Governance

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Governance

• Sociocracy in schools

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Where?

• 32 Consent-schools in Enschede

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Primary schools Roombeek Enschede
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organisation

• the city of Enschede was the board till 2005.
• after 2005 independant public schools.

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Governance

• Governance of Schools in the Independent
  Sector
• A Contemporary Approach
• to lead - to rule to connect to trust
  to inspire
• How we understand the term good leadership of
  professionals in the school?
• How does the leadership include the parents in
  the school-life without losing the committed
  involvement of the professionals?
• How does the leadership at the same time manage
  the school as to the ethics, economics, social
  responsibility, transparency, sustainability,
  etc.
• Accountability of Board and Head

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Dicision making

• What kind of decision making takes place at the
  schools?
• Autocracy? The leadership decides.
• Democracy? More than half of the votes.
• Chaos?

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decision..
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or decision?
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sociocracy

• Four basic rules of sociocracy
• -consent asks for a no reasoned and
• paramount objection
• -circles
• -double linking two persons from one circle
• participate
  in the decision-making .
  in the next-higher circle
• -elections persons are elected to positions
  by . consent,
  after open discussion

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organisation school
Supervisory Board
parents
Schoolboard (32 schools)
headmaster and team x 32
Schoolparents (law!)
7-9
4-6
10-12
org. parents
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success

• the silent now speaks
• inner motivation
• more efficient meetings
• higher commitment to decisions
• improved quality of the meetings
• colleagues demand for training

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pitfalls

• training to all people involved
• anticipating old behaviour
• attention to team members who find it hard to
  speak up
• impatient (school is not a factory)
• Our teachers are not yet ready for it,
• They are not used to it,
• It could undermine their status,
• We have the knowledge and parents their
• emotions.