Primer: Creating an Effective Charter School Governing Board

Created by the Charter Friends National Network, this primer covers all aspects of creating and maintaining a strong, effective local school board for a charter school.

Topics covered include:

• Identifying and recruiting board members
• Orienting and training board members
• Making effective decisions
• Strategic planning and thinking
• Carrying out legal and financial responsibilities
• Developing effective board-staff relations
• Developing fruitful board-community/parent relations
• Creating effective committees, and
• Developing effective board self-assessment

LINK>> Creating an Effective Charter School Governing Board

A 34-page summary of the guidebook is also available as a PDF.

Charter Friends National Network, 2000