THEY GO HAND IN HAND, UM, AND YOU CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THIRD GRADE TO SEE IF THEY HAVE THE SKILL SET.
SO YOU ARE MONITORING THAT, LOOKING FOR GROWTH AND LOOKING TO SEE WHERE THOSE, NOT JUST WHERE THE GAPS ARE, BUT WHERE ARE WE LACKING IN THE SKILLS? UM, AND SO IT'S REAL TRICKY AT THAT AGE, IN MY OPINION, BECAUSE SOMETIMES I'M QUESTIONING WHETHER TESTING OR ASSESSING THE KIDS THROUGH ACADEMIC SKILLS OR THEIR SKILL WITH A COMPUTER OR A BUBBLE, SOMETIMES THAT CAN BE A CHALLENGE.
AND NOW THEY'RE CUTTING AND PASTING AND DROPPING ALL KINDS OF ACTIONS.
THOSE ARE SKILLS THAT A STUDENT MUST HAVE IN ORDER TO TAKE THE ASSESSMENT.
AND IT'S NOT THAT BUBBLE SHEET.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TACTILE WARNING, UM, THEN I'M INTERESTED IN YOUR PERSPECTIVE ABOUT, DO YOU UTILIZE A LOT OF THOSE, UM, TWO 70? EXACTLY.
YOU CANNOT JUST TEACH IN FROM THE TEXTBOOK, BUT THAT'S BOTH SCIENCE AND MATH BECAUSE A LOT OF KIDS DIED
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YOUNG BECAUSE THEY CAN'T READ, THEY ALSO HAVE TO SEE IT.SO WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE DO SO ANOTHER COVID.
SO NOT JUST, UM, AGAIN ALSO WE DO THE, THE VISUAL FORMAT TOO, BECAUSE A LOT OF KIDS NOW, YOU KNOW, LIKE ONE OR THE OTHER FINGERTIPS, WHICH IS GREAT, HE'S ORDERED 2000 IPADS OR LOWER GRADE.
NO, ONE-TO-ONE NOW THAT WAS THE BIGGEST BLESSING WE HAD DURING COVID IS WE'D ALREADY DONE ONE.
AND THEN COLLEGE AND CAREER MILITARY READINESS ADDRESSES GRADES FOUR THROUGH 12.
LOOK, I TALKED ABOUT A MOMENT AGO AND WHEN I LOOKED AT Y'ALL'S, UM, UH, DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
SO YOU CAN TELL ME YOUR VISION STATEMENT, ANYONE, ANYONE THAT'S NEW.
SO THAT'S THE NEW VISION STATEMENT.
SO Y'ALL GOT RID OF EVERY GRADUATE OF SUCCESS.
WE HAVE SEVERAL AND SEVERAL OF THEM.
WELL, AND I LIKE BOTH OF THEM BECAUSE HERE'S HOW WE DO THIS.
WE HAVE ONE OF THEM, THE DIPLOMA, IT'S ALL GOOD, BUT I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU IT, YOU LOOK ABOUT IT.
AND EVERY GRADUATE SET IS, IS IDENTIFYING EACH KID AS INDIVIDUAL SUCCESS.
AND WHEN I'VE TALKED ABOUT LIFE READY A LITTLE WHILE AGO, IT'S IS THE BEST PART OF OUR JOB.
AS A BOARD MEMBER IS A GRADUATION WHERE THE KIDDO WALKS ACROSS THE STAGE.
WE SHAKE THEIR HAND, THEY WALKED BACK ACROSS, DOWN THE STEPS INTO THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.
AND SO OUR HOPE IS BOARD MEMBERS.
IS IT ONE OF TWO THINGS HAPPEN EITHER THAT GRADUATE HAS EARNED A SENIOR AT THE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY OR POST-SECONDARY TRAINING OF HIS CHOICE, HIS OR HER CHOICE, OR THEY'RE PREPARED FOR A CAREER THAT PAYS THEM A LIVING WAGE.
AND SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT EVERY, THAT'S WHY I LIKED KIND OF THE SUCCINCTNESS, AND USUALLY I'M A LITTLE BIT BROADER, BUT EVERY GRADUATE OF SUCCESS IS WHEN YOU ARTICULATE WHAT THAT SUCCESS MEANS IN LANCASTER AND THE GOOD THINGS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE GOING ON FROM A CAREER READY AND FROM A COLLEGE READY.
SO WHATEVER THE NEW VISION STATEMENT IS, OR THE VISION STATEMENT OF THE DAY OR THE WEEK IS IF YOU CAN CONNECT THAT BACK TO YOUR KIDS, IT'S HUGE.
AND, AND ONE OF, AGAIN, IT'S A PARADIGM, BUT JUST SO THAT YOU HAVE THIS PERSPECTIVE IN A SMALL TOWN, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY WANT EVERY KID I'M GOING TO GO TO COLLEGE.
WHY? BECAUSE THEY DON'T COME BACK.
YOU KNOW, THEY GO TO COLLEGE AND THEY LEAVE, BUT THEY'RE CHALLENGES LIKE YOU ALL ARE DONE WITH ALGEBRA ONE IN EIGHTH GRADE, IS IT IF THEY'RE GRADUATING YET OR WHEN THEY GET THERE, WHEN THEY GET THERE, YOUR, YOUR GOAL, YOUR GOAL, YOUR GOAL.
I WANT TO SAY YOU'VE GOTTEN THERE.
THE GOAL IS THAT THEIR KIDS HAVE THE OPTIONS.
AND SO THEIR PERSPECTIVE IS, IS WE DON'T WANT TO LIMIT OUR KID'S OPTIONS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHANNEL THEM TO COLLEGE READY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE TEND TO DO IN THE BIG CITY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS HAVE THE OPTION IF THEY SO DESIRE.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY COME BACK FOR US.
AND YEAH, IT'S BOTH, IT'S BOTH.
AND SO HOW DO WE, AS A BOARD NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO HOW DO WE DO OUR JOBS? OKAY.
HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR STUDENT LEARNING THAT THE DISTRICTS ACCOUNTABLE THAT WE CREATE, WE CLEAR THE PATH, CREATE CONDITIONS FOR STUDENT AND STAFF SUCCESS AND ENGAGE LOCAL COMMUNITY, AND THEN DEMONSTRATE RESPONSIBLE SCHOOL GOVERNANCE.
Y'ALL THIS ONE IS HUGE AS WE TRY TO REGAIN OUR FOOTING AS WE COME BACK BACK FROM COVID AGAIN.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT GOAL SETTING HERE.
AND, UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ACHIEVING OUR DISTRICT VISION AGAIN, IT'S HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE LIFE READY? WHETHER IT BE COLLEGE READY OR CAREER.
SO YOU IDENTIFY WHERE WE ARE TODAY TO WHERE WE WANT TO BE.
AND THAT GAP BECOMES THE GOAL.
SO JUST REAL QUICK, WHAT IS THE STATUS OF Y'ALL'S STRATEGIC PLAN? ARE YOU ALL IN THE PROCESS OF THAT? WHAT, YES, WE ARE.
THIS IS STANDING UNTIL WE FINISHED WITH OUR COMMUNITY REVIEWS OF WHAT WE HAVE, BECAUSE WHAT WE DID, UM, I GUESS PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL IN 2020 OR 19, UM, SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE STILL VIABLE, HOWEVER, AFTER COVID WHAT HAS CHANGED AND WHAT CAN WE DO THAT WE'RE WORKING FROM THIS DOCUMENT, BUT ALSO FROM A, IT HAS TO BE FLUID BECAUSE TRULY, I WOULD SAY PERSONALLY, I DON'T DO YOUR BODY PLAN BECAUSE, SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
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YEP.SO WE USE IT AS AN I, BUT HOW WE GET THERE.
SO AS WE TALK ABOUT GOALS, THEN HOW DO WE DETERMINE? AND I'M TALKING ABOUT ACADEMIC GOALS HERE AGAIN.
UM, I DID ONE TRAINING AND I SAID, HOW MANY GOALS DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR DISTRICT? AND THIS, UM, ONE TRUSTEE SAID WE HAVE 247.
AND I SAID, NO, THOSE ARE YOUR DIP OBJECTIVES.
BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT HOW MANY OUTCOME, HOW MANY STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS SHOULD YOU HAVE THAT ARE ACADEMIC RELATED? UM, TYPICALLY IT'S THREE TO FIVE, UM, BECAUSE YOU HAVE A HIGHER LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESS, ANYTHING ABOVE FIVE, YOUR, YOUR LIKELIHOOD OF ACHIEVING MORE THAN TWO, UH, DECLINES, UM, AGENT.
KRAYBILL HAD AN INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE THAT HE SHARED, AND IT TIES A LOT SMILING WITH, UH, DESOTO THOUGH, ABOUT GOAL SETTING.
AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, BOARDS, YOU'VE GOT TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT, UM, ABOUT YOUR GOAL SETTING, BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE ONE GOAL, THEN A HUNDRED PERCENT OF YOUR RESOURCES IS, UM, ALLOCATED TO THAT GOAL.
IF YOU HAVE TWO GOALS, YOU'VE NOW REDUCED IT BY 50%.
IF YOU HAVE THREE GOALS, YOU'RE DOWN TO 33%.
SO YOU'VE GOT, GOTTA BE THOUGHTFUL AND INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE NUMBER OF GOALS THAT YOU HAVE, UM, THAT ARE GOING TO GUIDE YOUR DISTRICT.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN ALL DAY THREE.
YOU DO WHAT I SAY? THAT'S ONLY EVOLVING.
THAT'S ONLY IF ALL THINGS ARE EQUAL.
SO LET'S TALK FOR A MOMENT ABOUT STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS.
UM, FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE BLESSED AND THERE'VE BEEN IN A HIGHER PERFORMING DISTRICT, WE KNOW THAT, UM, OUR STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS SHOULD DESCRIBE WHAT STUDENTS KNOW OR SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO.
IT INCLUDES A BASELINE TARGET POPULATION AT A DEADLINE.
THEY CHALLENGED THE ORGANIZATION.
THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE US STRETCH A LITTLE BIT.
UM, THEY REQUIRE SOME TYPE OF ADULT CHANGES, WHETHER IT BE ON THE PART OF BOARDS AND THE WAY WE CONDUCT OUR WORK, WHETHER IT'S CURRICULUM, WHETHER IT'S INSTRUCTION OR PROGRAMS, BUT THEY REQUIRE US TO GET OUT OF OUR DOING WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS DONE AND EXPECTING DIFFERENT RESULTS.
THEY'RE INFLUENCEABLE BY THE SUPERINTENDENT.
AND AGAIN, IT'S THERE THE SUPERINTENDENTS FIRST PRIORITY FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION.
SO THAT'S WHAT A GOOD STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS SHOULD DO.
AND WE TALK ABOUT SMART ALL THE TIME AND, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC, MEASURABLE, ATTAINABLE, RELEVANT, AND TALKING ABOUT, BUT REALLY AGAIN, YOU WANT TO IDENTIFY GOOD GOAL IDENTIFIES THE POPULATION OF STUDENTS, THE BASELINE, WHICH IS THE STARTING POINT, THE TARGET, WHICH IS OUR GOAL FOR THE DESIRED FUTURE STATE, AND THEN THE DEADLINE WHEN WE EXPECT IT TO HAPPEN.
AND WE ALL THINK THAT THAT'S PRETTY MUCH A GIVEN NO THAT'S LOGICAL KIM, WHY ISN'T EVERYBODY DOING IT? WELL, HERE'S SOME SPECIFIC, HERE'S SOME GOALS THAT ARE FROM A BOARD GOALS FROM AROUND THE STATE.
SO WHICH GOAL DOES STRIPES DRIVE STUDENT PERFORMANCE FAST? YOU'D BE SURPRISED AT THE NUMBER OF DISTRICTS THAT WILL HAVE A GOAL THAT SAYS INCREASE THE PERCENTAGE OF KIDS READING ON GRADE LEVEL.
IS THAT A GOOD GOAL? ABSOLUTELY NOT WHICH KIDS, HOW MANY, WHERE DO WE START? WHERE WE END UP VERSUS THE PERCENT OF STUDENTS WHO SCORED THE MEETS LEVEL? SO OUR TARGET GROUP IS WHO ON THIS THIRD, THIRD GRADERS.
MATES ON READING WILL GROW FROM 47 TO 60% BY 2024.
YEAH, BECAUSE, UM, THE FIRST PART IS THE GOAL.
THE SECOND PART TRULY IS THE PERFORMANCE DEBT.
THAT'S WHERE YOU GET YOUR MEASUREMENTS.
NOT NECESSARILY ALWAYS BURN THE BOAT.
I LIKED THAT BECAUSE THAT'S YOU A TEAM OF EIGHT THAT'S WHERE YOU GUYS ARE GOING WITH THAT LEVEL OF DISCUSSION? I DON'T KNOW IS I THINK BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS TO GET THERE AND I THINK JUST, JUST NARROWING IT TO ONE PIECE OF MIND INCREASED, YOU CAN HAVE MORE THAN ONE PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE ON THAT ONE MOMENT.
SO IT WILL BE THAT THAT'S HOW AND HOW YOU IT.
SO HOW WOULD YOU DO THAT RIGHT THERE? BUT I WOULD ALSO PROBABLY MEASURE ANOTHER GRADE THAT IS CRITICAL.
IS IT ONLY JUST THIRD GRADE? LIKE I SAID EARLIER, THE SECOND I WOULDN'T TO DO SECOND, OR I CAN DO MULTIPLE GRADES.
AND AS ONE, IF YOU COULD HAVE ONE TO ONE PERFORMANCE AGENDA AND SO COOL.
AND WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THAT IS WHILE YOU'RE, YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT, WHILE THIS IS REQUIRED BY THE STATE.
I KNOW FOR US, WE HAD, UM, WE HAD SUB GOALS UNDERNEATH THE THIRD GRADE READING GOAL WHERE WE ADDRESS CLOSES SPECIFICALLY CLOSING THE OPPORTUNITY GAP.
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UNDERNEATH THAT UMBRELLA GOAL HAVE GOALS THAT ARE MORE SPECIFIC, UM, FOR SPECIFIC FOR Y'ALL.AND THAT IS A GREAT DISCUSSION.
AND THEN ALSO IDENTIFYING WHAT THE EVALUATION DATA SOURCE IS FOR THAT AS WELL, AS OPPOSED TO JUST, OH, LET'S SEE IF YOU GET THIS PERCENTAGE, BUT INTERNALLY, ARE WE REALLY, WHAT DO WE MONITOR? YOU KNOW, HOW DID YOU LEARN? WE ARE GOING TO GET TO THAT NEXT.
I'M GOING TO REMEMBER THAT SOFTBALL THAT YOU'VE TALKED TO ME AND I'M A KID HERE IN JUST A MOMENT, BUT WE'LL START WITH YOU.
WE'LL START WITH GOING TERRIBLE.
UM, WE'LL START WITH THE GOALS.
AND SO THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FROM A DATA DASHBOARD STANDPOINT.
YOU'VE GOT YOUR OVERALL GOAL, YOUR BASELINE BROKEN OUT BY YOUR STUDENT GROUPS WITH YOUR FIVE-YEAR PLAN, WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO FILL IN YOUR ACTUALS.
ARE YOU ALL, DO YOU ALL HAVE YOUR OWN DATA DASHBOARDS THAT YOU USE OR ARE THOSE IN PROGRESS? YES, YES, YES.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO THINGS GOING RIGHT NOW.
I REALIZED, I THINK BACKWARD TO ME, IT'S NOT ENOUGH LAYERS OF THE ONION TO PEEL BACK.
UM, SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S DESIGNED ONE FOR US.
THAT WOULD BE CUSTOMIZED JUST FOR A DISTRICT THAT IS INCREDIBLY EXCITING AND GIVES DAILY UPDATES VALUE.
YOU HAVE TO GO IN AND TRY AND RUN THE REPORT FOR A DATE FOR DAVEY.
THAT IS, THAT JUST MAKES MY PALM SWEAT.
SAME THING FOR THE REASON I'M PUTTING THESE GOALS UP.
Y'ALL IS THIS IS, THIS IS OUR STARTING POINT FOR THE GOALS FOR THE BOARD GOALS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET TO GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES IN A MOMENT.
THAT'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT.
SAME THING, INCREASING THAT BEING SPECIFIC IN THE STUDENT POPULATION, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE THE STARTING POINT, THE ENDING POINT, AND THEN MAKING SURE IT'S TIME BOUND.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT, I LOVE WHERE YOU WERE GOING.
HOW DOES THE BOARD KNOW THAT PROGRESS IS BEING MADE? HOW ARE WE GOING TO PREDICT IT? SO WE LOOK AT THE TYPES OF ASSESSMENTS THAT WE HAVE, AND, YOU KNOW, FOR US AS BOARD MEMBERS, WE WERE TYPICALLY KIND OF MYOPIC IN THE PAST.
UM, REALLY WE FOCUSED ON STAR AT ONE POINT IN TIME, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE OUR INTERIM TESTS OR INTERIM ASSESSMENTS AND THEY WOULD BE BENCHMARKS.
A LOT OF TIMES IT WAS THE BENCHMARKS THAT WE CREATED IN OUR OWN DISTRICT.
UM, THERE, AND THOSE BENCHMARKS WERE CHANGED.
WE WERE NEVER REALLY, UM, LOCKED IN TO ANY PARTICULAR DATA THAT WE USED AND THAT DATA WAS FLUID DEPENDING ON WHAT OUR CURRICULUM DIRECTORS BROUGHT BACK.
BUT WE HAVE THESE INTERIM BENCHMARKS, UM, AND THEN THE FORMATIVE IN THE CLASSROOM, WHICH, WHICH INFORMS HOW WELL THE STUDENTS ARE GRASPING ONTO THE CONCEPT, WHETHER IT'S A QUIZ, ASSIGNMENT, PROJECT, HOMEWORK, OR CHECKS.
SO HOW DID WE KNOW THAT PROGRESS IS BEING MADE, LEADING UP TO THE STAR? IS THOSE INTERIM ASSESSMENTS.
AND FOR US GOLD PROGRESS MEASURES ARE TALK ABOUT IT EARLIER.
WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT LET THERE BE LIGHT.
AND THEN WE TELL IF THE LIGHT'S BRIGHT ENOUGH.
SO GOLD PROGRESS MANAGER MEASURES CHANGE THE, THE MINDSET OF WHERE WE WERE AS BOARD MEMBERS.
REMEMBER FOR MANY YEARS WE WOULD TRACK DATA, BUT WE WOULDN'T MA WE WOULDN'T ACT UPON IT DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, BUT WE WOULD TRACK IT.
AS I LIKE TO SAY, THEY WERE 40 PAGES.
AND THE PROPORTION OF WORDS TO DATA WAS ALWAYS DOWN HERE.
AND AS I LIKE TO SAY, THEY WERE ALWAYS GOOD TO USE OF COLOR, LOTS OF WORDS, AND GOOD USE OF COLOR, BUT KIND OF LIGHT ON DATA.
WELL NOW WITH GOLD PROGRESS MEASURES, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ARE KATRICE TO YOUR POINT SPECIFIC INDICATORS YOU USE TO DETERMINE IF A STUDENT OUTCOME GOAL IS LIKELY TO BE MET OR NOT.
AND THEY INCLUDE THE SAME THING AS A GOAL, A BASELINE, A TARGET, UH, THE POPULATION AND THE DEADLINE THEY'RE PREDICTIVE OF THE GOAL AND THEIR INF INFLUENCEABLE BY THE SUPERINTENDENT.
SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IF THIS WAS OUR THIRD GRADE READING, AND THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE GOLD PROGRESS MEASURES THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT YOU'RE GOING TO MONITOR AS BOARDS, THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT IS GOING TO BRING BACK TO YOU AND SAY, HERE'S WHERE WE ARE.
AND EITHER WE'RE GOING TO STAY THE COURSE OR WE'RE GOING TO COURSE CORRECT.
AND WHERE THE BOARD ADOPTS THE GOALS, IT'S THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HER ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM THAT OWN THE GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES.
SO, UM, IN KATRICE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL WORK THROUGH THE SHIFT.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIRD GRADE READING AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE POTENTIAL GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES I MADE A DIVING BOARD.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD COMMUNITY DATA DIVE WHERE WE'VE LOOKED AT THOSE THINGS AS WELL.
AND WE HAVE ASSIGNED, UM, EACH OF OUR GOALS
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ARE ASSIGNED TO SPECIFIC DEPARTMENTS.LIKE THE FIRST ONE HERE IS, IS, UM, ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH MEANINGFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCES IN ORDER TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE MONITORING, UM, INCREASE THE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT FORECAST TESTING PERFORMANCE.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT IDENTIFYING HOW WE'RE ADJUSTING THE CURRICULUM AS I WAS SHARING EARLIER.
UM, AND FOR GOOD, NOT RETURN ON INVESTMENT, BUT A GOOD RETURN ON INSTRUCTION.
I'M LOOKING AT THOSE THINGS IN, I CAN'T SHOW YOU, BUT I CAN SHOW YOU, I DO HAVE A MONITORING, UH, NOT A DASHBOARD, UM, FORM OF REVIEW THAT WE HAVE THE GOAL FORMS, OBJECTIVE THE STRATEGIES.
AND HE TELLS ME THIS AND HOW THIS IS FOR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, THEIR REVIEWS, AND THEN I'M MONITORING ON AN ONGOING BASIS.
IT'S CONSTANTLY BEING UPDATED.
AND THEN LOOKING AT THE PROGRESS ON MY TEAM ON A REGULAR BASIS, I DON'T LIKE SURPRISES.
HOW DO YOU ALL, HOW DO YOU RELIEVE THAT WITH, WELL, WE HAVEN'T REALLY DONE MUCH OTHER THAN THE DATA DIE AND COMMUNITY PIECE AND JUST MONITORING THAT.
UM, I GUESS THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION I NEED TO ASK MY PROBATION WAS THAT INFORMATION YOU HAD ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE IS WHERE'S THE ACTION THAT DOES NOT MEAN ABSOLUTELY NOTHING MOST TIMES TO ANYONE.
AND THEN THE BACK, I CAN SEE WHETHER THEY ARE HIGH OR LOW OR CHANGING, BUT WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT? THAT'S WHAT NUMBERS ARE ONLY PART OF THE STORY.
THIS IS THE, UM, THIS IS WHAT ALSO CAME OUT OF HOSPITAL THREE IN TERMS OF BOARD WORK REQUIREMENTS IS THAT THE MONITORING PROGRESS AND THE MONITORING, UH, CALENDAR.
AND SO THE SCHEDULE, THIS IS THE PROPOSED MONITOR IN EVERY DISTRICT IS DIFFERENT.
EVERY TEAM OF EIGHT IS DIFFERENT, BUT, BUT FOR A HIGH, A BEST PRACTICE IS MONITORING EACH GOAL AT LEAST FOUR TIMES A YEAR.
SOME DUE TO PUBLIC, SOME DO IT AS A PART OF A SUPERINTENDENT, QUARTERLY CONFERENCE OR COMBINATION OF THE TWO, UM, MONITORING NO MORE THAN TWO MORE, TWO GOALS A MONTH, UM, AND INCORPORATED INTO THE BOARD MEETING AGENDAS AND PLANNING CALENDAR SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHEN THOSE MONITORING IS COMING UP, BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU FROM A BOARD MEMBER STANDPOINT, I WOULD ALWAYS BE SO FRUSTRATED.
MY, MY BIG THING WITH POST-SECONDARY INDICATORS, AP SAT ACT.
AND I WAS LIKE, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET AN UPDATE? AND I WOULD FIND IT TO BE SO FRUSTRATING, BUT WEAVING IT INTO YOUR BOARD MEETING AGENDA.
AND YOUR PLANNING CALENDAR IS HUGE.
AND YOU ALL, DO YOU HAVE A PLANNING CALENDAR? I KNOW THIS SOUNDS LIKE A STUPID QUESTION.
THERE ARE A LOT OF DISTRICTS THAT DON'T, THIS IS LIKE AN AHA.
SO WE'VE ALSO HAD TO TAKE A REPORT, UM, PRESENTATIONS, WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING UP IN NOVEMBER BECAUSE THAT'S ONE, I THINK THERE'S REQUIRED, BUT WE DID ONE BACK IN DECEMBER.
I THINK THIS PORT RIGHT HERE KIND OF GOES BACK TO WHAT I MENTIONED WITH THE, UH, DIP
WE HAVE REVIEWED THE DIP WITH THE BOARD AND AS WELL AS WE HAVE SCHOOLS THAT ARE COMING IN REVIEWING THEIR INFORMATION AS WELL, I THINK THEY COULD SPEAK BEST TO THAT AS OPPOSED TO BE THEIR CIP CAMPUS.
SO, SO TELL ME YOUR, YOUR BOARD ACADEMIC GOALS.
YOU'VE GOT AN ACADEMIC GOAL FOR THIRD GRADE READING AN ACADEMIC GOAL, THIRD GRADE MATH, YOUR CCNR.
UM, AND THEN IS THE PLAN TO X, DO YOU HAVE OTHER GOALS OR IS YOUR PLAN TO EXPAND IT? LIKE YOU TALKED ABOUT ALGEBRA.
SO THOSE ARE JUST, SOME OF THOSE ARE STRATEGIES YOU'VE BEEN, I CAN'T JUST SAY THAT OVERALL ARCHING, I SHARED EARLIER WITH YOU SAYING ABOUT THE EIGHT ONE GOAL EACH YEAR.
AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, I PUSHED BACK ON THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY PUT IT IN THERE.
SO, UM, THOSE THINGS GO ALONG WITH IT.
OTHERWISE YOU'RE JUST FOCUSING IN ONE AREA, RIGHT? SO ARE YOU GOING TO INCREASE THE NUMERACY AND HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT? EXACTLY.
I CAN TELL YOU I DO IT IN, AND THEN THE PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES ALLOWED ME TO TRULY MEASURE THAT AS YOU SHOWED THERE, BECAUSE I CAN SAY I'M GOING TO INCREASE IT, BUT IF IT GOES, IT GOES AT ONE POINT, IS THAT REALLY A GOOD JOB? AND I WAS LIKE, YOU'RE NOT EXACTLY.
UM, NOW IF IT'S FOR SOMEONE WHO INDIVIDUAL STUDENT THERE'S SOME PROGRESS, NOT THAT I ACCEPTED, BUT PROGRESS IS PROGRESS, RIGHT.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT TEAM OF VAGUE DISCUSSION AS YOU GUYS ARE MOVING FORWARD IS HOW MANY GOALS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE.
I KNOW IN RICHARDSON WE HAVE OUR THREE HOUSE BILL THREE REQUIRE, BUT WE DID ALSO WE'VE WE NEED TO FOCUS ON HIGH LEVEL MATH.
SO ALGEBRA ONE AND HERE'S TO YOUR POINT, THIS IS A PERFECT, PERFECT EXAMPLE.
TREES ARE, OUR ALIGNMENT IS WE HAVE K THROUGH SIX
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AND THEN SEVEN, EIGHT.SO WE HAVE, AND THEN NINE, 12.
SO WE HAVE A REAL CHALLENGE WITH MATH BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO WHAT YOU'RE DOING, WHICH IS COMBINED SIX, SEVEN, AND EIGHT BECAUSE OUR KIDS ARE ON ANOTHER 4,100 CAMPUSES.
SO, BUT OUR KIDS WERE LAGGING.
SO WE HAD TO MAKE ALGEBRA ONE, A GOAL, AND THEN TRUST THE SUPERINTENDENT, DR.
STONE TO SAY, GO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
YOU KNOW, OH, THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF A SMALL DISTRICT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T ALIGN CURRICULUM BETTER THAN YOU CAN IN BIG, LARGE, EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE THEIR OWN ENTITY.
SO THAT'S, THAT WAS OUR FOURTH GOAL.
AND THEN OUR FIFTH GOAL, WE HAD A REAL CHALLENGE WITH GRADUATION RIGHTS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S AN, YOUR POINT CMR IT'S WOVEN INTO, WE NEED TO MAKE IT A PRIORITY.
THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY IS ONE THAT'S POST COVID GRADE.
SO THAT'S POST WE'RE STILL IN.
SO, SO THAT'S YOUR, THAT'S YOUR, AS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT NEXT STEPS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS WENT TO.
ONE, ONE, UH, YOU KNOW, PUT, PUT IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND, PUT ON YOUR PARKING.
LOT OF, YOU KNOW, MARY, AS YOU GUYS ARE GOING FORWARD, AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR GOALS AS A BOARD, THIS IS SOMETHING TO TAKE INTO MIND AND, AND ALREADY THE CONVERSATION IS ROBUST AND I CAN SEE THE WHEELS OR THE WHEELS ARE SPINNING.
SO, UM, SO DOES SCHOOL BOARDS MATTER? WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO SOME, SOME, UH, BOARD BASICS HERE, GUYS, UM, AND, AND GO BACK TO GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP AND I CAN GIVE YOU ALL OF THE DIFFERENT, UH, DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS AND THE IOWA, UH, LIGHTHOUSE STUDY.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS HIGH PERFORMING BOARDS CAN INCREASE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
4% HIGH PERFORMING BOARDS CAN INCREASE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT 4%.
AND I NEVER REALIZED WHAT OUR EFFORTS, OUR COLLECTIVE EFFORTS CAN DO FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
SO AGAIN, HOW DO WE ASSURE THOSE HIGH EXPECTATIONS THAT WE'RE ACCOUNTABLE? WE CREATE CONDITIONS, ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITY AND THEN DEMONSTRATING GOOD GOVERNANCE.
I WANTED TO BRING IN THIS TEAM OF EIGHT.
I DID THIS TRAINING ARE THIS PRESENTATION FOR SUPERINTENDENTS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THE REGION 10 SUPERINTENDENTS CONFERENCE.
AND ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THEY HAD IS THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN SUCH TURBULENT TIMES RIGHT NOW, UH, POLITICALLY, SOCIALLY, UM, PEOPLE ARE, ARE AFRAID THERE'S HEALTH ISSUES.
AND AS A RESULT, WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT PEOPLE LOOK FOR IN TIMES OF, UH, DISCOMFORT, INSTITUTIONS OR PEOPLE TO BLAME, AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY'RE GOING TO, AND WE'VE SEEN EXAMPLES OF IT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THEY'RE GOING TO LATCH ON TO A SIMPLE SOLUTION, OR THEY'RE GOING TO LATCH ON TO A SIMPLE SLOGAN, SOMETHING THAT GIVES THEM A FEELING OF STABILITY AND COMFORT AGAIN.
SO HOW DO WE AS BOARDS? AND THIS IS HUGE.
AND SOME OF THIS IS, IS A GOOD REVIEW.
AND SOME OF IT IS OUR JOB AS LEADERS IN THE DISTRICT OF HOW DO WE INSTILL, AS I LIKE TO SAY, STABILITY, CONSISTENCY, AND PREDICTABILITY FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES, AND I'LL, I'LL, I'LL SHARE THIS STORY AND WE'RE ALL EXPERIENCED BOARD MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE OF US THAT HAVE BEEN IN OUR DISTRICTS A LONG TIME.
YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M JUST KIM CASTRO.
YOU'RE TAUGHT, YOU'RE CANNIBAL.
AND YOU'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY NO DIFFERENT.
I, I DON'T WANT TO BE ANY DIFFERENT I'M, I'M NOT, I'M, I'M MAYBE A BOARD MEMBER, BUT I'M STILL KIM AND I'LL NEVER FORGET.
UM, ONE OF OUR PRINCIPALS CAME TO ME WHO HAD BEEN MY SISTER'S SIXTH GRADE TEACHER, HER CLAIM TO FAME AS MY SISTER THREW UP ON HER SHOES, WHICH OUR FAMILY'S NEVER FORGOTTEN, BUT I SAID, OKAY, I'M JUST CAM, YOU KNOW, I STILL WANT TO BE KIM.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW EVERYBODY IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND SHE SAID TO ME, SHE SAID, YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE A BOARD MEMBER AND IT'S DIFFERENT.
AND IT'LL ALWAYS BE DIFFERENT AS LONG AS YOU'RE A BOARD MEMBER.
AND YOU NEED TO REMEMBER THAT.
AND I'VE NEVER FORGOTTEN THAT BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR MAYORS, YOUR CITY COUNCIL, YOUR BOARD PRESIDENT, YOUR OFFICERS, AND THE SCHOOL BOARD, WE'RE LOOKED AT AS LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHETHER WE FEEL THAT WAY OR NOT.
AND WITH THAT COMES A CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE'VE ALWAYS GOT TO BE MINDFUL OF, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS WE'RE IN THIS ROLE.
SO HOW DO WE PROVIDE STABILITY AS A BOARD, CONSISTENCY AND PREDICTABILITY.
AND WE LOOKED AT IT THROUGH TURBULENT TIMES, WHICH I TALKED ABOUT, WHY JUST, AGAIN, REVIEW POSITIVE MESS, MESSAGING, EFFICIENT AND PROFESSIONAL BOARD MEETINGS, AND HIGH-PERFORMING TEAMS OF EIGHT.
SO THIS IS THE SECTION THAT'S GOING TO TAKE US HOME.
AND SO I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOU GUYS AS COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK.
SO SCHOOL BOARDS NOW ARE GROUND ZERO FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND WHY THERE'S THREE REASONS FIRST, BECAUSE THEY'RE EMOTIONAL BECAUSE WE, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE
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FOR THE TWO THINGS THAT PEOPLE VALUE MOST THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR MONEY, AND NOT ALWAYS IN THAT ORDER, BUT CHILDREN AND THEIR MONEY.AND WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT.
THE SECOND ONE IS BECAUSE THEY'RE ASSESSABLE.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, NOBODY GOES TO AUSTIN TO TESTIFY.
THERE'S A FEW OF US THAT GO, BUT THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO TO AUSTIN AND TESTIFY.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WAIT IN LINE.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT, BUT WE'RE LOCAL.
WE'RE IN SCHOOLS OR ADMIN BUILDINGS.
WE ARE ELECTED FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS.
AND SO THERE'S A FAMILIARITY WITH THAT.
CAROLYN, HOW MANY TIMES, WHETHER YOU SHOP AT GROCERIES OR TOM THUMB OR WHEREVER THE SOMEBODY COMES UP TO YOU IN THE PRODUCE SECTION AND YOU HAVE ICE CREAM IN YOUR CART AND THEY GO, THIS IS NOT THE BEST TIME TO ASK YOU THIS, BUT THEN THEY RECEIVED THE ASK YOU AND YOUR ICE CREAM MELTS.
AND YOU'VE GOT TO GO BACK, BUT, BUT WE ARE, WE ARE, AS I LIKE TO SAY, WE ARE ELECTED, NOT COMPENSATED PUBLIC OFFICIALS.
TYPICALLY THERE'S BEEN NO PARTISAN ELECTION SUPPORT WAR, CHEST, AND WE'RE PERCEIVED NOW.
AND YOU'VE SEEN IT ALL ACROSS THE METROPLEX AS WINNABLE BATTLEGROUNDS, WHERE THEIR PEOPLE ARE RUNNING TO REPRESENT A POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE, A POLITICAL PARTY, OR AN IDEOLOGICAL, UM, UM, UH, IDEOLOGICAL IDEA, WHATEVER THAT THEY HOLD.
WE'RE PERCEIVED AS A WINNABLE BATTLEGROUND.
IT WASN'T LIKE THAT FOR ME IN 2007, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T LIKE THAT FOR YOU IN THE NINETIES.
YOU KNOW, WE WERE HERE TO DO ONE THING WHICH WAS TO SERVE ALL KIDS.
AND THEN FINALLY, BECAUSE THEY'RE CONVENIENT.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT TYPE OF DARN IT, CONSISTENT MESSAGING IS THE KEY.
WE'RE A FACEBOOK POST AWAY WE'RE HERE.
SO WE'VE BECOME GROUND ZERO FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
SO WHAT YOU SAY, SORRY, WHEN YOU SAY THAT WE'RE HERE FOR MORE THAN JUST SERVING THE CHILDREN IS BECAUSE ONE, WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND YOU COME TO A BOARD TO A BOARD MEETING, YOU ARE IN A LEADERSHIP POSITION AS A BOARD, UH, WE ONLY HAVE ONE EMPLOYEE AND THAT IS THE SUPERINTENDENT, CORRECT? SO I LOOK AT MORE THAN JUST SERVING THE CHILDREN AND THE ORDER FOR THE CHILDREN TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
THERE HAS TO BE A STRONG CONNECT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.
AND FROM THE SUTURE KINDNESS, FROM MOVING THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT, TENS OF CLASSROOMS OF A CHILD, THAT'S GOTTA BE A STRONG CONNECTION BECAUSE WE DON'T GET INTO DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FINANCES, THEN IT GOVERNANCE AND UNDERSTANDING OUR ROLE.
I REAL ROLE AS, AS A POOL BOARD, KNOWING HOW WE CAN EFFECTIVELY BRIDGE THAT WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT, THEN THAT WAY, GUESS WHO WE HAVE HELPED MORE THAN ANYTHING, THE CHILDREN THAT'S RIGHT.
AND SO WE, WHEN WE SAY, OKAY, WE HAVE SCHOOL BOARD, WERE YOU HERE? WHEN YOU GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY CHILD GETS WHAT THEY NEED, WE DON'T KNOW THAT WE RELIED ON THAT SUPERINTENDENT TO BRING THAT TO US AND SHOW UP.
CAUSE YOU, YOU MISS THE SCREEN THAT I REALLY WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING, OH, I'M OUT.
AND IT WAS, HOW DO WE KNOW THAT WE ARE LEAVING OUR GOALS? EVERY CAMPUS, EVERY CLASSROOM TEACHER HAS THE TEST, THAT CHILD ON THAT CAMP.
AND SO WHEN THAT CHILD WAS TESTED, THEN YOU LOOK AT, I HAVE A SCIENCE CLASS OVER HERE VERSUS ANOTHER SCHOOL.
THEN I DISTRICT STUDENTS AND WE BRING IT ALL TOGETHER TO COME OUT WITH THAT ONE DISPARATE OF THIRD GRADE.
AND SO WE LOOK AT ATTENDANCE, WE LOOK AT, UM, WE SHOULD ALWAYS LOOK AT THE, WE HAVE A CERTIFIED QUALIFIED TEACHER IN THAT CLASSROOM.
WE HAVE A TEACHER THAT SHOW UP.
AND SO I WOULD JUST THINK ABOUT ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
THAT, THAT IS WHAT I BELIEVE BOARD MEMBERS NEED TO HEAR.
THEY REALLY, THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE THE CHILDREN? YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE PROTECTED.
CAN YOU EFFECTIVELY MAKE A SOUND DECISION ON FINANCES? CAN YOU EFFECTIVELY BRING A SUPERINTENDENT INTO THE DISTRICT THAT MEETS THE FALL PROTECTION CLINIC CRITERIA CRITERIA THAT YOU HAVE SET, BUT THE WHOLE DISTRICT AND THAT WHAT WOULD BE THE FIRST YOU ARE, YOU ARE SPEAKING TO INFORMED OVERSIGHT.
CAROLYN, I LOVE THAT YOU WERE SPEAKING TO INFORMED OF YOUR TIME WITHIN OUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE CHARGED TO DO.
AND YOU'RE ALSO SPEAKING RESPECT TO THE GOVERNMENT'S CAUGHT,
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YOU KNOW, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE STAY ABOVE THE LINE WHERE WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE, UM, SET WHAT THE WHAT AND THE SUPERINTENDENT BELOW THE LINE, WHO DOES THE, HOW, BUT HER CHALLENGE IS SHE STRADDLES THAT LINE BECAUSE SHE'S BOTH WORKING WITH A TEAM OF EIGHT AND ALSO EXECUTING.SO I LOVE THAT INFORMED OVERSIGHT AND THE GOVERNANCE.
SO I WANT TO COME BACK TO, UH, THE THINGS, THE THING, BECAUSE HERE'S WHERE BOARDS HAVE STRUGGLED, UH, COMING THROUGH COVID AND WE'VE SEEN IT ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE THING OF THE THING, THE THING IS THE THING IS WE HAVE FOUND OURSELVES BEING TAKEN OFF THE ACADEMIC TASK.
GRANTED, WE NEEDED TO BUY CO THE PROTOCOLS AND MASK, BUT WE'VE ALSO FOCUSED ON SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING.
WE FOCUS ON EQUITY, AND THEN I CALL THIS, FILL IN THE BOX, WHATEVER WHATEVER'S IN THIS BOX, THAT THAT IS, UM, APPROPRIATE TO YOUR DISTRICT, BUT WHAT WE FOUND OURSELVES DOING, AND THEN A LOT OF DISTRICTS AND I'LL USE COVID AS AN EXAMPLE IS WE GOT MYOPIC ON COVID PROTOCOLS AND ON MASS POLICIES, BUT WE NEVER TIED IT BACK.
AND WE HAVE THIS CHALLENGE IN RICHARDSON TO ACADEMICS.
WE NEVER SAID, WE KNOW KIDS LEARN BEST WHEN THEY'RE IN SCHOOL.
AND SO TO DO THAT, WE'VE GOT TO PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT, WHICH MEANS HERE'S OUR CRITERIA FOR OUR PROGRAM, OUR COVID PROTOCOL, INCLUDING MATH.
AND WHEN WE HIT THESE MILESTONES, WE'LL MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT.
BUT FOR NOW, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT KIDS LEARN BEST WHEN THEY'RE IN SCHOOL.
AND OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS ACADEMICS.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR PROTOCOLS FOR 20.
TALK ABOUT IT FOR 20 MINUTES AND THEN MOVE ON AND LET'S TALK THE NEXT TWO HOURS ABOUT ACADEMICS, SOCIAL, AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND EQUITY.
WE KNOW THAT KIDS LEARN BEST THAT ARE VALUED, WHO SEE THEMSELVES IN THE CLASSROOM WHO HAVE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT THAT CAN EXPRESS THEMSELVES, WHO CAN WORK IN GROUPS THAT CAN WORK, UM, HAVE THE SOFT SKILLS, THE LIFE SKILLS THAT THEY NEED.
AND WE DO THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL ACADEMICALLY.
SO WHY WOULDN'T YOU PUT THAT FIRST SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING? THERE'S THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO WORK TO THIS.
THIS IS JUST, THIS IS JUST, THIS IS JUST BOXES.
HOWEVER YOU WANT IN, IN SMALLER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THESE BOXES HAVE TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
THE THING THAT TOTALLY DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO THIS IS WHERE A LOT OF BOARDS, MAYBE NOT YOUR BOAR, BUT A LOT OF BOARDS HAVE STRUGGLED COMING OUT OF COVID GETTING RESET, ADDRESSING SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING, ADDRESSING EQUITY FOR US, AND IN LARGER SUBURBAN URBAN DISTRICTS AND TYING THAT BACK AND BEING ABLE TO ARTICULATE IT TO OUR COMMUNITY OF THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON ACADEMICS.
AGAIN, YOU WERE MORE OF A HIGHER PERFORMING, A MORE INVOLVED EVOLVED DISTRICT.
SO THAT MAY NOT BE AS CHALLENGE OR FOR SOME DISTRICTS HAVING A REAL HARD TIME.
I'M ACTING AS I, I USUALLY I USE THE PHRASE MASS LOTION FOR BLOOMS. IF YOU DON'T SAY THAT AGAIN, COUNTRIES CLOSE BEFORE BALLOONS, YOU KNOW, MEET THE SEL, THE BASIC NEEDS OF AN INDIVIDUAL SAFETY, ALL THOSE THINGS.
YOU CAN HAVE THE BEST GUY FOR THROWING THEM OUT THERE AND IT DOESN'T MATTER.
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU DON'T CREATE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.
THAT'S NOT WHAT'D YOU HAVE ACADEMICALLY DOESN'T MATTER.
YOU DON'T GIVE KIDS ACCESS OPPORTUNITY.
UM, TO ME, UM, DOESN'T MATTER.
SO AGAIN, MASS LOADS BEFORE, BEFORE BALLOONS.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED FROM COVENANT? WHAT ARE THE FOUR THINGS THAT SCHOOL DOES THAT SCHOOLS PROVIDE? THE DISTRICTS PROVIDE ACADEMIC, UM, ACADEMIC LEARNING, BUT ALSO WE ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY, PHYSICAL SAFETY AND SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL WELLNESS.
WE FOUND THE DEPUTY DO WHAT AND CONNECTIVITY, CONNECTIVITY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GO BACK AND DO A LITTLE REVIEW HERE OF MESSAGING.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UM, TEAM OF EIGHT POSITIVE MESSAGING, AGAIN, COME BACK TO ANCHORING THE MESSAGE, HOW THIS, WHATEVER THIS DOES IMPACTS ACADEMICS, GET INTO THAT NARRATIVE.
AS YOU'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, AS BOARD MEMBERS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT POSITIVE COMMUNICATION, THE CONSISTENCY OF MESSAGING BECOMES ESSENTIAL.
AND THAT'S WHERE YOUR SUPERINTENDENT AND MONET COME IN TO COME INTO PLAY, UH, PROVIDING THAT CONSISTENT MESSAGING, UM, APPROPRIATE TEAM OF EIGHT COMMUNICATION LINES FOR STABILITY AND PREDICTABILITY AND CONSISTENCY AND MESSAGING TO STAFFING COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN YOUR SMALL TOWNS THAT DON'T HAVE A ROBUST COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TEND TO STEP OUT OF THEIR LANE A LITTLE BIT,
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AND THEY BECOME THE DRIVERS OF POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, FACEBOOK, AND THERE THEY'RE PROVIDING INCONSISTENT MESSAGING, BUT IT'S MAKING SURE THAT YOUR ANCHOR TO IT.AND THEN I CALL THIS THE RULE OF THREE.
IF I HEAR SOMETHING THREE TIMES FROM THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THREE DIFFERENT PLACES, I KNOW THAT THERE IS POTENTIALLY SOMETHING THERE THAT I NEEDED TO LET MY SUPERINTENDENT KNOW AGAIN, THE FIRST TIME IF I HEAR IT FIRST TIME HERE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
OKAY, SECOND TIME, THIRD TIME.
I'M LIKE, OOH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I NEED TO LET KATRICE.
AND HER TEAM KNOW THE RULE OF THREE.
YOU'RE TALKING BIG, COME IN ON THAT.
BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK BOARDS FAIL TO REALIZE WHEN YOU, WHEN, WHEN YOU RECEIVED YOUR PACKET AND YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT'S IN THAT PACKET, BUT YOU HAVE TO COME BACK AS A GOOD LEADER AND THINK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS.
AND THE FIRST THING IS THAT NONE OF THE PARENTS, UH, NONE OF THE EMPLOYEE UNDERSTAND WHY EVERYBODY'S OVER HERE, BECAUSE NOBODY'S SAYING ANYTHING, A PRESENTATION I VOTE.
AND I, AND YOU MOVE ON, YOU HAVE TOTALLY MISCOMMUNICATED SOMETHING WITH THE PUBLIC.
NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THE BOARD IS DOING, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT THE THROAT, BUT WE ARE A SILENT, WE ARE IN A SILENT MODE OF LEADERSHIP, WHICH IS DANGEROUS IN OUR POSITIONS.
SO I HAVE ALWAYS HAD THAT, UH, ALWAYS HAD THAT CONCERN IS THAT NO, THE ONLY QUESTION IS THE INCORRECT QUESTION YOU CAN ASK AROUND IT DIES IS THE ONE THAT YOU DON'T.
AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT, WE'RE GONNA, WE TALK ABOUT, UH, UH, BOARD MEETINGS HERE IN JUST A MOMENT AND I'M SO GLAD YOU WERE, YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME.
I MEAN, JUST KEEP TOSSING IT UP THERE AND I'M GOING TO KEEP HITTING THE FOREHEAD.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP, CAROLINE.
I WANT YOU TO HOLD IT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE DIVE INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT DEEPER.
UM, AS WE LOOK AT THE SUPERINTENDENTS ROLE AGAIN, TO ANCHOR MESSAGE, WE'RE DOING THIS TO SUPPORT AGAIN, CONSISTENCY OF MESSAGING, BUT THE COMMUNICATION LINE FOR A SUPERINTENDENT IS THERE THE COMMUNICATION LEADERSHIP FOR MESSAGING, THEY CREATE THE CENTRAL INCLUSIVE, THE LIST OF PRIORITIES.
STEPHANIE ALONZA IN AUSTIN CAME OUT IN SEPTEMBER, UH, AT HER LEADERSHIP MEETING FOR HER PRINCIPALS AND STAFF AND SAID, COMING OUT OF COVID HAS BEEN HARD, BUT OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY THIS YEAR IS ACADEMICS.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THE THINGS WE'VE DONE, BUT OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS ACADEMICS.
AND THEN EVERYTHING, UM, UH, CASCADED DOWN FROM THAT, YOUR SUPERINTENDENT IS YOUR QUOTE, HEAD CHEERLEADER FOR THE DISTRICT RESULTS IN ACCESS.
YOU KNOW, I HAD BOARD MEMBERS THAT WOULD BE SIR, TEND TO YOU SERVE SUPERINTENDENT AND WOULD LIKE TO GET OUT, GET OUT AHEAD AND MAKE THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS ON FACEBOOK OR SOCIAL MEDIA FIRST.
AND WE HAD TO BACK UP AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU'VE GOT TO ALLOW YOUR SUPERINTENDENT TO TAKE THE LEAD ON THOSE.
UM, FROM A SUPERINTENDENT STANDPOINT IS IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE COME ABOUT BEING TRANSPARENT, BUT IT'S REALLY HONEST, EMPATHETIC BEING CLEAR AND SIMPLE.
AND BECAUSE WE KNOW NOW, WHAT DO WE KNOW FOR SURE, CELL PHONES EVERYWHERE.
AND CELL PHONES ARE EVERYWHERE.
I WAS WALKING MY DOG LAST WEEK AND THERE WAS A KINDERGARTEN BOTTLE OVER THE FENCE, RIGHT THERE, A LITTLE PARKS NEXT TO OUR, MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FILMING HER KIDS AT RECESS.
AND I SAID, UM, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? SHE SAID, WELL, MY DAUGHTER, THEY WERE PLAYING, UM, I DON'T KNOW, IT WAS LIKE RED ROVER OR SOMETHING.
AND SHE CAME HOME BREW SUNLIGHT.
YEAH, THAT HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, BUT, UH, CELL PHONES ARE EVERYTHING.
AND REMEMBER THE HUMAN SIDE, PEOPLE HAVE GONE TO GREAT GREATLY.
IT'S THE SECOND GRADE TEACHERS THAT STAY UP AT THE SCHOOL UNTIL TWO 30 IN THE MORNING AND DRINK 17 CUPS OF COFFEE.
SO THAT THEY'RE PREPARED FOR THE NEXT DAY FOR WHATEVER ACTIVITY THE KIDS ARE GOING TO DO OR, OR OPEN HOUSE OR WHATEVER.
BUT IT'S, IT'S CONNECTING THAT HUMAN STORY.
WHAT, WHY IS THE BIBLE? IT'S A GREAT BOOK BECAUSE IT'S A BOOK STORES, IT'S A BOOK STORIES.
AND THEN FINALLY, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OUR ROLE, AGAIN, IS THAT CONSISTENCY OF MESSAGES GETTING OURSELVES IN THE HABIT OF REGROUNDING, WHO RESIGNED IN OUR COMMUNITY JUST TO, TO, UH, CONNECT HER INTO ACADEMICS.
AND OUR COMMUNICATION LIFE IS WE SUPPORT IT.
WE EMPHASIZE AND LINK OUR DISCUSSIONS TO ACADEMICS AND BOARD MEETINGS.
THE CONVERSATIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT ACADEMICS IN BOARD MEETINGS IS NOT ONLY FOR YOUR INFORMATION, BUT IT SENDS A SUBTLE MESSAGE TO YOUR, THE COMMUNITY THAT THIS IS A BOARD THAT VALUES ACADEMICS.
WE, AS A BOARD MEMBER, WE ASKED NOT WHAT IS THE PROGRAM, BUT HOW THE INITIATIVE OR PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE MESSAGED TO THE COMMUNITY SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT THIS IS THAT WE'RE AWARE OF THAT.
AND THAT COMMUNICATION, THAT TWO WAY COMMUNICATION IS IMPORTANT.
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WE SUPPORT OUR DISTRICT MESSAGING, BUT WE DON'T LEAD IT.AND THEN WE FOLLOWED FOUR OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR BOARD MEMBER COMMUNICATIONS.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES, UM, I TALKED TO A BOARD MEMBER TODAY, RICHARDSON, AND SHE SAID, KIM, I GOT 400 EMAILS ON ONE SIDE OF THE COVID MASK YESTERDAY.
AND I'M GOING TO, AND I KNOW THAT THE OTHER SIDE IS GOING TO SEND ME 400 MESSAGES TOMORROW.
AND SHE SAID, WHAT DO I DO WITH IT? I SAID, YOU HAVE YOUR FOLLOW YOUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES ON HOW YOU RESPOND TO MESSAGES IN OUR DISTRICT.
WE DIDN'T RESPOND INDIVIDUALLY.
THAT THAT WAS THE JOB, SORRY, MARY OF THE BOARD PRESIDENT, WHO WAS THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE GROUP.
AND SO I WAS FORWARDED TO, TO OUR BOARD PRESIDENT WITH A COPY TO DR.
STONE, IF THAT WERE THE CASE, BUT YOU GROW UP, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE YOUR OWN BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR BOARD MEMBER COMMUNICATING OR OPERATING PROCEDURES.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT ALONG WITH PROVIDE CONSISTENCY AND PREDICTABILITY SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW WE'RE GOING TO RESPOND.
THE WORST THING YOU CAN HAVE HAPPEN IN THE SOUP.
WELL, THERE'S MANY THINGS THAT WE DO AS BOARD MEMBERS, BUT IT'S FOR INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS TO RESPOND TO EMAILS AND EACH ARE GIVEN A DIFFERENT RESPONSE TO THE SAME ISSUE.
AND SO THAT CONSISTENCY OF MESSAGING BECOMES HUGE.
UM, REALLY, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT I WAS COMING TO THIS WORKSHOP TO TALK ABOUT THAT ROLE AS A, UH, UH, AS A BOARD MEMBER CONNECTING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, MY VISION FOR TEAMMATE MAY BE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT I SEE, BECAUSE A LOT OF THINGS WE AS BOARD MEMBERS SHOULDN'T, SHOULD IT BE A FLORIDA SHOULD UNDERSTAND, DON'T HAVE MAYBE ONE AFFECTIVE TRAINING BOARD MEMBERS NEED EFFECTIVE TRAINING AND NOT SOMEONE THAT'S NOT YOU.
THIS IS BASICALLY FROM BEING IN A LEADERSHIP POSITION, BECAUSE ONE THING THAT I KNOW I HAVE TO DO, AND I CANNOT GET ELECTED AND COME ON THE BOARD AND DON'T DO IT, I HAVE TO BE AN EFFECTIVE GERMANIC CATER TO ANYONE TO WALK UP TO ME, JUST DON'T SAY, HERE'S THE SUPERINTENDENT NUMBER, CALL THE SUPERINTENDENT, BUT EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE RIGHT, YOU GOT TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY IN THIS EDUCATION.
THAT'S FALLING OUT IS BOARD MEMBERS JUST DON'T.
THEY, THEY, THEY GO TO TRAINING, THEY RECEIVE TRAINING, THEY GET THE CREDIT, BUT AS, BUT THEY DON'T ACTUALIZE IT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT, DO YOU BUILD INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER CAPACITY BECAUSE CAROLYN YOU'RE RIGHT FOR AN EXPERIENCED BOARD MEMBER, THERE IS NOTHING WORSE THAN A COLLEAGUE.
WHO'S NOT COMMITTED TO THEIR OWN, THEIR OWN BROKEN AND DEVELOPMENT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW AN INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER DOES THAT HERE.
UM, UH, JUST GIVE ME FIVE SLIDES AND I'LL TAKE YOU THERE AS A MATTER OF FACT.
UM, WHAT I DID WANT TO DO THOUGH, IS LET'S TALK ABOUT BOARD MEETINGS FOR A MOMENT.
AGAIN, WE'RE COMING OUT OF COVID AND WHAT I WANT YOU ALL TO THINK ABOUT IN A BOARD MEETING IS THAT EVERYTHING COMMUNICATE SO KATRICE.
WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR BOARD MEETINGS, DO YOU INVITE YOUR STAFF? OKAY.
SO YOU'VE GOT YOUR PRINCIPALS, EXECUTIVE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS TO CHIEFS.
HOW ABOUT COMMUNITY MEMBERS DO Y'ALL HAVE MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT COME TO WELL, OR MAYBE IF NOT AS WELL, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT HERE'S THE THING BECAUSE YOU, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER GUYS ABOUT BOARD MEETINGS.
AND A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DID, I MEAN, FOR YEARS WE WENT AND DIDN'T HAVE A SINGLE VISITOR, RIGHT? NEVER HAD A VISITOR.
THEN YOU SHOW UP ONE DAY AND YOU'VE GOT FOUR HOURS WORTH, WHICH PLEASE TAKE, PLEASE TAKE THE FORK OUT OF MY EYE, BUT IN A BOARD MEETING, AND THIS IS A GREAT PRACTICE AND A GREAT REVIEW TO GET BACK INTO IT AGAIN, IS THAT YOU WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO HEAR, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO THINK AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO FEEL COMING OUT OF YOUR BOARD MEETING AND THE LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM, WHETHER IT'S JUST THE TEAM OF EIGHT OR IT'S THE ENTIRE STAFF OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IS ESSENTIAL EVERY TIME.
WHY? BECAUSE YOU WANT TO INFUSE PEOPLE AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE, THAT YOU'RE DOING THE WORK WITH COMPETENCE, CONFIDENCE, AND CONVICTION.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT IN A MOMENT.
SO FROM A C STANDPOINT, IS WHAT IS YOUR ROOM SET UP? LOOK LIKE? I KNOW THAT SOUNDS, UM, PRETTY BASIC, BUT IT'S MAKING SURE YOUR FLAGS ARE IN PLACE, THE PODIUMS IN PLACE, YOUR BOARD TABLE, YOUR AREA IS SET UP, IT'S CLEAN, IT'S CHRIS.
UM, THEY SEE THE LEADERSHIP WHO'S DRESSED APPROPRIATELY FOR A BOARD
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MEETING.YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF, I MEAN, I'LL ADMIT IT.
WHEN I STARTED OFF ON ZOOM, I WAS IN A FULL SUIT, YOU KNOW, WITH HEELS IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA.
AND BY THE TIME THAT WAS OVER, I HAD ON MY BLAZER WITH MY FLANNEL PJ'S AND MY SLIPPERS, YOU KNOW, BUT I HAD TO GET BACK TO WHERE IN MY FULL SUIT AGAIN, AND IT'S IMPORTANT WHETHER IT WAS, UH, UH, A BOARD MEETING OR WORK SESSION, WHAT ARE THEY HERE, CAROLYN, TO YOUR POINT? WHAT IS THE CONVERSATION? DID THEY HEAR, DO THEY HEAR BOARD MEMBERS SPEAKING WITH COMPETENCE? WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
CONFIDENCE, CONFIDENCE IN THE STAFF AND IN THE SUPERINTENDENT AND CONVICTION CONVICTION THAT WE'RE MAKING INFORMED DECISIONS THAT ARE BEST FOR KIDS LONG AFTER WE'VE TAKEN THAT BOAT.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHETHER IT'S SEVEN O WHATEVER THAT VOTE IS, IS THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE HAVE CONVICTION THAT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, BECAUSE WE'VE DONE.
WHAT DO THEY THINK THAT WE'RE KNOWLEDGEABLE, WE'RE THOUGHTFUL.
AND WE DO IN LANCASTER ISD, WE DO INFORM DECISION-MAKING, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE GET THERE.
AND THEN HOW DO THEY FEEL CONFIDENCE IN THE TEAM OF A, THEIR WORK IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF STUDENTS AND STAFF, AND THAT THIS IS A BOARD THAT MAKES GOOD DECISIONS.
YOU WANT YOUR COMMUNITY TO RESPECT THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AS A BOARD.
SO EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FROM SEE, HEAR, THINK, AND FEEL HAS AN IMPACT ON HOW THE COMMUNITY PERCEIVES LANCASTER ISD.
AND IT'S REFLECTED THEN BACK TO THE STAFF AND, UM, AND IN THE CLASSROOM.
SO JUST TO REVIEW WHAT A CRISP AND PROFESSIONAL BOARD MEETING LOOKS LIKE, AGAIN, AS WE START WITH THE AGENDA AND WE MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CRISP AND TIGHT.
AND SO WHAT I'LL WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT IS THE ITEM ORDER CONVEYS THE BOARD'S PRIORITIES.
WHAT YOU DO FIRST IS WHAT YOU VALUE MOST.
OKAY? IT'S NOT THE BUSES, IT'S WHAT YOU DO.
WHAT YOU DO FIRST ACADEMICS IS WHAT IS YOUR WORK PRIORITY? YOU USE YOUR CONSENT AGENDA TO CREATE SPACE FOR YOU TO HAVE THE DISCUSSIONS AND THE TIME, TIME, THEN TO FOCUS ON ACADEMICS AND THEN INFORMATION AND ACTION ITEMS BEGINNING WITH THE END IN MIND.
AND MARY, THIS IS HUGE FOR A BOARD PRESIDENT OR ANYBODY WHO'S GOING TO SERVE IN THAT BOARD PRESIDENT ROLE, UM, IN THE FUTURE IS I ALWAYS WORKED WITH MY SUPERINTENDENT AND THE PRE-MEETING TO SAY, IN THIS INFORMATION OR ACTION ITEM, WHAT ACTION DO YOU WANT THE BOARD TO TAKE? IS IT, ARE WE GOING TO VOTE? IS IT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ASK QUESTIONS FOR MORE INFORMATION? WHAT, WHAT ACTION DO YOU WANT THE BOARD TO TAKE TO MOVE THIS INITIATIVE FORWARD? OKAY.
SO THAT'S TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM A WORK SESSION TO A GENERAL MEETING.
AND THEN WHAT INFORMATION DOES THE BOARD NEED TO MAKE THAT DECISION? IF THE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS, I NEED A DECISION ON X, Y, Z, AND AS BOARD PRESIDENT, YOU'RE SAYING, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THE VOICE AND WILL OF THE BOARD IS TO SAY, WE DON'T HAVE A WRITING THIS LEVEL YET TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
IT'S, IT'S YOUR JOB TO HELP INFORM THE SUPERINTENDENT ON WHAT INFORMATION SHE NEEDS TO BRING BACK TO THE BOARD.
SO YOU MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION, AND THAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT PRE-MEETING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE A WEEK OR 10 DAYS AHEAD OF TIME.
AND THEN FINALLY, IT'S THE FOCUS ON YOUR ACADEMIC GOALS AND YOUR GOAL PROGRESS, MONITORING THE TARGET, THE HIGHEST PERFORMING WARDS SPEND 50% OF THEIR TIME ON ACADEMICS, 50%.
I'M GOING TO TALK, I TALK IN A MINUTE ABOUT WHAT I CALL THE KILLER BEES AT BOARD MEETINGS, WHICH WILL MAKE THE LAUGH, BECAUSE WE ALL LOVE TO TALK ABOUT THEM, BUT THAT'S YOUR GOAL, HUH? YEAH, YEAH.
YOU ALREADY, YOU ALREADY KNOW 50% OF THE TIME OF MEETING, NOT ACADEMICS.
YOUR BOARD AGENDA IS CRITICAL.
AND, AND THE OTHER THING TO LOOK AT IS THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR BOARD GENERAL MEETING AND YOUR BOARD WORK SESSIONS, AND DON'T CONFUSE THE TWO BECAUSE IT CONFUSES THE COMMUNITY.
YOUR BOARD GENERAL MEETINGS ARE THERE TO CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THE BOARD AND YOUR WORK SESSIONS ARE THERE TO TALK ABOUT IT, TO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE, TYPICALLY INTO YOUR ACADEMICS FOR PREPARATION, CAROLYN, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SAY, AMEN.
AND HOW WILL YOU ARRIVE HERE? OKAY.
THE BOARD, THE BOARD RECEIVES THEIR AGENDA AND INFORMATION WITH SUFFICIENT TIME TO PREPARE.
AND KENDALL WILL LOOK AT YOU FOR A MOMENT.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE AS EXPERIENCED BOARD MEMBERS IS WE GO KENDALL, HERE'S YOUR PACKET.
AND WE'D NEVER TELL A NEW BOARD MEMBER HOW TO PREPARE.
I'VE BEEN A MENTOR MANY, MANY TIMES.
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YOU KNOW, I NEVER REALLY SAID, THIS IS HOW YOU PREPARE.I MEAN, I'VE WALKED A BOARD MEMBER THROUGH IT, BUT WE HAVE TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL.
AND THE FEEDBACK YOU CAN GIVE KENDALL TO A BOARD MEMBERS WITH LOTS OF EXPERIENCES AS SAY, IN MY FIRST YEAR, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL IF I HAD HAD X, Y, AND Z, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO INFORM IT FOR THOSE THAT COME, WHO ARE GOING TO STAND ON YOUR SHOULDERS.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO TELL BOARD MEMBERS HOW TO PREPARE AND THEN QUESTIONS.
WE QUESTION FOR CLARITY AND UNDERSTANDING AND PURPOSEFUL.
IT'S OKAY TO ASK QUESTIONS FOR CLARITY AND UNDERSTANDING, HAVING A PURPOSE TO THOSE QUESTIONS.
UM, WHAT INFORMATION DO I NEED TO MAKE A DECISION WHEN YOU GET YOUR PACKET? I UNDERSTAND THIS, THIS AND THIS, BUT I NEED TO ASK MARY AND KATRICE.
THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS I'M GOING TO HAVE MONDAY NIGHT, BECAUSE NO SURPRISES OR GOTCHAS, YOU ALL WORSLEY.
THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT ARE BAD.
TWO THINGS THAT ARE REALLY BAD IN A BOARD MEETING.
THE FIRST IS A SUPERINTENDENT SHOULD NEVER SURPRISE THE FOUR.
AND THE SECOND IS A SUPERMAN SUPPORT SHOULD NEVER SURPRISED THE SUPERINTENDENT EVER.
BECAUSE WHAT THAT DOES IS, IS A, IS A BOARD MEMBER.
AND YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN BOARDS DO THIS.
AND THEN THAT BOARD MEMBER THINKS THEY'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, THE GREATEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD, YOU HAVE JUST CUT YOUR SUPERINTENDENT AND YOUR OTHER COLLEAGUES OFF AT THE KNEES.
AND YOU'VE CREATED CHAOS AND YOU'VE CAUSED A LACK OF CONFIDENCE.
REMEMBER COMPETENCE, CONFIDENCE, AND CONVICTION ON THE PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE BOARD.
AND THE THING IS, IS YOU'VE GOT, SOMEBODY ARE EXPERIENCED BOARD MEMBERS.
YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT AT INFORMATION AND ACTION ITEMS TIED DIFFERENTLY THAN KENDALL WILL.
AND SO THE QUESTIONS YOU ASK HELPS KENDALL, BECAUSE THOSE ANSWERS SHOULD GO BACK TO THE BOARD IN ADVANCE OF THE BOARD MEETING.
SO IF YOU'RE WORKING AGAIN AS A TEAM OF EIGHT, OKAY, SO YOU'VE PREPARED AND THEN THE BOARD ARRIVES ON TIME AND THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE PREPARED.
I GOT TO TELL YOU THE THING THAT I USED TO REMEMBER BACK IN THE DAY, YOU GUYS, WHEN WE HAD THE, UM, WHEN WE HAD THE MANILA ENVELOPES FOR OUR BOARD PACKETS, AND IT'D BE, IT'D BE, OH, Y'ALL, Y'ALL, DON'T HAVE BOARD BOOKS.
IT'D BE, IT'D BE FIVE OF SIX, RIGHT? AND YOU'RE SITTING AT THE, AT THE BOARD TABLE AND YOU HEAR THIS RET.
AND I THINK TO MYSELF, OKAY, THEY HAVEN'T READ THEIR PACKET.
AND SO NOW TODAY'S THING IS, UM, UH, BOARD MEMBERS WILL SHOW UP WITH THOSE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE BOARD BOOK.
AND FOR THE FIRST 15 MINUTES, THEY'RE HEADS DOWN BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE PANICKING, TRYING TO LOG INTO BOARD, BUT THEY CAN'T REMEMBER THEIR PASSWORD.
SO THEY'RE EMAILING THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT.
SO AS I USED TO TELL THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS THAT IT WAS SICK NEXT TO ME, AND I CALLED HIM, I GO, YOU KNOW, ED WENT OVER THERE AND DOES, HAS NOT PREPARED.
AND SHE'D GO, HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT? AND I SAID, WELL, I'M LIKE BILL MEYER.
UM, BY PREPARATION, BY THE QUESTIONS THEY ASK, I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T READ THE SUPERINTENDENT UPDATE.
I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T DONE THE WORK ON THE WORK, BUT I, YOU KNOW, THAT WAY I CAN AGREE WITH, AND I TOLD YOU WHY IT'S BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE READ YOUR BOARD PACKET, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND SOMEBODY MAY COME UP.
THAT WILL RAISE A QUESTION THAT LOOKED LIKE, GOTCHA.
BUT IT'S NOT BECAUSE THAT QUESTION WAS COVERED.
AND THEN WE HAD BOARD MEMBERS ALSO GOT TO LOOK AT AS LEADERS IN A POSITION BECAUSE YOU READ IT AND UNDERSTAND IT.
SOMEONE COULD COME UP INTO DO A PRESENTATION, OR THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN PRESENT SOMETHING.
BUT THE MOST PEOPLE THAT WE ARE SERVING, THEY DON'T HAVE A PRETTIER.
THEY DON'T HAVE NO, I'LL GO BACK.
THE ONLY BAD THING YOU CAN DO IS NOT SAY I ASK, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU READ IT IN YOUR PACKET, GUESS WHO OWN THAT KNOWLEDGE AND YOU RIDE.
BUT CAROLYN, THIS IS MY POINT.
IF YOU'RE ASKING A QUESTION FOR CLARITY AND UNDERSTANDING, YOU CAN ASK PATRICE, I CAN ASK HIM ANY QUESTIONS AS I WANT TO.
RIGHT? IF YOU'RE ASKING A QUESTION FOR CLARITY AND UNDERSTANDING SO THAT YOU MAKE THE BEST INFORMED DECISION, YOU ABSOLUTELY SHOULD DO THAT AS A BOARD MEMBER.
BUT IF YOU'RE ASKING A QUESTION AS A GOTCHA, THERE'S A D AND YOU KNOW WHAT? WE KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOTCHAS AND ASKING A QUESTION FOR CLARITY AND UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, AND I'M GUILTY.
I MEAN, I'LL TELL YOU, WE HAVE AN ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF SECONDARY WHO WAS, DIDN'T REALLY, WASN'T A HIGH PERFORMER.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I ASKED HIM ONCE IN A MEETING, HOW MANY SECONDARY STUDENTS DO WE HAVE? I SHOULD HAVE NEVER ASKED THAT QUESTION.
I'VE GOT FORGIVE ME, BUT IT WAS A GOTCHA.
AND I'VE NEVER BEEN, YOU CAN TELL NINE YEARS LATER, I'VE NEVER, WELL, 14 YEARS LATER, I'VE FORGOTTEN.
WE KNOW THE DIFFERENCES BOARD MEMBERS
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BETWEEN THE GOTCHA AND CLARITY AND UNDERSTANDING, AND A SUPERINTENDENT WELCOMES A CLARITY AND UNDERSTANDING, OKAY.I TRIED TO CALL GORDON HALL AND ASK IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR I'LL SEND HIM A TEXT IF THEY'RE, AND MARY'S A GOOD CHECK-IN.
I KNOW WHAT I DID AS BOARD PRESIDENT.
AND WE KIND OF STARTED THIS AS ONCE I HAD MY MEETING WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENT IS WHEN THE AGENDA CAME OUT IS I WOULD SEND A QUICK EMAIL TO THE BOARD.
AND I WOULD SAY BY, BY INFORMATION OR ACTION ITEM, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS.
AND THIS IS THE PURPOSE OF IT, SO THAT WE WERE PREPARED AND WE KNEW WHAT TO EXPECT.
AND THEN WE, UM, AND THEN WE FOLLOWED UP WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL USE A SKIRT, UH, FOR YOUR BOARD MEETINGS.
I'VE BEEN WATCHING BOARD MEETINGS AROUND THE STATE, YOU KNOW, ON MONDAY NIGHTS I HAD MY OWN BOARD MEETING, SO I NEVER WENT TO ANYONE ELSE'S, BUT I'LL WATCH THEM.
AND IT'S AMAZING TO ME, ESPECIALLY THOSE BOARDS THAT DO, DO YOU ALL DO YOUR SESSION BEFORE A BOARD MEETING? UM, WELL, THE, THE NUMBER OF PORTS THAT WILL HAVE A CLOSED SESSION BEFORE, AND THEN AT SIX O'CLOCK, THEY COME INTO THE, UH, BOARD ROOM AND DO, OR THE AUDITORIUM AND DO THE MEETING AND THE PRESIDENT WILL GO WE'RE BACK.
AND I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOD, YOU SAID THAT OUT LOUD.
SO WHEN YOU HAVE EVERYTHING COMMUNICATES, WHAT DO WE SEE IN HERE? SO YOU HAVE THE WELCOME AND THE CALL TO ORDER THAT SETS THE TONE FOR THE MEDIA.
AND I ACTUALLY WRITTEN TWO, TWO SCRIPTS.
IF YOU, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THEM, ONE IS FOR A BOARD MEETING THAT STARTS WITH THE BOARD MEETING.
AND ONCE THAT STARTS WITH A CLOSED SESSION AND COMES BACK INTO, BUT I WOULD START MY MEETINGS.
IT'S LIKE, OKAY, ALL OF YOU GUYS HAVE KIDS WHO ARE ATHLETES OR YOUR ATHLETE.
WHAT IS IT, MAN? YOU'RE STANDING HERE.
YOU'VE GOT YOUR FEET, SHOULDER WIDTH APART.
AND YOU DID A GREAT JOB STARTING TONIGHT.
UM, I'M KIM CASSIN PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE RICH AND DR.
STONE, OUR SUPERINTENDENT, UH, RICHARDSON, INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I WELCOME OUR GUESTS, OUR VISITORS, OUR STAFF, STUDENTS, AND PARENTS TO OUR BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
BOOM, WE ARE ALL SET AND READY TO GO.
IT RECOGNIZES YOUR TEAM OF EIGHT AS A LEADERSHIP TEAM.
AGAIN, EVERYTHING COMMUNICATES AND IT'S A CRISP, CLEAR ORDER OF LEADERS AND WELCOME, YOU KNOW, SO MANY TIMES AS BOARD MEMBERS, WE'RE THE LAST TO BE INTRODUCED.
WE'RE NOTICED THAT LIKE YOU GO TO A CHAMBER MEETING AND THEY INTRODUCE EVERYBODY EXCEPT BOARD MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, LAST AND WE'RE KIND OF AN AFTERTHOUGHT.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GROUNDED AS, UM, LEADERS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, LEAD WITH YOUR BOARD ACADEMIC GOALS.
THIS IS SOMETHING NEW THAT WE DID IS THAT WE WOULD DO OUR, UM, I WOULD DO THE INTRODUCTION, THE PLEDGES, UM, Y'ALL DO INDICATION A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
UH, SOMETIMES A MOMENT OF VIOLENCE.
WE DO PLEDGES AND MOMENT OF SONGS.
CAUSE WE MIRROR OUR CLASSROOMS. THERE ARE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT HAVE A FULL BLOWN FIVE MINUTE PRAYER.
IT'S LIKE, IT'S LIKE, SOMETIMES I WONDER IF THEY'RE GONNA HAVE AN ALTAR CALL, DON'T HAVE IT.
BUT I'M LIKE, MAN, THIS IS A SMALL TOWN BECAUSE WE COULD NOT DO THAT.
YOU KNOW? UM, IN A, IN OFFER IN THE CITY.
NOW THAT DIDN'T MEAN IN MY MOMENT OF SILENCE THAT I WASN'T SAYING THE PRAYER, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO LEAD.
THE NEXT THING THAT CAME OUT OF IT IS WE ACTUALLY ROTATED WITH OUR BOARD.
WE WOULD SAY OUR S OUR BOARD GOALS AND SAY, OUR PURPOSE HERE IN MEETING TONIGHT IS FOR THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF OUR KIDS.
AND I HAVE ASKED TY JONES TO READ OUR OWN GOALS TONIGHT.
AND THAT WOULD SET THE STAGE FOR THE ENTIRE EVENING AND KNOW THAT WE WERE FOCUSING MORE ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.
AND THEN WE WOULD PROCEED WITH OUR MEETING.
IT'S SO, BUT IT CAN MEAN EVERYTHING COMMUNICATES.
THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN A REAL, A REAL CHALLENGE IN SOME DISTRICTS THIS YEAR IS JUST, THIS IS A BIG ONE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT WE HAD IS SETTING THE GROUND RULES FOR YOUR, IF YOU HAVE, UM, A LOT OF VISITORS WHO ARE GOING TO BE SPEAKING TO THAT NIGHT, IT'S JUST MAKING SURE THAT YOU SET THE GROUND RULES AND THEN YOU HAVE THOSE ONLINE.
AND THEN WHAT WE ALWAYS ENDED OURS, OUR NARRATIVE WITH IS, IS THAT WE EXPECT TO MODEL THE BEHAVIOR WE EXPECT FROM OUR STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM, HALLWAYS AND SCHOOLS, AS THE ADULTS ARE, ARE, ARE, ARE ADDRESSING THE BOARD TONIGHT.
WE ARE HERE TO CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THE BOARD AND IN A BUSINESS MEETING WHERE THERE ARE CERTAIN LEVELS OF DECORUM THAT WE'RE GOING TO EXPECT.
AND THEN COMMENT TOM PARAMETERS, UM, WRITTEN COMMENTS.
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ONE THING THAT NOT EVERY BOARD.AND WE DID TALK TO TAZZY ABOUT THIS IS THAT IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO COME AND PRESENT WRITTEN COMMENTS TO THE BOARD AND NOT SPEAK, THAT IS AOK, YOU JUST HAVE TO BE PRESENT TO DO THAT.
AND THEN IN AUSTIN, YOU COULD DO THAT AND YOU COULD SPEAK, YOU COULD SUBMIT YOUR WRITTEN COMMENTS.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO SPEAK, WHICH WILL CUT DOWN ON THE TIME.
AND THEN YOU ALSO ARE NOT LOCKED INTO ANY PARTICULAR TIME.
YOU CAN DO THREE MINUTES HAS BEEN THE NORM, BUT I GOT TO TELL YOU GOING TO TWO MINUTES AND MINUTE, IT MAKES PEOPLE PREPARE AND YOU GET THE THREE, THREE SALIENT POINTS.
CAUSE I TRIED TO WRITE NO, YOU KNOW, THE KEY POINTS OF VISITORS, BUT MAN, WHEN WE CUT IT FROM, FROM THREE TO TWO, AND THEN AT SOME 0.1, UM, OUR, OUR COMMENTERS WERE MUCH MORE FOCUSED AND IT DIDN'T GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO GASLIGHT OTHER PEOPLE THAT THEY DISAGREED WITH BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY MADE THEIR POINT.
SO YOU CAN THINK ABOUT COMMENT, TOM, IF YOU WANT TO, OH, YOU HAD THAT ISSUE HERE BEFORE WE WENT FROM THREE MINUTES TO ONE MINUTE.
THE ONLY THING THAT I HAD THE ISSUE WITH THE ONE MINUTE IS EVERYONE IS NOT, IS NOT ABLE TO TREAT THE WAITERS AS FAST AS MYSELF.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S DISRESPECTFUL, YOU REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY AND IF THEY WANT TO COME IN AND TALK TO US AND WHAT IS THREE MINUTES AND IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE THE ISSUE HERE WHERE WE, EVERY TIME WE SHOW, WE HAVE 50 PEOPLE WANT TO TALK FOR THREE MINUTES.
AND YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THE ISSUE HERE.
AND I SEE THERE'LL WILL BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER, BUT I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE ROOM TO TRY TO RULE OUT CONSTITUENTS.
I'M A VOICE AND THEY WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO COME DOWN AND TALK THOUGH.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DO HAVE JUST A LIMITED NUMBER THREE MINUTES IS FINE.
THE OTHER THING TOO IS, UM, BECAUSE YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
WE, IN A BOARD MEETING, I WAS WATCHING, UM, AND IT WAS OURS.
UH, THEY CUT OFF A STUDENT AND I WAS LIKE, COME ON HIS GRANDMOTHER, YOU KNOW, DON'T GET CUT OFF.
YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND AT LEAST SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, MRS. BROWN, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO, TO, TO SUSIE, IF YOU WILL COME DOWN AND MEET WITH MRS. BROWN HERE IS AT THE END OF THE SESSION, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HEAR YOU AND THAT WE ADDRESS ALL OF YOUR CONCERNS, YOU KNOW? SO ABSOLUTELY.
YOU GOTTA BE ABLE TO FLEX THAT TO WHAT DO, WHAT WORKS BEST FOR, I WATCHED THAT FOR SOMEONE BECAUSE SOMEONE CAN BE EMOTIONAL OR THEY COULD JUST FEEL IN A WAY I CAN, I CAN SAY THAT.
UM, FOR THE MOST PART, THIS BOARD IS VERY CONSIDERATE.
UM, YOU STILL HAVE THINGS YOU NEED TO WORK ON, BUT AS FAR AS, UH, ADDRESSING THAT COMMUNITY, I THINK THAT WE ALL AS BOARD MEMBERS HAVE PEOPLE TIME TO SAY WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT I HATE.
I HATE WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING AND A BOARD MEMBER IS TRYING TO EXPRESS SOMETHING TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING THAT MAY THEY MAY KNOW AND UNDERSTAND SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER CUT YOU OFF.
OH, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT TOO.
I WANT TO TALK, I THINK WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN FINALLY MEETING FLOW.
Y'ALL LET, LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT MEANING FLOODS FOR A MOMENT.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GUYS SET UP YOUR SUPERINTENDENT.
I'VE WATCHED SOME BOARD MEETINGS WHERE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND I'M SHOCKED.
DOESN'T SAY A WORD THE WHOLE TIME.
I HAD A SUPERINTENDENT TELL ME ONCE.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M A GUEST AT A BOARD MEETING.
I'M LIKE I TOLD YOU THAT AS SUPERINTENDENT RIDICULOUS IS, BUT JUST MAKING SURE WHERE YOU HAVE, BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ONE EMPLOYEE.
AND SO I WOULD SEE SU UH, UM, FOUR PRESIDENTS THAT ARE CALLING ON EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS WHO ARE CALLING TO MAKE THE PRESENTATIONS.
AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT? YOU KNOW, SO YOUR INFORMATION AND ACTION ITEM OVERVIEW, MARY, IF IT'S YOU, YOU SAY OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO DISCUSS GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES FOR THIRD GRADE GREEDY, DR.
PERRERA GIVES YOU THE OVERBLOWN AND CALLS ON YOU WOULD BE AMAZED THAT BEST PRACTICE OF HOW MANY BOARDS DON'T DO IT.
AND IT CREATES SUCH CONFUSION ON THE PART OF, UH, OF THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND.
AND IT ALSO GIVES THAT LEADERSHIP ROLE TO YOUR SUPERINTENDENT.
SO IF THAT'S YOUR BEST PRACTICE, THAT'S, THAT'S AWESOME.
AND THEN THE SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION FOR EMOTION, YOU'D BE AMAZED AT HOW MANY BOARDS ARE WORKING OFF OF THE SEAT.
YOU KNOW, OUR SUPERINTENDENT HAS MADE A RECOMMENDATION FOR ADOPTION OF OUR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ALLOTMENT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? AND THE MORE YOU OWN A BOARD MEMBER, THEN WE'LL MAKE THE MOTION, BUT IT COMES FROM THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT WHO IS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IT DOESN'T COME FROM US HEALTHY DISCUSSIONS, PRO AND CON
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Y'ALL.THIS IS, THIS IS A CHALLENGE FOR SOME BOARDS.
I MEAN, I CAN TELL THE LEVEL OF RESPECT THAT YOU HAVE FOR EACH OTHER, AS COLLEAGUES.
ONE THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT IS YOU, YOU ARE ESPECIALLY ON EMOTIONAL ISSUES WHEN YOU DO HAVE BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS.
YOU KNOW, SOME PRO, SOME CON IS, IS LEARNING, AND IT'S AN ART SLIDE.
QUESTIONING QUESTIONS ARE AN ART AND A SCIENCE, HAVING A HEALTHY DISCUSSION IS AN ART AND A SCIENCE.
AND YOU TYPICALLY WANT TO ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS, NOT PERSONALLY, BUT IN THE THIRD PERSON TO YOUR BOARD PRESIDENT, BECAUSE IT'S THE BOARD PRESIDENT WHO'S GOING TO AS, AND IT'S HARD AS A BOARD PRESIDENT, BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, YOU ARE SCANNING THE TABLE CONSTANTLY, AND YOU'RE LISTENING FOR THE BOARD'S PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU HAVE TO COME UP WITH THE VOICE AND WILL THE BOARD FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT, SUPERINTENDENT CAN'T HAVE SEVEN MASTERS, YOU KNOW, SO YOU'RE COMING UP WITH THE VOICE WILL THE BOARD.
SO IF YOU'RE HAVING A HEALTHY DISCUSSION, YOU'RE MAKING THOSE COMMENTS NOT DIRECTED AT SOMEONE PERSONALLY IN THE FIRST PERSON, BUT YOU'RE ADDRESSING THEM IN THE THIRD PERSON OF WHAT YOUR PERSPECTIVE IS.
AND THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD PRESIDENT.
AND IT TAKES THE PERSONAL OUT OF IT.
IT'S NOT PERSONAL IT'S BUSINESS, IT'S NOT PERSONAL IT'S BUSINESS.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S A HIGHER LEVEL AND KENDALL YOU'LL GET THERE AS A FIRM IF YOU'RE NOT ALREADY THERE AS A FIRST-YEAR BOARD MEMBER, BUT IT'S, HOW DO I, HOW DO I SERVE UP BY, UM, COMMENT FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF THE BOARD AND NOT ME? AND THAT'S ANOTHER PART WE'LL TALK ABOUT.
AND THEN FINALLY AVOIDING THE KILLER BEES, JUST A QUICK SNEAK PEEK UNDER THE TENT.
WHAT ARE THE KILLER BEADS FOR, UH, BUSES, BONDS, BOOKS, BUDGETS, AND BALLGAMES AVOIDING THOSE, STAYING ON TRACK AND FOCUSING ON ACADEMICS.
YOU ALL NEED TO STAND UP JUST FOR A SECOND.
I WAS HOPING SOMEBODY WOULD SAY, NO, LET'S GO AHEAD AND STAND UP.
UM, SO HIGH-PERFORMING TEAMS OF EIGHT.
WHAT HAPPENS IN THE BOARDROOM IMPACT STUDENT PERFORMANCE? FIRST ONE, POOR INDIVIDUAL MEETING PREPARATION.
YOU ALL THAT IS JUST RESPECT FOR YOUR COLLEAGUES THAT IS RESPECT FOR YOUR COLLEAGUES THAT YOU COME PREPARED FOR MEETING.
IT'S WHEN YOU START MAKING THOSE COMMENTS PERSONAL TOWARDS OTHERS, OR YOU'RE COMING IN, AND I HAVE MY OWN PERSONAL AGENDA, THE KILLER BEES, UM, GREAT STORY SUPERINTENDENT IN A RURAL DISTRICT SAID, I BROUGHT MY STAR RESULTS, WHICH WERE HORRIBLE.
NOT ONE BOARD MEMBER ASKED A QUESTION.
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA ON THE AGENDA WAS, UM, THE WEIGHT-BEARING LOAD OF THE NEWBRIDGE AND IN TOWN AND WHAT OUR BUSES COLLAPSED THE BRIDGE.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF.
SO IT'S AVOIDING BUSES, BUILDINGS, BONDS, BUDGETS, BALLGAMES, AND BELL SCHEDULES AVOIDING THE KILLER BEES AND FOCUSING ON, UM, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, MICROMANAGEMENT VERSUS OVERSIGHT.
WE DEBATE THE APPROPRIATE CURRICULUM VERSUS THE SUPERINTENDENT, BRINGING IT TO US WITH A RATIONALE OF WHY IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO PERSONAL AGENDAS.
I WAS BLESSED TO SERVE WITH 21 PEOPLE THAT HAVE ONE AGENDA, AND THAT WAS THE KIDS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE THESE DAYS.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT LESS MEETING TIME ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND LESS FOCUSED ON OUR BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES.
WE GET SIDETRACKED BY THOSE THINGS THAT ARE NOT A PART OF OUR INFORMED BOARD OVERSIGHT.
SO IF THIS IS THE BOARD BEHAVIOR TRAPS, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT HIGH PERFORMING BOARDS DO IS WE DELIVER A HIGH ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT FOR ALL.
AND IN THIS PART, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT CAROLYN TO YOUR POINT.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT INCREASING BOARD CAPACITY AS A TEAM OF EIGHT, BUT ALSO HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE IMPACT AND INFLUENCE OUR INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER CAPACITY? SO HIGH PERFORMING BOARDS DELIVER HIGH ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT FOR ALL.
AND HOW DO WE DO THAT? WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AT THE VERY FIRST, LIKE, OKAY, HERE'S MY THING.
YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR SOMETHING THREE TIMES FROM THREE PEOPLE IN THREE DIFFERENT PLACES.
WHEN WE, ONE IS THE, THE, UM, THE VALUE OF 10, THE VALUE OF 10, YOU HAVE TO TELL PEOPLE SOMETHING 10 TIMES IN 10 DIFFERENT WAYS.
SO THAT'S WHY, IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN TONIGHT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HEAR IT 10 TIMES IN 10 DIFFERENT WAYS TO RETAIN 10%.
WHAT'S THE NUMBER ONE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS SETTING THOSE CLEAR EXPECTATIONS AND GOALS AS A BOARD FOR YOUR SUPERINTENDENT AS
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A PART OF YOUR TEAM OF EIGHT.AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT OUR DESIRED STUDENT OUTCOMES, A COMMITMENT TO VISION AND ACADEMIC GOALS THAT IS NON NEGOTIABLE, NON NEGOTIABLE.
WE STAND FIRM ON OUR BOARD GOALS.
THAT'S WHY WE REPEAT THEM AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY SINGLE MEETING.
THE SECOND THING WE DO IS WE CREATE CONDITIONS FOR SUCCESS.
AND Y'ALL, I CALL THIS CLEARING THE PATH FOR COUNTRIES.
THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO, YOU'VE GOT TO CLEAR THAT PATH FOR HER, WHICH IS WHAT MUST BE SUPPORTED TO ACHIEVE RESULTS.
HAVING THE COURAGE, TO ADDRESS CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION, ALLOWING THE SUPERINTENDENT TO DO THEIR JOB, TO HIRE TEACHERS AND STAFF, AND THEN BUDGET SETTING YOUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT, PLAN TO DOLLARS AND SMALL DISTRICTS.
THEY WANT TO WRITE THE BUDGET.
WE KNOW AS LARGE, LARGER, MORE SOPHISTICATED DISTRICTS THAT THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN EVOLVES FROM OUR ACADEMIC GOALS.
AND THEN WE SET DOLLARS TO THAT ACCOUNTABILITY DRIVEN AGAIN, DISCIPLINE PROGRESS MONITORING, FOCUSING ON ACADEMIC RESULTS AND AGREEMENT ON WHAT DATA THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE.
AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, LISTEN TO KATRICE.
SHE'S GOT IT GOING ON INSTRUCTIONALLY.
I MEAN, I WOULD HAVE A TON OF CONFIDENCE IN THE DATA THAT SHE AND HER TEAM BRINGS FOR THE BOARD TO USE, TO MONITOR RESULTS.
AND THEN BUILDING COLLECTIVE WILL, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO GAIN COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND APPROPRIATELY ENGAGING AND INVOLVING AND INFORMING THE COMMUNITY.
AND REMEMBER EVERYTHING COMMUNICATES, WHETHER WE'RE SITTING AT THE BOARD TABLE, WHETHER WE'RE IN THE PRODUCE SECTION AT TOM PHONE, WHETHER WE'RE SITTING AT THE STANDS OF ANY ATHLETIC EVENT THERE, WE NEVER TAKE OUR BOARD HAT OFF EVER.
UM, I STILL HAVE MY BOARD HAT ON.
I KEEP I'M HAVING TO TEXT PEOPLE ALL THE TIME.
YOU FEEL THAT WAY, BUT I AM NOT ON THE BOARD ANYMORE.
YOU KNOW, I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE YEARS.
AND THEN FINALLY, AND THIS IS A BIG ONE.
HOW DO WE LEARN AND LEAD TOGETHER AS A TEAM? OKAY.
SO WHAT ARE OUR INDIVIDUAL AND BOARD TEAM COMMITMENTS? AND THEN WHAT INFORMATION DO WE NEED AS A TEAM TO ENSURE THAT THE BEST DECISIONS ARE MADE? SO IF THIS IS WHAT WE DO FOR HIGH ACHIEVING BOARDS, HIGH ACHIEVING TEAM OF EIGHT, HOW DO WE BUILD PERSONAL CAPACITY AS A BOARD? WELL, LET'S START WITH OUR PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE AND CAROLYN, YOU HAD BEEN DRIVING THIS POINT HOME ALL NIGHT LONG.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE OF SUBJECT MATTER.
WE DON'T HAVE TO BE EXPERTS, BUT WE'VE GOT TO BE GROUNDED IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION, FINANCE, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOGY, AND HUMAN RESOURCES TO INFORM OUR DECISION-MAKING.
SO WE'VE GOT TO DO OUR HOMEWORK.
WE'VE GOT TO DO OUR WORKING ON THE WORK.
THE SECOND PART OF THAT IS IF WE HAVE TO HAVE AN ACADEMIC FOCUS, WE CAN'T BE DISTRACTED BY THE THINGS THAT WE FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE WITH, WHICH ARE TYPICALLY THOSE KILLER BEES.
BUT WE FOCUS ON STUDENT BOWLS AND PERFORMANCE TO INFORM, TO IMPROVE STUDENT LEARNING.
AND THEN YOU ALL, THIS IS THE BIG ONE FOR BOARD MEMBERS.
IT'S THE NUMBER OF HOURS, OUR PERSONAL HOURS.
WE INVEST BY ACTIVITY, MEETING PREP, TRAINING, GOING TO TAZZY, GOING TO NORTH TEXAS AREA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION.
IT'S GOING TO SUMMER LEADERSHIP.
I HOPE NO ONE ON THIS BOARD MEETS THEIR BOARD HOURS REQUIREMENT WITH FIVE HOURS.
I MEAN, WE HAVE IT AND YOU KNOW WHAT? WE HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE.
WE HAD A BOARD MEMBER WHO DIDN'T GET AS AISO AND I JUST WILL SLAP HIM UPSIDE THE HEAD, LIKE WHO WAS MY OWN SON? I WAS LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? YOU KNOW, WE DON'T DO THIS IN RICHARDSON.
UM, IT'S YOUR MEETINGS, IT'S YOUR EVENT ATTENDANCE.
AND IT'S INTENTIONAL CAMPUS VISITS.
AND SO, AS YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR, YOUR CAMPUS VISITS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE KIND OF IN THE OLD DAYS, WE DID A LOT OF HOW TO DUTY CALLS.
YOU KNOW, WE'D GO OVER TO THE SCHOOL AND WE'VE HAD A DUTY HAITI JOB IN THAT FOURTH GRADE CLASSROOM TO YOU ARE ROCKING IT TODAY IN THE COMPUTER LAB.
NOW WE'VE GOT TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT OUR CAMPUS VISITS BECAUSE WE'RE INSPECTING WHAT WE EXPECT AND I'M HAD BORROWED A BEST PRACTICE.
AND I'VE TOLD THEM FROM CAPPELL CAPPELL HAS A GREAT THING CALLED LEARNING WALKS.
AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY'LL PICK WHATEVER THE TOPIC IS THAT THEY'RE FOCUSING ON.
AND LET'S SAY, LET'S DO SEND VERY BRIEF.
SO, UM, KATRICE SETS OUT AND SAYS, Y'ALL TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO START LEARNING WALK FOR A SECOND GRADE READING, OR WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW WE'RE IMPLEMENTING OUR SECOND GRADE, UM, OR OUR READING INITIATIVE IN SECOND GRADE.
AND SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS YOUR ONLY FOR FIRST OF ALL, YOU JUST, I JUST HEARD YOU DOING DEVICES SOONER THAT EITHER CAME
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FROM A BOND OR FROM, YOU KNOW, WORK, WHEREVER YOUR FUNDING CAME FROM, YOU LOOK TO SEE THE KIDS ARE DOING THE DEVICES.YOU LOOK AT THE CURRICULUM THAT YOU PASS.
YOU WATCHED THE TEACHER, WHO'S DOING A SMALL GROUP HERE IN READING, AND THEN YOU GOT THREE OVER SMALL GROUPS THAT ARE INFORMED BY YOU HAVE MATH MAP, THE MEASURES OF ACADEMIC PLANS.
SO YOU'RE SEEING THAT, WHICH IS EXPENSIVE.
SO NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE SEEING THE RESULT OF THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MADE AS A BOARD MEMBER, ACTUALIZED IN THE CLASSROOM, INTENTIONAL CAMPUS VISITS TO SEE THE RESULTS AND THE FRUITS OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
AND THE PARENTS WILL WALK
YOU GUYS HAVE GOT IT GOING ON.
I'M TELLING YOU, I'M TELLING YOU, THAT'S AWESOME.
AND WE HAVE BOARDROOMS JUST DROPPED IN, YOU KNOW, AND IT JUST CREATES HABIT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, SALLY AND THIS ONE, NO, NO, SALLY, I'M OUT EVERYWHERE.
IT'S ALWAYS AN OPEN INVITATION AND POSTCODE, NO PEN DOING PERK CYCLE ASSESSMENTS GOING ON PRETTY CONSISTENTLY.
UM, WEDNESDAYS ARE USUALLY NOT.
SO ARE YOU GUYS SCHEDULED? THAT'S FANTASTIC.
UM, LAST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, AND THIS IS THE ROLE OF THE CITY, COUNCILMAN VERSUS THE ROLE OF A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.
UM, A LOT OF TIME, THIS HAS BEEN REALLY IMPACTFUL IN THIS SEASON OF LIFE OF ELECTION LIFE, BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY'S RUNNING KIDS IS UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE THAT PEOPLE RUN AND THINK THAT THEY'RE A CITY COUNCILMAN, BUT THEY'RE NOT A SCHOOL BOARD.
TRUSTEE OF YOUR FLAW, THE DIFFERENCE, OH, SORRY.
FIRST OF ALL, IS A COUNCILMAN'S GOVERNED BY INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS.
A ROLE OF A TRUSTEE IS WE GOVERN AS A BODY CORPORATE AND INDIVIDUALLY AT 16.7%.
DO WE HAVE ANY INDIVIDUAL POWER AUTHORITY, ZIPPITY DOO DOG.
AND THAT'S WHAT FOLKS WHO FIRST SIT ON THE BOARD.
THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND INDIVIDUALLY.
WE ARE HERE AS A VOICE AND WE'LL HAVE THE BOARD BEFORE, AS A BOARD MEMBER, I WAS AT A CONFERENCE AND I ASKED THE BOARD MEMBER THE QUESTION, BECAUSE THAT BOARD MEMBER WAS THE BOARD PRESIDENT.
AND WHAT MADE ME ASK THE QUESTION? BECAUSE THE INFORMATION WAS, OH, I CAN COME ON BOARD.
THEY'RE GOING TO DO THIS AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA DO THIS.
I DIDN'T, THIS IS THE WAY IT'S GOING TO BE.
AND I JUST GOT OUT OF THAT CONVERSATION WAS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIME, AND I GUESS THAT WE LOSE IT IN POSITION AND AS LEADERS AND WE MAKE IT A BRACHOT AND WE SAY IT IS, AND WE SAY, IT'S NOT, I DON'T BELIEVE WHAT PERSON IN LEADERSHIP SHOULD DICTATE WHAT ANOTHER PERSON FEELS THAT THEY SHOULD DO.
I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THAT PERSON DO NOT DO NOT POLL ME FOR A VOTE, DO NOT CALL ME FOR A VOTE.
I DO NOT, YOU KNOW, CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT, OH, I'VE BEEN NOT SAYING THAT BECAUSE I MAY END UP IN COURT.
AND, AND THAT'S WHY I SAY I'VE SEEN OTHER BOARDS DO THAT.
MORE PRESIDENCY IS LIKE TEXT MESSAGING.
YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT X? OH, PLEASE, NO STOP.
I DON'T WANT TO END UP IN SEEING THE MILL, FORGET IT.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO VIOLATE UP IN MEETINGS.
IT'S DOING WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
THAT'S THE BIGGEST PROBLEM FOR BOARDS IS THEY DON'T STICK TO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
CAN WE ALL SAY IT OUT LOUD FOR 5, 5, 1 0.07 FOR A EVALUATION OF EMPLOYEE, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
AND THEN THEY TAKE IT AND THEY RUN WITH IT AND TOTALLY BOTTLING UP AND MEANS THAT IS INTEGRITY.
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY AS INTEGRITY.
NOTHING TO SAY THAT YOU GO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE ABOUT ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER.
SUPERINTENDENT HAS SAID, WHY AREN'T THEY COMING IN TO DISCUSS WITH US ABOUT, YEAH, NO.
AND I THINK OPEN MEETINGS ACT HAS REALLY GOTTEN, UM, THE AWARENESS OF THAT.
WHEN YOU REMEMBER THE AUSTIN BOARD PRESIDENT HAD TO RESIGN
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BECAUSE SHE TEXTED ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER, I THINK IT IS FOR A COMMENT SAID SOMETHING LIKE THAT'S THE STUPIDEST THING I'VE EVER HEARD.THEY DID AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST.
AND, UM, THE OUTCRY FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT SHE WOULD CRITICIZE SOMEONE WHO'S MAKING A COMMENT, YOU KNOW, SO SECOND PART.
AND THIS IS WHERE WE'RE SEEING AGAIN, UM, IN TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT, IN TODAY'S WORLD, THAT PEOPLE WHO GET ELECTED, UH, BECAUSE AS A COUNCILMAN THAT THEY REPRESENT INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS OKAY.
VERSUS US WHERE WE REPRESENT ALL STUDENTS AND DISTRICTS.
YOU KNOW, WE RECENTLY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WELL, THREE YEARS AGO SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY, WE WENT TO, UM, FROM AT-LARGE ARE Y'ALL AT LARGER SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT.
WELL, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE FROM A CULTURE STANDPOINT, BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN AT LARGE TO SAY, YOU MAY BE ELECTED BY THE CONSTITUENTS IN YOUR DISTRICT, BUT YOU'RE ELECTED BY THE CONSTITUENTS IN YOUR DISTRICT TO REPRESENT 40,000 KIDS.
AND THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING ELECTED FROM REPRESENTING A PARTICULAR POLITICAL PARTY OR IDEOLOGY WHERE YOU SAY YOU ARE NOT ELECTED TO REPRESENT INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS.
THE SECOND, THE THIRD PART FOR CITY COUNCIL THAT IS ADMINISTRATIVE HORRIBLE.
I REMEMBER THE RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL, AND HE WAS NEW, GOT ON.
HE WAS JUST LIKE GETTING, I CALL HER CITY MANAGER.
AND I TOLD HIM, I WANTED A BENCH AT BELTLINE AT THE CORNER OF BELTLINE AND PLANO ROAD.
AND IT WAS THERE THE NEXT WEEK.
HE SAID, DO YOU DO THE SAME THING? AND I WAS LIKE, UH, NO, NOT HAPPENING.
YOU KNOW, IF I WANT TO CROSSWALK, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
WE AGAIN ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE, BUT HERE'S THE BABY READY FOR THIS BOOM.
THIS ONE MAKES NEW BOARD MEMBERS CRY.
I, A MEN IS OFTEN IS A LOT OF TIMES GAB GUIDED BY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES AND SPECIAL INTERESTS.
AND IN THE BOARD ROOM, IT'S THAT PERSON WHO GOVERNS BY THE EXPERIENCES OF HIS KIDS, RIGHT? MY KID CAME BACK AND HATES THE MAT.
YOU HATES THE MASHED POTATOES.
WE NEED TO HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM CHILD NUTRITION.
AND I WAS LIKE, DON'T SAY THAT.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GOVERN BY YOUR CHILD WHO DOESN'T LIKE THE MASHED POTATOES AT YELL ELEMENTARY.
WE ARE GUIDED BY STUDENT PERFORMANCE GOALS, DATA AND PERSONAL SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE.
Y'ALL THAT IS HOW YOU GET MORE MEMBERS BACK ON TRACK.
YOU WERE TRYING TO GOVERN BY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, THEIR SPOUSE, MAYBE A TEACHER, OR WORKS IN A DISTRICT.
THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE TOM THUMB.
WE ARE GUIDED BY STUDENT PERFORMANCE GOALS, DATA, PERSONAL SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE.
SO AS WE THINK ABOUT THIS, WHAT DID WE DO? CLEAR, DEFINED STUDENT TO DISTRICT GOALS.
HOW, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I SAID THAT? IS IT NINE? OR DID I SAY THAT TIM DID I HIT? OKAY.
I KNOW I'VE ONLY DONE EIGHT FOR ACCOUNTABILITY, FOR RESULTS AND PROGRESS MONITORING OUR BUDGET SUPPORTS OUR CONDITIONS FOR SUCCESS.
AND THEN WE LINK IT BACK TO OUR SUPERINTENDENTS EVALUATION.
THAT'S WHERE OUR EVALUATION COMES IN ON STUDENT RESULTS IS IT COMES BACK WITH A TARGETED SUPERINTENDENTS EVALUATION.
AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, SUPERINTENDENTS EVALUATIONS, ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS TO CRAFT, BECAUSE YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE HAVING SEVEN PEOPLE WHO COME COLLECTIVELY WITH A VOICE IN WORLD WAR II, FOCUSING ON THOSE THINGS THAT DRIVE STUDENTS, THOSE WERE BORN TO DO.
WHAT DOES OUR TEAM HAVE A FOCUS ON THE FUTURE? WHERE THE MEETING AGENDA DOES IT INCLUDE GOAL AND PROGRESS MONITORING OUR TEAM COMMITMENTS OR OPERATING PROCEDURES? Y'ALL LET ME COVER THIS REAL QUICK.
AND I, LET ME TELL YOU, AS I WAS A FIVE-TIME PTA PRESIDENT, HARDEST JOB I'VE EVER HAD.
I MANAGED A DIVISION FOR COCA-COLA USA.
IT WAS NOTHING COMPARED TO BEING A PTA PRESIDENT, HARDEST THING I'VE EVER DONE.
BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES THOUGH.
UM, AND I WAS THE PTA PRESIDENT WHO HAD THE PLANET AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WHO SAID, OH, I MOVED THAT WE SUSPENDED ROBERT TO BORDERS.
CAUSE I WOULD GROUP ALL OF THE THINGS, MAKE THEM EMBARRASSED GROUP, ALL OF THE EMOTIONS TOGETHER AND PASS THEM ONCE BECAUSE NOBODY WANTED TO DO 10 MOTIONS IN THE PTA MEETING.
BUT I AM SO COMMITTED TO BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
AND LET ME TELL YOU WHAT BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AGAIN, DO TWO THINGS.
THEY PROVIDE CONSISTENCY AND PREDICTABILITY FIRST TO TEAM MEMBERS.
IF I KNOW HOW RHONDA IS GOING TO COMMUNICATE, WHEN SHE GETS EMAILS BACK TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, I GO FORWARD WITH CONFIDENCE, KNOWING THAT SHE'S GOING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
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CAROLYN IS GOING TO ACT WHEN SHE'S ON A CAMPUS VISIT, OKAY.THEN IF KENDALL KNOWS THAT, HEY, IF CAROLYN'S ON THERE, SHE'S NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING.
THAT'S GOING TO CAST THE BOARD IN THE BAD SHADOW IN A BAD LIGHT.
AND I KNOW THAT I HAVE A BOARD MEMBER WHO WANTS TO GET IN THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES THAT WE FOLLOW TO DO THAT IT'S CONSISTENCY AND PREDICTABILITY FOR THE BOARD.
THE SECOND STAKEHOLDER GROUP, THAT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THOUGH.
IT'S CONSISTENCY AND PREDICTABILITY FOR THE DISTRICT.
I LIKE TO SAY THAT WE SIT IN THESE CHAIRS AND THE, AND THE GIFT IS OURS TO BORROW BECAUSE WE STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF SOMEBODY WHO CAME BEFORE US AND THEN THEY'LL STAND ON OUR SHOULDERS AND THEY COME AFTER.
BUT THE DISTRICT, THE ADMITTED, THE TEACHERS, THE PRINCIPALS, ADMINISTRATORS, BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CONDUCT OURSELVES.
WE DON'T CALL THEM OUT ON THIS.
WHAT HAPPENS IN THE SCHOOL? WE KNOW HOW THEY'RE GOING TO COMMUNICATE.
THEY KNOW HOW WE CONDUCT OURSELVES.
THERE'S PREDICTABILITY AND CONSISTENCY, REGARDLESS OF WHO SITS IN THAT SEAT.
SO WITH YOUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES ARE 50 PAGES FROM HOME.
AND WE ADDRESSED EVERYTHING FROM, FOR US.
HOW, HOW YOU GOT REIMBURSED FOR TRAVEL OR OUR BOARD ETHICS.
WE HAD A LOT OF DENTISTS, REALLY IT'S ABOUT 25 PAGES LONG, BUT WE REVIEWED IT EVERY MAY.
WHEN, WHEN WE HAD A, UH, AN ELECTION, EVEN IF WE DIDN'T HAVE A NEW BOARD MEMBERS.
AND IF WE HAD A NEW BOARD MEMBERS WERE INTERVIEWED AT EVERY MAY AND WE VOTED IN JUNE.
AND LET ME TELL YOU THE IMPORTANCE OF IT IS WHEN WE VOTED TO ADOPT THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
AND I HAD TO DO THIS AS BOARD PRESIDENT IS IF I HAD A BOARD MEMBER WHO VIOLATED THE OPERATING PROCEDURES, I WOULD SAY, YOU VOTED FOR THIS.
YOU'RE A MAN OF INTEGRITY AND HONOR.
AND I EXPECT YOU TO FOLLOW IT UNTIL NEXT MAY.
AND IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A CHANGE, THAT'S WHEN YOU MAKE A CHANGE.
BUT UNTIL THEN, MY EXPECTATION IS BECAUSE OF CONSISTENCY AND PREDICTABILITY, WHAT CAN YOUR COLLEAGUES, YOU WILL FOLLOW THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, BUT THAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF IT.
Y'ALL YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT AND YOU HAVE TO DO THAT.
AND THEN SERIOUSLY DO THAT ON AN ANNUAL REVIEW, ADOPTED EVERY SINGLE BECAUSE BOARDS CHANGE GREGORY BOARD.
SELF-ASSESSMENT YOU ALL BEEN DOING THIS? WE HAVEN'T, WE DIDN'T, WE WEREN'T EITHER, BUT WE STARTED.
REGULAR BOARD SELF ASSESSMENT IS HUGE.
IS GIVEN EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FEEDBACK.
LONE STAR GOVERNANCE HAS A GOOD ONE, BUT IT'S REALLY, REALLY INVOLVED.
I THINK SOMEWHERE BETWEEN TASK BEES AND LONESTAR HAVE Y'ALL DID Y'ALL HAVE ONE SERVER SOMEWHERE.
WE DID LONE STAR GOVERNANCE AND TASMANIA'S, UM, THERE'S A HAPPY MEDIUM, BUT BOTH OF THEM ARE, ARE, ARE REALLY GOOD.
AND THEN FINALLY YOUR INDIVIDUAL COMMITMENT TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, WE OWE IT TO EACH OTHER AND WANT TO BE THAT HIGH PERFORMING TEAM OF AGE.
YOU KNOW, I, I WILL SAY THIS ABOUT LANCASTER.
WHEN YOU GO TO TASA TAZZIE THERE ARE A FEW DISTRICTS WHEN YOU HEAR THEIR NAME, PEOPLE GO, OH, AND LANCASTER WAS ONE OF THEM.
THAT'S THE REPUTATION THAT YOU GUYS HAVE.
AND YOU STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF THOSE THAT CAME BEFORE YOU, BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAY YOU'RE FROM LANCASTER, EVERYONE KNOWS THE HIGH STANDARDS THAT YOU ALL HAVE FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.
IT'S BEEN VALIDATED BY THE INVESTMENTS THAT CORPORATE WORLD I AND OTHERS HAVE PUT IN YOU IS THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HAD, UM, PRESENTED AT TAZ.
THERE IS A SPECIALIST IN LANCASTER AND IT'S Y'ALL'S RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN AND KEEP THAT GROWING.
SO THAT INDIVIDUAL COMMITMENT TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS HUGE.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO, I HAVE, UH, ONE, ONE LAST, UM, CONCLUDING THING, BUT I, I WANTED TO ASK YOU, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT TONIGHT.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT GROUND BUILDING.
WE TALKED ABOUT PROGRESS MONITORING.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT POSITIVE MESSAGING.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AGENDAS AND WE'RE RUNNING UP PROFESSIONAL AND HIGHLY EFFICIENT A BOARD MEETING.
AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE BUILD IN THE PAST DAY.
I SHOULD'VE STOPPED KIND OF BETWEEN EVERYONE, BUT I KIND OF GET ON ONE AND KEEP GOING.
WHAT, WHAT HAS RESONATED WITH YOU GUYS TONIGHT? IF YOU CAN GIVE ME THAT FEEDBACK, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR WHAT, WHAT I HAVE ONE.
UH, SO YOU MENTIONED, UM, I WAS LOOKING FOR THE SLIDE WHERE I SAW, YOU MENTIONED THAT IF YOU HEAR, UH, THE RULE OF THREE, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.
IF YOU HEAR SOMETHING THREE TIMES FROM
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THREE PEOPLE IN THREE PLACES, THERE'S AT LEAST A WARRANTED DISCUSSION.AND THAT, THAT RESONATES WITH US BECAUSE WE REPRESENT SEVEN DISTINCT DISTRICTS AND TENS THAT WHAT WE DO HERE, UH, A LITTLE EVERYTHING, AND FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE DISTRICT.
BUT MY QUESTION, UH, WAS THERE THAT'S GOOD STUFF.
WHERE DOES THAT FIT ON YOUR SLIDE WITH THE DUTIES OF CITY COUNCIL VERSUS THE SCHOOL BOARD? SO I'M LOOKING OVER AT THE LEFT SIDE OR THE RIGHT SIDE, THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BED.
AND I'M, UM, READING WHERE, UM, IT'S ALL ABOUT A TEAM EFFORT, EXACTLY WHERE TO SAY THAT ITEM FITS.
SO IN YOUR SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT, WHICH IS STANDARD VERBIAGE, IT SAYS IF BOARD MEMBERS ARE HEARING COMMENTS OR REFLECTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY, IT'S A BOARD MEMBER'S OBLIGATION TO SHARE THAT WITH YOUR SUPERINTENDENT.
SO THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHERE THAT FITS.
IS THAT, IS THAT ONGOING CONVERSATION, BUT ALSO IN YOUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, IT PROBABLY SAYS YOU GET A COPY OF YOUR BOARD PRESIDENT ON THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE SHE'S THE ONE THAT ALSO COLLECTS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT GOES BACK.
SO THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHERE IT IS IS, IS YOU WOULD COMMUNICATE THAT BECAUSE YOUR TEAM OF A, TO YOUR BOARD, TO YOUR BOARD PRESIDENT AND YOUR SCHOOL.
SO I GET THAT I FOLLOW, BUT HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU ALIGN WELL ENOUGH TO SEND THAT COMMUNICATION? BECAUSE UP UNTIL I'VE DISCUSSED THAT WITH IT WITH EVERYBODY, I DON'T KNOW IF IT TIES SEEING THE SAME RULE OF THREE LESS OR MARION IS HEARING SOME OF THE SAME MURMURINGS THAT I, UH, AND I DON'T WANT TO PULL THEM OUTSIDE OF PUBLIC FORUM.
SO WHAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS WITH THIS? I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR YOU ALL.
I CAN SPEAK TO WHAT WE DID IN RICHARDSON IS THAT IN OUR SUPERINTENDENTS, DO YOU DO A SUPERINTENDENT SOMEDAY? WE WOULD HAVE THAT AS A BOARD MEMBER HAS BROUGHT FORTH, WE NEVER MADE IT PERSONAL.
A BOARD MEMBER HAS BROUGHT FORWARD A CONCERN FROM THE COMMUNITY REGARDING ALL BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
AND HERE'S WHAT, WHAT WE'RE DOING TO ADDRESS IT.
SO THAT WOULD COME FROM YOUR SUPERINTENDENT.
AND IF IT'S PERVASIVE ENOUGH, THEN TYPICALLY LIKE THERE'S A BLACK TIME.
MY LAST NIGHT'S TRAINING IN ONE OF THE DISTRICTS I WAS IN, THERE WAS A, UH, UH, COMMUNITY HEARTBURN ABOUT THE CURRICULUM THEY USE.
AND THEY HAVE 15 PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN COMING IN AND PRESENTING AND TALKING ABOUT IT.
AND IN THAT CASE, THE SUPERINTENDENT ADDRESSES IT, YOU KNOW? AND SO THAT'S HOW, THAT'S HOW WE ADDRESS IT.
DID YOU FIND THIS VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY MUCH THAT I WOULD HAVE.
THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY PERFECT A YEAR AGO TODAY TO, UH, COUNT A BURN IT OUT.
AND HE BROUGHT IT OUT IN SUCH A WAY, BECAUSE IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT, AND IT HAS TO BE A TWO WAY COMMUNICATION.
UM, AND PEOPLE GET EMOTION, EMOTIONS FLOWS WITH THE COMMUNICATION, AND THEN YOU LOSE YOU SOMETHING IN BETWEEN HERE, BECAUSE EITHER YOU AGREE OR YOU DISAGREE OR YOU, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IT OR JUST EVERYTHING.
SO NOW YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT HAS NEVER BEEN ADDRESSED, PROBABLY WON'T BE ADDRESSED SO THAT COMMUNICATION, AND YOU CAN FEEL THE VIBES.
THAT'S NOT A GOOD PRESENTATION, AS YOU STATED EARLIER, HOW DO WE LOOK ON THIS SIDE? YEAH.
IF WE, IF WE CAN'T, IF, IF WE CAN'T COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY, THEN NOT SUPERINTENDENT IS GOING TO LIKE STAND UP HERE.
THAT'S OPEN TO, AND WE, THE BOARD AND WHO'S GOING TO CHALLENGE HER BOSS, HIS BOSS THOUGHT, I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT PERSONAL BY HER, HIS, BUT THAT, THAT IS IMPORTANT.
AND IF IT, IT, IF IT COMES OUT AND IF IT DOES COME OUT IN THE, UH, THE NEWSLETTER SNORE IS THE PEDOMETER.
SO IF YOU CAUGHT THAT IN IT, THEN NOW WE KNOW IF IT COMES OUT IN IT, THEN WE KNOW, BUT I DON'T THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW A FIELD, WHAT THE ISSUE IS.
AND IT DON'T HAVE TO GET TO THE LEVEL OF EMOTIONS BECAUSE WE, REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE LEAVE OUT THAT DOOR, WE CAN GO WHATEVER WAY WE WANT TO GO IN THERE ON THAT BOARD, WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO RESPECT COMMUNICATION IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU NEVER, AS A BOARD MEMBER, YOU NEVER WANT TO FEEL WELL, HOW COME ROBIN KNOWS THAT MY DOUGH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AND, AND TEAM OF EIGHT COMMUNICATION IS SO IMPORTANT.
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THIS ONE OTHER THOUGHTS, OTHER REFLECTIONS, OKAY.IT WAS THE FOURTH BOARD MEETING PART THAT WAS, UH, I HAD A LOT OF SUPERINTENDENTS CONNECT TO THAT WHEN I DID THAT PRESENTATION, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY HAD GOTTEN OUT OF THE HABIT OF, OF GOOD PROFESSIONAL BOARD MEETINGS BECAUSE OF COVID BECAUSE OF, UM, COUPLE OF THINGS BECAUSE OF ZOOM.
AND THEN, BECAUSE WE HAD NEW BOARD PRESIDENTS, WHO'D NEVER CONDUCTED A MEETING AND JUST PEOPLE WERE KIND OF OUT OF SYNC.
I MEAN, I KNOW IN MY OWN PERSONAL SOCIAL LIFE, I'M NOT GOING OUT TO LUNCH WITH MY FRIENDS.
I'M NOT, I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO RECONNECT, YOU KNOW, IN, IN MY SOCIAL GROUP.
AND SO THE, KIND OF THE SAME THING IN A BOARD MEETING, IT'S GETTING BACK TO THE BEST PRACTICES.
I WOULD SAY FOR ME, THE REVIEW OF HOUSE, BILL THREE, UH, WHAT THE GOAL IS BEING PRESENTED WITH ANY ACTUAL MEETING, YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER COMPONENTS WITHIN THEIR SCHOOL CAUSED ME TO GO BACK AND DO SOME READING ON THAT.
BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS I THINK WHEN WE GET YOUR IN EVALUATION DOCUMENT, KIND OF, I, SOME OF THOSE, I HAVEN'T, WE'LL BE JUST CHECKED OFF GOALS.
BRING THAT BACK INTO A TRUE FORM.
RHONDA THOUGHTS ABOUT THE BOARD.
THE EFFICIENCY AND FISHING PRESENT, WHEREVER WE GO, WHEREVER WE IN THE GROCERY STORE, IN WALKING THAT WOULD BE IN THE DEBT AS A TRUSTEE.
SO THERE'S SOMETHING RIGHT, MARY, YOUR THOUGHTS.
I JUST KIND OF REFLECT ON BOARDING AND WELCOME, YOU KNOW, I WAS USING TO DO SOMETHING VERY SHORT AND GET ALL, BOTH AN AIRLINE AND ABROAD NOW VERSUS INDIVIDUALLY.
NO, I HAVE IT WRITTEN OUT AND, UM, I I'LL, I'LL SEND THEM, UH, AT MY COMPUTER
AND MY HOPES FOR THE BOARD IS THAT WE DISSOLVE, TINA WENT TO THE OTHER FISH MANNERS, AND I HOPE THE INDIVIDUALS DON'T MAKE THE INDIVIDUAL BEING RUDE IF THEY ARE KIND OF CUT OFF IN CERTAIN ASPECTS AND YOU'RE TRYING TO STAY ON TASK AND STAY MINDFUL OF TIMEFRAME IS NOT BEING RUDE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF ABUSES OR WHATEVER WORD THE COMMANDER IS.
UM, AND KATRICE, I WANT TO COME TO YOU LAST, SO LET ME ASK YOU GUYS, JUST GIVE ME ONE WORD.
SO IT MIGHT BE PUT IN ONE WORD HOW YOU'RE FEELING.
REASSURED ME CONFIRM CONFIRMED.
MOTIVATED SHOULD TAKE YOUR WORK.
SO I'M GOING TO TOSS IT BACK TO YOU FOR YOUR REFLECTIONS, UH, TONIGHT TO, TO BRING THESE HOME.
I GUESS IT'S MY IMPRESSION WAS NOT, I, I LIKE THE DEF DEFINE THE ROLES AS WELL.
IT'S NOT THAT I TAKE DIRECTIONS OR ANY OF THOSE THINGS.
SOMETIMES WITH THOSE DAYS, I HAVEN'T HAD THAT ISSUE WITH THIS BOARD AT ALL, BUT IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO REVIEW THOSE, UM, FOR REVIEW THOSE ROLES BECAUSE I WANT TO DO THE BEST JOB I CAN.
UM, AND WHEN I KNOW THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MINE, I'M DOING THAT JOB.
IT REALLY DOES TAKE AWAY FROM THE FOCUS.
BUT I LIKE TO SAY I'VE HAD THAT ISSUE HERE.
I'M GOING JUST SAY THAT WE'RE SITTING HERE.
I WOULD SAY I'VE HAD SOME PATIENTS, UM, WHO TRULY, I'VE BEEN KIND OF LUCKY WHERE I'VE BEEN MAYBE ONE OR TWO THROUGHOUT MY YEARS IS AWESOME, BUT I GET CONFUSED.
I GO, HOW DO YOU NAVIGATE ME, TELLING ME WHAT TO DO? RIGHT.
SO WHEN I SAY THE SAME TO MY STAFF, IS THAT A FACT THAT I TELL YOU EVERYTHING TO DO THEN EXACTLY.
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OR LIKE, IF, IF, IF, IF I'M, IF YOU AND ME ARE DOING YOUR JOB, DO THE SAME JOB.SO I'LL GIVE YOU MY ONE ROOM FOR BEING HERE.
AND IT'S AFFIRMED BECAUSE BEING WITH Y'ALL TONIGHT, IT AFFIRMS WHY, WHEN YOU SAID LANCASTER AND TESSA TASSIE, PEOPLE GIVE THAT LITTLE, ALL THE GAS DON'T LOSE THAT OPENS UP, STAY COMMITTED TO DEEPER.
MAKE THEM TAKE IT, TAKE IT, TAKE A DEEP GAS.
IT'S A GOOD GAS, ALL GAS, BUT THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE A PART OF THIS TONIGHT.
AND I HAVE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED BEING WITH YOU GUYS.
SOME OF YOU ALL I'VE KNOWN A LONG TIME AND, UM, I'VE HEARD Y'ALL PRESENT AND I'VE KATRICE HAS BEEN A DELIGHT TO MEET YOU.
YOU BRING A REALLY REFRESHING PERSPECTIVE BASED ON ALL YOUR PAST EXPERIENCES HERE IN TEXAS.
AND I GUESS MY ONE THING I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU IS NOT ONLY BRINGING IT HERE, BUT SHARING IT WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES, UM, IN REGION 10, BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LOT OF GREAT PERSPECTIVES.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE ALL BRING A DIFFERENT WAY OF LOOKING AT THINGS AND WE DO TOO.
AND I KNOW THAT THAT WILL BE VALUED AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATED, UM, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN PART.
AND AS YOU GET CLOSE TO ELLIS COUNTY WATER, A LOT OF VERY YOUNG SUPERINTENDENTS THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM YOUR KNOWLEDGE.
UM, I AM STAND READY TO HELP IN ANY WAY I CAN.
AND GOING FORWARD, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ARE AT ME, I DON'T HAVE MY RSD OR DOT.ORG EMAIL ANYMORE, BUT IT IS KIM I'M GOING TO TAKE SOME COFFEE AND GO, AND I WILL TAKE SOME TO GO, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WELL, IT REALLY WASN'T ONE THAT I WOULD BE EXPECTING, BUT THAT SEE HOW IT PLAYED OUT AND WHY YOU HAD TO DO THAT TO GET TO THE END.
AND SO I'M LIKE, OKAY, NOW WE DO THIS ALL THE TIME.
YOU CAN ALMOST DREAM ABOUT IT, BUT, UM, IT IS REFERRED.
THAT'S WHY I SEE IT BIG HAVE ACTUALLY PUT A STAMP ON WHAT IS THAT? AND THAT IS THE END OF THE DAY.
ARE WE? AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOVE WHAT YOU DO.
WHAT COULD BE MORE FUN, LESS WE ARE ALL RIGHT, SOMETHING YOU ALL, I GOT TO SEE THE OTHER GUY THAT, UH, THAT MOTOR CAGE, BUT PRESIDENT OBAMA, HE CAME RIGHT DOWN THERE, WELL ON 20 TODAY, BUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH.
ONE OF THE POLICE OFFICER THAT WAS OUT HERE, I SEE IT AS SOMETHING THAT MORE MEMBERS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS NEEDS ANYTHING.
IT'S GOT OUT OF AN IN-DEPTH TRAINING SHOOTER.
WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN AND BOARD MEMBERS MAY HAVE A PLAN, BUT WE DON'T HAVE PLANS.
AND WE'RE SITTING DOWN, WE'RE SITTING DOWN, WE HAVE SOME IDEAS, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN INCORPORATE INTO.
SO THE TIME IS 8 58, AND WE'LL ADJOURN FROM OUR CUMULATE TRAINING.