The hallmark of an effective school committee is how well its members understand their roles and the issues they need to address in these challenging times.
This program for new and veteran school committee members, developed and presented by the MASC Academy for School Leadership, is designed to introduce and update attendees on the eight key components of school leadership as identified by the MA Legislature in the Acts of 2002 (see below).
The 2011 Charting the Course program has been structured to meet the mandates of the new school committee training legislation, which was signed into law in December 2002 and requires that all school committee members newly elected after March 24, 2003 participate in a minimum of eight hours of supervised training covering the topics listed below.
Attendance at this Charting the Course program meets the eight hours orientation requirement for new school committee members (MGL Chapter 71 Section 36A). This session also includes important changes to the Ethics and Open Meetings Laws relative to all school committee members.
These topics include:
- school finance
- open meeting law
- public records law
- conflict of interest law
- special education law
- collective bargaining
- school leadership standards & evaluations
- school committee roles & responsibilities
Upcoming Charting the Course dates will be posted on the calendar.
