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Board discusses principal incentive budgets, research pilot and national conference attendance
Summary
Board members proposed giving principals discretionary budgets (around $15,000'$20,000) to design reward systems, discussed piloting a study-based program and agreed to circulate interest for the Q conference in Chicago (Oct. 1'3).
During the meeting, a staff presenter (S3) proposed providing principals with discretionary budgets of roughly $15,000 to $20,000 each so schools can create local student-reward systems. S3 recommended running a pilot (mentioned as a possible bicycle pilot), collecting data and using findings to decide whether to scale the program. S3 said the approach resembles randomized or comparative studies (an RCT or QED) and that there are grant sources for such programs; they offered to send research and grant leads to board members.
S3 also urged board attendance at the Q conference for urban boards (part of the National School Boards Association) scheduled for Oct. 1'3 in Chicago. S3 asked staff to circulate an interest email and suggested staying at the conference hotel (named in the discussion as the Marriott Marquis) to get full value from the event.
Board members expressed general support for investigating a pilot and for considering conference attendance; no formal vote was recorded on either the pilot budget recommendation or conference travel at this meeting. Staff said they would follow up with leads and circulate conference logistics to board members.
