Published by Matthew K. Tabor June 13th, 2007 in Books on Education, Education News / Issues, Florida Education, Public Schools, School Administration
Fred Burns, candidate for Hillsborough County School Board District 3 [Florida], injected some work into his vacation:
I finished reading Five Habits of High-Impact School Boards by Doug Eadie. I’ll be writing about each one, but thought I’d at least introduce you to the top five. They are:
- Concentrate on governing above all else.
- Develop the capacity to govern.
- Actively participate in leading the district’s innovation and leadership change.
- Pay close attention to a healthy board-superintendent partnership.
- Reach out internally and externally.
I’ll just leave it at that for now. I’ll tell you about each one after I catch my breath and unwind for a day.
Looks like Fred’s on the right track. I’ve been impressed with his campaign so far - it’s important that candidates for our school boards tell us not just what they do, but why they choose to do it and all the thoughts in between [well, most of them].
I look forward to Fred’s take on each of these five seminal habits.
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Great. Lots of opinions and more sharing of some of the school boards. Lots of teacher are impress for the opinions made…
I happen to be in a south tampa resturant waiting for my dinner and got to meet school board candidate fred burns as he was going out the door.I asked him what his main concerns are for the school board and I was very impressed by what he had to say: he told me that his main concern was for the students saftey above all else.I must say that this individuel taking the time to awnser my questians really impressed me and I feel him being a teacher and getting to know the students needs on a daily basis and one other thing that intrested me was mr burns has a bussiness background and I feel this could be helpful not only on the school board but also in motivating students in there educational careers.