Superintendent’s Tool Box

 

 

Tena Gray

Superintendent

Rankin ISD

Morris Aldridge

Principal

Clint High School

Clint ISD

Ellen Brewer

Assistant Principal

Slider Middle School

Socorro ISD

Ruben Carrillo

Assistant Principal

Fabens Middle School

Fabens ISD

Mary Ann Ham

Principal

Trinity Lutheran School

San Angelo

Clay Mahler

Principal

Seagraves Junior High School

Seagraves ISD

J.D. Morales

Night Staff

High Frontier

Fort Davis

Lilia Nanez

Principal

South Elementary School

Midland ISD

Eric Stoddard

Principal

Kermit High School

Kermit ISD

Dr. Kip Sullivan

Professor

Sul Ross State University

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What’s a Super to Do?

 

The Administrative Team, Organization and Delegation

From the Superintendent’s Perspective

 

 

I.                    Start at the Top: State Law/TEC

A.     Chapter 11

                                                            1.      § 11.011. Organization

http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/ed/ed0001100.html#ed003.11.01

 

                                                            2.      §11.163 Employment Policy

   http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/ed/ed0001100.html#ed030.11.163

 

                                                            3.      §11.201 Superintendents

http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/ed/ed0001100.html#ed035.11.201

 

B.     Chapter 22 – School District Employees and Volunteers

                                                            1.      §22.002 Assignment, Transfer or Pledge of Compensation

http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/ed/ed0002200.html#ed002.22.002

 

II.                 Other Resources You Can’t Forget About

A.     Texas Association of School Administrators – www.tasanet.org

B.     Texas Association of School Boards – www.tasb.org

C.     Texas Association of Secondary School Principals – www.tassp.org

D.     American Association of School Administrators – www.aasa.org

E.      www.texasisd.com

 

III. Examples of School District Organization and Delegation

 

      A.  Irving ISD, Irving Texas

            http://www.irvingisd.net/pdf_files/OrganizationalChart/IrvingISD.pdf

 

      B.   RFF Flow Chart Software

            http://www.rff.com/school_orgchart.htm

 

     C.   West Contra Costa USD, Los Angeles, CA

            http://www.wccusd.k12.ca.us/org_chart_0304.pdf

 

 

III.               Start at the Top: State Law/TEC

A.     Chapter 11

                                                            1.      §11.011 Organization  - recognizes the board of trustees, superintendent and campus administrators.

                                                            2.      §11.163 Employment Policy

1.      “The board of trustees of each independent school district shall adopt a policy providing for the employment and duties of district personnel”. This state policy gives local districts the power to set up their own administrative framework.

2.       This policy also gives “the superintendent sole authority to make recommendations to the board regarding the selection of all personnel other than the superintendent…”

3.      The board can either accept or reject the superintendent’s recommendation.

                                                            3.      §11.201 Superintendents –

1.      “…educational leader and chief executive officer of the school district.”

2.      Superintendent duties are state in TEC as

(1) assuming administrative responsibility and leadership for the planning, operation, supervision, and evaluation of the education programs, services, and facilities of the district and for the annual performance appraisal of the district's staff;

 

(2) assuming administrative authority and responsibility for the assignment and evaluation of all personnel of the district other than the superintendent;

 

(3) making recommendations regarding the selection of personnel of the district other than the superintendent, as provided by Section 11.163;

 

(4) initiating the termination or suspension of an employee or the nonrenewal of an employee's term contract;

 

(5) managing the day-to-day operations of the district as its administrative manager;

 

(6) preparing and submitting to the board of trustees a proposed budget as provided by Section 44.002;

 

(7) preparing recommendations for policies to be adopted by the board of trustees and overseeing the implementation of adopted policies;

 

(8) developing or causing to be developed appropriate administrative regulations to implement policies established by the board of trustees;

 

(9) providing leadership for the attainment of student performance in the district based on the indicators adopted under Section 39.051 and other indicators adopted by the State Board of Education or the district's board of trustees;

 

(10) organizing the district's central administration; and

 

(11) performing any other duties assigned by action of the board of trustees.

 

B.     Chapter 22 – School District Employees and Volunteers

                                                            1.      §22.002 Assignment, Transfer or Pledge of Compensation

1.      This section of state policy mandates the assignment of personnel in a school district. The policy protects wages and compensation in

 

 

 

 

Brain Research

    

 

 

Brain Research webpage

www.brainresearch.com

 

Brain Research Unit (BRU) Helsinki University of Technology

http://boojum.hut.fi/research/brain/

 

The Brain Research Institute

http://brainresearchinstitute.org/

 

BrainNet.Org

www.brainnet.org

 

Practical Classroom Applications of Current Brain Research

www.brains.org

 

Articles and Information

  1. How Can Research on the Brain Inform Education?
    from Classroom Compass
  2. Brain Trust
    from Education Week. a general article on brain research and its implications for the education of young children, from Education Week, Sept 1996.
  3. Understanding the Brain: Educators Seek to Apply Brain Based Research
    from Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
  4. Education and the Brain: A Bridge Too Far
    cautionary article about brain research and its extrapolation to education
  5. The Learning Environment
    article from the National Academy for Child Development
  6. Brain Research and Education: Neuroscience Research Has Impact for Education Policy
    from the Education Commission of the States
  7. What Does Research Say About Early Childhood Education?
  8. Development and Learning: An Educational and Cognitive Perspective
  9. Creatology: Brain Science for the 21st Century

Classroom Models

  1. The Education By Design Classroom Model
    comprehensive model for experiential learning for students characterized by progressive cycles of problem-based challenges that are experienced in a collaborative learning community
  2. Integrated Thematic Instruction by Susan Kovalik:
  3. Integrated Thematic Instruction at Squaw Peak School in Phoenix, AZ
  4. Brain Compatability
  5. Integrative Education
    from ERIC Digest, a publication of research on education from the U.S. Department of Education
  6. Integrated Curriculum
    from School Improvement Research Series
  7. Integrative Education
    excerpt from Optimizing Learning: The Integrative Education Model in the Classroom by Barbara Clark

Organizations

  1. Project 9 +/- 2TM
    a "grass roots campaign to improve the brain function of our society"
  2. Whole-Brain Teaching
    from Funderstanding, "to create better learning environments in both the corporate and K-12 markets."
  3. Brains.Org
    practical applications of current brain research
  4. www.funbrain.com just for fun

 

COMMUNICATION

 

  • Translation Library™ of Educational Forms, Texas Edition

http://www.tasanet.org/eduportal/translation.html

 

  • No Child Left Behind – Parent Information

http://www.ed.gov/parents/landing.jhtml?src=pn

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

  • Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

http://www.ascd.org

 

  • Community Involvement in Change

http://www.nsba.org/sbot/toolkit/ComChng.html

 

  • Turning Groans to Grins

http://www.nsba.org/sbot/toolkit/GrtoGr.html

 

 

SITE-BASED DECISION MAKING

 

  • TEA Website

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/school.finance/audit/resguide10/sbdm/

 

PARENTAL RIGHTS

 

  • Special Education

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/special.ed/explansaf/

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/parent_inv/prights.html

 

  • Texas Education Code

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/parent_inv/prr.html

 

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

 

  • Professional and Leadership Development

http://www.nsba.org/sbot/toolkit/PandLDev.html

 

CONFLICT RESOLUTION

 

 

Supervision and Curriculum Development

 

SCHOOL BOARD RELATIONS

 

  • TEA Website

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/tea/law.html

 

  • TASB Website

http://www.tasb.org/

https://www2.tasb.org/apps/icen/index.cfm

https://www2.tasb.org/apps/icen/icenResult.cfm?aud=2

 

  • Texas School Law Bulletin

 

BUDGET

 

Preparation and Timeline:

 

Analysis of Major Expenses in January and February

□       Payroll

□       Operating costs

 

Analysis of Revenue in January

□       Property taxes with appraisal district

□       State revenue (keep in mind one year lag)

 

Board approve budget allocations in February

□       Base allocations on historical data and estimated state revenue using templates provided by state

www.tea.state.tx.us/finance.html

 

Budget allocations sent to campuses in March

□       Budget worksheets are distributed

□       Campus administration makes adjustments, special requests and transfers

 

Budgets submitted to business office in April

□       Business manager reviews budgets

 

Budget hearings are scheduled in May

□       Principals defend special requests and budget transfers

 

Initial budgets are submitted to Superintendent in June

□       Administration reviews budgets

□       Salary proposal is submitted to Trustees

www.tea.state.tx.us/school.finance/salary/sal04exp.html

 

Campus and other budgets are finalized in July

□       Report of preliminary estimate of revenue from property values and state revenue

□       Board adoption of salary proposal

□       Draft of budget is submitted to Trustees

 

Public Notice of Adoption of Budget in August

□       10 days prior to adoption

□       Adoption of budget

□       Adoption of tax rate

 

Federal and State Regulatory Agencies

A Resource Guide of Web-links to Educational Regulations, Associations, and Articles

 

 

 

I.          Federal Regulations

 

1. www.ed.gov

            No Child Left Behind Act/ Titles/Sections

 

 

2. www.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/cfrassemble.cgi?title=2000334

            National Archives and Records Administration Code of Federal Regulation Title                        34 Education.

 

3. http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html

            Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

 

4. http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.html

            House Bill and Senate Bill Information

 

5. http://www.ed.gov/news/staff/bios/paige.html

            Secretary of Education Initiatives

 

II.        State Regulations

 

1. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/statutes.html

            Texas Statutes enacted by the legislature.

 

2. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/txconst/toc.html

            Texas Constitution

 

3 http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlo/legislation/bill_status.htm

            Texas Senate Bill Status

 

4. http://www.house.state.tx.us/bills/welcome.php

            Texas House Bills Status

 

5. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/edtoc.html

             Texas Education Code

 

6.  http://www.tea.state.tx.us/sboe/

            Commissioner of Education and State Board Rules

 

7. http://www.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tacupdates/index.html

            Texas Administrative Code

 

8. http://www.tea.state.tx.us/rules/home/sboeprop.html

            Proposed SBOE Rules

 

9. http://www.tea.state.tx.us/rules/home/coeprop.html

            Proposed Commissioner of Education Rules

 

10. http://www.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter110/index.html

            TEA’s Title 19 part II  Chapter 110 Guidelines for Curriculum

 

III.       Educational Associations

 

1. http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/education/edadmin/resources.html#assoc

            A general listing of educational associations mostly at the National level.

 

2, http://www.tasb.org/

            Texas Association of School Boards

           

3. http://www.nsba.org/services/federation/nepn.html

            National School Board Association

 

4. http://www.tea.state.tx.us

            Call TEA for a two page listing of educational associations at state level.

           

IV.       Articles

 

1. http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/

            Educational Policy Analysis and Archives

 

2.  http://www.cpre.org/Publications/Publications.htm

            Consortium for Policy Research on the Internet; Publications

 

3.  http://www.acenet.edu/hena/

            American Council on Education

 

 

Senate  Bill 618

 

Synopsis:

Between 1994 and 2002, the number of schools rated as low-performing in Texas more than tripled, increasing from 54 to 149 campuses.  In 2001-02, nearly 70,000 students attended public schools that were rated as low-performing.  Sen. Shapleigh authored S.B. 618 to require the Commissioner of Education to reconstitute any campus rated as low performing due to test performance on the TAKS. When a campus is reconstituted, as special campus intervention team will be assembled to determine which educators may be retained or assigned to another position in the district.  The bill would also require TEA to publish a list of low-performing campuses not later than August 1st  of each year.  The new law took effect September 1, 2003, and will apply to schools for the first time during the 2005-06 school year.

 

 

 

Senate Bill History

 

1. Skip to main content.http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlo/legislation/bill_status.html

 

History · Text · Actions · Captions · Companion · Authors · Coauthors · Amendment · Next Bill

 

Bill: SB 618 - Legislative Session: 78(R)

Council Document: 78R 05113

Enrolled   06/18/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03

Relating to the consequences of a public school's being considered low-performing.

 

Author:

Shapleigh

 

Coauthor:

Shapiro | Van de Putte | West

 

Sponsor:

Dutton

 

Subjects:

Education--School Districts
Education--Primary & Secondary--General
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
EDUCATION, COMMISSIONER OF

 

Senate Committee:

Education

Status:

Out of committee

Vote:

Ayes=8   Nays=0   Present Not Voting=0   Absent=1

 

House Committee:

Public Education

Status:

Out of committee

Vote:

Ayes=8   Nays=0   Present Not Voting=0   Absent=1

 

 

Articles:

 

El Paso Times

http://www.elpasotimes.com/Service/LibWebPage.shtml

 

U.S. News and World Report: Fixing Your Schools, October 9, 2003

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/home.htm

 

Board Meeting

 

 
School law  

www.lexisnexis.com


TEA   

www.tea.state.tx.us

 

TASB 

www.tasb.org

 

 Roberts Rules-

www.ci.orlando.fl.us/departments/administrativeoffices/cityclerk/agenda/robertsrules.hmtl

 
Construction Contracts for School Districts
www.schoolclearinghouse.org

 
www.coe.uga.edu/sdpl/sdpl.html

 
www.matrixplanning.bc.ca/services/project.lasso?n=9181


www.labplan.org/append/biblio.htm

 

 

 

STRESS

 

 

Family Stress

 

http://www.ARAcontent.com

 

http://www.mental-health-matters.com

 

Personal and Professional Stress

 

http://www.teachhealth.com

 

http://marlasloane.com

 

http://www.ivf.com

 

http://www.7-12educators.com

 

 

University Interscholastic League

 

http://www.uil.utexas.edu/index.html

University Interscholastic League

 

http://www.uil.utexas.edu/admin/rules/index.html

2003-2004 Constitution and Contest Rules

 

http://www.uil.utexas.edu/admin/side/side.pdf

TEA & UIL Side by Side

 

http://www.uil.utexas.edu/admin/odd-even_cal.html

Official Calendar

 

 

http://www.uil.utexas.edu/admin/booster.html

Booster Club Guidelines

 

http://www.uil.utexas.edu/ath/manuals/dec/dec.html

District Executive Committee Manual

 

 

Special Populations & Interest Groups

 

Special Education

 

TEA Special Education in Texas

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/special.ed/

 

Federal Resource Center for Special Education

http://www.dssc.org/frc/

 

Special Education News

http://www.specialednews.com/

 

WrightsLaw

http://www.wrightslaw.com/

 

The Special Education Home Page

http://specialed.freeyellow.com/

 

Internet Special Education Resources

http://www.iser.com/

 

About Special Education

http://specialed.about.com/

 

Gifted/Talented

 

TEA Division of Advanced Academic Services

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/gted/

 

GT World

http://www.gtworld.org/

 

The National Research Center on the Gifted

http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/nrcgt.html

 

Familyeducation.com

http://www.familyeducation.com/channel/0,2916,59,00.html

 

 

The National Foundation for Gifted and Talented Children

http://www.nfgcc.org/

 

At-Risk

 

TEA PEIMS At-Risk Indicator Codes

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/peims/standards/wedsold/index.html?e0919

 

National Institute on the Education of At-Risk Students

http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/At-Risk/index.html

 

The Center for Research on At-Risk Students

http://www.wmich.edu/at-risk/

 

North Central Regional Educational Laboratory

http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/atrisk/at400.htm

 

ERIC Digest

http://www.ericfacility.net/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed292172.html

 

 

PEIMS

Public Education Information Management System

 

TEA PEIMS

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/peims/

 

 

                                    School district maintenance and transportation

 

  1. What districts expend for maintenance
  2. Why putting off maintenance is trouble
  3. What are the benefits of maintenance

www.schoolfacilities.com/services.asp?catergoryID=1 website on school facilities information

www.asumag.com American School & University, Apr.1, 2001 Info on expenditures on maintenance of schools

 

  1. Ways for districts to look at privatization of their buses
  2. Safety issues dealing with School Buses
  3. Local state website for school bus information

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/buses/   site for school bus information provided by  the national highway and transportaion safety administration

www.durhamschoolservices.com  provider of contract school bus service informative site

www.laidlawschoolbus.com  provider of contract school bus service

http://www.schooltrans.com/ National School Transportation Association

http://www.stnonline.com/stn/index.shtml  school transportation news

http://www.stnonline.com/stn/statesprovinces/unitedstates/2_tx.htm   state of Texas information on school bus data at a glance

www.txdps.state.tx.us/schoolbus Texas Department of Public Safety Website for School Bus Information with links to current information of school bus requirements and safety issues.

 

 

Information on School Board Elections

  1. School Board Election information
  2. Number of  School board members
  3. Removal and replacement of non functioning school board members

www.tasb.org  website of the Texas Association of School Boards providing links to election information

www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/laws/ website of the Texas Secretary of State with the current laws dealing with holding of elections, dates of elections,  and the requirements for candidates for office.

 

TASB Local Policy Handbook: BBB Legal & BBC Legal  Every district has what is called a Blue Book which details that district’s policy for the election of school board members and removal of members. Many districts have their policy online through tasb.org.