Advocacy for Board Members
Learn tips and ideas for effectively working with legislators.
Ask the Education Law Experts
Listen as veteran school board attorneys answer questions frequently asked by school boards. These experienced professionals also offer useful tips on effective ways to address sticky issues with your board’s legal counsel.
Boardmanship in the Real World
Go beyond the traditional and discover the tricks to good boardmanship and team leadership. It’s easy to understand the theory of a board member’s role, but real-life situations can raise real questions about how you should respond. State Board of Education member Dr. Charles Elliott, formerly of the Decatur board, will help board members stay in their lane.
Catch Me, I’m Falling
You will want to replicate this successful Scottsboro program for at-risk junior high and high school students who need help overcoming the odds. Want your at-risk students to graduate with a high school diploma and a chance for a productive future? Consider this non-traditional program.
Education Transformation Through Technology
Smoother, smarter school system management is just a clinic session away. Speakers will introduce you to technology that aligns board meeting agendas and board/superintendent evaluations with your school system’s strategic plan. Post policies online and receive immediate community feedback. Become a leadership team that combines best practices for governance and technology to be effective, transparent and good financial stewards.
Fiscal Forecast
Hear a preview of the 2013 and 2014 state education budget and learn what economic situations and anomalies are likely to impact the tenuous state education budget in the coming years.
Is it Time for a Renaissance?
Renaissance is an educational enrichment program that encourages academic excellence, school improvement and citizenship. Haleyville’s Renaissance students have higher GPAs, increased attendance, improved morale and are more likely to graduate. Change the culture of your school system and give students a sense of pride in themselves and their school.
Not Your Ordinary School Day
Expand your thinking beyond the normal school day and allow students to maximize their potential! Academically qualified students can take two courses online in a blended format. Students complete assignments two days a week at school and use the release time for job shadowing, volunteering and taking enrichment courses. This model prepares students for online college learning through a flexible schedule.
Power of Peer Partners
Discover the power of using peer partners to enhance student achievement at the elementary level. Members with the National Elementary Honor Society have partnered with a local school for children with multiple disabilities allowing all students to benefit academically and socially from the partnership.
Raise Money and Create a Legacy
Does your system need some extra money? What about a Legacy Program? Learn how Cullman City schools raised money for capital needs. The system will also share board policies about naming facilities and procedure for asking community members to leave a legacy for students.
SchoolCast Super Charged! Rapid Communication in a Crisis
There is no time in an emergency for hesitation, and, as budget cuts grow, the need to maximize staff time is a priority. Find out how an alert notification and messaging system can improve communication on and off campus. Learn how your school system can get the Weather Monitor tool to receive local alerts from the National Weather Services as they are released. When it matters most, parents, staff and community members are just a text message, phone call or e-mail away.
Use Humor to Communicate Effectively
Communicate effectively and laugh it up! Join Keynote speaker Rory Vaden for a session on using humor to ease stressful situations, manage confrontations and transform smile power into a strategy for getting your point across.
Where the Wild Things Are
Environmental education positively impacts student achievement and increases community engagement. Successful partnerships with the Alabama Forestry Commission, Georgia Pacific and others created “The Enchanted Forest” and allows students to travel ‘Where the Wild Things Are.” These interactive exhibits connect students with the environment.
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