Agenda Item
a. Local Board Governance Training Plan
Summary: Presented by: Mrs. Vickie B. Turner, Board Chair
Details: State Law and State Board rules now require school board members to obtain a defined amount of training and defined training provided by State Board approved trainers.
NEW BOARD MEMBERS - FIRST YEAR OF SERVICE (15 hours required)
Individual Training:
New Board Member Orientation
Roles & Responsibilities
Whole Board Training:
Board Best Practices
BOARD MEMBERS - ONE OR MORE YEARS OF SERVICE (9 HOURS REQUIRED)
Individual Training:
GSBA Board Best Practices; School Law; Board Chair and School Finance Workshops
Whole Board Training:
Whole Board Governance
Local Board Training Plan for individual board member training and whole board training resulting from
an assessment identifying areas of board governance improvement.
DeKalb County Board of Education Date of approval: _________
(System)
Please remit by email to: mcardoza@doe.k12.ga.us
Board Member/ Whole Board Training Approved Training Course(s)* and Planning Date of
Completion
1. All Current Board Members Minimum of 6 hours in one or more of the following areas: Domain III:
Mrs. Vickie B. Turner Board and Community Relations; Domain IV: Policy Development;
Mr. Diijon DaCosta, Sr. Domain V: Board Meetings, delivered by a state approved training
Mrs. Allyson Gevertz provider (Fall 2022/Winter 2023)
Mrs. Anna Hill
Dr. Joyce Morley
Mr. Marshall Orson
Mrs. Deirdre Pierce
2. Whole Board Training Minimum of 6 hours in one or more of the following areas: Domain I:
Governance Structure; Domain II: Strategic Planning; Domain VII:
Financial Governance, delivered by a state approved training provider
(Fall 2022/Spring 2023)
3. Local Orientation for new member(s) Minimum of 3 hours in one of the following areas: Domain VI:
Mrs. Whitney McGinniss Personnel; and Domain VIII: Ethics, delivered by a state approved
training provider. (Fall 2022/Winter 2023)
*Required annual training: new board member = total 15 hours and veteran board members = total 9 hours; whole board governance
team training of 3 hours included in total hours above. To receive required training credit hours, all training sessions must be
conducted by a State Board of Education approved “training provider.”