Almost a hundred recently elected board of education members attended New Board Member Orientation Weekend from Feb. 21 to Feb. 23 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Plainsboro.
Pursuant to the School Ethics Act, every newly elected school board member is required to participate in the orientation course within their first 90 days of service.
The intensive, three-day training course allowed board members to effectively fulfill their responsibilities while attending large and small group sessions on topics including school law, policy, the School Ethics Act, ways to improve student achievement, school finance, labor relations, the board-superintendent relationship and advocacy.
One of the highlights of the weekend was when attendees had the chance to watch a mock board session that demonstrated the ways not to run a board meeting.
Costs, including all meals, materials and hotel stay, were underwritten by a grant from the Educational Leadership Foundation of New Jersey.
