Washington State School Directors Association Networking Breakfast
Policy Governance®
Facilitated by: Rick Maloney University Place SD
Bob Hughes Lake Washington SD
Attendees Operating District Adopted District Adopted
Under PG: Puget Sound ESD 2000 Mercer Island SD 2004
Lake Washington SD 2003 Manson SD 2004
University Place SD 2003 Finley SD 2005
Issaquah SD 2004 Washougal SD 2005
Other Attendees: Battle Ground SD Grapeview SD
Clarkston SD Mt. Baker SD
Clover Park SD Seattle SD
Coupeville SD State Board of Education
East Valley SD Yakima SD
2005 Roundtable
Attendees: Central Kitsap SD Olympia SD
Grapeview SD Riverview SD
Highline SD Sedro-Woolley SD
Monroe SD Snoqualmie Valley SD
North Mason SD State Board of Education
North Thurston SD Yakima SD
Attendees – 2006 Policy Governance Networking Breakfast
Sam Kim / Battle Ground SD /
Greg Castellaw / Clarkston SD
Pete Lewis / Clarkston SD /
Lloyd Wallis / Clarkston SD /
Marty Schaeffer / Clover Park SD
Bill Myhr / Coupeville SD /
Michael King / East Valley SD (Spokane) /
Larry Ayre / Finley SD /
Suzanne Feeney / Finley SD /
Dee Ann Kline / Grapeview SD /
Connie Fletcher / Issaquah SD /
Bob Hughes / Lake Washington SD /
Ravi Shahani / Lake Washington SD /
Aurora Flores / Manson SD /
Jama England / Manson SD /
Steve McKenna / Manson SD /
Cyndy Simms / Mercer Island SD /
John DeVleming / Mercer Island SD /
Pat Braman / Mercer Island SD /
Russ Pfeiffer-Hoyt / Mt. Baker SD /
Pat Griffith / PSESD /
Brita Butler-Wall / Seattle SD /
Bunker Frank / State Board of Education /
Rick Maloney / University Place SD /
Teresa Baldwin / Washougal SD /
John Vornbrock / Yakima SD /
Walt Ranta / Yakima SD /
Vickie Ybarra / Yakima SD /
Agenda
Sequence What When
1 Pick up breakfast, Sign-in, Pick up handouts, 7:00-7:10 am
Select Seating at Table by Topic
2 Discussion of Table Topics 7:10-7:50 am
3 Explanation of Handouts 7:50-7:55 am
4 Table Reports 7:55-8:05 am
5 Wrap-up 8:05-8:15 am
Table Topics
Linkage That Works – Linkage techniques that work for districts
New Members On-Board – How to identify/help new members who are ready for and will be open to policy governance concepts
Reasonable Progress – Judging progress when monitoring/evaluating the superintendent
Self-Monitoring – How boards go about their self-monitoring function
Deviating Behaviors – Dealing with individual board members/superintendents who, after the board has decided to adopt policy governance, do not accept for respect the model
First Broad, Then Detailed – The board sets expectations first in broadly expressed values, then through progressively more detailed policies
Who Are “Owners”? – The board stands in for constituents, those who morally “own” the district
Ends vs Means Distinction – Ends policies are defined positively (telling the superintendent what is to be achieved (vs. Means)
One Voice Concept – The board speaks with one voice, or not at all