Better Board, Better Schools The ISM Guide for Private School Trusteeship and Strategic Governance |
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| Prepared for Publication by:
| Independent School Management, |
| Compiled by:
| Independent School Management, |
| Editor:
| Burge, Weldon |
| ISBN: | 978-1-883627-24-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2020 |
| Publisher: | Independent School Management
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $9.99 |
Book Description:
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Being a member of the Board of Trustees for a private school is certainly an honor. You are being asked to take into your care a school-the entire student body. You must ensure that each student's education fulfills the school's mission, and that all students are nurtured and developed to their benefit. You are going to carry out that care by providing support-resources-to the School Head. Your relationship to the school will determine whether your school will be successful in the...
More DescriptionBeing a member of the Board of Trustees for a private school is certainly an honor. You are being asked to take into your care a school-the entire student body. You must ensure that each student's education fulfills the school's mission, and that all students are nurtured and developed to their benefit. You are going to carry out that care by providing support-resources-to the School Head. Your relationship to the school will determine whether your school will be successful in the long term.Being a Board member is also somewhat puzzling. If you're like many Trustees, you're not sure how it happened. Maybe you were approached at a social event. Maybe another Board member had talked to you a while ago about it on the phone; you may even have forgotten the conversation. Maybe you were serving on a committee and this seemed the next logical step.It's also most likely that you are the parent of a student at the school. This makes being a Trustee more complicated. After all, surely you have a right to advocate for your child, right? Being a Board member gives you rather more influence to do that. Other parents, in fact, talk to you about their issues as well, hoping that you can help influence the process. In Board discussions, you imagine the impact of your decisions on your children and on your family, particularly when it comes to setting tuition.Whatever your circumstances, Better Boards, Better Schools will help you define what you do as a Trustee.This book is based on more than four decades of working with the Boards of hundreds of private schools. We've honed our research and recommendations over those years to provide the best possible service to our schools. We hope you'll find the following theory and advice valuable as you better prepare your Board to plan for your school's future.