Now Elected, Now What?

The Path to Successful School District Governance

By (author) Chuck Namit

Publication date:

08 November 2017

Length of book:

228 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781475838879

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.

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

A 2001 Public Agenda survey of school administrators found that 69% of them felt that school board members micromanaged. Anecdotally, this continues as a problem today and likely explains much of our nation’s excessive superintendent turnover. Farrell, Nayfack, Smith & Wohlstetter (“One Size Does Not Fit All”) argue that school board micromanagement is seen as a contributing factor to the perceived failure of American education. Now Elected, Now What?: The Path to Successful School District Governance by Chuck Namit well describes the board’s governance role in a manner that both new and veteran members will appreciate. This is a welcome resource to help board members better understand their role and value to our education system.