A School Board Vision for Public Education
As NSBA moves from planning toward implementing the “New NSBA,” a key priority centers on making the association a more visible, influential, and recognized advocacy organization.
The New NSBA
The new NSBA is bold change, pursued with a sense of urgency, while at the same time, enacted thoughtfully and deliberately.
NSBA’s Unified Framework
NSBA has released its board-approved unified framework —A School Board Vision for Public Education.
To evolve a true “army of advocates” poised to influence key federal legislative issues, public school advocates must be:
- unified in our messaging
- proactive in our delivery
Being “on message” is the baseline against which we can:
- aggressively pursue NSBA’s federal agenda
- deal with an emerging environment in Congress
- address critical priorities in education and school governance
- promote key strengths of NSBA
The unified framework includes:
- A comprehensive vision statement—A School Board Vision for Public Education
- A highlights-only “elevator speech” that recaps key tenets of the full vision statement
- Guiding principles for implementation to frame the development of specific resolutions in three areas:
- Public Education
- Local School Board Governance, and
- Equity and Excellence in Education
Help Us to Move NSBA Vision Into Reality
In addition to better defining NSBA’s role in preserving and advancing public education, this new framework ensures that public school advocates follow the same conceptual vision and guiding principles for implementation.
These important tools aim to inform and guide those working to accelerate our efforts to advance NSBA advocacy positions and priorities.
