UAPCS, in conjunction with the USOE charter school mentoring grant, is pleased to bring to UtahNational Charter School Board Governance Expert,

Marci Cornell-Feist

All charter school administrators and board members are invited.

There is no cost to attend and light dinner will be provided.

Training will be held from 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm on:

Tuesday, February 9th

Dixie State University

1st Floor, Boeing Auditorium

Hazy School of Business (1000 East)

St. George, UT

Wednesday, February 10th

Zions Bank Corporate Building

18th Floor Founders Room

1 South Main Street SLC, UT.

Dinner will be provided at 5:30 pm at both events. Please rsvp to .

Sponsored by Zions Bank - Charter School University and Hogan Construction

The following information will be presented at both events:

1. Strong Boards Strong Schools: The Board—CEO/School Leader Partnership

Much of a charter school’s success depends on a strong working relationship with your CEO/School Leader. Learn how to evaluate and strengthen your partnership with your CEO/School Leader. Together we will delve into the governance-management conundrum through some real live Board/CEO case studies.

Participants will:

  • Gain a clearer understanding of the board’s role vs. that of the CEO’s
  • Evaluate the current relationship between the board and CEO
  • Develop a concrete game plan to strengthen this partnership
  • Participate in some real live charter school governance--management case studies

2. Fix Your Board Meetings, Strengthen Your Board

Board meetings should be focused, strategic, efficient, and engaging. But, very few charter school board meetings can be described in these terms. Learn how to dramatically improve the effectiveness of your overall governance by improving your board meetings. You’ll get lots of helpful tips you can put to use right away.

Participants will learn:

  • Who does what in meeting preparation – the CEO, the staff, the committees, the board chair?
  • How do we shift meeting preparation from being reactive to being strategic?
  • Quick tips to make your meetings run on time
  • Easy ways to evaluate the effectiveness of your board meetings and develop a concrete path for improving them
  • How to use board meetings to attract recruit and retain outstanding trustees

Marci Cornell-Feist

Chief Executive Officer/Founder

Marci Cornell-Feist is among the most accomplished national experts on charter school governance. She has worked with over 500 charter schools (yes, 500, count 'em) nationwide to improve their effectiveness—more than anyone else on the planet. She founded her charter school consultancy Meetinghouse Solutions in 2001, and has focused on charter school governance since the mid 1990s. After working with her first 200+ charter schools, she created BoardOnTrack to implement the most effective strategies and practices of her many clients, and as a means of spreading this information to a wider audience of charter schools.

Marci is author of the book Board Meetings: A Guide for Charter Schools and numerous articles, including two issue briefs for the National Association of Charter School Authorizers. Marci is also a co-founder of The Achievement Network, which helps schools use data-driven strategies to increase student achievement.

Earlier in her career, Marci worked throughout the nonprofit sector, including positions as a senior staffer at the Massachusetts Charter School Resource Center, Northwest Regional Director for the Student Conservation Association, Deputy Director of the Consortium/UNHCR refugee resettlement program in Lao P.D.R., and Peace Corps Volunteer in Thailand. Marci is a graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Bowdoin College.