Description
Position at IDEA Public Schools

About IDEA Public Schools :  

 

At IDEA Public Schools, we believe in college for ALL and we are committed to ensuring that   all   our students graduate from college. IDEA Public Schools has grown from a small school to the fastest-growing network of tuition-free Pre-K-12 public charter schools in the United States sending 100% of our students to college. 50% of our students graduate from college in 6 years - that's 8 times the national rate for students in our communities!  

 
IDEA was founded in 2000 as a single school with 150 students in the Rio Grande Valley. When interest exceeded building capacity, to meet the demands, IDEA's co-founders committed to serving more students in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas and beyond. We now serve  over 65,000  students across Texas and Louisiana. Be on the lookout for IDEA schools opening near you-with continued growth in our current regions an d new launches in  Tampa Bay , FL  (2021) ,  and  Jacksonville, FL (2022) !  

 

When you choose to work at IDEA, you are part of our IDEA Team and Family. You will work alongside team members who set and reach ambitious goals every day, are excited to continue to grow with IDEA, and work relentlessly to make college for all a reality.  

 

To learn more about IDEA, check out this   video .  

Role Mission:   The  Director of  Board Relations & Governance  is responsible for managing board  compliance, execution, and  synergy  between new state boards and IDEA Public Schools. This individual will be the expert on individual state open-meetings requirements, board training requirements, and other compliance measures to ensure that  boards are within all measures of success, while also ensuring seamless and effective meeting preparation and execution between Headquarters National and Regional teams and Board Chairs.   This individual will also manage individual state authorizer requirements for compliance and expansion to ensure successful applications.  The Director of  Board Relations  & Governance will partner closely with legal counsel, Business Office, and others to ensure policy creation and adoption, procedural  execution, and effective operating mechanisms.    

 

Accountabilities   
Manage relationship with Board Counsel , IPS Counsel , Board and IDEA Public Schools to ensure appropriate and well-delivered materials,  aligned with expectations and timelines of all parties .  

• Create operating mechanisms between legal and internal teams, as appropriate.  
• Maintain strong internal systems for organizing deliverables, timelines, and submissions.  

• Develop deep understanding of  financing, compliance, and authorizing needs.  
• Maintain board calendar for annual requirements.    
• Develop strong communication mechanisms internally and with board members to ensure all individuals have the information they need.    
• Partner with IDEA Public Schools representatives to ensure information is free-flowing and receive access to key content and meetings.    

 IDEA  state  meets deadlines and requirements for submission of  all charter/authorizer submissions  

• Partner with schools team, business office, and other teams, as appropriate on necessary collateral for documentation   
• Support Executive Director in building relationship with authorizer /compliance functions  
• Identify and manage key internal relationships for executing on needs  
• Maintain and package files  

• Ensures, in partnership with legal and national teams, that IDEA state has adopted and executes all required local policies and procedures  

 
  100% of Regular and Special Board Meetings for  new states have  Quorum and Board Members have materials accessible 72 hours in advance for regular meetings.    

• Clear annual calendar of required board actions and operating mechanisms for collecting and reviewing appropriate materials.  
• Facilitate management team in executing on strong board meetings that lead to efficiency, clarity, and investment by Board of Directors in participation.    

• Manage Board of Directors  Calendar  and coordinate all committee calendars, postings.    
• Assemble and manage board book distribution   
• Engage in all external postings necessary with appropriate internal and external stakeholders, including  any  video attainment and posting, agenda and minute postings  
• Take minutes at all Board Meetings  
• Maintain  Docusign  account and be responsible for hand or digital si gnatures and follow up from all meetings  

• Maintain the internal soft and hard copies of all Board Materials   
• Maintain the corporate binder including governance documents (bylaws, articles/certificate) and charter/authorizer amendments  
• Ensure documentation on file, so that any and all requests from any internal and external parties, can be appropriately responded to within 48 hours   

 
100% of Board Members Meet Annual Training Requirements ; 100% of Required and Recommended Policies are Ratified

• Understand annual  state  board training requirements  
• Maintain board training tracker   
• File all board training trackers  
• Research, evaluate and recommend board trainings for consideration   
• Facilitate board training, as appropriate, in partnership with legal counsel or identify appropriate internal/external parties to meet training requirements   

 
100% of Board  Committee Meetings ,  Workshops , and Meetings  are appropriately posted, minutes maintained  

• Attend Board Committee meetings, take minutes, file minutes  
• Ensure agendas are drafted and posted, pending review  
• Ensure any necessary documentation is signed and maintained from committee meetings and workshops  

• Set preparation expectations for committee staffers  and manage to execution  
• Provide timely feedback   

 
6 Ensure  state  meets deadlines for open records requests   

• Receive local open records requests  

• Gather  and package  files from IDEA teams   
• Engage  regional and national  communications and advocacy teams  for  review and support  
• Engage legal counsel and board for guidance and approvals, as appropriate   

 
90% Non-Texas Fiduciary Board Retention 

• Lead effective onboarding for board members with legal counsel and regional leadership, IDEA leadership  
• Collaborate and connect with IDEA leadership for collaboration with IDEA board  
• Ensure board satisfaction with committee structures, materials presentation, and  communication  
• Clearly communicate expectations  
• Partner with Regional and National Advancement/Development Team member on retention and stewardship opportunities   

 
We look for Team and Family who embody the followingvaluesand characteristics:

• Believes and is committed to our missionand being an agent of change: that all studentsare capable of gettingto and through college  
• Has demonstrated effectiveoutcomes and results, and wants to be held accountable for them  
• Has a propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing in order to learn and improvequickly  

• Works with urgency and purpose to drive student outcomes  
• Thrives in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment; is comfortable with ambiguity and change  
• Seeks and responds well to feedback, which is shared often and freely across all levels of the organization  
• Works through silos and forges strong cross-departmental relationshipsin order toachieve outcomes  
• We believe in education asa professionand hold ourselves to high level of conduct, professionalism and behaviors as models for our colleagues and students.  

 

Supervisory Responsibilities:   

• None  

 

Competencies:   

• Excellent written and oral communication  
• Ability to build trust and respect from staff and external stakeholders  
• Strong organizational and planning systems  
• Results/action oriented  
• Manage through influence   

 

Qualifications:  

• Education:   Bachelor's degree required  
• Experience:   3 years of board or governance support  and management   

 

Knowledge and Skills:  

• Understanding of Open Meetings Act requirement and governance  requirements  
• Strong communication , both verbally and through writing   
• Ability to read, understand, and interpret policy and legal language  

IDEA Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex or disability, in admission or access to, or treatment of employment in its programs and activities. Any person having inquiries concerning the organization's compliance with the regulations implementing Title VI of Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504), or Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), may contact IDEA Human Resources at (956) 377-8000.