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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m just amazed that they continue to present in the front of the BOE and the Superintendent without basic info that anyone would ask as a follow-up.  Maybe they didn’t get the message that us in corporate got, that “Who, What, When, Where, and How/How much” are the basic components.  It’s great to have flowery language and pitch a story but if you don’t have information to back it up (particularly since presenting to a board is all about Oversight/Accountability/Approval) it’s pointless.[/quote]

This, but [b]also the board needs to do better follow-up.[/b] I've watched a lot of board meetings, and they go like this:

MCPS staff: Long flowery story that only sort of touches on the topic of the day

BoE member: Slightly challenging question for the sake of clarity

MCPS staff: Word salad edu-speak from their mail order EdD program that does not answer the question or provide clarity at all

BoE member: Fantastic, no further questions[/quote]

Definitely need better followup.  They have a whole site dedicated to followup but as you can see it hasn’t been updated in quite some time.  Major questions/clarification from the meeting and answers should be documented along with any additional information that folks needed to go back to provide.  That’s the whole purpose of having Followup/Old Business/Unfinished business/Previous Action Items section in meetings.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/boe/meetings/memorandum/[/quote]

MCPS lost its ombudsman, maybe that role played a key position in pushing for follow-ups? But the fact that there haven’t been follow-up documents posted in months is very telling about how thorough of a job they’re doing over there.[/quote]

I don't think you need an ombudsman for this. It's kind of basic project management.

So, let's say the BoE puts a topic on the agenda like "New ELA Curriculum: Feedback After 1 Year" and invites the elementary ELA lead to come present.

If there's a specific question the elementary lead cannot answer, like percentage gains in literacy, that goes on the list for follow-up. Then a BoE staff member follows up with Central Office after one week, two weeks, etc, each time requesting the document that was promised. Now, maybe the numbers aren't ready yet, but CO still owes a BoE a response even if it's an update on timing for all of the MAP-R scores to be collected/collated.

If the document has not materialized by the next meeting and no response has come from the Central Office, it is name and shame time.

Rinse and repeat. [/quote]

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