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Div 1 Adair board member Greg Willis earns Level 5 certification Current board now has three members with Level 5 certification. In addition to Mr. Willis, Mike Harris (Div. 5) and Chairman Floyd Burton (Div. 4) have earned this degree Special CM Education Story Going beyond what is required by Kentucky law, Adair County school board member Greg Willis has earned advanced certification for professional development focused on improving Adair schools. Willis recently achieved Level Five Certification in the Kentucky School Boards Association (KSBA) Academy of Studies. The Academy of Studies is designed to work within Kentucky statutes that mandate more hours in a board member's early years of service, then fewer hours the longer he or she serves. Courses in the lower Academy of Studies level include the basics on the board's role, school finance, superintendent evaluations and facilities planning. As a board member advances in the certification process, the courses become less general and more specific to issues such as evaluating the board's own effectiveness, advanced budget planning, becoming better advocates for children and grasping their board's responsibilities in Kentucky's new school and student accountability system. "The longer a board member serves, the more he or she should be introduced to new concepts that meet new challenges," said KSBA President Tom Blankenship, a 27-year member of the Lincoln County Board of Education. As a group, school board members who make it to a new level of accreditation in the Academy of Studies haven't just put in more time; they've delved into deeper considerations of the long-term issues of helping improve teaching and learning in the classroom," Blankenship said. "No law requires this kind of effort. This comes from a desire to be a local leader with as much knowledge as can be obtained to put to work for the children and their communities." In a phone conversation with Superintendent Alan Reed, Kerri Schelling of the Kentucky School Boards Association complimented Willis, stating that only 20-30 school board members, state-wide, reach Level Five in any given year. Long-term School Board members Floyd Burton and Mike Harris also hold Level 5 certificates. Established in 1936, KSBA is Kentucky's largest voluntary association of local elected officials. This story was posted on 2013-03-05 15:23:12
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