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OSBA trainer tells Sheridan board their beliefs about students should guide superintendent evaluations
Summary
At a Sheridan SD 48J training, OSBA presenter Jen Nelson urged board members to center beliefs about student learning when setting vision, evaluating the superintendent, aligning budgets and responding to personnel complaints; she outlined 12 governance standards and offered OSBA resources.
Jen Nelson, an OSBA presenter, told members of Sheridan SD 48J at a board training that their fundamental beliefs about students’ capacity should drive board priorities, including superintendent evaluations, policy and budget decisions. "Can every child learn? Can every child show growth? Can every child succeed?" Nelson asked the board as a set of guiding questions.
Nelson said local boards act as a "filter" between state mandates and community needs and stressed that answering those questions shapes everything from goal-setting to resource alignment. She summarized OSBA research on "high-performing" boards, listing common traits: a clear vision tied to student outcomes, routine use of data for monitoring, equity through disaggregated data, a respectful…
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