Description
MIG Course 1 - Foundations of Effective Governance | Setting Direction
Recommended Prerequisites: Orientation for New Trustees, Brown Act, Ethics
Why You Should Take This Training:
As an elected or appointed school board trustee, your role is pivotal in shaping your district's direction, ensuring equity, and fostering student success. Foundations of Effective Governance | Setting Direction provides you with the building blocks to develop a clear vision for the district, set goals and align them with board priorities, effectively engage with stakeholders, establish success indicators and support student success. By attending this workshop, you'll understand the need for a compelling vision for your district that reflects its direction, values, and commitment to student learning. Through inclusive engagement with stakeholders, you’ll understand the need to prioritize and foster a collaborative approach to goal-setting and program implementation. Additionally, you'll acquire techniques for future-oriented planning, developing multi-year strategies with measurable success indicators, and adopting documents that set a clear direction for the district.
How it Relates to Your Role:
This course delves into the core concepts of trusteeship and governance, providing insights into the roles and responsibilities of the governance team. You'll understand the CSBA Effective Governance System comprehensively, exploring its seven components and their significance in achieving success for every student. Moreover, you'll learn how to align board responsibilities with district efforts, ensuring accountability and equity in decision-making processes.
Enhancing Your Capacity as a Board Member:
Upon completing this course, you'll better understand effective governance practices and practical strategies for leading your district toward excellence. You'll possess the knowledge and skills to effectively engage stakeholders, set meaningful goals, and drive student-centered initiatives. Ultimately, you'll be better prepared to fulfill your role as a proactive and visionary member of your school board, contributing to the collective success of your district.
What You Can Take Away:
Upon completion of this training, participants will:
- Gain a deeper understanding of effective governance practices
- Acquire practical strategies to lead their district toward excellence
- Possess the knowledge and skills to engage stakeholders effectively
- Learn to set meaningful goals and drive student-centered initiatives
- Be better prepared to fulfill their role as proactive and visionary board members, contributing to the collective success of their district
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the roles and responsibilities of the governance team
- Explore the core concepts of trusteeship and governance
- Familiarize yourself with the CSBA Effective Governance System and its components
- Align board responsibilities with district efforts and prioritize equity
- Develop a compelling vision for the district, engaging stakeholders in the process
- Implement inclusive engagement plans and refine district beliefs, vision and priorities
- Create multi-year planning processes with measurable success indicators
- Adopt documents that set a clear direction for the district
Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your governance skills and make a lasting impact on your district's success. Register now and embark on a journey toward effective leadership and student-centered excellence.
Thursday, January 9, 2025
Schedule:
8:00 a.m. | Registration opens
8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Foundations of Effective Governance
12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Setting Direction
Registration fee includes materials, continental breakfast and lunch.
Meeting Details:
Yolo County Office of Education
1280 Santa Anita Ct # 100
Woodland, CA 95776
Registration: $750 | Late registration: $825 (Starting on December 12, 2024)
Registration closes on December 26, 2024.
CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION: To cancel your registration, please send a written request via email to register@csba.org at least five (5) business days before the conference date. We do not accept cancellation requests over the phone.
Cancellations or transfers made within five (5) business days of the event are not eligible for a refund, as food, beverage, and/or materials have already been ordered for you. No refunds will be issued for no-shows. CSBA encourages substitutions from within the same district or county office.
CSBA reserves the right to cancel or reschedule any event if the required attendance minimums are unmet. Cancellation decisions are made two weeks before the start of each session. In the event of a CSBA cancellation, individuals will be given the option to transfer to another event or receive a refund.
Attendance minimums for in-person training are set to be fiscally responsible for using public funds. The attendance minimum for virtual training events, the registration minimum is 20 participants. The attendance minimum for in-person training events, the registration minimum is 25 participants.
If you have any questions, please contact training@csba.org