Leadership TASB Benefits
Leadership TASB is much more than a series of training sessions. It is an opportunity to become part of a network of school board trustee leaders who learn and work together to enhance school governance in Texas, enabling our children to be prepared for a life of work and worth in the next century.
Program participants gain connections and learn skills that help them perform activities such as the following after their graduation:
- Serve as mentors for new trustees
- Build community coalitions with citizens, community groups, and local businesses to support public education
- Speak to citizens and community groups about education issues
- Share knowledge of innovative programs around the state with educators in your district and community
- Write editorials about education for local newspapers and submit articles about effective practices to Texas Lone Star magazine
- Testify before the Legislature and State Board of Education
- Assist with or lead training sessions for board candidates and trustees
- Assume leadership roles in area school board associations
- Serve on TASB advisory committees developing new products and services for school boards and leadership teams
- Serve as advisors for state-wide education initatives
- Be prepared to serve on the TASB Board of Directors by understanding the needs of students across Texas
- Continue to communicate with fellow graduates to shared ideas and solutions to public education's challenges