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January/February 2006

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IASB Publications
2921 Baker Drive
Springfield 62703
217/528-9688, extension 1131

• Leading your district with a clear vision
  by Ginger Wheeler
  Focusing on a district's vision, mission and goals allows school boards to govern without micromanaging.

• Planning to visioning: Tools to navigate the future
  by Phillip Boyle
  The greatest unknown for any organization is the future, but those who use the right tools can craft their desired future rather than simply letting it happen.

• Plan with leadership, teamship, followership
  by A. Sue Easton and Carroll Phelps
  Marion CUSD 2 uses strategic planning coupled with IASB's Foundational Principles of Effective Governance to ensure shared leadership.

• Healthy environment wellness policy goal
  by Ruth Jonen
  Federal and state laws requiring adoption of new wellness policies compel districts to act on the childhood obesity issue, but ensuring healthy students should be motive enough.

• Intent in bid letting as important as law
  by Linda Dawson
  School board members need a basic understanding of bidding procedures in order to keep the process within the intent of the law.
  Sidebar: FAQs on bidding
  Sidebar: New Illinois program offers districts savings

• 11th annual salary survey: Walking the tightrope of declining salarie
  by Dean Halverson and Sandra Watkins
  The Northeast still holds the top spots for superintendent and principal salaries, but overall this year's survey shows a decline in salaries in Illinois.
  Sidebar: About the survey methodology

• Moods and school boards: Generating progress
  by Cindy Reinhardt
  Identifying the "mood" of the board might allow districts to assess things differently and generate options that didn't seem possible before.

• Big tests, big sticks: Social context of high-stakes testing in China and U.S.
  by Alfonso J. Orsini
  If preparing our students for global competition is the goal of the No Child Left Behind Act, the U.S. may be fighting a losing battle

• Teaming 'downsizes' learning atmosphere
  by Robert J. Madonia
  Learning communities have created a more personalized school environment for students in Frankfort CCSD 157-C.

• Ask the staff: Boards can take lead on achievement goals