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The Texas Institute for School Boards
The Texas Institute for School Boards provides first-time school
board members from the largest urban school districts in Texas
with a premier induction experience that helps them become
effective board leaders for reform. It focuses sharply on the
theory and practice of urban school district improvement and the
policy-level roles and responsibilities of urban school board
members.
Learning is achieved through a balanced educational program of
case studies, scenarios, discussions, presentations, and
readings. All issues are presented within the unique
demographic, political, and policy context of Texas. The faculty
include the state's most stimulating practitioners, policymakers
and researchers, with some representation from out of state.
The goals of the Texas Institute are that board members will:
• Learn the theory and practice of effective policy governance.
• Examine and evaluate governance issues in urban Texas
districts.
• Be introduced to the literature on urban school reform.
• Understand and be able to act upon an effective theory of
action for change.
• Build a personal network with state education reform leaders
and peers.
The Institute is held annually in the summer at a resort conference
hotel in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It begins on Friday in the
afternoon and concludes following lunch on Monday. Participants,
or Texas Fellows, attend as guests of The Texas Institute. Texas
foundations, corporations, and individuals provide funding. The
Texas Institute was created by the Center for Reform of School
Systems with generous grants from The Meadows Foundation,
Houston Endowment, Inc., AT&T Foundation, The Powell Foundation,
and others.
CRSS annually invites school board members who have been elected
for the first time from 43 of the largest school districts in
the state. These districts enroll nearly 45 percent of all Texas
public school children.
The 2007 Texas Institute for School Boards will be held July 27-30, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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