Governance Policies
The GCCS School Board functions under the Carver Model of Policy Governance. Under this governance model, all school operations are handled through written policies that were developed by this Board. These policies include how the board operates, how it interacts with the staff and students, and how the fundamental ends are achieved.
Policies fall into four different categories:
- Ends Policies - these are the fundamental ends that the Board expects the school to achieve. The Board delegates the responsibility for achieving these ends to the Administrator, who regularly provides supporting evidence to the Board that the ends are, in fact, being realized. The Board does not dictate to the Administrator how the ends should be achieved.
- Executive Limitations Policies - these are limitations that the Board places on the Administrator with respect to how she can operate. These policies do not tell the Administrator what she can do, only what she cannot do. Many of these policies simply codify regulations put in place by the state, such as rule regarding how money or property must be handled.
- Governance Process Policies - these policies are what the Board uses to define its own actions and responsibilities.
- Board/Staff Relationship Policies - these policies define the relationship between the Board and the Administrator.
- E-1 School Mission
- E-2 Academic Accomplishment
- E-3 Personal Skills
- E-4 Social Skills
E-5 Intellectual Integrity- E-6 School Community Connection
- E-7 Community Outreach
- EL-1 Global Executive Constraint
- EL-2 Emergency Administrator Succession
- EL-3 Treatment of Students, Parents and Community
- EL-4 Staff Treatment
- EL-5 Staff Compensation
- EL-6 Staff Evaluation
- EL-7 Budgeting
- EL-8 Financial Administration
- EL-9 Asset Protection
- EL-10 Communication and Counsel to the Board
- EL-11 Accomplishment Reporting to the Public
EL-12 Standards Based Education- EL-13 Educational Program
EL-14 Instructional Materials Selection and Adoption- EL-15 School Year Calendar
- EL-16 Student Conduct and Discipline
EL-17 Student Attendance- EL-18 Consideration of Legal Implications
- EL-19 Physical Safety of Staff and Students
- GP-1 Governance Process
- GP-2 Governing Style
- GP-3 Board Job Description
- GP-4 Monitoring Board Governance and Board Staff Relationship Policies
- GP-5 Officers' Roles
- GP-6 Board Committee Principles
- GP-7 Committee Structure
- GP-8 Agenda Planning
- GP-8E Agenda Planning Calendar for 2011
- GP-9 Board Member's Code of Conduct
- GP-10 Board Member Covenants
- GP-11 Board Member Ethics
GP-12 Board Member Financial Disclosure- GP-13 Process for Addressing Board Member Violations
- GP-14 Policy for Board Membership
- GP-15 Board Financial Commitment
- GP-16 Meetings
- BSR-1 Global Governance-Management Connection
- BSR-2 Unity of Control
- BSR-3 Accountability of the Administrator
- BSR-4 Delegation to the Administrator
- BSR-5 Monitoring Administrator Performance
Following are the individual Board policies. Each title is linked to an Acrobat PDF file containing the exact policy as currently adopted by the Board. You can also download a single PDF file containing the entire policy package.