Board of Education

Board of Education
Message all BOE Members
and Superintendent and Board Secretary

2017-2018 Board Goals

The Board of Education is critical to the success of any community. Focused on student achievement, a Board focuses on Vision, Accountability, Policy, Community Leadership, and Relationships (National School Boards Associations). While these areas of focus encompass a wide variety of tasks required of a Board, but its overarching function is to ensure, through oversight and maintenance of policy, that a district is well run. To ensure that a district does not become complacent, a Board of Education provides constant vigilance to ensure that the district, from a global perspective, is always growing, always maximizing its impact for students and through students, the larger community.

While the focus of the Board is relatively unchanging, the specific outcomes needed from one year to the next must focus on the immediate needs. This is not to say that the Board is not constantly overseeing the operations of the district. Rather, goals are statements of short-term outcomes that are in line with the long-term focus a Board seeks to achieve.

For this reason, the Bridgewater-Raritan Board of Education has set the following goals for the 2017-2018 school year:

• model lifelong learning by engaging in activities that constantly enhance boardsmanship.
  • Actions will include a mixture of the following across the entire Board, with members determining which actions are most beneficial to them as individuals and to the Board as a whole:
    • attendance at NJSBA events, including but not limited to the fall convention, to promote learning and certification
    • attendance at state-level events that allow for interaction with other stakeholders
    • engage in book/article study on identified topics/themes
    • engage in online learning connected to identified topics/themes
• ensure the implementation of the district’s comprehensive strategic plan.
  • Actions will include:
    • assignment and participation of members as Board liaisons to each of the six Action Teams within the plan
    • requiring and providing guidance for the development of Year One goals in line with the established 5-Year Goals in the plan
    • requiring and providing regular updates on the progress of each Action Team toward its Year One goal by each liaison as necessary
    • requiring an end-of-year, public presentation of Year One work including a summary of accomplishments and a recommendation of Year Two Goals
• ensure an effective committee structure.
  • Actions will include:
    • the development of monthly templates for each standing committee to ensure the regular operations of the full Board as based on the committee structure
    • the development of a committee-specific goal for each standing committee for the 2017-2018 school year
    • requiring regular work within each committee to achieve its stated goal
    • requiring committee reports to include regular updates to the full Board on progress toward committee goal
    • requiring end-of-year committee report summarizing the accomplishments and recommending a future committee goal
• ensure effective, consistent program across the district.
  • Actions to include:
    • requiring an assessment of the recent demographic and facilities use study and its implications on program
    • requiring an assessment of current program in line with best practices and the academic needs of our students
    • requiring the exploration of options in providing comprehensive, consistent program
    • require the superintendent to develop and present a study that includes:
      • a comprehensive analysis of current program 
      • options to grow or restructure program based on current best practices
      • the costs and timelines associated with implementing each option
    • reviewing the plan as a Board of the whole and voting on a course action

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