It takes a Washington D.C.-based consultant to tell the Guilford County Board of Education that they have time management issues during meetings:
A.J. Crabill, a consultant from the Washington, D.C.-based Council of the Great City Schools, walked board members through a discussion about how they use their time during meetings.
The discussion harkened back to another retreat with Crabill and colleague Michael Casserly in November. They told board members they should set three to five measurable goals for what students should be learning or achieving in Guilford County Schools.
According to the consultants, when school boards spend half or more of their time monitoring progress toward goals, there’s a correlation with more rapid academic progress.They said the board should use how it spends its time as a signal to staff members of how they should prioritize their own time.
Anybody could have told the board as much for some time now–pretty much since I’ve following local education. I even have a crazy conspiracy theory–they do it on purpose so everyone will either give up or fall asleep, then they can put their (evil laugh) agenda into place.
