https://padlet.com/CatholicEducationSA/Question_Four Response to issues raised in sessions 1 & 2 en-us 2019-05-07 05:12:46 UTC 2019-05-08 10:41:48 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/286868002/a4437f620e9466574d420549fa451c91/CESA_logo_main_pos_cmyk.jpg CatholicEducationSA https://padlet.com/CatholicEducationSA/Question_Four/wish/357473670 (i) What training and/or support might your Board require to make the best use of the information and ideas?

(ii) What expertise might your Board be able to provide to others?]]> 2019-05-07 05:14:35 UTC https://padlet.com/CatholicEducationSA/Question_Four/wish/357473670 https://padlet.com/CatholicEducationSA/Question_Four/wish/357975710 Boards meeting in clusters to work on transition from primary to secondary.
Tool to identify:
1.) what are we good at? what can we take to other schools?
How do we collaborate when funding is student based?
Better structures for new Board members - inductions, succession planning for the Chair and Board members.



]]> 2019-05-08 10:32:44 UTC https://padlet.com/CatholicEducationSA/Question_Four/wish/357975710 https://padlet.com/CatholicEducationSA/Question_Four/wish/357975894 Understanding of data
Principal has skill set to understand and share data

Continuation of School Board Chair Meetings and sharing of information and resources






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i) - Board member induction - Information night on what the role of a board member is.  Board member manual and website.  Catholic social justice.

Understanding the board members and what the are contributing.  What skills they have to add to the excellence of the school.

Community to understand what a school board is and what they do.

ii) - 


]]> 2019-05-08 10:33:52 UTC https://padlet.com/CatholicEducationSA/Question_Four/wish/357975979 https://padlet.com/CatholicEducationSA/Question_Four/wish/357976107 The Boards would benefit from hearing the sort of presentation Neil presented tonight.  That could take a number of forms.  Some resources to help our boards to, for example, define what excellence means etc.

Give our boards the chance to provide feedback / evaluate how the board works, including how the chair runs the meetings, and what information the school provides.

Formal governance training for boards.  This can be expensive, but economies of scale might make it more efficient in a bigger group.  

Longer, dedicated formation sessions from time to time.]]> 2019-05-08 10:34:27 UTC https://padlet.com/CatholicEducationSA/Question_Four/wish/357976107 https://padlet.com/CatholicEducationSA/Question_Four/wish/357976439 dependant on board make up, knowledge & diversity, Training for parents - who is the board, what can they do, 
school data to be shared with the board, understanding of what is available, how can the board use the data.

]]> 2019-05-08 10:35:55 UTC https://padlet.com/CatholicEducationSA/Question_Four/wish/357976439 https://padlet.com/CatholicEducationSA/Question_Four/wish/357977708 Formation around Board responsibility and best way to achieve governance outcomes
Structured Agenda guidance, examples of minutes
Organised structure for keeping and making available of board documents online
Engagement with relevant PC and potential board attendance- formation activities
Clarity on KPI measures that can be reasonable sort and reported to the board
Formation of board members around board manuel and constitution]]> 2019-05-08 10:41:23 UTC https://padlet.com/CatholicEducationSA/Question_Four/wish/357977708