Standing Head-Rector Meeting: Sample Agenda
Here is a sample agenda for a weekly standing meeting between a Head of School and a Rector.
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Parish Day School Governance: Sample Board Orientation Agenda
The goal of any board orientation is to provide new board members with baseline information about the school. Here is a sample agenda for the content of such an orientation.
Orienting New Vestry Members
Schools sponsored by a parish or cathedral live in relationship to their sponsoring organization and to the vestry, the parish's governing body. Incorporating the school into new vestry orientation can get church-school relations off to a good start. Here are some suggestions.
Nurturing the Spiritual Lives of Young Children
Episcopal early childhood and elementary programs can nurture the spiritual lives of children first by recognizing that young children are spiritual beings and then by giving their spiritual development the same attention and care as language development, motor skills, or social-emotional growth. How might we do this?
Roles and Responsibilities: Parish Day School Rector
A sample list of typical standing commitments and tasks of the rector in a parish day school. This document reflects recommended best practices. It is intended as a draft document for discussion and for the creation of a list unique in each church and school.
Roles and Responsibilities: Early Childhood Program Rector
A sample list of typical standing commitments and tasks of the rector of an Early Childhood program. This document reflects recommended best practices. It is intended as a draft document for discussion and for the creation of a list unique in each church and school.
Understanding the “Independence” of Episcopal Schools
When it comes to Episcopal schools, it is easy for language to become muddied and misunderstood. Because of the variety of governance structures within Episcopal schools, the word “independent” can mean different things to different people.
Welcoming a New Head of School
Completing the search for a new head of school is only the beginning of a successful leadership transition. Once the appointment is announced an equally important phase begins: welcoming and supporting the school’s new leader. The head of school is the school board’s sole employee and, as such, it is the board’s responsibility to integrate the new head into the community. Here are some key considerations for a smooth and graceful transition.
Sample Order of Service for a Time of Deep Sadness
The order of service for the December 17, 2012 prayer service at St. Anne's Episcopal School, Middletown, DE. The Episcopal elementary school service, organized by the Rev. Edgar Garland Taylor, chaplain, was held in response to the December 14, 2012 school shooting in Newtown, CT.
Sample Prayer Service
The order of service for the December 17, 2012 prayer service at St. Richard's Episcopal School, Indianapolis, IN. The Episcopal elementary school service, organized by the Rev. Grace Burton-Edwards, chaplain, was held in response to the December 14, 2012 school shooting in Newtown, CT.