Governance and Leadership Best Practice Resources
Note: None of the documents on this page are meant to represent legal advice or lessen the need for charter school developers or operators to seek legal counsel.
About This Section [PDF]
administrator search, hiring, and evaluation
- Elbert County Charter School Principal Interview Questions [PDF]
- Twin Peaks Administrator Performance Evaluation [PDF]
- Woodrow Wilson Academy Principal Evaluation Instrument [PDF]
board calendar
board evaluations
- Academy Charter School Governing Board Evaluation [PDF]
- Jefferson Academy Board Self-Evaluation [PDF]
- Woodrow Wilson Academy Board Self-evaluation [PDF]
- Peak to Peak Board Self-Evaluation [PDF]
- Cheyenne Mountain Role of the Board Policy [PDF]
- DSST Board Responsibilities [PDF]
- Jefferson Academy Board Policies [PDF]
- Liberty Common School Board of Directors Application [PDF]
- Littleton Academy Governing Board Conduct Policy [PDF]
- Woodrow Wilson Academy Board Policies [PDF]
- Worksheet for Policy Development [PDF]
- Jefferson Academy Board agenda - October 17, 2000 [PDF]
- Jefferson Academy Board Minutes - October 17, 2000 [PDF]
- Accountability in Charter Schools [PDF]
- Board President's Handbook [PDF]
- Board Training PowerPoint (10-14-2011) [PPT]
- Charter School Governing Board Training Handbook
- Conflict of Interest Rules [PDF]
- Conflict of Interest Questions [PDF]
- The Five Dysfunctions of Charter School Boards
- Governing Board and Administrator Roles Worksheet [PDF]
- Jefferson Academy Board Profile Worksheet [PDF]
- Online Charter School Governing Board Training Modules
- Open Meetings-Legislative Council [PDF]
- Open Meetings-Records Memo [PDF]
- Open Meetings-Records Questions [PDF]
- Rate Your Charter School Governing Board [PDF]
- Roberts Rules of Order [PDF]
- Running Effective Meetings [PPT]
- Strategic Planning [PPT]
- "Test Ur Knowledge" Quiz [PDF]
- Top 10 Mistakes & Best Practices of Board Members [PDF]
- Academy of Charter Schools Bylaws [PDF]
- Elbert County Charter School Bylaws [PDF]
- Twin Peaks Charter Academy Bylaws [PDF]
- Woodrow Wilson Academy Bylaws [PDF]
- Atlas 09-28-10 [PDF]
- COVA Spreadsheets 09-23-10 [PDF]
- COVA Charts 09-23-10 [PDF]
- Northeast Academy Charter School Board 04-21-11 [PDF]
- United States Education Dashboard
http://dashboard.ed.gov/dashboard.aspx
- Woodrow Wilson Academy 02-09-11 [PDF]
- Aurora Academy Strategic Plan [PDF] (4 pages)
- Flagstaff Academy Strategic Plan and SWOT Analysis 08-20-08 [PDF] (3 pages)
- Jefferson Academy Schools Goals and Objectives 2000-01 [PDF] (4 pages)
- Northeast Academy Charter School Strategic Plan 2010-2012 [PDF] (3 pages)
- Woodrow Wilson Academy Strategic Plan 2001-2002 [PDF] (5 pages)
- Woodrow Wilson Academy Strategic Plan 2004-2005 [PDF] (6 pages)
related links:
- Board Source - Building Effective Nonprofit Boards
http://www.boardsource.org/ - Charter Friends Network - Creating an Effective Charter School Governing Board Guidebook
http://www.uscharterschools.org/gb/governance/ - Charter School Development Center - Publications Guide
http://www.cacharterschools.org/pubs.html - European Council of Independent Schools - ECIS Policy
Planner
http://www.ecis.org/Publications/publications.htm#PP - Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits
http://www.managementhelp.org/boards/boards.htm - National Association of Independent Schools
http://www.nais.org - National Charter Schools Institute
- National Resource Center on Charter School Finance & Governance
- National School Board Association
http://www.nsba.org/
www.nationalcharterschools.org
http://www.charterresource.org/index.cfm/