Resource Center
Listed here are helpful reference sources for school board members and administrators. ASBA does not expressly endorse the content on these sites. Be sure also to check out our publications page.
Conference Materials
2011 New Board Member Institute – School Finance (Dr. Lisa Morstad, CFO, Fayetteville Public Schools)
2011 New Board Member Institute – Audit Report Training (Freeman Wish, CPA, Business Manager & District Treasurer, Clarksville School District)
2011 New Board Member Institute – Common Core State Standards (Dr. Laura Bednar, ADE Assistant Education Commissioner)
2011 New Board Member Institute – Freedom of Information and Ethics (Kristen Gould, ASBA)
2011 Joint Leadership Conference – Transformation by Legislation (Ron Harder, ASBA)
2011 Joint Leadership Conference – Transforming Schools through Effective Leadership (Riverside Superintendent Gary Masters)
2011 Joint Leadership Conference – Transforming Schools through Effective Leadership (Riverside School Board Member Gene Bennett)
2011 NSBA Annual Conference Training Credit Documentation
2010 ASBA Annual Conference – Dr. Laura Bednar PPT
2010 ASBA Annual Conference – Dr. Jim Purcell PPT
2010 New Board Member Institute School Board Basics for Board Members
2010 Arkansas Law Seminar handouts
Associations
Afterschool Alliance
Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators
Arkansas Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
Corporation for National & Community Service
Learning First Alliance
National AfterSchool Association
National Education Association (NEA)
National Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
National School Boards Association (NSBA)
The Rural School and Community Trust
Government
Arkansas Department of Education (ADE)
Arkansas Education Stimulus Funds
Arkansas Legal Code Search
Arkansas Legislature
ED Data Express
National Center for Education Statistics (USDOE)
No Child Left Behind (USDOE)
State of Arkansas
Teach Arkansas
U.S. Department of Education (USDOE)
Common Core Standards Resources
Arkansas Common Core microsite
Common Core State Standards Initiative
Common Core Curriculum Maps English Language Arts
Common Core Resource from Northwest Arkansas Educational Service CooperativeData First
Common Core State Standards: A New Foundation for Student Success
The Hunt Institute and the Council of Chief State School Officers video vignettes
Other Resources
The Arkansas Leadership Academy
Aspire Arkansas Community Indicators Report
The Center for Public Education
eBOARDsolutions (integrated board governance tool with modules: policy, meetings, strategic plan, evaluation, communications and documents)
Everyday Democracy (formerly Study Circles Resource Center)
Excellence in Governance and Leadership Blog
(sponsored by eBOARDsolutions)
Freedom of Information Handbook
Iowa Lighthouse Study (shows school boards make a difference in student achievement)
National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation
Parliamentary Procedure – Jim Slaughter
PBS & AETN Teacher Curriculum Resources
2011 Phi Delta Kappa/Gallop Poll
Rural Education Data (USDOE)
SAT 2011 Scores by State
School Safety Alert Program
SEDL (formerly Southwest Educational Development Laboratory)
Teaching Tolerance (project of the
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