Providing Goal Updates that Board Members Want

Type: Article
Topics: Board Relations, School Administrator Magazine

May 01, 2026

BOARD-SAVVY SUPERINTENDENT

Working with a Dallas-area school board-administrative team, I asked a board member, “How is your district doing on the student learning goals you developed last summer?â€

He replied, “I have absolutely no idea.â€

At lunch, an assistant superintendent quietly said, “I don’t know why he said what he did. I just updated the board on our student-learning goal progress at their meeting last week.â€

I paused and gently asked, “Have you ever considered using basic teaching techniques and checking for understanding with the board?â€

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