Chuck Namit

Now Elected, Now What? (eBook, ePUB)

The Path to Successful School District Governance

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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® 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781475838893
• Artikelnr.: 50706959

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1: Survival Manual for a Board Member
Chapter 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® System
Chapter 4: Establishing Principles for Your Governance
Chapter 5: Mountain Peaks of Governance: Developing the Sky Bridge of
Monitoring
Chapter 6: Board and CEO Leadership: Board Self-Assessment and
Superintendent Evaluation
Chapter 7: Four Phases of School-Community Engagement Stages
Chapter 8: School Governance and District Leadership to Increase Student
Achievement
Chapter 9: Establishing a Communication Style and Policy Control Status for
Your Governance
Chapter 10: Energizing Community Engagement in Two-Way Governance
Chapter 11: The New Look of the Values Governance® System in an
Organization
Part 2: Getting the Most Out of Your Board Service: A Field Manual for
Board Members
Chapter 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® System
Chapter 15: Case Study: Monitoring Process to Resolve Issues
(Application-Opportunity C)
Step 2: Values Governance® System
Chapter 16: Applications of Board Self-Assessment and Superintendent
Evaluation
(Application-Opportunity D)
Step 3: Values Governance® System
Chapter 17: Checking and Charting Your School and Community Stages
(Application-Opportunity E)
Step 4: Values Governance® System
Chapter 18: Case Study: Leadership Implementing a Research-based Curriculum
(Application-Opportunity F)
Step 5: Values Governance® System
Chapter 19: Board Member Communication: Four Communication Styles
(Application-Opportunity G)
Step 6A: Values Governance® System
Chapter 20: Knowing Your Governance Style: Implications for Better School
Governance
(Application-Opportunity H)
Step 6B: Values Governance® System
Chapter 21: High Performing Community Engagement Techniques
(Application-Opportunity I)
Step 7: Values Governance® System
Chapter 22: Turning to the Values Governance® System
(Application-Opportunity J)
Step 8: Values Governance® System
Conclusion
Endnotes
Glossary
About the Author: Chuck Namit
Index