Governing Policies

Title: 2 Glossary

Adopted: February 27, 2018

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GLOSSARY

Compliance: Board determination of whether the Superintendent has met the standard set by each Operational Expectations policy.

External Stakeholders: Community individuals or groups who are, or might be, affected by the District’s operations, mission and results. Examples of stakeholders might include parents, parent organizations, civic groups, alumni, business owners, taxpayers, other schools, and higher education.

Governance: Board actions at the policy level that set performance standards, that drive organizational actions and that measure the performance of the District and the Board itself.

Governing Policy: Written values identified by the Board to govern four areas:

Governance Culture: Values by which the Board will self-govern;

Board/Superintendent Relationship: Values by which the Board will relate to the Superintendent, defining delegation of authority and means for establishing organizational and Superintendent accountability;

Operational Expectations: Values that stipulate the actions and conditions the Board expects to exist and those it would find unacceptable as the Superintendent operates the District.

Results: Outcomes to be achieved by students, as defined by the Board, based upon community and Board values.

Indicators: The data points, metrics, and/or assessments identified by the Superintendent to demonstrate authentic achievement. Usually they accompany the Reasonable Interpretation and are presented to the Board for its approval as reasonable.

Internal Stakeholders: Individuals and groups employed by the District.

Monitoring Reports: Reports that inform the Board whether the District’s performance has met the Board’s policy values and expectations. Monitoring reports document whether compliance has been achieved on Operational Expectations or whether reasonable progress has been made in Results. Each monitoring report requires four parts: (1) a re-statement of the full policy, by section; (2) a reasonable interpretation of each section; (3) data sufficient to prove compliance or progress; and (4) a signed certification of accuracy. Reports may be generated in one of three ways: (1) by internal report from the Superintendent; (2) by external report from a third party selected by the Board; or (3) by the Board itself or a committee of the Board by direct inspection.

Non-compliance: The District’s condition if evidence determines that the operational performance standard set by the Board has not been achieved.

Organization: The School District.

Owners: Citizens of the community.

Reasonable interpretation: Once the Board has stated its values in policy, the Superintendent is required to “interpret” that value to assure the Board that its values are understood. The Board judges whether the interpretation is reasonable. This reasonable interpretation is the first step required in monitoring compliance on Operational Expectations and monitoring reasonable progress on student Results.

Reasonable person: A reasonable person is appropriately informed, capable, aware of the law, and fair-minded such that his reasoned decisions will benefit the common good.

Reasonable Progress: The state of District performance once the Board determines that data presented by the Superintendent documents achievement of previously-approved outcome standards (targets).

Results Indicators: Specific statements of the content knowledge, skills, and performance levels that students must demonstrate in order to meet the particular standard.