Learning for Leadership Charter School

Our Sponsor
Pillsbury United Communities (PUC) www.puc-mn.org is the
school's sponsor and is committed to work actively to
develop future leaders. Pillsbury United Communities has
observed that many of the youth served by the PUC are
not engaged in challenging paths to prepare for a
successful career.

The Pillsbury United Communities and the planners of
Learning for Leadership Charter School (LLCS) both
understand that students need a nurturing and challenging
environment to learn more skills and improve work habits.
Students of color must be participants in a school providing
this type of opportunity.

Ultimately ours is a strategy to build cross cultural
experiences in
learning through a combination of strategies. Charter
schools
seeking more diversity eventually may be able to adopt
some of
our strategies, after we demonstrate success.

(From the Minnesota School Board Association website
www.mnmsba.org):
What Are the Roles and Responsibilities of the
School Board?

The major function of the school board is to provide
leadership, policy development, policy oversignt, and
communication. This is usually accomplished by
adopting policies which the administrators and staff
carry out.

Areas for which the board is responsible for
policy include but are not limited to:
*Educational program development and monitoring
*Student assessment
*Student support services
*Employee relations including hiring, inservice, and
evaluation
*Instructional materials
*Facility use
*Extracurricular activities
*Board operations

Other Board roles include:
*Budget adoption, revenue management, and
expenditure authorization
*Superintendent selections, contract, and evaluation
*Long range planning
*Ratifying collective bargaining agreements
*Care and maintenance of facilities
*Public relations
*Legislative involvement

The qualities of leadership that have been
identified are: integrity, perseverance,
commitment, ability to plan, vision, initiative,
and courage. Effective board members share a
number of these characteristics and are also
able to work as a team member.

Board of Directors Meetings
Learning for Leadership Charter School Board meets at the
school (3300 5th Street NE). Board meetings are open
to the public and parents and community members
are encouraged to attend. Board meetings are the third
Thursday of each month from 5-7 PM.
Call 612-789-9598 for more information.
*ANNUAL MEETING WITH ELECTIONS
WILL BE FEBRUARY 18, 2010