Overview

This masterclass series equips Christian school boards with the biblical grounding, strategic practices, and accreditation readiness tools necessary for governance that is both faithful and fruitful. Across eight integrated modules, trustees and school leaders will learn to balance spiritual stewardship with evidence-based decision-making, ensuring alignment with ACSI Inspire Standards, Flourishing School Culture Model (FSCM) constructs, and best practices in board governance.

Each session blends Scripture, standards alignment, flourishing constructs, tools, and case studies, moving from foundational roles to advanced governance rhythms.

Modules

  • Module 1 — Foundations of Governance (Biblical & Accreditation Grounding)

    𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚: Governance begins with stewardship—boards exist to safeguard mission, set policy, and strengthen leadership capacity. 𝘊𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥 3 (𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 & 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱), 𝘣𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘚𝘊𝘔 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.

  • Module 2 — Clarifying Roles & Decision Rights (Guardrails for Healthy Leadership)

    𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚: Healthy governance depends on role clarity and disciplined decision-making. 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥 3 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘙𝘌𝘈𝘊𝘏 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯-𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 (𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘐). 𝘉𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘴: 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴.

  • Module 3 — Financial Oversight & Resource Stewardship (Guardianship in Action)

    𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚:Trustees are fiduciaries of mission, ensuring resources are stewarded faithfully and strategically. 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘌𝘊𝘍𝘈 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘚𝘊𝘔 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵. 𝘈𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱. 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴, 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴.

  • Module 4 — Policy Architecture & Risk Oversight (Building Guardrails)

    𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚: Policies are the board’s voice, and risk oversight is its duty of care. 𝘈𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥 3 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥 11 (𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 & 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴). 𝘉𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘴: 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘭, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬. 𝘛𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴: 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘱, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳.

  • Module 5 — Evaluation & Continuous Improvement (Board + HOS Evaluation)

    𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚: Governance maturity shows in its evaluation rhythms—the board evaluates itself and its Head of School for growth and accountability. 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 3 & 12; 𝘍𝘚𝘊𝘔 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘴: 𝘋𝘢𝘵𝘢-𝘋𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘉𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘴: 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮, 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘛𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴: 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘏𝘖𝘚 𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺/𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳, 𝘥𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥. 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴: 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.

  • Module 6 — Board & Head of School Partnership (Trust & Flourishing Leadership)

    𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚: The board–HOS partnership is the hinge of governance health. 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥 3 (𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 3.4 𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘖𝘚 𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯), 𝘍𝘚𝘊𝘔 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘣𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘛𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴: 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥–𝘏𝘖𝘚 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘈𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳, 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴.

  • Module 7 — Governance Effectiveness & Self-Evaluation (Learning Boards, Ready Boards)

    𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚: Boards grow when they evaluate themselves and their governance artifacts. 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥 3 & 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥 11 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘍𝘚𝘊𝘔 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 & 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘛𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴: 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘌𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘺, 𝘎𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘈𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘵 & 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵. 𝘉𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘴: 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺, 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺.

  • Module 8 — Strategic Foresight & Generative Governance (Future-Ready Boards)

    𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚: Boards lead faithfully when they look beyond today’s operations to long-term mission resilience and generative questions. 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 (𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵), 𝘍𝘚𝘊𝘔 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘴: 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘖𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺. 𝘉𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴: 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘴 29:18 (𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯), 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘴 13 (𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵-𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨), 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘛𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴: 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘋𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘚𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦. 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴: 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺.

Distinctives of this Series

  • Biblical grounding:

    Every module integrates Scripture for a theological frame of governance.

  • Standards alignment:

    Direct ties to Inspire, REACH (legacy), and accreditation evidence expectations.

  • Flourishing integration:

    FSCM constructs anchor governance practices in flourishing outcomes.

  • Practical tools:

    Templates, dashboards, checklists, agreements, and case studies.

  • Accreditation readiness:

    Each module equips boards to prepare artifacts and processes in advance of a visit.

Course curriculum

    1. Big Idea

    2. Opening & Orientation

    3. Step 1: What Inspire Expects

    4. Step 2: Biblical & Covenantal Foundations

    5. Step 3: Covenantal vs. Corporate Frames

    6. Step 4: Practice — Drafting a Board Covenant

    7. Step 5: Case Study — “The Helpful Trustee”

    8. Step 6: Quick Knowledge Check

    9. Step 7: Commitments & Prayer

    10. Handouts

    11. Suggested Readings & References

    1. Big Idea

    2. Opening & Orientation

    3. Step 1: Inspire Requirements Snapshot

    4. Step 2: Governance vs. Management vs. Operations

    5. Step 3: Tool — Decision-Rights (RACI) Matrix

    6. Step 4: Building the Head of School Evaluation Rhythm

    7. Step 5: Stakeholder Input & Transparency

    8. Step 6: Case Studies

    9. Step 7: Knowledge Check

    10. Step 8: Commitments & Prayer

    11. Handouts

    12. Suggested References

    1. Big Idea

    2. Opening & Orientation

    3. Step 1: Inspire Requirements Snapshot

    4. Step 2: Tool — Board Finance Dashboard

    5. Step 3: Policies & Annual Calendar

    6. Step 4: Practice Cases

    7. Step 5: Knowledge Check

    8. Step 6: Commitments & Prayer

    9. Handouts

    10. Suggested References

    1. Big Idea

    2. Opening

    3. Step 1: Where This Lives in Inspire

    4. Step 2: Biblical Lens — Guardrails as Stewardship

    5. Step 3: Core Policy & Legal Framework

    6. Step 4: Tools — Accreditation-Ready Governance

    7. Step 5: Practice — Case Studies

    8. Step 6: Knowledge Check

    9. Step 7: Commitments & Prayer

    10. Handouts

    11. References

    1. Big Idea

    2. Opening

    3. Step 1: Where This Lives in Inspire

    4. Step 2: Biblical Lens: Accountability & Growth

    5. Step 3: Rhythm #1 — Board Self-Evaluation

    6. Step 4: Rhythm #2 — Head of School Evaluation

    7. Step 5: Turning Evaluation into Improvement

    8. Step 6: Practice — Two Case Studies

    9. Step 7: Knowledge Check

    10. Step 8: Commitments & Prayer

    11. Handouts

    12. References

    1. Big Idea

    2. Opening & Orientation

    3. Step 1: Where This Lives in Inspire

    4. Step 2: Biblical Vision for a Trust-Based Partnership

    5. Step 3: Practices that Build Board–HOS Trust

    6. Step 4: The HOS Evaluation System

    7. Step 5: Tool — Board–HOS Partnership Agreement

    8. Step 6: Practice Cases

    9. Step 7: Quick Knowledge Check

    10. Step 8: Commitments & Prayer

    11. Handouts

    12. References

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This eight-module progression ensures that by the conclusion, your board will be biblically faithful, strategically strong, and accreditation-ready.

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