Understanding the Superintendency - The Role of the School Board: A Basic Overview
In recognition of School Board Member Appreciation Day last week, here is a primer on what it means to be a school board member.
As a superintendent I have a single supervisor that consists of 7 people. These 7 volunteers are elected to serve as representatives of the community. As community members indicate they are interested in serving as Board members, before they run for a 4-year term, I share this document with them: “What it Means to Serve on the Board” that serves as an introduction to the role. I also meet with them and share my experiences as a superintendent, but also as a former board member. Most of this information I provide is from the Illinois Association of School Boards, the professional organization that supports school board members in Illinois. The IASB outlines 6 main responsibilities of a school board: Clarifies the district's purpose Connects with the community Employs a superintendent Delegates authority Monitors performance Takes responsibility for itsel…
As a superintendent I have a single supervisor that consists of 7 people. These 7 volunteers are elected to serve as representatives of the community. As community members indicate they are interested in serving as Board members, before they run for a 4-year term, I share this document with them: “What it Means to Serve on the Board” that serves as an introduction to the role. I also meet with them and share my experiences as a superintendent, but also as a former board member. Most of this information I provide is from the Illinois Association of School Boards, the professional organization that supports school board members in Illinois. The IASB outlines 6 main responsibilities of a school board: Clarifies the district's purpose Connects with the community Employs a superintendent Delegates authority Monitors performance Takes responsibility for itsel…
Dear Mr. Thiele - My question, only by sheer coincidence, deals with the evolution of your mail merging template.
ReplyDeleteI am working on a gmail merging projects as part of my undergraduate internship at DePaul University and was wondering;
Is there anyway to combine the feature of your gmail merging template that gets the contacts from google gmail groups and puts them into the mail merge with the template created by Mr. Robinson (if you google Mail Merge under gmail documents it is the newest template) that inserts names into the actual email?
Let me know either way and have an excellent day -
Regards;
Dave Connell
dcarpenterconnell@gmail.com
Dave,
ReplyDeleteYes, you could blend the two scripts to create one that does both. It would probably take me a few hours to do, but someone who understands scripts better could probably do it in under an hour.
Hank