Rochester Academy Charter School

Minutes

Annual Board Retreat

Date and Time

Saturday August 12, 2017 at 10:15 AM

Location

The Woodcliff Hotel, 199 Woodcliff Drive, Fairport, NY 14450 (585) 381-4000

Trustees Present

D. Calder, J. Santos, K. Crawford, M. Gedemenli, M. Guler, W. Middleton, Y. Bilgic

Trustees Absent

None

Guests Present

D. Ozcan, M. Demirtas, Z. Ercan

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

J. Santos called a meeting to order on Saturday Aug 12, 2017 at 10:34 AM.

C.

Approve Minutes

II. Review Open Meeting Law

A.

Review Open Meeting Law

Board members take the Open Meetings Pop Quiz-Results will be discussed at the next Board Meeting
BOT Representative reviewed General Principals of compliance with OML.

III. Board Assessments

A.

Review and Discuss Board Assessments

BOT Representative says that we are a thriving board, but that are still areas that we need to work on:
Questions
Outcomes-What can we be doing more of/better; How will we add value to our students
How do we define the highest level of success?

 
Build up board-more members, non-board members on committees
Previous governance experience
Board Recruitment
Committees Create Goals/Objectives
Goals should track to accountability/Charter

IV. Board On Track Training

A.

General OKR overview and template for developing goals

Committees:
Governance
Finance
Academic Success
CEO Evaluation
Development
Define Committee Responsabilities
OKRs:
Objectives-Operational and Aspirational
Key Results-Measurable
Tasks
How do we know we are successful?
Define metrics
Tasks are the things we need to do to achieve the result
Hire a part-time staff assistant to help with board responsibilities
We need to complete the board term information on BOT--helps to plan board recruitment

B.

LUNCH

C.

Board On Track Training Session II

OKR implementation can be undertaken as part of the Strategic Planning Exercise
Example of Community Outreach and Development:
Layout responsibilities of the committee
Job Description
Create 501C3-set up with an attorney
 
Objective:
Create and Maintain strong positive relationships with the community
KR:
Develop short and long term public relations strategy by x Date (ex. October Board Meeting)
Tasks:
Review and update PR plan as needed by next week
Committee meets before next board meeting
Present to Board

Review tasks at the end of every board meeting and what are the next steps

 
For strategic Planning we should establish a temporary committee to create the Strategic Plan
We should hire a strategic planning consultant

V. Strategic Planning

A.

Preparing for Strategic Planning

Committees need to set goals on the OKR format
each committee should identify a non-board member member (for Oct. Meeting)
recruit new board members with legal and development experience
 
Joann and Bill will come up with a template for Strategic Plan for next board meeting
Board members should send their list of priorities to Joann and Bill

VI. Future Board Meeting Dates

A.

RACS Board Meeting Dates

Third Friday of Every Month alternating between Genesee and Lata at 5:30

VII. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 2:22 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
W. Middleton