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SFUSD board rates itself 'not student-outcomes focused' in self-evaluation, directs guardrail and monitoring updates

San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education · August 22, 2023
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Summary

At a special meeting, the San Francisco Unified School District board conducted a facilitated self-evaluation and recorded low scores for vision, guardrails and monitoring, directing staff to revise interim goals and a monitoring calendar and scheduling commissioner training and public-facing materials.

At a special board workshop that resumed open session at 6:37 p.m., the San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education spent several hours reviewing a self-evaluation instrument and a time‑use analysis designed by the Council of the Great City Schools and facilitated by AJ Crabill.

The exercise focused on whether the board’s work is centered on student outcomes. After discussion and debate over rubric interpretation — including whether a board must meet every listed criterion in a scoring column before advancing — the board recorded a score of “0” (not student‑outcomes‑focused) on the vision and goals page and identified steps to improve monitoring and clarity of interim goals and guardrails. "This is not about good or bad or right or wrong. Your intentions are not, being judged this…

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