CASB Connections

As a public school board member, you have a role as an advocate for your schools, students and community. As an elected official, you are a peer with other elected officials in your state including legislators and even your governor. Matt shares tips and tools that will help you gain strength as an advocate and build relationships that last and work for your school district.

Interview with Matt Cook, CASB Director of Advocacy and Public Policy Host: Leslie Bogar, CASB Director of Professional Learning

Music: Foreign Exchange by Globuldub; You're a Punk, I'm a Punk by Studio_d

Do you have a desire to serve as the delegate for your school board? It's not as daunting as it sounds. Matt Cook, CASB's Director of Advocacy and Public Policy, shares details on the delegate's role and responsibilities, the crafting of resolutions and what goes on at the CASB Delegate Assembly. This is democracy at its best!

Interview with Matt Cook, CASB Director of Advocacy and Public Policy Host: Leslie Bogar, CASB Director of Professional Learning

Music: Foreign Exchange by Globuldub

In our nation, the story of inequity has many faces and Dr. Joyce Brooks is one of them. Growing up separated and not equal to championing for equity in our education system today, Dr. Brooks takes us on her journey and what it means for all groups to come to the table for our students.

Interview with: Dr. Joyce Brooks: Great Education Colorado Board Member, NAACP Colorado Education Chair, Colorado Industrial Areas Foundation Steering Committee Member

Host: Leslie Bogar, Colorado Association of School Boards Director of Professional Learning

Music: Foreign Exchange by Gobuldub

Listen in on a conversation with two of Colorado's sages in education: Ken DeLay and Dr. John Hefty. You'll gain an historical context of K12 public education in our state, as well as where it is going in regard to school finance, state and federal regulations, teacher concerns, the achievement gap and much more.

Interview with: Ken DeLay, CASB Executive Director (1999-2019); Former attorney with Semple, Miller, DeLay & Mooney; Juris Doctorate from the University of Colorado. Dr. John Hefty, CASE Executive Director (2004-2011); Brighton Public School Superintendent (1998-2004); Former Superintendent Eagle County School District; Former Deputy Superintendent Jeffco Public Schools; Former adjunct professor at the University of Denver; Former high school principal and secondary science teacher; Undergraduate and advanced degrees from the University of Wisconsin. Host: Leslie Bogar, CASB Director of Professional Learning

Music: Foreign Exchange by Globuldub

Accountability Clock. Performance Watch. What does this mean to school districts and what support does the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) offer through the Turnaround Network? It's more than you think.

Lindsey Jaeckel and Nicole Monet share details on the support their department provides to districts and schools - heart and soul - as members of CDE's Turnaround Network.

Interview with: Lindsey Jaeckel, CDE Director of Turnaround Support & former school teacher; Nicole Monet, Turnaround Support Manager & former school teacher & leader.

Host: Leslie Bogar, CASB Director of Professional Learning

Music: Foreign Exchange by Globuldub

Find out what's being accomplished in the efforts to address rural teacher recruitment and retention in Colorado and how districts can utilize existing programs to grow their own recruits. Dr. Lori Reinsvold and Dr. Valerie Sherman will share what the Colorado Center for Rural Education has in place and how, through collaborative forces, the Center's programs are growing beyond what they envisioned.

Dr. Lori Reinsvold, Co-Director for the Colorado Center for Rural Education; Associate Director for the Mathematics and Science Teaching Institute in the College of Natural and Health Sciences at the University of Northern Colorado.

Dr. Valerie Sherman, Rural Education Coordinator for the Colorado Center for Rural Education, former professor at the Univeristy of Northern Colorado and former K12 classroom teacher.

Host is Leslie Bogar, Director of Professional Learning for CASB

Music: Foreign Exchange by Globuldub

Before you jump onto the campaign trail, make sure you've completed a proper self-reflection. The steps shared in this podcast will be your last look in the mirror before heading to community forums and events.

Host: Leslie Bogar, CASB Director of Professional Learning & Events

Music: Sine de Cobre by Cholate

Mary Nichols and Sue Chandler have both experienced the benefits of taking part in Littleton Public School's school board candidate orientation program. Orientation programs prepare candidates for the position by filling in the blanks and sharing the realities of what it means to be a school board member. The great thing about orienting board candidates is that any district can do this! Mary and Sue were elected to their boards and their experiences frame the work of a school board member.

Music: Sine de Cobre by Cholate

Interview with:

• Mary Nichols, Littleton Public Schools board member 2007-2015, CASB Board of Directors 2011-2014, CASB McGuffey Award recipient 2015 and CASB All State Board Award 2010
• Sue Chandler, Littleton Public Schools board member 2005 – 2013, CASB McGuffey Award recipient 2011, CASB All State Board Award 2010, Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning board liaison and National Peer Leader Committee for Health and Wellness in Education co-chair and chair.

Host: Leslie Bogar, CASB Director of Professional Learning & Events

Long advocacy for rural school districts is gaining momentum and it has taken a village to to get these efforts to where they are today. Rural stories are just one aspect that has helped our legislators, and larger districts, gain a better understanding of our rural school districts - their concerns and successes. But there's much more. Find out what long advocacy is and how pinto beans created a bond betweeen rural and urban students!

Interview with: Michelle Murphy, Executive Director for the Colorado Rural School Alliance; Bret Miles, Executive Director for the Colorado Association of School Executives; Matt Cook, CASB Director of Public Policy and Advocacy

Host: Leslie Bogar, CASB Director of Professional Learning & Events

Music: El Tajo by Cholate

Gain insight and practical steps your board can take in making sure school board meetings are policy-focused. Without a policy-focused meeting, boards may make decisions that have negative consequences for their district, their students and their community.

Interview with: Jeri Hodgson-Fleuter, former CASB Deputy Executive Director & Director of Policy; Kathy Shannon, former CASB Legal and Policy Counsel

Host: Leslie Bogar, CASB Director of Professional Learning & Events

Music: Sino de Cobre by Cholate