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Leander ISD trustees run TASB workshop to sharpen board learning, center PLCs
Summary
A TASB facilitator led Leander ISD trustees through a board-development workshop focused on professional learning communities, alignment of board goals with district systems, and an action-focused implementation guide. Trustees identified priority learning topics and asked administration for clearer data and communication protocols.
Leander ISD trustees spent a daylong workshop with a Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) consultant to deepen the board’s role in driving districtwide learning and alignment.
TASB senior board development consultant Oren Moore opened the session by asking trustees why they ran for the board and by presenting research linking collaborative learning behaviors to high-performing teams. Moore emphasized that effective governance aligns closely with duties set out in the education code and urged trustees to ground any board learning effort in measurable goals and the system’s needs. "If you want to truly understand effective governance, go back to the education code," Moore said during the presentation (Oren Moore). The workshop included a board self-assessment that placed the trustees in the “performing” stage of team development, which…
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