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The Hard and Critical Work of School Board Governance
Author(s) -
Elsbernd Cindy
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
board leadership
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1542-7862
pISSN - 1061-4249
DOI - 10.1002/bl.30110
Subject(s) - corporate governance , work (physics) , political science , public administration , management , program director , engineering , medical education , economics , medicine , mechanical engineering
Cindy Elsbernd is the vice chair of the Des Moines Public Schools board of directors in Des Moines, Iowa; a member of the second cohort of the IPGA Policy Governance Proficiency Program; founder and director of Iowa Kidstrong Inc.; the program manager for the United Way of Central Iowa's Well Kids Coalition; and an independent contractor with the Iowa Association of School Boards' Board Development Cadre. In this article, she discusses the application of Policy Governance principles in a school board setting.