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Youth Policy Institute Charter Schools (YPICS)

BoardMeet Los Angeles

Date and Time

Saturday July 21, 2018 at 8:00 AM PDT

Location

Equitas Academy

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 8:00 AM
 
Opening Items
 
  A. Record Attendance and Guests  
  B. Call the Meeting to Order  
  C. Approve Minutes Approve Minutes
II. Group Training with Other Participating Boards 8:00 AM
  A. Welcome & Introductions FYI BoardOnTrack 15 m
  B. Defining Excellence in Charter School Governance FYI BoardOnTrack 20 m
   
  • Lessons learned from BoardOnTrack’s work with 500 charter schools nationwide
  • Review the key components of an exceptional charter school board and national standards for excellence in charter school governance
  
  C. Data-Driven Governance FYI BoardOnTrack 30 m
   
  • Mini training on how to use the BoardOnTrack generated data from the Skills & Demographic Inventory, the Board Assessments, and the CEO Evaluation
  • Intro to the new Governance Scorecard
  
  D. Developing Annual Board Goals FYI BoardOnTrack 25 m
   
  • A primer on developing annual board goals – role of the full board, committees, CEO and senior staff
  
III. YPI's Individual Board Retreat - Break Out Time 9:30 AM
  A. Credit Cards for Executive Administrators and Leads Vote Yvette King-Berg 5 m
  B. Where is the YPI Board on the Path to Excellence? • Discuss where the YPI board is in relation to th Discuss Yvette King-Berg 60 m
   
  • Discuss where the YPI board is in relation to the vision of excellence and charter school governance national standards
  • Review results of the board self-assessments

Goal will be to agree to prioritized – top 3  – items to incorporate into a board development plan.
Pre-Work – Full board takes the BoardOnTrack Assessments – scheduled to happen at the June 28th board meeting.

  
  C. Defining Board’s Priority Goals for the Year Ahead Discuss Yvette King-Berg 60 m
   
  • What are our organizational priorities?
  • What are the most critical things the board needs to do in the year ahead?
  • Discuss and agree to priorities
  
  D. Form Follows Function: Board Size, Composition and Structure Discuss Yvette King-Berg 60 m
   
  • Based on the key organizational board priorities, discuss the ideal size, composition and committee structure of the board
  • Review the Skills & Demographic Inventory Results in BoardOnTrack
  
  E. Next Steps: Actions to Complete by August Board Meeting Discuss Yvette King-Berg 30 m
   

Trustees are assigned to committees and each committee between now and the August Board Meeting:

  • Reviews/revises a committee job description (use BOT samples)
  • Reviews the Board Assessments in greater detail that pertain to their committee and use this data to inform their game plan for the year
  • Draft a set of committee goals to share for board approval
  • Based on their committee goals begin to think through who do they have on their team, who do they need, and how will they go about finding them
  
IV. Regroup with the other boards 1:05 PM
  A. Sharing Out with Other Boards & Additional BoardOnTrack Content FYI BoardOnTrack 60 m
V. Closing Items 2:05 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote