A savvy columnist.About the time you are reading this issue, Nick Caruso will be facilitating his 500th workshop for a local board of education. His records show he's he's 1. Contraction of he is: He's going to school today. 2. Contraction of he has: He's already been to the museum. worked with three-quarters of the 169 school boards in Connecticut Connecticut, state, United States Connecticut (kənĕt`ĭkət), southernmost of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (N), Rhode Island (E), Long Island Sound (S), and New York (W). at one time or another on such universal matters as the proper role of the school board member and how to fairly evaluate the job of your superintendent. That does help to explain why Caruso is one of our favorite, periodic contributors to the Board-Savvy Superintendent, a column full of real-world insights that runs in the upfront section of the magazine each month. Caruso, who works for the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education, tackles some of the more sensitive issues in school system governance Governance makes decisions that define expectations, grant power, or verify performance. It consists either of a separate process or of a specific part of management or leadership processes. Sometimes people set up a government to administer these processes and systems. , drawn from his front-line perch in communities big and small. This month's dispatch A dispatch or dispatches can refer to:
Chowne, Parson Stoyle terrorizes parish; kidnaps children. [Br. Lit.: The Maid of Sker, Walsh Modern, 94–95] Claypole, Noah bully; becomes thief in Fagin’s gang. [Br. Lit. behavior by board members, is no exception. Oddly, Caruso (who rotates with consultant Doug Eadie and a handful of others in penning The Board-Savvy Superintendent) claims he was a "bad board member" himself during 10 years of service in Bloomfield, Conn., which prompted him to write an article after leaving office that he titled "Mistakes I Made as a Board Member." As he related to me, "This has helped me understand why some board members act out--they sometimes have legitimate complaints but need help in getting their ideas out there for others to hear." These days he doesn't attend more than a half dozen regular board meetings a year, but when he does, he manages to find plenty of real, teachable teach·a·ble adj. 1. That can be taught: teachable skills. 2. Able and willing to learn: teachable youngsters. moments. No doubt, our readers will be hearing about those situations in the months ahead, and even more of his columns may find their way into the monthly information packets superintendents prepare for their boards. Jay P. Goldman Voice: 703-875-0745 E-mail: jgoldman@aasa.org |
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