CofS - Schedule of Topics

Cycles of Success

Ongoing Topics
Issues of concern to participants
News of interest to superintendents
Strategies for current educational problems

Schedule of Topics, by Month
(revised subject to participant interests and needs)

July
- The Annual Goals/Evaluation Cycle (productive Board activities)
- Annual Review of the Board Agenda
- Board Discussion of Schedule of Reports
- New Staff Orientation, End of Summer Celebration
- A Smooth Start (Notice of Opening, Opening Day)

August
- Personal Administration and Negotiations
- Administration of Contract(s)
- Administration of the fiscal health of your school district

September
- Academic Accountability and the Curriculum Cycle
- Review of the Superintendent’s Annual Fiscal Cycle
- The Budget Development Calendar

October
- District Fiscal Data (Reports and Long Range Plans)
- Internal Fiscal Controls
- The Healthy Lifestyle of the Superintendent

November
- Planning the Annual Budget Cycle
- Budget Communication Strategies

December
- The Superintendent and the Law
- The Superintendent's Contract

January
- The District’s Administrative Structure - organization, communication, and politics for the next school year
- Evaluation of Administrators

February
- Finalizing the Annual Budget, Meeting and Vote
- Budget communication strategies revisited

March
- Standard Hiring Procedures
- Media Relations
- Preparation for the Board Reorganization Meeting

April
- Strategies for a New Board of Education (new Board Member Orientation)
- Employee Termination/Dismissal Timing and Strategies

May
- Transportation / Food Service / Maintenance
- Roles of BOCES and the District Superintendent
- Fellow Superintendent Support

June [revised 6-16-05]
- Final Review of the Board Reorganizational Meeting Agenda
- Working With the New Board of Education
- Summer Work Strategies