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Board receives public training on goal monitoring from the Council of the Great City Schools
Summary
The board held an in‑meeting professional development session with the Council of the Great City Schools on a monthly goal‑monitoring model: concise monitoring reports (1–5 pages), four required elements (goal, data, superintendent interpretation, evidence and plan) and a rubric for evaluating board questions.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District Board of Education received public governance training from AJ Kraybill, director of governance at the Council of the Great City Schools, on student‑outcomes focused goal monitoring.
Kraybill described goal monitoring as a monthly, public micro‑evaluation of district progress toward board‑adopted goals. He told board members that monitoring reports should be concise (recommended 1–5 pages) and consistently include four elements: the specific goal being monitored, the agreed‑upon data, the superintendent’s interpretation…
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