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BoardOnTrack’s Chief Governance Officer, Mike Mizzoni, recently sat down with Charter School Superstars to talk about how we help public charter schools remain academically strong and organizationally sustainable. Hear Mike’s insights on charter school board composition, managing organizational growth, and creating effective relationships with the CEO. He identifies the unique governance practices and additional challenges that […]
Mike Mizzoni, BoardOnTrack’s Chief Governance Officer, sits down with Charter School Capital for the second installment of our Charter EdTalks. Watch to learn how to build an effective charter school board. Watch as Mike shares his expertise on why is it important to put together the “right” board, what qualities you should look for […]
Mike Mizzoni, BoardOnTrack’s Chief Governance Officer, sits down with Charter School Capital for a quick-hitting and content-rich conversation. Watch to learn how a charter school board can best govern for growth. Mike shares his expertise on why charter school boards should be governing for growth, what that means, planning your board so that evolves over […]
Charter schools exist to deliver exceptional results. Delivering on the charter school promise requires exceptional boards. Our nationwide survey has revealed the goals that exceptional boards are focused on this year — and just how many boards aren’t aligned around a shared set of goals yet. Here’s why it matters.
YPICS Executive Director Yvette King-Berg shares what it takes to lead a charter school organization at a key growth stage, how her partnership with her board has been instrumental to her success, and what BoardOnTrack membership has meant to Yvette and YPICS overall.
Since their founding phase, Equitas has prioritized governance. With BoardOnTrack, they’ve built a self-sustaining board and strong board-CEO partnership. But it wasn’t exactly this way from opening day.
Charter board meeting minutes are a formal recording of transactions that happened at a particular time and place for your board.
Learn the five committees your board needs, what they do, and how to ensure they’re effective -whether you’re governing a single-site charter or a network of charter schools.
The term, data-driven governance, might be relatively new to the charter community — at least if you’re not yet a BoardOnTrack member.
Board meetings are important. Your full board meetings — and committee meetings in between — are where your board’s work happens.
Building a founding charter school board is only one of the steps in the charter startup process. And getting it right is vital to the success of your organization.
Planning a strategic board retreat may seem daunting at first. However, it is largely similar to planning an agenda for a regular board meeting.
Your annual board retreat is where you do deep strategic work and important board-level work like reelect your officers — your board chair, your vice chair, and other key positions.
To deliver the exceptional results promised in your charter, you’ve got to be able to answer these questions fully. And the only way to do that is with data.
While your BoardOnTrack Champion drives the strategic side, your BoardOnTrack Superuser keeps the board’s operations running smoothly.What is a Superuser?
The Governance Committee is essential to support the health and function of your board. It is responsible for recruitment, orientation, training, and evaluation.
The Development Committee assumes the primary responsibility for raising non-grant funds to support the organization’s mission.
A Finance Committee is essential to ensuring your organization has the financial resources needed to fulfill its mission.
Every charter needs someone on the team to be their good governance champion; someone who carries the torch for good governance.
Supporting and evaluating your chief executive is among the most important functions of any charter school board.
Having an effective academic excellence committee is essential to the success of the organization. Here we outline how to form and run one.
Like so many things in charter school leadership, successfully negotiating your compensation depends on a good process.
There are so many results your charter organization is trying to deliver. But none are more important than academic excellence.
Charter school leaders need to better understand the landscape, benchmarks, and quite frankly how to talk to your boards about your compensation.
Once the Governance Committee has successfully recruited new board members, it is important to put an equal amount of time into orienting them and keeping them continually engaged.
Surveying your staff is a vital practice for retaining top talent, or uncovering any issues that might negatively impact your organization.
BoardOnTrack’s annual calendar of board activities will help your board stay focused and productive, knowing who needs to do what and when.
Our year-round charter CEO evaluation cycle allows you to get a bead on how your partnership is doing and touch points throughout the year and then the end of year evaluation.
An effective charter school organization hinges on a strong partnership between the board and its CEO.
The top 10 mistakes that charter school boards make when they evaluate their leader — and what you can do to avoid them in the future.
We’ve discovered that the stellar board-CEO partnerships in the Charter Board world are built on four vital factors.
The CEO support and evaluation committee is one of the most important functions of any governing board. They effectively select, support, and evaluate the organization’s CEO.
The Academic Excellence Committee is essential to your success. Academics are, after all, at the very heart of your organization.
April is National Volunteer Month. To help them stay engaged and inspired, show them that you appreciate them. Here’s how.
You might feel like your board-CEO partnership could be better, but hesitate to spark the conversation. Do you consider it a partnership?
Part two of a two-part story with Caprice Young & Marci Cornell-Feist as they discuss the CEO guide governing for growth in every stage of the organization.
Part one of a two-part story with Caprice Young & Marci Cornell-Feist as they discuss governing for growth in every stage of the organization.
Keeping you board members engaged is a common challenge. Review best practices and put your board members potential into practice.
Having worked with hundreds of boards across the country, we’ve compiled the top 4 questions asked when trying to set strategic board goals.
Our year-round charter CEO evaluation cycle allows you to get a read on how your partnership is doing with touch points throughout the year and then the end of year evaluation.
There are a few key skills you want to have amongst your charter school board. Ideally, the board brings a depth of expertise that the staff of the school might never have.
Discussing diversity is an important part of the process through which a board develops its values and vision and something the best boards do well.
Should departing CEO’s join the board upon leaving and other tricky recruitment questions. A look at the top 5 questions about recruiting.
Here are the top 10 most common mistakes to avoid when setting board goals. It’s imperative you set strategic goals. Here are 10 things you don’t want to do.
Strategic goals work best when you act! You do not just set them and forget them. Here we review how to set goals and put them into action.
BoardOnTrack members know we are constantly refreshing our platform to better support them. We’ll keep you organized with new features.
Governance is a team sport. Great governance teams find an appropriate balance between the their CEO’s roles and those of their board.
Board goals will differ from the CEO’s goals. Combined, they’ll help strengthen your board-CEO partnership and help your governance team to meet the organization’s goals.
A National Board Certified Teacher, Frances Teso set out to provide high-quality education to kids who were being underserved.
BoardOnTrack is here to help you grow. Wherever you are in your journey, your charter is a mandate to grow.
Exceptional boards define their priorities, in line with the organization’s priorities. But, the most successful boards don’t stop there.
Using data from hundreds of boards around the country, BoardOnTrack has defined exactly what makes an exceptional board.
With the changes brought about by the Brown Act legislation, BoardOnTrack has adjusted our platform to help you remain compliant.
To understand whether a goal belongs to your Board or your CEO, start with understanding the difference between governance and management.
With the right people in the right roles, the board can grow an organization that provides quality education for a growing number of kids.
Goals need to be visible to everyone on your team; and you know what needs to get done, when and by whom so that the work actually gets done.
A high-functioning board is made up of great board members who each align with the mission for their organization.
While your BoardOnTrack Champion drives the strategic side, your BoardOnTrack Superuser keeps the board’s operations running smoothly.What is a Superuser?
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