How do you handle colleagues who resist teamwork? A board is more than a collection of individuals. Every respected authority on the functioning of boards suggests that for a board to be effective as an entity entrusted to govern an organization on behalf of its owners, it must act as a single unit.
We have written quite frequently about the need to assign priority attention to bring on new board members. If done well, the board is set up for much higher levels of success. If done poorly – or not at all – new members struggle to belong and contribute.
How does a school board give direction to a CEO trying to adapt and deliver education, meals, safety during a pandemic? Just as it does during normal times: through policy.
At best, life is an uncertain adventure these days. We, as you, are following COVID-19 as it ravages the world and disrupts life as we have known it in unbelievable ways at astonishing speed. We know the impact on your districts is tremendously challenging. AGI Aspen Group is currently sidelined as a physical on-site source for […]
Every school district, especially those practicing Coherent Governance®, is challenged to identify quality indicators for assessing student performance. AGI Aspen Group International LLC is pleased to offer this timely drive-in conference to elevate the practice of assessing student performance.
While in San Diego, we covered a lot of ground related to assessments, data, and monitoring and missed benefitting from your insights and experiences, too. We covered assessment and data literacy, and the importance of status, growth, projections, and context for developing Results policies and for monitoring them. You can find the slides from the […]
AGI Aspen Group International LLC is pleased to announce affiliation with one of the nation’s most respected student assessment experts, Ginger Hopkins. Clients who attended AGI’s recent Wisdom Sharing Conference in San Diego had the pleasure of meeting Ginger and experiencing first-hand the depth of her understanding of data and how to use it to judge student and district performance.
Love it so far! -Dr. Bradford Saron, Superintendent, Sun Prairie Schools, WI