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Board training: trustees review roles, AE‑local policy and drafting a theory of action tied to outcomes
Summary
El Paso ISD trustees spent part of the Aug. 27 workshop on governance: distinguishing board and superintendent roles, discussing board guardrails and reviewing the AE‑local requirement to adopt a theory of action that links a North Star goal to annual planning, school actions and family engagement.
El Paso — Trustees used a training session during the board’s Aug. 27 special meeting to review governance responsibilities and to discuss adopting a written “theory of action” (the district’s educational-philosophy policy, AE‑local) that would describe the board’s strategy for achieving student outcomes.
Presenters urged trustees to put a concise if–then policy statement in AE‑local spelling out the board’s North Star goals and the system-level practices the board expects (for example, annual school…
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