August 5, 2023 at 10:00 AM - Board Working Retreat

1. Board Policies - AB - legal guidelines 

2. Board Agreements - revised each year 

   1. Discuss attendance 

   2. Student representative participation and training

   3. Are there opportunities for consensus building when making decisions?

   4. Translation and accessibility 

3. Our Core Values

7. Board Basics 

• Board Packets - Send questions in advance to Chair & Michael

• Board Discussion - Explain vote during discussion if no or abstention

• Potential Quorum Violations
  • More than 2 Board members discussing Board business outside of a public meeting
  • Be cautious & consider public perception should more than 2 board members be having a discussion:  
    • Parking lot debrief 
    • School events or classroom visits
    • Serial meetings via phone or email (talk to more than one other board member about the same board topic outside of a public meeting)
• Personnel - board approve/deny contracts; use executive session

• Board-Public Interaction

  • Individual Board Member representation vs. speaking on behalf of the Parkrose School Board
  • Media Protocols (Policy BCB)
  • Handling Concerns/Complaints (Policy KL & others)

8. Legislative/Local Advocacy 

• Kmart Lot

  • Update

  • Board advocacy and communication

• City advocacy

• County advocacy

• OSAA

• Local Option consideration

9. Discussion about Board Liaison Roles 

• Parkrose Equity Team

  • What do we need from this team?

• Wellness - two meetings a year, Oct/Nov & Feb/Mar

• Parkrose Educational Foundation 

• MESD Budget Committee 

• Bargaining

  • Admin Agreement (No other bargaining this year!)

• Legislative Advocacy 

• OSBA Board

• OSBA LPC Committee

10. Our Vision and Mission

• Our recent shifts:

  • Flipping the dashboard- rethinking how we measure the quality and experience of our schools

  • Pounding the pavement- seeking out the voices of the underrepresented and centering their needs

  • Center students, staff and families

  • Equity work is first and foremost pedagogical. Giving students a chance to grapple with ideas and construct knowledge through learning experiences

    • A pedagogy that says, “I see you, I believe in you, you are safe to grow and thrive here, I want to hear your voice. 

  • A goal for coherence (Sticking together, slice through the old paradigm, and reimagine a new system- A shared depth and understanding about the purpose and nature of the work)

    • Eliminate the competing messages in our system

• Building a Graduate Profile (This is an accessible, succinct description of what every graduate must know, understand, and be able to do- Could be considered Habits of Mind)

  • What really matters to us here, in this community, right now?

  • Cognitive, Emotional, Spiritual, and Physical Domains

    • Students and adults practice these core skills and competencies at all levels
    • Create an assessment system to measure what’s important
    • What did our students tell us? 
      • See examples- discuss

11. Next Up: 

• Board Goals

• Plan Working Sessions

  • First session is the initial development of the graduate profile

• Board Professional Development