Board Evaluation-Assessment Workshops

Hi,

One of the most critical elements of starting and leading a sustainable private school is the leadership of your school. It starts right at the top with your board of governors. They have a responsibility to achieve the mission of the school for not just today’s students, but for the next generation of students.

Do you think your board of governors is collectively and individually doing the best they can?

Our firm is positioned to help your board understand what great boards should be doing, figuring out what they are not doing well, and then putting a game plan together to make immediate improvements.

Please read on to find out more,

Doug Halladay

President and Founder
Halladay Education Group Inc.
www.HalladayEducationGroup.com

If you want to find out how, you can click here for board evaluation workshops.

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Board Performance Workshop and Online Survey

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Are you looking for a Workshop that will Improve the Performance of Your Board?

During the past 25 years, I have worked with many schools...PreK-12, University Prep, Special Needs, Single Gender, Co-Ed, International, Boarding, and ESL. They were all trying to develop a Governance model that focused trustees on the critical elements of exceptional boards, but they were not firing on all cylinders.

If your board is not performing as effectively as you need, or you want to make it better, we can help. Discover a way to help your trustees become an exceptional governance unit – quickly, measurably, and easily. The solution is my…

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Board Performance Workshop & Online Survey
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As the Chair, Trustee, or Senior Administrator of a Private School, does your board experience any of the following:

• Trustee behaviour that is unproductive and not aligned with your mission;
• Board agenda that is controlled by crisis rather than a clear vision;
• Board committees that exist only because they have always been there, not because they are needed;
• No link between budget, tuition setting, or a long-term plan;
• Blurring of boundaries and channels between the roles of the Board and Administration;
• Unsure of how to move your Board and school to the next level;
• Board commitment greater than you would like it to be and has become too taxing and stressful; Inability to attract and keep good trustees.
  

Well, if one or more of these apply to you, and you know in your heart that you really deserve to work with an effective, positive board of governors, and you would like to know how to do it, then you need a proven workshop to do it. It includes:

1). Five separate statistically-driven online surveys with your staff/faculty, parents, student, and/or alumni for board feedback on what is working and what is not

2). The board survey is a 360° online “Board Performance Self-Assessment Survey” based on years of research that evaluates your board’s performance in the following areas and builds a profile of your board’s performance gaps in:

• Mission and Purpose
• Strategic Planning
• Programs and Services
• Financial Resources and Oversight
• Fiscal Oversight
• Risk Management Policies
• Support and Review of the Head of School
• Relationship between Board and Staff
• Public Image
• Selection and Orientation of New Board Members
• Board Structure and Efficient Operation of the Board
• Board Committees and Task Forces
• Individual self-evaluation

3). Facilitated workshop that assists the board in developing strategies and action plans to close your performance gap (I can develop a mini strategic plan for board improvement). Board members will candidly discuss and reach consensus on issues surrounding the performance of your board and lay the groundwork for long-term improvement.

4). Hands-on case scenarios that highlight effective board practices and create discussion points around familiar issues that need a consistent board approach

5). Receive a “Summative Board Report” providing a comprehensive overview of the board’s survey results, issues, and a plan of action for improvement

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HOW DOES YOUR BOARD IMPROVE?
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When You Take The Workshop, Your Board Will Walk Away With a Different Outlook…

• Identifying critical areas of board operation that need attention and using it as a springboard to strengthen board performance
• Assessing progress towards existing plans, goals, and objectives
• Better preparation for a Strategic Plan or major Fundraising Campaign Serving as an effective orientation and inclusion process for new board members
• Building trust, respect, team-work, and communication amongst board members and the Head
• Clarifying the respective roles of the board and staff
• Gaining credibility for the organization amongst donors to support fundraising
• Ensuring that all board members have a shared understanding of the board’s roles and responsibilities
• Enabling individual board members to work more effectively as part of the team
• Identifying and reaching consensus on critical issues before they become a crisis
• Building a stronger Head-Board relationship
  

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YOUR NEXT STEP
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If you are interested in finding more details about the process you can contact Doug Halladay at:

• phone (604-868-0002) or
• email (info@HalladayEducationGroup.com).
  

I look forward to learning more about your institution and helping your board to make your goals a reality.

To your success,

Douglas Halladay
President and Founder

Halladay Education Group Inc.
www.HalladayEducationGroup.com

The Greater The Crisis The Greater The Opportunity

IN EVERY CRISIS THERE IS OPPORTUNITY

AND The Greater The crisis The Greater The Opportunity.

It is true that this may be the greatest economic crisis this country has suffered in nearly eighty years. It is also true that it will get worse no matter what the new president may do. And it is also true that some of the greatest opportunities that your school may see in decades are hidden within this crisis.

Mark my words: Over the next few years, you will see schools that find and mine those opportunities positively explode in size and revenue. You will see success made by those who discover ways to serve parents and students, and not only survive but thrive.

STRATEGIC PLANNING IS THE TOOL YOU WILL USE TO LEAD YOUR SCHOOL THROUGH THESE CHALLENGING TIMES

Your strategic plan is critical to the future success of your school; be it new or established. As the world’s economy shifts, powerful forces will impact your school, your students, and staff. Now more than ever, your board needs a powerful plan to maximize your strengths, foresee your threats, reduce your weaknesses, and take advantage of future opportunities. As others retrench or react to the ripples of current events, proactive schools like you should be putting your plan together to build a foundation to make you even stronger.

Your plan will steer you through these turbulent times.

Our proven planning process results in the development of a powerful tool that your school will buy into and will be implemented quickly to support your school over the next five turbulent years. I have taken the liberty of including a recent testimonial letter from a private school just like yours reflecting on the impact our planning process had on their school. Click here.

The unique process we use to develop your plan will include three site visits over a four to six month period to establish where you are now, where do you want to be, how do you get there, and how do you know you have gotten there, providing:

1. Six onsite focus group sessions with parents, students, staff, faculty, board members, alumni, and/or former members of your community;
2. Five separate statistically-driven online surveys with your staff/faculty, board, parents, and/or alumni;
3. Re/defining your core values, mandates, mission and vision statements, and educational philosophy;
4. Identifying impeding critical issues and developing solution-based goals, rationale, and objectives;
5. And most importantly, developing detailed action plans to actualize your goals into operational tasks to make your vision a reality.

My experienced approach results in both the compass and the roadmap to guide your staff and board with a measurable plan that will coordinate the priorities of your efforts to maximize performance or overcome the challenges that are coming.

If this is something your school could benefit from and you would like to find out more about our planning process, you will want review the attached Overview Document that outlines our planning approach. And yes, it can all be customized to your school.

Click on or cut-and-past the following link into your Internet web browser to access the letter

http://www.halladayeducationgroup.com/files/TestimonialLetterVISGA.pdf

As a past Head of School, I recognize how invaluable a plan is to the long-term success of your school. Now with today’s precarious environment a plan is not negotiable.

At the time of this mailing there is still time to develop a strategic plan before the end of your school year.

If you would like to touch base with me about our planning services, you can contact me by:

• phone (604-868-0002) or
• email (info@HalladayEducationGroup.com).

Yours very truly,

Douglas Halladay

President

Halladay Education Group Inc.

www.HalladayEducationGroup.com