Transcript The Council President and the School Principal:

The Council President and
the School Principal:
Dynamic Duo or Dumb and
Dumber???
Respective Roles:
The principal:
Supervises teachers
Hires/fires teachers
Maintains, supervises,
develops curriculum
Disciplines
Provides safe
environment
Ensures Catholicity
Writes, enforces
regulations
The council president:
Presides at meetings
Represents the
council
Names committees
Ensures written
records
Guides policy
Oversees budget
Provides evaluations
Principals’ Problem Areas
Informing the Council
re: pertinent matter
Inservicing the
Council on school’s
mission
Relationship with
council president and
members
Maintaining clear
lines of responsibility
Council chairs’ problems
Clear lines of
responsibility
 Micromanagement
Evaluating the
relationship with
administrator
Understanding the
business of school
Other problem areas:
Confidentiality
Authority
Meetings: make-up of agenda, prioritizing items,
record-keeping
Mutual support
Communication
Long-range planning
Relationship to parish, diocese
Relationship to diocesan council
Some solutions:
Establish and maintain clear lines of
communication
Establish and maintain clear lines of
authority and responsibility
Keep information current
Establish and maintain rules for
confidentiality
Keep meetings on point
Some more solutions
Establish a timeline for the make-up and
distribution of the agenda
Establish a procedure for orienting new
members
Maintain the effectiveness of council committees
Keep accurate records
In-service parents and others as to the function
of the council
Periodically review policies, procedures and
practices
Even MORE solutions
Make public the mutual support of council and
principal
Make sure that the Council is present at
important functions, and identified as such
Periodically evaluate the meetings of the
Council
Make sure that what goes on in the Council
room stays in the Council room
Stick to decisions
Have some fun
Finally...
You can be the Dynamic
Duo or Dumb and Dumber:
make your resolutions and
stick to them.