Round Rock ISD Board President Amy Weir joined 26 other school board members from across Texas earlier this month to kick-off their participation in the Leadership Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) program.
Selected by TASB, the group will engage in a yearlong education leadership study program. These trustees represent school districts of all sizes, with student populations of 1,200 to 110,000 and reflect a similar range of population demographics.
Participants who complete all required elements of the study will graduate next year by earning a Master Trustee status. This is the highest designation recognized by TASB.
Meeting in conjunction with the Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA)/TASB convention, trustees met virtually and heard featured speaker Debra Fine, a nationally known motivational speaker and author of The Fine Art of Small Talk. Board members also received training at convention sessions and attended the TASB Delegate Assembly, the Association’s annual business meeting.
There are four additional scheduled sessions to take place throughout the year. Each session has a unique theme that builds on the previous session and features nationally recognized experts in the fields of leadership development and education. Teams also work throughout the year on extended learning assignments between meetings. Created in 1993, Leadership TASB has more than 900 graduates to date.
TASB is a voluntary, nonprofit association that serves local Texas school boards. School board members are the largest group of publicly elected officials in the state. The districts they represent serve more than 5.4 million public school students.
