Through KSBA’s New Board Member Express, the association offers a number of resources for those members recently elected or appointed to office including webinars, training sessions at events, resource documents, etc. See below for webinars/dates currently open for registration.
Webinars:
All webinars are worth 1.00 hour of stand-mandated school board training credit. Each webinar is available at a cost of $75 per session. Pre-registration is required. To expedite the registration process, KSBA now requires that fee be paid with a credit card at the time of registration.
This course reviews the roles and responsibilities as well as the qualities of effective school board members. Participants will learn guidelines for being effective board members and what behaviors to avoid.
Becoming a school board member for your district comes with a heavy commitment to your fellow board members, superintendent, school staff and administrators, students, parents and other community constituents. This session is specifically designed as part of KSBA’s New Board Member Express and is intended for board members in their first year of service. Whether you have served in other leadership positions before or not, leading with a clear sense of what your ethical boundaries are is extremely important in your new role. In this session, you will explore the school board member code of ethical conduct, discuss examples of poor ethical practices that made the news, and explore how individual districts address ethics in their local policies.
This session is specifically designed as part of KSBA’s New Board Member Express and is intended for board members in their first year of service. As a brand-new member of your district’s school board, one of the most important responsibilities in your current role will be to hire and evaluate the district’s superintendent. Effective evaluation of the board's only employee is not only critical to the district but also legally required. This session will explore the role of the board in the planning and execution of the evaluation, the objectives and timeline of the process, and tips for holding each other accountable.
This session is designed to provide new board members with an overview of the skills and knowledge necessary to become effective members of their district board/superintendent team.
Noon – 1p.m. (ET)
Getting started in school board service can be a very daunting experience, especially if you have never been to any type of formal meeting in the past. As part of KSBA’s New Board Member Express, this session will give members the confidence to enter a school board meeting with some general knowledge of what will happen and why they are there. Members will learn the lingo, discuss the types of board meetings, interpreting the agenda and the board minutes, and learning the rules and etiquette required to make them an effective board member.
One of the most important responsibilities of a school board member is to be a steward of public funds. As a new board member, you may not be familiar with sources of revenue for education, tax levies and bond issues, budgeting, financial reports, and oversight. As part of KSBA’s New Board Member Express, this session will assist new members in gaining knowledge and learning what it takes to deliver the kind of education the community wants and expects.
Come learn what every new school board member needs to understand about the statutory and legal environment in which boards operate. The session includes topics such as the Kentucky Open Meetings Act, board member conflicts of interest, the various legal responsibilities of the board, the role of the superintendent and the Kentucky Open Records Act.
This session is designed to explore the following topics: the statutory basis for board policy (KRS 160.290 and KRS 160.340), the policy adoption and amendment process, board policy versus administrative procedure, policy manual organization, policy format and using an online policy manual.
This course reviews the roles and responsibilities as well as the qualities of effective school board members. Participants will learn guidelines for being effective board members and what behaviors to avoid.
Getting started in school board service can be a very daunting experience, especially if you have never been to any type of formal meeting in the past. As part of KSBA’s New Board Member Express, this session will give members the confidence to enter a school board meeting with some general knowledge of what will happen and why they are there. Members will learn the lingo, discuss the types of board meetings, interpreting the agenda and the board minutes, and learning the rules and etiquette required to make them an effective board member.
July 18
9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
This session is specifically designed as part of KSBA’s New Board Member Express and is intended for board members in their first year of service. As a brand-new member of your district’s school board, one of the most important responsibilities in your current role will be to hire and evaluate the district’s superintendent. Effective evaluation of the board's only employee is not only critical to the district but also legally required. This session will explore the role of the board in the planning and execution of the evaluation, the objectives and timeline of the process, and tips for holding each other accountable.
July 23
1 – 2 p.m. (ET)
Designed to provide new board members with an overview of the skills and knowledge necessary to become effective members of their district board/superintendent team.