Special Resource Material Developed by the Center
Title: Enhancing a School Board's Focus on Addressing Barriers to Learning & Teaching (Guidance Notes)
Description: Most school boards do not have a standing committee that gives full attention to the problem of how schools address barriers to learning and teaching. This is not to suggest that boards are ignoring such matters. Indeed, items related to these concerns appear regularly on every school board's agenda. The problem is that each item tends to be handled in an ad hoc manner, without sufficient attention to the ?Big Picture.? One result is that the administrative structure in most districts is not organized in ways that coalesce its various functions (programs, services) for addressing barriers. The piecemeal structure reflects the marginalized status of such functions and both creates and maintains the fragmented policies and practices that characterize efforts to address barriers to student learning.Access at: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/schoolboardfocus.pdf 34kb; 4pp
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