Objective:
To provide an overview of the roles and responsibilities of the school board and the superintendent.
Description:
This session focuses on ways to select a superintendent, build the board/superintendent team, and evaluate performance. During the course of the meeting, you have the opportunity to look closely at both roles and learn more about interrelationships and independence--two essential elements for successful and productive relations.
This workshop includes these important topics:
• Selecting a Superintendent
• The Superintendent's Contract
• Measuring Success
• Analyzing the Relationship
• Legal Duties of the School Board and Superintendent
• Board Self Test
• Retreats/Communications
• Ethics of Superintendent/Board Relations
Presenters:
Dr. Barbara Prescott is a TSBA past president and former member of the Memphis School Board. Prescott served TSBA on the board of directors from 1996-2002. She was named a member of the All Tennessee School Board in 1999. Prescott, who served on the Memphis board for 10 years, received B.S. and M.Ed. degrees from the University of Memphis and a doctoral degree in counseling from Florida State University. She is a licensed professional counselor with a private practice in Memphis. She has also been employed as an English teacher, guidance counselor and alcohol/drug counselor in Memphis schools.
Dr. Charles Lindsey has most recently served as the Knox County Director of Schools. He has also served as an appointed Superintendent of the Dorchester District Two School System in Summerville, South Carolina, the Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools in Clarksville, Tennessee, and as an elected Superintendent in Catoosa County, Georgia. His career in education has been varied having served, as a kindergarten teacher, a math and science teacher, a principal, and a school board member. Dr. Lindsey received his Bachelor’s Degree from Southern College and his Master’s and Doctorate in Education and Administration from the University of Tennessee. He was the 1993 Tennessee Superintendent of the Year and Tennessee PTA’s 2002 Outstanding Superintendent of the Year. In 2001 Dr. Lindsey was named as the Tennessee Art Administrator of the Year.
Maximum Enrollment: 40 school board members.
