Planning: A Joint Venture
Part II Agenda


"Planning For Excellence"

Day One

12:30- 1:00 p.m. Registration/Coffee

General Session # 1

1:00-1:15 p.m.  Welcome and Introductions
Objectives for the Academy
1:15-2:15 p.m.  The Planning Process
Why Do We Need To Plan?
How Beliefs Affect Our Plans
Creating A Vision
The Power of Vision: Joel Barker video
2:15-2:30 p.m. Break

Breakout Session # 1

2:30-4:00 p.m.  Progress Toward System Goals
Updating System Goals
4:00-4:15 p.m. Break

General Session # 2

4:15-5:00 p.m. Report from boards: Progress of System Goals
5:00-5:15 p.m. Break

Breakout Session # 2

5:15-6:00 p.m. Report on Board Self Evaluation Results

(Each board member was sent a board self-evaluation instrument upon receipt of their registration to complete and mail back to TSBA by a specified deadline. The data was tabulated and at this session a facilitator will report to the board the findings and suggestions for improvement).

6:00-7:00 p.m. Dinner (on your own)

Breakout Session # 3

7:00-8:30 p.m. Board Self Evaluation (cont.)

(Setting goals for board improvement. Board members will have the opportunity to compare the
board to each standard set out in the Board of Distinction Award Program.)

8:30 p.m. Adjourn

Day Two

General Session # 3

8:00-8:45 a.m. Report From Boards on Their Self-
Evaluation Results

Breakout Session # 4

8:45-9:45 a.m. Planning For Director of Schools Evaluation

(How to incorporate the board's goals into the director's evaluation instrument and hold
him/her accountable for achieving those goals.)

9:45-10:00 a.m. Break
10:00-10:30 a.m.  Planning our Annual Agenda
Deadline for SBA optional credit proposals
Deadline for TSBA School Board of the Year Award
10:30-11:30 a.m.  A) Planning for Policies on Leadership
Student Disciplinary Hearing Authority
Employee Suspension/Dismissal
Procedures for Granting Tenure
Extending School Day/Year Programs
Alternative Schools
Ethics
AND/OR
B) Gathering & Using School System Data
(Data analysis drives decisions on revision & development of improvement plan goals and objectives)
AND/OR
C) Self Evaluation
(Each board member will complete a self-evaluation)
11:30-12:15 p.m. Lunch

General Session # 4

12:15-12:45 p.m. Monitoring, Evaluating and Modifying
12:45-1:00 p.m. Evaluation
1:00-2:30 p.m. Special Session
"Where Do We Go From Here?"
(For those boards that would like to stay and continue working on their plans)

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