Rockdale ISD Board of Trustees:
CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
At the April 19, 2021 Regular School Board Meeting, Board President Troy Zinn announced that under State Board of Education Rule, completing required continuing education each year of service is a basic obligation and expectation of any sitting board member.
The Board President is required to announce the name of each member who:
• Has completed the required continuing education;
• Has exceeded the required continuing education; and
• Is deficient in meeting the required continuing education.
The requirements for training are measured as of the first anniversary of the date of the trustee’s election or appointment or two-year anniversary of his or her previous training, as applicable.
There are seven training areas for board member continuing education:
1. Local District Orientation
2. Orientation to the Texas Education Code
3. Post-Legislative Update to the Texas Education Code
4. Team Building
5. Additional Continuing Education
6. Evaluating Student Academic Performance and Setting Goals
7. Identifying and Reporting Abuse, Trafficking, and Other Maltreatment of Children
Local District Orientation
The following first-year board members have completed the local district orientation training:
Amy Casas 2019-2020
Janice Keen 2020-2021
Orientation to the Texas Education Code
The following first-year board members have completed the Orientation to the Texas Education Code training:
Amy Casas 2019-2020
Janice Keen 2020-2021
Post-Legislative Update to the Texas Education Code
The following board members have completed Post-Legislative Update to the Texas Education Code training:
2019-2020: Troy Zinn, Lin Perry, Wenda Dyer, Raymon Puente, Charles Miles, Julia Cardona
No board members were required to complete Post-Legislative Update to the Texas Education Code training for the 2020-2021 announcement period.
Team Building
The following board members have completed the annual team-building training:
2019-2020: Troy Zinn, Lin Perry, Wenda Dyer, Raymon Puente, Charles Miles, Julia Cardona, Amy Casas
2020-2021: Troy Zinn, Charles Miles, Wenda Dyer, Raymon Puente, Julia Cardona, Amy Casas, Janice Keen
Additional Continuing Education
The following board members have completed the additional continuing education requirements:
2019-2020: Troy Zinn, Lin Perry, Wenda Dyer, Raymon Puente, Charles Miles, Julia Cardona, Amy Casas
2020-2021: Troy Zinn, Charles Miles, Wenda Dyer, Raymon Puente, Julia Cardona, Amy Casas
The following board member has time remaining to complete the additional continuing education requirements and has training scheduled:
Janice Keen 2020-2021
Evaluating Student Academic Performance and Setting Goals
The following board members have completed the biennial training on evaluating student academic performance and setting goals:
Troy Zinn, Charles Miles, Wenda Dyer, Raymon Puente, Julia Cardona, Amy Casas, Janice Keen, Jason Barcak
Identifying and Reporting Abuse, Trafficking, and Other Maltreatment of Children
The following board members have completed the biennial training on identifying and reporting abuse and trafficking:
Troy Zinn, Charles Miles, Wenda Dyer, Raymon Puente, Julia Cardona, Amy Casas, Janice Keen
There are NO Rockdale ISD Board Members deficient in meeting the required obligations and expectation of continuing education hours.
Board members Troy Zinn, Charles Miles, Wenda Dyer, Raymon Puente, Julia Cardona, and Amy Casas exceeded the required amount of additional continuing education training hours.