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Bound Brook board reviews self-evaluation, agrees to four continuing goals
Summary
At an August meeting, a New Jersey School Boards Association representative reviewed the board's new self-evaluation tool and helped trustees refine four continuing board goals; the board and superintendent will develop action plans and periodic progress reviews.
Mary Ann Friedman, a field representative from the New Jersey School Boards Association, led the Bound Brook Board of Education through a new board self-evaluation and an abbreviated goal-setting session, concluding with the board agreeing to advance four continuing goals and to ask the superintendent and administrative team to develop action plans.
Friedman told trustees the district—ompleted the new tool with strong results: "Anything in the regular standards that's a 3 or above is a board that's working effectively together." She said the board's averages were all above that threshold and highlighted resource management and governance team relationships as particular strengths.
Why it matters: board goals define what the board will evaluate the superintendent on and shape district priorities and action plans. Friedman and board members outlined a timetable for periodic progress reviews in November,…
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