Downloads

2008 National Board of Authorizers Conference Handouts

• Evaluating Board Performance Session
• Governing for Academic Success
  
• The Board/School Leadership Partnership
  

Board Effectiveness Quiz

1.    Full-board job description—details what the full board is responsible
2.    Individual performance expectations—what are individual board members supposed to do?
3.    Board member agreement—document that board members sign pledging to uphold their responsibilities

Board Committee Job Descriptions

A question I get asked all the time is, “Which committees do I need?”

Your bylaws should spell out as few standing committees as possible. Then I recommend that the rest of the groups remain as task forces so they can come and go as needed.

In my opinion a charter school board absolutely can’t function without the following committees. Click on the link for the detailed job description:

• Academic Excellence Committee
  
  
• Finance Committee
  
  
• Governance Committee
  
  
• Development (Fundraising) Committee

Top 10 Mistakes of Charter School Founding Boards

Top 10 Characteristics of Highly Effective Charter School Governing Boards

National Association of Charter School Authorizers Issue Brief,

• Steering the Course for Success: Authorizers and Effective Charter School Governance (2005)

• Evaluating the Capacity of Founding Boards: Charter School Authorizing—Setting Governing Boards Up for Success (2007). ***Coming soon!