1. School Board Governance Process Brevard Public Schools September 16 2008

2. Overview BPS has adopted the Malcolm Baldrige criteria and is incorporating them into all processes BPS has established 5 major Work Systems with each system having a leader 47 leaders have completed training and received certification in Six Sigma Currently have Process Control Systems established for 34 Priority processes

3. 5 Major Work Systems Student Achievement Leadership and Governance Community and Partners Workforce and Volunteers Enabling Support

4. Leadership and Governance Governance, including Board performance is an important element of the Baldrige Leadership category A process development team of Lee Berry, Joy Salamone, Dori Bisbey, Bob Seemer, and myself developed the initial process draft Presentation and review with Dr. DiPatri resulted in the process we will review tod ay

5. Governance Process Designed to ensure Baldrige Criteria was addressed, including:  Accountability for management’s actions  Fiscal Accountability  Transparency and disclosure  Independence in audits  Protection of Stakeholder interests

6. BPS Governance Process Sterling OFI noted the lack of an approach to evaluate the effectiveness of the school Board and recommended a systemic evaluation instrument(s) be utilized Part of an overall effort to adopt Baldrige criteria and address Sterling OFIs Measures are balanced and include Student Achievement, Fiscal Accountability, Customer Satisfaction, and Community Engagement outcomes

7. BPS Process Flowchart You have a copy in your handouts Board Governance

8. Review of Survey Instruments You have a copy in your handout Board Meeting - Board Meeting EvaluationBoard Meeting Evaluation Semi-Annual Evaluation - Semi-Annual Board Meeting EvaluationSemi-Annual Board Meeting Evaluation

9. Benefits of Surveys Allows the Board to:  Determine trends  Develop fact-based improvement strategies  Evaluate effectiveness Serve Every Student with Excellence Every Day as The Standard

10. Timeline September 08– Review and approve process improvements October 08 – Begin gathering Board meeting effectiveness data October 08– Develop baseline self-evaluation data December 08 – Begin Semi-annual self-evaluations; Board Orientation workshop

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