Now Elected, Now What? (eBook)

The Path to Successful School District Governance

Chuck Namit (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
204 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4758-3889-3 (ISBN)

Infos

The information in this book will provide board members with simple tools to become an effective member of the board, even in the first term. Board members are introduced to Values Governance(R) system that incorporates community process techniques, curricular, and instructional innovations. This new model provides greater efficiency, effectiveness, and coherence in the governance of the board. With the completion of this survival guide, the new board member is ready to join the board with some skills in hand.

Autor

Chuck Namit is an education and nonprofit consultant and is president of Strategem, LLC, governance and leadership group that provides training, facilitation, board self-assessment, CEO and superintendent evaluation, CEO coaching, and Values Governance® training services for the public schools and the community. Namit has been a North Thurston Public Schools board of director for twenty-four years and spent nine years as a board member of the Washington State School Directors’ Association (WSSDA)—the state school board association.

Inhalt

ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart 1: Survival Manual for a Board MemberChapter 1: Traditional Governance System: Current Governance Method Chapter 2: Alternative Governance Systems: Some New Methods in Governance Chapter 3: Turning to a New Governance Model: Values Governance® SystemChapter 4: Establishing Principles for Your GovernanceChapter 5: Mountain Peaks of Governance: Developing the Sky Bridge of MonitoringChapter 6: Board and CEO Leadership: Board Self-Assessment and Superintendent EvaluationChapter 7: Four Phases of School-Community Engagement StagesChapter 8: School Governance and District Leadership to Increase Student AchievementChapter 9: Establishing a Communication Style and Policy Control Status for Your GovernanceChapter 10: Energizing Community Engagement in Two-Way GovernanceChapter 11: The New Look of the Values Governance® System in an OrganizationPart 2: Getting the Most Out of Your Board Service: A Field Manual for Board MembersChapter 12: Traditional Governance System: Planning and Implementation Timelines(Application-Opportunity A) Chapter 13: Alternative Governance Systems: New Methods in Governance(Application-Opportunity B)Chapter 14: Moving to a New Governance Model: Universal Principles of Governance(Chapter Application-Opportunity)Step 1: Values Governance® SystemChapter 15: Case Study: Monitoring Process to Resolve Issues(Application-Opportunity C)Step 2: Values Governance® SystemChapter 16: Applications of Board Self-Assessment and Superintendent Evaluation (Application-Opportunity D)Step 3: Values Governance® SystemChapter 17: Checking and Charting Your School and Community Stages(Application-Opportunity E)Step 4: Values Governance® SystemChapter 18: Case Study: Leadership Implementing a Research-based Curriculum(Application-Opportunity F)Step 5: Values Governance® SystemChapter 19: Board Member Communication: Four Communication Styles(Application-Opportunity G)Step 6A: Values Governance® SystemChapter 20: Knowing Your Governance Style: Implications for Better School Governance(Application-Opportunity H)Step 6B: Values Governance® SystemChapter 21: High Performing Community Engagement Techniques(Application-Opportunity I)Step 7: Values Governance® SystemChapter 22: Turning to the Values Governance® System(Application-Opportunity J)Step 8: Values Governance® SystemConclusionEndnotesGlossaryAbout the Author: Chuck NamitIndex

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.11.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Schulbuch / Allgemeinbildende Schulen
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Schlagworte: Superintendent
• ISBN-10: 1-4758-3889-1 / 1475838891
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4758-3889-3 / 9781475838893