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Portland SD 1J board reviews self-evaluation, flags accountability and confidentiality gaps
Summary
At a March 31 self-evaluation session facilitated by OSBA, Portland SD 1J trustees identified strengths in cultural responsiveness, data use and budgeting but flagged accountability, systems thinking and executive-session confidentiality as priorities for follow-up; the board agreed to pursue a monitoring calendar and further work during its strategic-planning cycle.
The Portland SD 1J Board of Education met March 31 for a facilitated self-evaluation session during which trustees reviewed a research-based instrument and identified both strengths and areas needing action. Dr. Kristin Miles of the Oregon School Boards Association led the discussion and summarized the board’s top self-identified strengths as “cultural responsiveness, using data for continuous improvement and budgeting and financial accountability.”
Board members said the instrument revealed wide variation in responses across several questions, which trustees and the facilitator attributed partly to differences in tenure and in how some questions were read. Several members urged the board to use the results to set one or two concrete board-level goals and…
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