Book List
Below is a list of recommended books for your role as a school board member.
The List
by: Mike Schmoker
In Results Now 2.0, Mike Schmoker expands on his bestselling book and offers a broader, deeper analysis of the entire K–12 education system and how it can improve. He describes a systemic buffer of policies, pedagogy, and initiatives that prevents everyone—teachers, students, and parents—from understanding our collective failure to align instruction with evidence of what works.
by: Henry M. Robert III, et. al
A short, user-friendly guide to the essential procedures of conducting a meeting, written by the authors of Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised, the only authorized edition of the classic work on parliamentary procedure. It’s the easy-to-read, easy-to-understand companion to help you effectively operate in your meetings.
by: Dr. Zach Groshell
This book reaffirms the enduring importance of effective explanations at a time when “teacher talk” is often undervalued. Drawing on the science of learning, Zach Groshell explores essential techniques for showing, telling, demonstrating, modeling, and presenting so that even the most complex concepts become accessible to all learners.
by: A.J. Crabill
Step by step, the exercises in this book inspire board members to adopt a student-outcomes-focused mindset as they reevaluate their impact on those they serve. It challenges them to explore effective ways to focus on what students need.
by: Henry M. Robert III, et. al
The only current authorized edition of the classic work on parliamentary procedure—a guide to smooth, orderly, and fairly conducted meetings. Robert’s Rules of Order is as indispensable now as the original edition was more than a century ago. This book is the acknowledged “gold standard” for meeting rules.
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