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Serving as a governance leader colleagues and district administrators across the state to train them to serve
broadened my knowledge of the how throughout the years. It was also as responsible members of their
the stakeholders of an educational my privilege to work with some of respective educational communities.
community should work together to the leaders, representatives, and My governance professional
support student achievement. I will trainers associated with the New development experiences, not only
miss my board governance work. As Jersey School Boards Association prepared me to serve as an effective
a school board member, I worked with (NJSBA). The NJSBA is instrumental board member, but also contributed to
so many talented and dedicated board in preparing school board members my development as a school leader.

References
Hess, F. M., Meeks, O., Thomas B. Fordham Institute, & National School Boards Association. (2010). School Boards Circa
2010: Governance in the Accountability Era. Thomas B. Fordham Foundation & Institute.
State of New Jersey Department of Education. (2017). Local Stakeholder Engagement Under the Every Student
Succeeds Act (ESSA): A Guide for District and School Leaders. Retrieved from https://www.state.nj.us/education/ESSA/
guidance/njdoe/StakeholderGuidance.pdf
New Jersey Department of Education Division of Field Services. (2018). New Jersey Quality Single Accountability
Continuum (NJQSAC) User Manual. Retrieved from https://www.state.nj.us/education/genfo/qsac/manual.pdf
New Jersey School District Accountability Act. (2006). Retrieved from https://www.state.nj.us/education/title1/
accountability/progress/18/
Rice, D., Delagardelle, M., Buckton, M., Jons, C., Leuders, W., Vens, M., . . .
Weathersby, J. (2000). The Lighthouse Inquiry: School Board/Superintendent Team Behaviors in School Districts With
Extreme Differences in Student Achievement. Retrieved from https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED453172

About the Author

Kathleen Koop is an elementary school principal in the Madison School District and a former four term
school board of education member of the Washington Township School District in Morris County. She
recently received her doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. Her
dissertation research was about school board governance. Kathy enjoys spending her time with her four
amazing children, Hailey, Summer, Dakota, and Kai.

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