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DVD Home Schooling for Board Members
The Vermont School Boards Association has been producing DVDs from a variety of board development workshops for the past three years. School board members have requested more than 150 DVDs throughout this time period. It affords board members an opportunity to learn essential school information, meeting mechanics, and effective board operations without leaving their home. Board members also utilize the DVDs for whole board learning, as is the case with the Island Pond School Board article below.
The Brighton School Board members have started meeting in order to enhance their knowledge of the functioning of a school board. We have been focusing on how to better understand the budget by viewing two DVDs that the VSBA has provided for us. To date we have seen the DVDs on School Finance and Passing the School Budget. The full board, along with the principal of the school, has met twice for "movie night." I would highly recommend any Vermont school board, with new members, to request copies of the DVDs that are available from the VSBA. They are clear, concise, and easy to follow along. I really enjoyed seeing board members ask questions from other parts of the state. The other DVDs that available include: 3R’s, Collective Bargaining, School Board Chairs, and Conducting Board Hearings. I would like to thank the VSBA for taking the time to put together effective board development tools and providing us with the opportunity to learn more about these important board topics.
Charla Nadeau, Chair
Brighton School Board (Island Pond)