educationally efficient administration

The object is to move power and resouces from the public to the educational interface; the place where the student and the system meet.

the board passes resources and decision making power to the administration.

the board retains enough power and resources to make district wide policies and to protect public interests in schools.

the board is accountable to the public at election for protecting public interests. they are accountable for their selection of the administrative superintendent.

the administrative superintendent is accountable for moving decision making power and resources between the board and the interface; wasting as little of each as is possible at each level of administration. power and resources will move by the shortest path.

district administrators are accountable to the superintendent. evaluations will include the results of an impartial annual administrative accountability audit.

school site administrators are accountable to site stakeholders as well.

decision making is site based. any stakeholder may sit at the table where decisions are made. stakeholders will examine all options and resources, and they will make decisions.

the administration will provide dedicated facilitators to the process. expert in compliance issues and current best practices; they will support site based decision making as needed.

educators will be encouraged to innovate. they will be directly supported in that endeavour by the administration.

the administration is most responsible for enforcing district and school site discipline policies.

teachers are better used as educators than enforcers.

chronically disruptive students are the responsibility of the administration. the administration will provide the appropriate educational interface for chronically disruptive students, just as they will provide the interface for students who are not chronically disruptive.

adults will have meaningful authority over children at school.

the entire process will be entirely transparent.

everyone will be held honestly accountable to the same meaningful standard of conduct.

the leadership in the aps will be by personal example.


the rest takes care of itself.