Learning Resources - Laws and Regulations 8.05

8.05 School Board Policies. Discuss how local school board policies are created, and list and understand technology-related policies in your school district.

Introduction

School board policies differ on different items. An understanding of school board policy is an important item for a technology coordinator. This knowledge of policy making can make or break a tech plan. Boards have personalities on them and an ability to adapt to these differing personalities is tatamount in creating and maintaining a tech program in a school district. (This is the "political" area of your job.)

Your Job:

  1. Use the details provided below to create a product that addresses and demonstrates mastery of this competency.
  2. Use the stepwise process listed under Your Portfolio to display the completed product in your ITSC portfolio.

    Product Details:

    • Use your discussions within INSYS 462 to create a product that answers the following question:
      •  How are school board policies created?
      • Also, list the technology-related policies in your school district.
      • Include a brief description for each technology-related policy that you listed along with the rationale behind each one.
      • Include a discussion on the technology-related policies in your school district that could or should be in place.

Your Portfolio:

  1. FTP your completed product for this competency to the "8lawreg" folder within the web-based portfolio template provided.
  2. Click here to view the "Utiliz" page in the portfolio template.
  3. Download the "Utiliz" page from your ftp folder.
  4. Locate 8.05 School Board Policies on the "Utiliz" page.
  5. Under "8.05 School Board Policies" locate this sentence..."To view the evidence that I offer for this competency, please click here."
  6. Link the word "here" to your product.
  7. Delete the old "Utiliz" page in your ftp folder.
  8. Upload your revised "Utiliz" page.
  9. Submit the URL for your completed product in the student database.  

Related Resources:

  •  "Good Board, Bad Board"
    • Type of resource: Web site
    • Source: http://www.asbj.com/199706/asbj0697.html
    • Description: In his article for "The American School Board Journal," John Marlowe offers 10 rules to make school board tenure more enjoyable and more productive. These rules will help those dealing with school boards appreciate the good qualities of school board member and anticipate the bad qualities. This is the second article on the Web page. Therefore, you must scroll down the Web page until you see the title, "Good Board, Bad Board."
  • The Board's Role In Educational Improvement
    • Type of resource: Web site
    • Source: http://www.sedl.org/change/issues/issues34.html
    • Description: The first section of this paper briefly explores the literature on what boards do in education reform and what their role has been recommended to be. The next section describes, from the field, what three boards and their districts in two states are doing in practice to support education reform and improvement. The concluding section offers implications and comments on board member s' training and professional development.

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