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Bess, Gary; Ratekin, Cindy – Child Care Information Exchange, 2000
Details process for orienting and evaluating child care facility boards of directors. Includes service commitment letter delineating board member roles, sample board training agenda, and forms for assessing the board's overall performance and for self-evaluation of members. Asserts that success of member recruitment, orientation, training, and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Board Administrator Relationship, Day Care, Evaluation Criteria
Neugebauer, Roger – Child Care Information Exchange, 1988
Examines causes of mistrust between a board of directors of a child care center and child care staff. Presents ways in which a center director can help build positive relations between board and staff members. (RWB)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Board Administrator Relationship, Child Caregivers, Day Care Centers
Gross, Susan – Child Care Information Exchange, 1987
Discusses how to determine the nature of a group's sense of organizational purpose and make use of it. Staff often assume they have a common purpose but may confuse mission with purpose. Leadership and periodic checks are keys to preserving power of purpose. (NH)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Guides, Administrators, Board Administrator Relationship
Ratekin, Cindy; Bess, Gary – Child Care Information Exchange, 1996
Focuses on the role of the board of directors within nonprofit child care centers and how the board and center staff can work well together for the agency. Outlines each partner's role in the four areas of center responsibility: financial oversight, program planning, resource development, and personnel management. (EV)
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Collegiality, Day Care Centers, Fund Raising
Child Care Information Exchange, 1990
Provides questions and commentary that child care center board members can use to evaluate the board's organization, development, and functions. (DR)
Descriptors: Administrators, Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education
Child Care Information Exchange, 1989
Provides day care center directors with ideas on such topics as managerial courage, the process of handling the work environment, improved self-image, success secrets of good learners, high achievers, and chronic complainers.(BB)
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Age Differences, Board Administrator Relationship, Day Care
Neugebauer, Roger – Child Care Information Exchange, 1997
Argues that the current structure of non-profit child care centers is outmoded, hinders creative leadership, and presents management problems for directors. Presents six illustrations of management problems: (1) shifting constituency; (2) time constraints on board members; (3) short-circuited entrepreneurism; (4) director accountability; (5)…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrators, Board Administrator Relationship, Community Centers
