Board Book

Dr Philip SA Cummins

• Publisher: CIRCLE
• Year: 2015
• eBook ISBN: 9781783016020
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Education

The Board Book provides clear guidance to those serving on a school Board or those interacting with a school Board. This book seeks to address key issues you may encounter with a view to creating more successful school Boards through their structure, their operations, and relationships, both with the Principal and the wider school community. This book provides salient information relating to the process of choosing and ongoing evaluation of its Board Members, whilst providing guidance to help define their role in school operations from strategic planning to fund-raising. It is divided into easy to use cross references sections that can either be referred to independently as the need arises or as a whole.

Table of contents

• COVER PAGE
• TITLE PAGE
• COPYRIGHT PAGE
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• FORWARD
• INTRODUCTION
• CHAPTER ONE: THE BOARD JOB DESCRIPTION AND MEMBERSHIP
• CHAPTER TWO: THE BOARD MEMBER AND THE BOARD CHAIR
• CHAPTER THREE: CREATING BETTER PROCESSES FOR BOARDS
• CHAPTER FOUR: THE BOARD AND PRINCIPAL RELATIONSHIPS
• Chapter Five: THE CIRCLE EVALUATION FRAMEWORK
• CHAPTER SIX: THE BOARD AND STRATEGIC PLANNING
• CHAPTER SEVEN: BOARD COMMITTEES
• CHAPTER EIGHT: THE BOARD AND FUNDRAISING APPEALS
• CHAPTER NINE: EVALUATION OF THE BOARD’S PERFORMANCE
• CIRCLE’s FIVE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT DOMAINS
• CIRCLE’s SCHOOL EVALUATION CRITERIA
• CIRCLE’s SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS
• CIRCLE’s SCHOOL EVALUATION DASHBOARD
• ABOUT THE AUTHORS
• EDITORIAL AND PRODUCTION