"we have a new superintendent and last year was my first as president so I took the virtual workshop. No one else from the board did but I shared my learnings and handouts with the rest of the board (so you should consider getting 2 to take the…"

"We have a specific procedure in our board protocols with mentorship and an onboarding training session very similar to what James Governali listed in this thread. It has been very successful. We have two new members this year and they have been…"

"The NYSSBA New School Board Member guide is a great resource. I also led an effort to create a BOE operations manual that is more specific to our local procedures, but also touches on many of the best practices listed in the NYSSBA booklet. If…"

"I shared this information back in July regarding another question. But it may be helpful here as well:
"NYSSBA has a 2 page document called "16 Tenets of the Effective Board-Administrative Leadership Team". I have shared this document yearly with my…"

"Our Board Onboarding Policy includes providing new board members with a mentor (either the Board Pres or VP), and a post-election meeting with the Supt and Asst Supts. We also always do a board retreat in the summer to help newer members get up to…"

"We just completed (with help from NYSSBA) and adopted our board operating procedures so it is all laid out in there. Here is a snippet from the section: Onboarding new members:

1.New board members are legally required to fulfill the state mandated…"

"In my experience (about to start 6th year on the board), there isn’t a lot of competition for the leadership positions. I was asked to be VP my 3rd year by the then-president who had been in the role for several years. She was nearing the end of her…"

"Very late to reply but I’d ask what the goal of such meetings would be. As board members, we can’t solve problems for community members but would be directing them to the proper resource
(Principal, athletic director, etc.). Our superintendent is…"

"We connect to a building and attend events of the building."

"We have done tours after school is over and we use students as ambassadors to guide each BOE member around the building as their tour guide. It is extremely fun in the elementary level. We also have many committees that have teacher, board and…"

"We usually attend events in the buildings. Concerts, musicals, honor society inductions, Veterans Day presentations. etc. We never go to classrooms."

"We have some volunteers opportunities that BOE members are invite to. For example we have a 1000 Books reading program that members were invited to volunteer for. We are also hosting an outdoor activity and members were invited to volunteer at.…"

"Our policy requires building g tours which we generally schedule before a board meeting so as not to interrupt the educational process. Our philosophy is one of our being a partnership with the teachers as opposed to being watchdogs."