Public Transportation Board Effectiveness: A Self-Assessment Handbook (2004) / Chapter Skim
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has been prepared to address a variety of policymaker and oversight situations, including the following: • Transit boards composed of appointed or elected directors; • Transit boards composed of citizen volunteers and/or elected officials; • Directors serving as volunteers or compensated for parttime or full-time services; • Chairpersons seeking to identify board performance improvements; and • Consultants, advisors, and board mentors seeking to identify performance issues and improve board effectiveness.
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Whether directors have a proclivity to intervene or not to intervene in operations or administration matters under the responsibility of management, the self-assessment gives them an opportunity to see the perspective of the overall policymaking body as it strives to function in the longer-range strategic policy and oversight affairs of the transit agency. An interest in identifying directors' views about board effectiveness and solidifying board consensus on performance issues and areas of concern.
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Directors indicate their levels of agreement using a scale ranging from 1 to 5, where 1 indicates "strongly disagree" and 5 indicates "strongly agree." The results are expected to be a compilation of individual director responses that can be used to facilitate constructive, confidential review and discussion by directors. Board confidentiality requirements will affect how assessment results are compiled.
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Appendix A of the Handbook contains a sample of Chittenden County Transit Authority's 2002 board goals. A board using this process would need to articulate some goals and provide for a follow-up mechanism for this approach to be useful.
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The Handbook contains three levels of assessment, offering boards a choice of the level of 9 detail to pursue with regard to the six measures of board performance. Transit boards will be able to use the same assessment level (reassessment)
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