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Call to Order, Welcome, Purpose and Goals ................................................................................................................ Jeff Russell, Phil Gore, Dave Brooks Workshop design Board-superintendent team expectations Review the workshopdesign.

Review the workshoppurpose and goals.

Revisit consensus onthe primary role of thetime together.

Why invest time togeth-er, building team goalsand expectations?

What are the expecta-tions of directors?

What are the expecta-tions of the superinten-dent?

Board agenda summary Board agenda matrix ASBJ: Educating New

Board Members Policy 1112Director

Orientation Procedure 1112P Di-

rector Orientation

The Key Work of School Boards ....................................................................................................................................................................................... Phil Gore Revisiting the NSBA and WSSDA Key Work model Board-superintendent roles Review of NSBA andWSSDA model.

Discuss the board-superintendent roles.

Revisit consensus onthe primary role of theboard.

Why is a functionalboard essential to or-ganizational success?

What are the key indi-cators of a successful,effective board?

Are there areas of over-lap in board-superinten-dent responsibilities?

PowerPoint: Key Workof School Boards

ASBJ: Why Board Cul-ture Matters

ASBJ: Secrets of BoardSuccess

ASBJ: Its All AboutPolicy

ASBJ: The CulturedClub

ASBJ: Governance as aProfession

ASBJ: Eight Traits ofEffective School Boards

Policy 6110 Superin-tendent-School BoardRelations

Procedure 6110P Su-perintendent-SchoolBoard Relations

WSSDA: GoverningThrough Policy

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Board-Superintendent Team Building, Operating Protocol ....................................................................................................... Phil Gore, Colleen Miller Review, refine Everett Public Schools protocol Reviewing the director request process

Review key areas forEveretts board-superin-tendent protocol..

Refine as necessary keycomponents of Ever-etts board-superinten-dent protocol..

Review and refine asnecessary the directorrequest process.

What are key compo-nents of Everetts pro-tocol?

Is there consensusabout maintaining theoperating protocol?

Are any changes neces-sary for Everetts?

What changes shouldbe made to the directorrequest process?

ASBJ: Building a Cul-ture of Trust

ASBJ: A Precious ButFragile Bond

ASBJ: Working Togeth-er

Policies 1620Board-Superintendent Rela-tions; 1621Board-Superintendent Operat-ing Protocol; 1622Board-Staff Communi-cations; 6110Superin-tendent-School BoardRelations

Procedures 1622PBoard-Staff Communi-cations; 4312PCommunity Relations;6110Superintendent-School Board Relations

Code of Governance .................................................................................................................................................... Phil Gore, Colleen Miller Conflict of interest concepts Ethical conduct responsibilities Civility policy responsibilities

Review the duties ofeach board member.

Review the duties ofthe board as a whole.

Review and discussconflict of interestconcepts.

Review, discuss ethicalpractice concepts.

Discuss board respon-

What are our obligationsin avoiding, disclosingconflicts of interest?

What are our obligationsin maintaining the high-est ethics?

What challenges do con-flicts of interest pose?

What adjustments maybe made in meeting

WSSDA:Avoiding Con-flicts of Interest

ASBJ: Out of Control Policies 1000Legal Sta-

tus & Operation; 1100Organization of theBoard of Directors;1240Duties of Individ-ual Board Members;1610Conflicts of Inter-

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sibility for avoidingconflicts, maintaininghigh ethical practices.

Discuss board respon-sibility for implement-ing the civility policy.

structure and process toguard against conflicts? In what ways could the

directors model civility?

est; 1611Code of Eth-ics; 5161Civility in theWorkplace

RCW 5.60.060, Privi-leged Communications;RCW 28A.635.030, Dis-turbing school meetings;RCW 42.23.070, Prohib-ited acts; RCW

42.30.110, Executivesessions

Board Coverage & Liability (Lunch Discussion)................................................................................................................................................ Deborah Callahan Board liability insurance coverage Review key concepts

embedded in the Wash-ington Schools RiskManagement Pool(WSRMP) coverageagreement.

Review board errors andomissions coverage.

Discuss limits on liabil-ity coverage.

What are the elementsof liability coverageprovided to school di-rectors?

What are the limits onWSRMP liability cov-erage?

What are potentialconsequences of actingoutside authority?

How can directorsguard against exceedingcoverage limitations?

PowerPoint: SchoolBoard Liability: Everett

Washington SchoolsRisk Management PoolCoverage Agreement2011-12

Policy 1732Board In-surance; 8300RiskManagement; 8310Liability Insurance

Procedure 8300PRiskManagement

Board Meeting Plan, Structure, Conduct ....................................................................................................................... Phil Gore, Jeff Russell Board meeting structure and practices Practice basic parliamentary procedure Community engagement options Review Board annual meeting plan Review meeting self-assessment results

Discuss regular meet-ing structure; how theboard allocates time.

Review basic parlia-mentary rules.

Review the boardsannual meeting plan.

Does the meeting struc-ture emphasize im-portance with time?

How should the boardand staff respond topublic comments?

When should presenta-

ASBJ: An Agenda ThatWorks

ASBJ: Becoming aChampion for Change

Policies 1400Meetings;1420Agenda; 1421Consent Agenda; 1440

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Discuss the boardmeeting self-assessment results

Discuss communityengagement for 2012.

tions be interrupted? How should community

engagement be ap-proached this year?

What adjustmentsshould be made in struc-ture, annual plan?

What adjustmentsshould be made based

on self-assessments?

Meeting Conduct andOrder of Business Procedures 1400P

Meetings; 1440PMeeting Conduct andOrder of Business

Board Work Plan 2011-12 Report 1 Draft

WSSDA: School BoardStandards

WSSDA: BenchmarksFor Success

WSSDA: ParliamentaryProceduresandchart

WSSDA: Open PublicMeetings

Board Meeting Self-Evaluation Summary

Collective Bargaining Responsibilities ...................................................................................................................................................................... Buzz Porter Legal framework Bargaining process Role of the board Strategic approach to bargaining

Understand the legalframework withinwhich collective bar-gaining is conducted.

Review the steps of thebargaining process.

Clarify the role of theboard in setting pa-rameters, monitoringprogress, and adoptingthe tentative agree-ment.

Discuss strategiescommon to the bar-gaining process.

What are key state andlaws that frame districtscollective bargaining?

What are the typicalphases of collective bar-gaining process?

How can board mem-bers provide leadershipfor the process?

What is the responsibil-ity of the board for ten-tative agreements?

How do common strat-egies affect the boardsrole in bargaining?

PowerPoint: Board Bar-gaining Role

Outline: Board Bargain-ing Role

Chapter 41.56 RCW,Public employees' col-

lective bargaining

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Board Workshop Evaluation ..................................................................................................................................................................................... Colleen Miller Board workshop objectives review Complete assessments

of workshop content. Identify key topics for

August workshop.

What elements of theworkshop best met di-rectors needs?

What key adjustmentsshould be made?

What content is neededfor the next workshop?

Workshop Assessmenttool