OP110 - Developing Effective Advisory and Governing Boards
Vital advisory and governing boards create additional opportunities to enhance operations within an educational institution. Well-prepared board members engaged in appropriate and timely activities can make a substantial contribution to operational, financial and management success. Creating, managing and maintaining effective advisory and governing boards can be a demanding yet rewarding process. Board members have to be identified, recruited, and trained to be effective and to understand their role as individual contributors and as members of a group of advisors. To gain maximum leverage from a board, members must also remain motivated and retain a concentrated focus on the institution's mission, purpose and goals. This course will provide a blueprint, with accompanying checklists, for establishing and maintaining effective advisory and governing boards in an educational institution.
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Course Format
- Can Start Anytime
- Self-paced (within course enrollment timeframe)
- 4 Hours of Activities
Completion Requirements
- Study Course Content
- Pass ALL Required Quizzes
Certificate of Completion
- 4 Hours of Continuing Education
- Available for download at the end of the course
Technology Requirements
- A Web browser with JavaScript and cookies enabled
- Adobe Flash Player
- Speakers or headphones
Course Objectives
Module 1: Board Frameworks
- Identify the types of boards that function in career colleges.
- Describe the role and purpose of boards in school operations.
- Recognize the importance and benefits of effective boards.
- Differentiate between the function of advisory and governing boards.
- Introduce the concept of an effective board.
Module 2: Forming a Board
- Examine how to establish a governing board or advisory board.
- Clearly articulate the purpose of a school's board(s).
- Create a board structure consistent with a school's size and needs.
- Identify requirements and qualifications for board membership.
- Outline board member's responsibilities and develop position descriptions.
- Facilitate the board's understanding of the school's mission, goals and objectives.
- Position the board to make significant and meaningful contributions to school operations.
- Create board member selection criteria and interview questions.
Module 3: Managing Board Meetings
- Set expectations for board members.
- Develop a plan for successful meetings.
- Create ways to assure attendance at meetings.
- Stimulate participation during meetings.
- Conduct a board orientation session.
- Determine the degree to which the intended outcomes for the meeting have been met.
Module 4: Maintaining and Motivating Boards
- Create and communicate opportunities for board professional growth.
- Identify ways for board members to engage in school activities.
- Develop board participants into effective board members.
- Identify strategies for maintaining a vital and active board.
- Create a board recognition program.
Module 5: Community TV
- NA
Lounge Group
This course provides you with a lifelong peer-to-peer learning opportunity through a specific Performance Group created within the Career College Lounge, a learning community of career college professionals. This allows you to learn and share with your peers at any time you want, even after you complete the course.
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