NALEO National Institute for Newly Elected Officials

School Board Track

November 18-21, 2010
Washington, DC

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PROGRAM AGENDA

Institute Agenda

FACULTY BIOS, PARTICIPANT BIOS & PARTICIPANT ROSTER

Faculty Bios
Participant Bios
Participant Roster

2011 NALEO CONSTITUENCY SERVICES CALENDAR

2011 NALEO Constituency Services Calendar

BREAKOUT SESSION: How Do I Get Started?
With an emphasis on constituent relations and understanding the school board legislative process, the session helped school board members identify the most important people at the district office/board of education; surviving without staff; and maintaining and building support for your agenda in your community.

Presentation: Hon. Panfilo Contreras, Executive Director, Arizona School Boards Association

“How Do I Get Started?”

GENERAL SESSION: Branding, Message, and Mastering The Media
Sponsored by Felix Elizalde La Raza Education Fund

Presentation: Ms. Christina Sanchez Camino, Senior Partner, Milagro Communications Group

Mastering the Media before It Masters You

BREAKOUT SESSIONS: Defining Your Leadership Role on the School Board
Board Members learned how to develop and individualize framework for effective leadership and student learning, and will discuss how to connect individual policy strategies to board and district priorities.

Presentation: Dr. Andrés Alonso, Chief Executive Officer, Baltimore City Public Schools, Maryland

Baltimore City Public Schools: What Drives Us

GENERAL SESSION: Using Social Media
Social media can be useful in quickly disseminating information in a highly accessible format, while also giving stakeholders a timely and relevant voice in government.

Presentation: Mr. Corey Owens, Associate, Private and Public Policy, Facebook, Washington, D.C.

BREAKOUT SESSIONS: Understanding How Schools Are Funded
Session panelists discussed basic facts about funding to facilitate a common understanding of the uses of education funding at the local, state and federal level. This session enables you to analyze your district’s budget critically and identify sources of funding and expidentures.

Presentation: Dr. Michael Petko, National Education Association (NEA) Research, Washington, D.C.

Student-weighted Budgeting

Things to Know about Local School Finance

Presentation: Dr. R. Anthony Rolle, Professor and Chair, University of South Florida

An Introduction to Education Finance Policy

Improving the Productivity of Schools

Equity I-Spending on Schools

Equity II-The Adequacy of Education

Curious Georgia-Studies Economics

Getting the Biggest Bang for the Educational Buck

BREAKOUT SESSIONS: Case Studies On The Policymaking Process
Through a case study, elected officials walked participants through an example of their track’s policymaking process identifying needs to final budget allocation and implementation. The case studies also highlighted mistakes made in the process.

Presentation: Ms. Deborah Santiago, Vice President for Policy and Research, Excelencia in Education

The El Paso Collaborative for Academic Excellence

GENERAL SESSION: Case Studies On Ethics

Presentation: Mr. Raul F. Salinas, Partner-in-Charge, Adorno Yoss Alvarado & Smith

Case Studies on Ethics

Presentation: Ms. Kathleen Clark, Professor of Law & Israel Treiman Faculty Fellow, Washington University in St. Louis

A Primer on Government Ethics Standards

Do We Have Enough Ethics in Government Yet? An Answer from Fiduciary Theory

Presentation: United States Department of Justice

Report to Congress - Public Integrity Section for 2009

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

City of Bell Arrests

State and Local Government Revenue

Important Issues in Government Finance

Ethics Laws: Reference for Local Officials

Sponsor Resources

Title Sponsor

Investor Partners

Convening Partner
The Embassy of Mexico

National Institutional Partners
National Conference of State Legislatures
Notational Hispanic Caucus of School Board Members
A Council of the National School Boards Association

About the NALEO Educational Fund
The NALEO Educational Fund is the leading organization that facilitates full Latino participation in the American political process, from citizenship to public service. The NALEO Educational Fund is a non-profit, non-partisan organization whose constituency includes the more than 6,000 Latino elected and appointed officials nationwide.