In the fall, ISCA conducted a survey of its members asking about your biggest challenges as board chair; what you want Heads of School (HOS) to better understand about your Board Chair role; and how your HOS can help you be successful in your role. These questions and others were asked to help HOS deepen their understanding and appreciation for the demands and challenges of the Board Chair role.

On Tuesday, we offered a webinar to HOS and our own ISCA members sharing highlights from those survey results. You can watch the webinar by clicking on the button below and the slide deck from the presentation is available on our Members Page of the website. I will share with you here what you considered to be the most challenging aspects of your role as board chair:

When asked "How can your HOS help you be successful and satisfied in your role as Board Chair?" the most frequent responses were around collaboration and good communication. Other specific suggestions included...

"Provide constructive feedback"

"Show appreciation"

"Share the good things that happen"

"Understand that without data, we are planning with blinders on"

There are abundant take-aways from your feedback that can help HOS be a better partner to you in your leadership role and I thank those ISCA members who took the time to provide this valuable feedback in our survey.

If anyone would like to see all the anonymous raw data from the survey, please email me at bethany@iscachairs.org; I'd be happy to share with you.

Presented by Lynn Wendell, ISCA Vice President

Mike Figliuolo, Managing Director, thoughtLEADERS, LLC