--- title: Blog - BoardOnTrack | Sam Falk (2) description: Sam Falk was the Chief Customer and Product Officer at BoardOnTrack and is based in Concord, Massachusetts. (2) --- # BoardOnTrack Expert insights on charter school governance, charter school board roles, and the charter school CEO-board partnership. ## [How to Plan Your Charter School Board Retreat](https://boardontrack.com/blog/webinar-charter-school-board-retreat) Watch the latest free governance training webinar by BoardOnTrack [Read More ** ](https://boardontrack.com/blog/webinar-charter-school-board-retreat) ## [Webinar: How to Plan Your Charter School Board Retreat](https://boardontrack.com/blog/events/webinar-charter-school-board-retreat) Run a successful charter school board retreat (even remotely). Prepare a retreat that drives results. And ask our experts anything. This session will teach charter school board members, CEOs, and... [Read More ** ](https://boardontrack.com/blog/events/webinar-charter-school-board-retreat) ## [The State of Charter School Governance: 2021](https://boardontrack.com/blog/charter-school-governance-index-webinar) On March 31, join experts from Charter School Growth Fund, NACSA, and BoardOnTrack to discuss the results of our second-annual Charter School Governance Index. [Read More ** ](https://boardontrack.com/blog/charter-school-governance-index-webinar) ## [CEO Evaluations: The key to keep and compensate the charter school CEO](https://boardontrack.com/blog/keep-and-compensate-charter-school-ceo) Have you scheduled your next CEO evaluation? If not, you’re not alone. [Read More ** ](https://boardontrack.com/blog/keep-and-compensate-charter-school-ceo) ## [Charter School Board Transparency and Virtual Meetings](https://boardontrack.com/blog/charter-school-board-transparency-and-virtual-meetings) COVID-19 has changed the way charter school boards must operate. And it’s made transparency both more important and more complicated. [Read More ** ](https://boardontrack.com/blog/charter-school-board-transparency-and-virtual-meetings) ## [Open Meeting Law Essentials](https://boardontrack.com/blog/webinar-open-meeting-law-essentials) Join us live on Jan. 27 for this free charter school board governance training webinar. Or, register to get the recording as soon as it’s available. [Read More ** ](https://boardontrack.com/blog/webinar-open-meeting-law-essentials) ## [A Charter School Board’s Most Important Role](https://boardontrack.com/blog/charter-school-board-most-important-role) Arguably, a charter school board’s most important role is its partnership with the CEO. [Read More ** ](https://boardontrack.com/blog/charter-school-board-most-important-role) ## [What Is an “Open Meeting Law”?](https://boardontrack.com/blog/open-meeting-law) Whether or not you’re new to charter school governance, you’ve asked this question at some point: What is an “Open Meeting Law”? Or, more likely, you’ve wondered if your charter school’s board can... [Read More ** ](https://boardontrack.com/blog/open-meeting-law) ## [New Year Brings Renewed Sense of Urgency to Charter School Board Governance](https://boardontrack.com/blog/new-year) The new year often brings a renewed sense of urgency to charter school boards and CEOs. And though this year has been exceptional, there’s still that drive to get things in order and make sure you... [Read More ** ](https://boardontrack.com/blog/new-year) ## [Charter School Leadership Transition: Two CEOs Tell Their Stories](https://boardontrack.com/blog/charter-school-leadership-transition) How does a charter school CEO transition out of their role and hand the baton off to the next leader? BoardOnTrack’s founder and CEO, Marci Cornell-Feist recently hosted a fireside chat with two... [Read More ** ](https://boardontrack.com/blog/charter-school-leadership-transition) ## [Charter School CEO Resources Roundup](https://boardontrack.com/blog/charter-school-ceo-resources-roundup) This school year has tested charter school CEOs in ways we never imagined. And, it’s shined a spotlight on the importance and power of the board-CEO partnership to help ensure that charter schools... [Read More ** ](https://boardontrack.com/blog/charter-school-ceo-resources-roundup) ## [Benchmarking Charter School CEO Compensation: A Primer for Charter School Boards](https://boardontrack.com/blog/benchmarking-charter-school-ceo-salary) A charter school board’s most important function is, arguably, to hire and ensure the success of your Chief Executive Officer. Implicit therein is responsibly setting the charter school CEO’s... [Read More ** ](https://boardontrack.com/blog/benchmarking-charter-school-ceo-salary) ## **Subscribe to the BoardOnTrack newsletter** Join thousands of trustees and executives learning to lead even better with BoardOnTrack. ### **[![charter school governance index](https://boardontrack.com/hubfs/BoardOnTrack_October_2022/Images/Screen-Shot-2020-02-19-at-4.18.12-PM-1.png)](https://hubs.ly/H0ndxT40)What’s the state of charter school governance today?** Learn the six surprising trends revealed by this first-ever national charter school governance index. 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