Is school governance a burden or a blessing for you? If you're seeking ways to improve how your boards operate, respond to you, and can turn into more of blessing, you will want to join us for this session! This workshop will be an interactive opportunity for participants to learn from one another and from the presenter about how to animate culture through governance and leadership. Effective boards join with impactful leaders to create a culture of accompaniment, collaboration, and listening so as to build strategic plans that bring forth the best in mission, academics, governance, leadership, and operational vitality. Without an intentional focus on creating a cohesive mission, vision, and set of core values, schools are likely to fail in their desire to create communities of teaching and learning.