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title: A charter school board's most important role - BoardOnTrack
description: Arguably, a charter school board's most important role is its partnership with the CEO.It's up to the board to hire, evaluate, and support the CEO.
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# [A charter school board's most important role - BoardOnTrack](https://boardontrack.com/blog/charter-school-board-most-important-role)

 Written by [Sam Falk](https://boardontrack.com/blog/author/sam-falk) | Jan 12, 2021 8:00:00 AM

Arguably, a charter school board’s most important role is its partnership with the CEO.

**It’s up to the board to hire, evaluate, and support the CEO.**

The start of the new calendar year means it’s nearly time for your [CEO Support And Evaluation Committee](https://boardontrack.com/blog/evaluation-committee/) to begin planning this year’s evaluation process.

If your board is new to the process, as we’ve found many are, start with learning the [top 10 mistakes to avoid when evaluating your CEO](https://boardontrack.com/blog/evaluate-charter-school-board-leader/).

And, keep in mind that [effectively supporting and evaluating your CEO is a year-round affair](https://boardontrack.com/blog/leader-support-evaluation/). It’s not *only* a task to check off in the spring.

 Here’s [How To Evaluate Your Charter School Leader Using The BoardOnTrack CEO Evaluation Tool](https://boardontrack.com/blog/how-to-evaluate-your-charter-school-leader-using-boardontrack/).

**Your annual CEO evaluation ****is the perfect time to renew your understanding of the role.**

The CEO’s role evolves alongside your organization. The annual evaluation is an opportunity to [review your CEO’s job description](https://pages3.boardontrack.com/charter-school-leader-job-description) and make any changes.

And, it’s a time to take a fresh look at both your short- and long-term [CEO succession plans](https://pages3.boardontrack.com/charter-ceo-succession-planning). Leadership transition is inevitable. The more prepared you are, the better your charter school will navigate the changes.

**The board sets the CEO’s compensation. **But, many board members feel in the dark about [benchmarking charter school CEO compensation](https://boardontrack.com/blog/benchmarking-charter-school-ceo-salary/).

And, until our recent study, the links between [what charter school CEOs earn](https://boardontrack.com/blog/charter-school-ceo-salaries/) and the strength of the board-CEO partnership were unclear.

**Finally, the CEO has an active role to play in helping their boards understand how best to support them. **We call it being [a BoardSavvy™ charter school CEO](https://boardontrack.com/blog/boardsavvy-ceo/), and we’ve identified the key habits the most BoardSavvy™ CEOs adopt.

As busy as each CEO is, the time invested here is worthwhile. After all, [the board-CEO partnership](https://boardontrack.com/blog/board-ceo-partnership/) is central to a charter school’s success.

**Can we help strengthen your board-CEO partnership or adopt a consistent evaluation process? **[Book a time to see how we work.](https://pages3.boardontrack.com/register-live-tour)

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