Governance Publications & Products
Becoming a Better Board Member
This National School Boards Association guide to effective school board service includes information on board roles and responsibilities, finance, politics and communication.
$55.00/Book
Key Work of School Boards
Newly revised in 2015, NSBA’s Key Work of School Boards framework identifies the core skills that effective boards need to ensure that all students achieve at high levels through excellence in governance. Within the Key Work framework, five Key Work action areas are examined in detail: Vision, Accountability, Policy, Community Leadership, and Relationships. With these skills, boards can guide their vision to fruition by exploring, questioning, assessing, and working with others to improve outcomes for today’s students as well as America’s next generation.
$45.00/book
Orders of 5 or more $40.00
Board Assessment Tools
Annual Board Development Tool
The complimentary Annual Board Development Tool online survey, created by School Perceptions and the Wisconsin Association of School Boards (WASB), is designed to help boards identify their areas of strength and alignment as well as where further dialogue and discussion is needed.
Learn more. Access codes are needed. No purchase required.
School Board Meeting Self-Evaluation Tool
Your board may also be interested in using the WASB School Board Meeting Self-Evaluation Tool to assess an individual meeting or series of meetings. (Depending on browser, may require user to open in Adobe Acrobat viewer for the fillable feature of the pdf to be supported.) No purchase required.
(member log in required)