Rachel Ksenyak from Board on Track joined to share about Board goal-setting processes and support available from Board on Track. She discussed best practices for determining Board priorities, both to support the organization's goals and for Board development. Once Board priorities are determined, they should be drafted and owned by the appropriate committee and should be action-oriented with clear accountability. Rachel left at this point.

The committee discussed the next steps for strategic planning based on their experience and the advice of Rachel. They agreed that the Board should focus this year on the creation of a strategic plan to support the next few years of the school's development and that a consultant may be beneficial to the planning process. Bill agreed to research and share consultant information with the committee.

Bill shared last year's Organizational Goals and how he rated his performance on these goals, for those goals where data was available. The committee discussed the importance of ambitious goals, even in challenging times, and that the school will work to bring students back to pre-pandemic achievement and close any gaps between demographic subgroups for both student achievement and staff satisfaction.

Bill discussed that Alex will send Bill's self-evaluation dashboard to the Board along with the 360 degree review report. Alex will also remind the Board to take the Board on Track ED Evaluation Survey and will report the combined results to the Governance Committee at its next meeting.

The next scheduled meeting is Monday, October 12th at 1:00 PM.