Education Committee’s Training Needs Assessment Survey
Our Association is focused on helping our board members sharpen their understanding and abilities to participate actively while serving as an impartial quasi-judicial body whose decision on matters bought before their body are consistent with the objectives and factors in RCW 36.93, Growth Management Act, regional and local plans and policies.
In meeting this stated principle, our Association has deemed it paramount that we focus our available resources toward enhancing the training that is available to our members through a variety of resources. Making information readily available on our website, producing written materials that address the stated needs found from this survey, and enabling our professional staff your BRB Clerk and staff to assist you in the performance of your duties is our primary focus.
Each of our board members has already proven to their appointing authorities that they possess the experience, knowledge, and skills to occupy the position that they were appointed to fill. Except for King County, who have eleven- members, the remaining counties are served by a five-member board with members appointed as follows – Gubernatorial (2), County (1) Cities and Towns (1), and Special Use Districts (1). The proposed composition of the board was focused on equity among the different governmental entities. As a quasi-judicial body, we must render decisions that comply with the parameters stated above while functioning as a neutral and impartial decision-making body that represents all parties who appear before us.
The Education Committee recognizes that nothing remains static and that over time board members come and go; new professional staff are assigned, and counties periodically reorganize the reporting structure under their purview for budgetary reasons or for enhancing efficiencies within their governmental structure. Therefore, our board members must have access to training material that will improve their own understanding of their role in the decision-making process while understanding why and how a decision is rendered under our operation guidelines and how the decisions affect their community.
Each county has adopted its own set of internal Rules of Practice and Procedures that govern how they function. Some have developed a Chair’s Script to ensure consistency in how public hearing/meetings are conducted to ensure consistency for the board members and the public. The Education Committee is seeking new ideas that will serve as recognized “Best Practices” among our members that could be adopted by others to improve their internal operations. The end goal is improving our overall reputation as a highly and efficient entity that delivers decisions that meets the standards of quality and minimize the potential for appeals for process errors.
Therefore, the Education Committee is conducting a State-wide assessment of our training needs, and each of you will play a critical role in helping us improve our operations. Whether you are new, an experienced member, or part of the professional staff, we want to hear from each of you your ideas for improving our organization's capabilities in addressing your perceived training needs.
Remember, no idea offered is not without “merit” even the smallest suggestion can become the most important element of our training agenda.
In meeting this stated principle, our Association has deemed it paramount that we focus our available resources toward enhancing the training that is available to our members through a variety of resources. Making information readily available on our website, producing written materials that address the stated needs found from this survey, and enabling our professional staff your BRB Clerk and staff to assist you in the performance of your duties is our primary focus.
Each of our board members has already proven to their appointing authorities that they possess the experience, knowledge, and skills to occupy the position that they were appointed to fill. Except for King County, who have eleven- members, the remaining counties are served by a five-member board with members appointed as follows – Gubernatorial (2), County (1) Cities and Towns (1), and Special Use Districts (1). The proposed composition of the board was focused on equity among the different governmental entities. As a quasi-judicial body, we must render decisions that comply with the parameters stated above while functioning as a neutral and impartial decision-making body that represents all parties who appear before us.
The Education Committee recognizes that nothing remains static and that over time board members come and go; new professional staff are assigned, and counties periodically reorganize the reporting structure under their purview for budgetary reasons or for enhancing efficiencies within their governmental structure. Therefore, our board members must have access to training material that will improve their own understanding of their role in the decision-making process while understanding why and how a decision is rendered under our operation guidelines and how the decisions affect their community.
Each county has adopted its own set of internal Rules of Practice and Procedures that govern how they function. Some have developed a Chair’s Script to ensure consistency in how public hearing/meetings are conducted to ensure consistency for the board members and the public. The Education Committee is seeking new ideas that will serve as recognized “Best Practices” among our members that could be adopted by others to improve their internal operations. The end goal is improving our overall reputation as a highly and efficient entity that delivers decisions that meets the standards of quality and minimize the potential for appeals for process errors.
Therefore, the Education Committee is conducting a State-wide assessment of our training needs, and each of you will play a critical role in helping us improve our operations. Whether you are new, an experienced member, or part of the professional staff, we want to hear from each of you your ideas for improving our organization's capabilities in addressing your perceived training needs.
Remember, no idea offered is not without “merit” even the smallest suggestion can become the most important element of our training agenda.
