Board Chairs Workshop

 
The Board Chairs Workshop has been designed to enhance your effectiveness in your new role and is held in a lovely; relaxed setting.  This event will provide you with the skills to lead your school forward and the network to support you as you do.  

Who Should Attend?


All Board Chairs are welcome, but the program is designed for new or relatively new Board Chairs. Join your colleagues from Independent Schools across the Northwest and benefit from the expertise of veteran institutional leaders and fellow participants. You will come away with exposure to theory and practice that will enhance your ability to lead your school and its board.



Agenda Topics

• Transitioning from Board Member to Board Chair
• Understanding and developing relations between the Board Chair and the Head
• Understanding and developing relations between the Board Chair and the Board
• Developing relations between the Board Chair and the community
• Establishing good board practices
  

Learn with a Faculty of Veteran Institutional Leaders, including:

• Meade Thayer, Executive Director, PNAIS
• Jennifer Skorny, Board Chair of The Open Window School (Bellevue, WA)
• Ellen Taussig, Former Head of The Northwest School (Seattle, WA) and Current Executive Director of the International Leadership Academy of Ethiopia
  

Format
The workshop will run from approximately 8:30am – 3:30pm and will consist of:

• Interactive workshops sessions
• Opportunities to discuss and share knowledge and experience, and
• Introduction of tools that you can take back to your board and use in your own development.

Registration Information

• Early Bird ..........   Deadline 4/6/12 ........................ $225
• Regular .............    Deadline 4/27/12 .....................  $255
• Late ...................    Postmarked after 4/27/12 ........  $275
  
  
• Non-PNAIS Member School....................................$350

To receive the early bird or regular discount, your registration must be complete and payment must be postmarked or received by the stated deadline.

• For registrations completed by mail or online registrations with payment by check, payment must be postmarked by the stated deadline
• Online registrations completed by credit card must be completed by 11:59pm on the stated deadline.  
  

Watch our short Online Registration how-to video.  For best results, click the play icon (triangle) and then allow the video to load before starting playback.

• Download a Mail-in Registration Form

Cancellation Policy
Substitutions may be made any time prior to the conference. Written cancellations received by May 13, 2012 are eligible for a refund after a $25 cancellation fee. Cancellations received after May 13, 2012 are ineligible for any refund.