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Optimizing the Board and School Leadership for Long-Term Stability and Growth – David Ritter

Jan 10, 2019 | Conference Talks, Foundations Talk, Leadership & Strategic, Library, Media_Audio | 0 comments

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2016 Foundations Talk | 46:29:00 | Leadership & Strategic

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Summary

The classical Christian school is a sacred trust from God but often the operations or results of the school do not appear that way. All too frequently, the failures start with the board and/or school leadership and permeate down throughout the whole school. Frustration can lead to high board-member turnover and the average tenure of a Christian school leader is a dismal three years. When we strategically position schools after the heart and mind of God by seeking His will, we truly have the foundation of a strategic plan that brings Christ-honoring results and sustainability. Optimizing the board and head of school relationship is another foundational piece to strategically positioning a classical Christian school toward long-term stability. We will overview some best practices of thriving classical Christian schools and allow for your questions.

Speaker

By the grace of God, Dr. David Ritter is the founder, COO, and senior consultant of the Imago Dei Group. Established in 2008, the Imago Dei Group provides insights and best practices to classical Christian schools seeking to be positioned as excellent, thriving and highly effective schools for ChristÍs glory. Dr. Ritter has also served as the head of school/interim HOS at three classical Christian schools. Dr. Ritter and the Imago Dei Group serve from the foundation that the best Christian schools operate on the cornerstone of GodÍs timeless and absolute biblical truths in concert with ChristÍs Lordship„being schools truly after the heart and mind of our Almighty God. David and his lovely wife, Renee, have been married 23 years and have two daughters, Sarah (18) and Hannah (16). They live just outside of Savannah, GA.

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The Association of Classical & Christian Schools presents Repairing the Ruins, the ACCS annual conference, copyright ACCS. You may make additional copies of this recording for use by your school but please do not sell any copies of the recording, or post it on the internet.