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Trustees debate usefulness of board self-evaluation tool; plan deeper governance workshop review
Summary
Trustees reviewed a recently circulated self-evaluation summary and agreed to revisit and possibly redesign the tool at a January/February governance workshop, emphasizing more open-ended feedback and clearer success criteria.
The board reviewed results from a board self-evaluation circulated in the information bulletin and debated whether to accept the summary now or discuss it further at a governance workshop.
Superintendent McCulloch said the instrument was drawn from the governance handbook and that results from four respondents had been tallied. Trustees said many questions felt aspirational and urged a mix of qualitative and quantitative feedback in future iterations. Trustee (S1) recommended adding open-ended questions to better capture what the district and board do well and what needs improvement. Trustee (S2) recommended using the January/February governance workshop to co-create clearer success criteria and possibly redesign the evaluation.
Trustees agreed there was value in reflection but differed on whether to discuss the results in detail at this meeting; the board decided to defer deeper review and plan fuller discussion at the governance workshop.
Why it matters: The board uses self-evaluation to guide governance priorities and oversight; members said the current tool needs clearer purpose and measurable criteria so evaluation leads to actionable change.
Next steps: Administration and board leaders will consider revising the evaluation tool and schedule a substantive review during the January/February governance workshop.
