Optimal School Governance

Author : Stephen Codrington
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780957981959
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Optimal School Governance written by Stephen Codrington and published by . This book was released on 2015-01-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Optimal School Governance' is a comprehensive handbook for school trustees who care about serving their boards as effectively as possible. The book covers such important areas as:* What is a school board?* Board effectiveness - Governance and Management* Dysfunctional boards* Healthy boards - the 4-D model of optimal governance* Ethos - mission, strategic vision, school policies, sustainability* The Board-Head relationship* Oversight of the school - engagement, program oversight, school demographics* Board meetings and dynamics* Board composition and succession* Other board processes - board policies, change leadership and innovation* Fiduciary duties - legal compliance, finances and resources, risk management, reputation* Evaluating the board

Author : Katrina E. Bulkley
Publisher : Harvard Education Press
ISBN 13 : 168253572X
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Challenging the One Best System written by Katrina E. Bulkley and published by Harvard Education Press. This book was released on 2021-02-04 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Challenging the One Best System, a team of leading education scholars offers a rich comparative analysis of the set of urban education governance reforms collectively known as the “portfolio management model.” They investigate the degree to which this model—a system of schools operating under different types of governance and with different degrees of autonomy—challenges the standard structure of district governance famously characterized by David Tyack as “the one best system.” The authors examine the design and enactment of the portfolio management model in three major cities: New Orleans, Los Angeles, and Denver. They identify the five interlocking mechanisms at the core of the model—planning and oversight, choice, autonomy, human capital, and school supports—and show how these are implemented differently in each city. Using rich qualitative data from extensive interviews, the authors trace the internal tensions and tradeoffs that characterize these systems and highlight the influence of historical and contextual factors as well. Most importantly, they question whether the portfolio management model represents a fundamental restructuring of education governance or more incremental change, and whether it points in the direction of meaningful improvement in school practices. Drawing on a rigorous, multimethod study, Challenging the One Best System represents a significant contribution to our understanding of system-level change in education.

Author : Nancy Walser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Essential School Board Book written by Nancy Walser and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Essential School Board Book highlights effective practices that are common to high-functioning boards around the country--boards that are working successfully with their superintendents and communities to improve teaching and learning.

Author : Adele Hodgson
Publisher : John Catt Educational Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1904724299
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Governance in International Schools written by Adele Hodgson and published by John Catt Educational Ltd. This book was released on 2005 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: School governance is a complex and sometimes emotional topic. This book helps schools and their boards towards best practice. It provides a useful guide for board members, administrators and faculty.

Author : Stephen Codrington
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780648993759
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Insights Into School Leadership and Board Governance written by Stephen Codrington and published by . This book was released on 2024-01-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Very few vocations are more important than shaping our future through the education of young people. And yet school leadership and board governance are among the most challenging and least supported roles within many schools. For several years, Stephen Codrington has periodically published free articles on school leadership and governance to support school leaders in their important work. At the request of many subscribers, this book brings together an edited selection of 72 of these articles to make them available to an even wider audience of educators in an easily accessible format.

Author : Weldon Burge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781883627218
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Better Boards, Better Schools: The ISM Guide for Private School Trusteeship and Strategic Governance written by Weldon Burge and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-22 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being a member of the Board of Trustees for a private school is certainly an honor. You are asked to take into your care a school--to ensure that each student's education fulfills the school's mission, and that all students are nurtured and developed to their benefit. You must carry out that care by providing support-resources-to the School Head. Your relationship to the school-as with all Trustees--determines 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. You've become a private school Trustee.Now what?This book is based on more than four decades of working with the Boards of hundreds of private schools. Independent School Management (ISM) has honed its 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. Chapters include: * The Role of the Trustee* The Board's Foundation and Strategic Structures* Understanding Private School Finances* Strategic Planning and Strategic Financial Planning* The ISM Stability Markers* Purpose and Outcome Statements* ISM Success Predictors* Recruiting and Orienting Board Members* The Board Committees* Board Meetings and Other Functions* Board-School Head Relationships* The Board's Role in Fundraising* Strategic Board Assessment* A Sample Board Commitment and Trustee HandbookIndependent School Management (ISM) is a family owned company dedicated to the advancement of private school management. ISM reaches over 7,000 private-independent schools, and serves over 200,000 students annually with advice, assistance, and creative solutions. Administrators in private schools of all types and sizes turn to ISM for advice and assistance on an array of management challenges, including student recruitment and retention, fundraising, strategic and long-range planning, Board-Head relations, personnel, plant expansion, mergers, leadership training, and creative insurance solutions.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

Author : Friends Council on Education (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780982403013
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Governance Handbook for Friends Schools written by Friends Council on Education (Philadelphia, Pa.) and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of the Friends Council on Education's Governance Handbook for Friends Schools bridges the gap between Friends school and independent school perspectives, offering guidance and direction for governance of values-based institutions. The second edition contains new and expanded material on effective board process, advancement, Quaker-based decision-making processes, and building an optimal culture for school leadership and governance. Designed to be actively explored by governing boards, the text is framed in open-ended queries to inspire application. Sample tools and forms are ready for use. This handbook is a useful guide for boards, trustees and heads of Friends schools, as well as the wider world of independent schools.

Author : Nicholas Sun Keung PANG
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000510263
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book School Governance in Global Contexts written by Nicholas Sun Keung PANG and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-28 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The edited volume provides multiple lens to view school governance practices, exploring its modernization, ethical review, future trend, as well as the reciprocal influence of educational policy. Drawing on a wide-spread experience in the field of education governance from leading scholars, emerging scholars, doctoral research students and school principals, this book includes insights from 11 countries and economies across four continents: Asia, Europe, North America and Oceanic. Most of them are high achievers in the OECD’s PISA 2018 worldwide ranking in mathematics, science and reading. The book not only lifts to the forefront school governance educational thinking, but also acknowledges their complex evolution, especially under the current impact of COVID-19 Pandemic. This book will be of interest to academics, professionals and policymakers in education and school governance, and any scholars who engage in historical studies of education and debates about educational governance.

Author : William Powell
Publisher : John Catt Educational Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0901577685
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book School Boards Governance Training written by William Powell and published by John Catt Educational Ltd. This book was released on 2001 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book of case studies is designed to assist school boards and administrators in international schools to further develop their governance skills. The premise that underlies it is that they will be more efficient and effective if they take time out of their busy schedules to reflect upon the nature of school governance.

Author : Jacqueline Danzberger
Publisher : Century Foundation Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Facing the Challenge written by Jacqueline Danzberger and published by Century Foundation Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining school governance in the US, this book debates the role of politics in school boards, the board-superintendent relationship, the desirability of providing board members with on-the-job training, and possibilities for eliminating school boards in favour of new forms of governance.