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The Life Cycle of Policy

The Life Cycle of Policy. OR: Mommy, what’s a policy?. What’s a policy?. A policy is a guide for discretionary action. . Policy:. Comes from the board Gives direction to the administrator Sets a tone for the school Translates vision into action Is future-oriented, to avoid crises.

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The Life Cycle of Policy

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  1. The Life Cycle of Policy OR: Mommy, what’s a policy?

  2. What’s a policy? A policy is a guide for discretionary action.

  3. Policy: • Comes from the board • Gives direction to the administrator • Sets a tone for the school • Translates vision into action • Is future-oriented, to avoid crises

  4. Policy must: • Have an educational purpose • Be enforceable • Be related to the school’s philosophy • Be behavioral • Be unambiguous

  5. Policy cannot: • Control or supervise the administrator • Resolve problems after the fact • Address isolated or petty items • Substitute for programs

  6. Where do policies come from? • People • Opportunities • Problems • Conformity to state, diocesan, municipal directives • Planning • Committee work

  7. Then what happens? • Ideas for policies come from one or two sources • Are brought to the board • Are assigned to a committee by the chair • Are brought back to the board for approval • Are promulgated by the pastor • Are publicized by the administrator • Have regulations added

  8. What does a policy look like? Teachers will have regular inservice opportunities. Parents will be involved in their children’s educational program. Students are not to do door-to-door solicitation during school fundraisers. Students’ use of the internet shall be under school guidelines.

  9. Mom, what’s a regulation? A regulation is a mandate for procedure

  10. What does a regulation do? • Comes from the administrator (in consulta-tion) • Outlines implementation of the policy • More specific than policy • Meets the goal of the policy • May be changed without board approval

  11. What does a regulation look like? Teachers will meet monthly for professional inservice. Students will receive a list of techniques that are allowable for school fundraisers. Parents will pick up students’ report cards. Students will not use school computers to send and receive E-mail.

  12. What kind of checking is needed? • Are the regulations geared toward the purpose of the policy? • Is the policy enforceable? • Is it applied in all cases? • Does it allow for the administrator’s discretion? • Were regulations written collaboratively? • Did the policy do what it was designed to do?

  13. When Boards Craft Good Policy: • The administrator has direction; • Crises are averted; • Stakeholders know how to act; • Ambiguity is avoided; • Lines of accountability are drawn.

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