Leadership for Policy & Planning

March 9-10, 2012

Attendees will earn 7 credit hours as part of AASB’s School Board Memeber Academy. Pre-registration for AASB members is $125.
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Dr. Mary Delagardelle Program Evaluator

Iowa Department of Education

Mary is the program evaluator for the Iowa Department of Education. For more than a decade, she led the Iowa School Boards Foundation’s groundbreaking Lighthouse Research project, which identified the distinguishing behaviors of high-achieving school boards.  

Allison Black Cornelius Consultant
Blackfish Strategies

Allison is the principal consultant for Blackfish Strategies, a Birmingham-based leadership development company. Former deputy director of the Children’s Trust Fund of Alabama, she brings a wealth of knowledge regarding strategic leadership, organizational development and turning around non-profit organizations.

Mark Boardman
Attorney
Boardman, Carr, Hutcheson & Bennett, PC

Mark is a veteran school board attorney with Boardman, Carr, Hutcheson and Bennett PC. He has long been a leader in both the Alabama Council of School Board Attorneys and the Alabama Association of Municipal Attorneys and works frequently with Alabama Risk Management for Schools.

Melissa McKie

Attorney
Bishop, Colvin, Johnson & Kent LLC

Governing Through Policy

Dr. Mary Delagardella

Program Evaluator
Iowa Department of Education

Policy Risk Managment Pitfalls

Dr. Dwight Hester

Attorney
Education Research Center

&

Lucy Hester Sellers

Attorney

8:30 - 9:15 a.m. and
9:25-10:40 a.m.
March 10, 2012

DETAILS

During Leadership for Policy & Planning you will learn:

• Why less is usually more when it comes to policy.
• What hot legal issues could impact policies.
• How boards can use policy to lead without micromanaging.
• How to translate high expectations for schools into workable policies and why that matters for achievement.

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Academy Credit: School board members will earn up to 7 hours’ credit in AASB’s School Board Member Academy.

Member Academy.
For questions or details,
call 334/277-9700 or e-mail events@alabamaschoolboards.org

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SCHEDULE

Friday, March 9

2;30 p.m. Registration

3:30 p.m. General Session: Belief's Matter: Build a Culture of High Expectations

5:15 p.m. The Strategically Focused Board

6:30 p.m. Dinner on Your Own

Saturday, March 10

7 a.m. Registration & Breakfast

7 a.m. Leader to Leader Breakfast

8 - 9:15 a.m. Breakout Sessions

1. Policy Primer

2. Governing Through Policy

3. Policy Risk Managment

9:25 - 10:40 a.m. Breakout Sessions Repeated

11 a.m. General Session: Handle Hot Topics Without Getting Burned

Noon. Legal and Legislative Update

12:15 Adjourn