References – PG

Articles on School Governance:

American School Board Journal

• “Who’s in Charge?” – April 2006
• “An Agenda That Works” – August 2008
• “Governance as a Profession“ – February 2010
• “Superintendent Evaluations Gone Bad” – 2011
• “Pushing the Limits” – September 2015
• “4 Big Ideas of Board Governance” – June 2020

The School Administrator

• “Changing the Subject of Your Evaluation” June 2007

Kappan Magazine

• “A Partnership Raises Healthier Children” – April 2012

Websites:

• Governance101.com Website: governance101.com
• John Carver’s Policy Governance Website:     CarverGovernance
• Govern for Impact (formerly International Policy Governance Association): GovernForImpact.org

School Governance:

• A Framework for School Governance [Rick Maloney, 2017] in Paperback or Kindle Edition
  Rick Maloney, partner, governance101.com & partner, Policy Governance Associates, offers a framework of effective board governance along a continuum of research-supported attributes (beliefs, knowledge, skills and practices) that facilitate board assessment of current practice and points the way to professional growth.
• Putting Policy Governance to Work [Rick Maloney, 2018] in Paperback or Kindle Edition
  Rick Maloney, partner, governance101.com & partner, Policy Governance Associates, offers a user’s guide for boards that have decided to adopt the Policy Governance model.
• Example Policy Set, Policy Governance policies. – Full Set PDF file (460k)
• School Board Leadership 2000: The Things Staff Didn’t Tell You At Orientation [Gene Royer, 1996)
  Gene Royer, graduate of the Policy Governance Academy, melds his knowledge of Policy Governance with his own fertile sense of humor into an entertaining and model-consistent treatise on school governance. Foreword by John Carver.

Policy Governance Model

• Boards That Make a Difference: A New Design for Leadership in Nonprofit and Public Organizations (John Carver, Jossey-Bass, 1990; 2nd edition, 1997)
  This book is the “flagship” explanation of the Policy Governance model as it relates to nonprofit and governmental boards. It is the single most inclusive text on the model.
• CarverGuides (Jossey-Bass, 1996 – 1997); John Carver. some booklets in the series are co-authored with Miriam Mayhew Carver
  These 12 booklets deal with one governance topic at a time. But unlike all other such “tips” booklets on the market, these are consistent with the Policy Governance model

Implementation of the PG Model

• Reinventing Your Board: A Step-By-Step Guide to Implementing Policy Governance John Carver with Miriam Mayhew Carver. (Jossey-Bass, 1997)
  This hands-on guide is a “how to do it” text meant to help boards or their consultants with the practical issues of implementation.
• John Carver on Board Leadership: Selected Writings From the Creator of the World’s Most Provocative and Systematic Governance Model (Jossey-Bass, 2001).
  This anthology brings together over 100 articles authored by John Carver in many journals in several countries. It is a library of Carver thought on various issues of governance theory across a range of applications. Foreword by Sir Adrian Cadbury.
• The Policy Governance Fieldbook: Practical Lessons, Tips, and Tools from the Experience of Real-World Boards Caroline Oliver (ed.), Mike Conduff, Susan Edsall, Carol Gabanna, Randee Loucks, Denise Paszkiewicz, Catherine Raso, and Linda Stier. (Jossey-Bass, 1999).
  This book details the experience of eleven diverse organizations in the U.S. and Canada in implementing the Policy Governance model. The authors (all Policy Governance Academy graduates) apply their proficiency in theory and application to make this a skillful collection of case studies. Foreword by John Carver.