Board Trustee Development
Thursday, Friday, Saturday - October 18, 19, 20
This workshop is the culmination of NESA's multi-year, iterative effort to build a governance curriculum for private, independent international schools. The result of a collaborative effort among school heads, board trustees and critical friends, the NESA Governance Curriculum is grounded in industry-standard research from BoardSource and the principles of good practice of the National Association of Independent Schools. It is also reflective of the standards of governance of many accreditation agencies.
Designed for both school trustees and heads, this workshop will consist of six 90-minute sessions spread over three consecutive days. Each of the first five sessions will focus on one or two essential questions about governance and will consist of presentations as well as group work with a two-fold aim:
- to present research-based information; and
- to share "proven practices" along with practical group process skills.
The last session will be an "unconference," focused on topics identified by participants for further discussion.
Participants in all six sessions will leave understanding the essentials of trusteeship, equipped to improve governance at their schools and network with colleagues from across the region.
There are a number of sources for this presentation: the NESA Governance Curriculum; research/information from “BoardSource”; the work of Richard Chait, et al, on modes of governance; and the international version of the NAIS Trustee Handbook. The process skills come from multiple sources.
“Real life lessons” will be presented via presentations from exemplar schools (e.g. how NESA schools have handled various of crises/governance problems).
Please bring your laptop/tablet to this workshop.
Target Audience: School board trustees and school heads
Continuum Levels: 2, 3
NESA's Learning Continuum: