November 2020
Member query: Our by-laws state that the Board Chair is not eligible to serve on the Governance Committee. Our new HOS and I (a new Board Chair) are confused about […]
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October 2020
October 1, 2020 in Cathy Trower /by bethanyMember query: I am interested in understanding how schools define the role of Trustee Emeriti, including selection criteria, expectations/ responsibilities, giving, access to information, access to school leaders, meeting attendance, […]
September 2020
September 1, 2020 in Cathy Trower /by bethanyMember query: Should the Board Chair should be ex-officio on the Search Committee (committee doing a search for a new head of school)? Or is it ok for the Board […]
June 2020
June 1, 2020 in Cathy Trower /by bethanyMember query: What is the best process to receive feedback on the performance of the Board Chair? What are the best questions to be asked of the board and/or HOS? […]
May 2020
May 20, 2020 in Cathy Trower /by bethanyMember query: How should the Governance Committee and the Board of Trustees go about conducting the Head of School’s annual performance review, analyzing compensation benchmarking data, and setting compensation this […]
March 2020
March 1, 2020 in Cathy Trower /by bethanyMember query: Given recent ISCA online conversations about schools and the evolving COVID-19 situation, please advise Board Chairs on how the Board can act appropriately as ‘partners in leadership’ if […]
February 2020
February 1, 2020 in Cathy Trower /by bethanyMember query: The 2018 NAIS Governance Study indicates that 87% of Heads of School and 97% of Board Chairs rate “guiding and supporting the Head of School” as very or […]
January 2020
January 1, 2020 in Cathy Trower /by bethanyMember query: What is your opinion about formally naming or voting in a Chair Elect 1 year before transition? Are there disadvantages to this? How much should the Chair-Elect shadow […]
December 2019
December 19, 2019 in Cathy Trower /by bethanyMember query: Please describe the board’s role in Head of School succession planning Reply from Cathy Trower: Harvard sociologist, David Reisman, once said that a board’s job is to […]
November 2019
November 1, 2019 in Cathy Trower /by bethanyMember query: How can boards get themselves out of the weeds and back to the strategic level after a HOS transition where the board needs to be more involved and […]