A School Board Guide to Leading Successful Schools: Focusing on Learning

Stephanie Hirsh & Anne Foster

This invaluable guide addresses the top challenges experienced by nearly every school board, and shows how professional learning can assist in overcoming these challenges and support positive changes. Aligned with Learning Forward's current Standards for Professional Learning. This resource enables board members to:

• Learn from case studies focused on 12 critical board-level decisions, including hiring a new superintendent, resource allocation.
• Deepen your understanding of leadership and actions that advance school success and benefit the wider community.
• Know when, where, and how to use professional learning to improve individual and systemic performance.
• Benefit from best practices and tools developed to support effective decisions and successful implementation of major initiatives.

Published: Corwin with Learning Forward, 2014