Committees and Assignments
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Note: Board Committee meeting
minutes are available in the school libraries and the PTA Center.
Futures Committee
The purpose of the Futures Committee is to identify and describe the key issues shaping the future of the School beyond 2012 and to support the Head of School with the implementation of the Roadmap to Greatness, the School’s Strategic Plan.
Members: Ole Molskov Bech (Chair), Bruce Quan, Sam Park, Ehab Abou-Oaf & Daniel Teo
Admin Link: Mark Hillman (Director of Communications)
Parent/Community Representatives: Stowe Sprague,
Violet Chen,
MJ Chandet, Kushay How, Mao-Hwa Murphy, Sandra Hite, Greg Curtis, Ada Jen, Karen Flood, Tony Flores
Faculty Representative: Robert Gold
Student Representatives: Moly Fang
Recorder: Romelia Ker-Foz, Communications Assistant
E-Mail: FuturesCommittee@isb.bj.edu.cn
Committee Goals for 2009/10:
- Prioritize hot spots for further research in the FC
- Complete and report research on selected hot spots to Strategic Planning Committee and BOT by end of school year
- Identify the future trends and or developments of particular interest to ISB
- Review and update ISB Map of the Future (MOTF) and implement an interactive web-version
Committee Duties:
- Support the Head of School with the implementation of Roadmap to Greatness
- Continue the dialogue on “ISB Map of the Future” broadly within the ISB Community
- Facilitate more in-depth discussion in the community on the key issues that are believed to have the greatest impact on the future of ISB
- Further nurture a mindset to foster a long-term vision for ISB with key stakeholders (BOT/Teachers/Admin/Students)
Meetings:
6-8 pm | Board Room
September 10,
October 15,
November 5,
January 21,
February 25,
March 11,
April 15,
May 13
Resources Committee
The Resources Committee monitors the school’s financial and human resource operations, recommends tuition and fee schedules, monitors auditing and debt obligations and ensures that the school is fiscally responsible. Additionally, the committee oversees school construction and maintenance projects and all related budgets and audits and broadly explores long range facility options for ISB.
The Resources Committee is comprised of the following Standing Committee members:
Trustees: Randy Quinn (Chair), Adriana Amegadzie, Daniel Teo, Bruce Quan, Peter Schloss
Admin Link: Jim Kerrigan (Chief Operating and Financial Officer)
Faculty Representative: Michael Roberts
Parent/Community Representatives: TBC
Recorder: Louisa Chen
E-Mail: ResourcesCommittee@isb.bj.edu.cn
Committee Goals for 2009/10:
- Ensure the highest level of budget performance/compliance.
- Fully support and provide funding for strategic plan initiatives
- Further strengthen hiring strategy
- Review options for establishing an endowment fund
- Support innovative use of facilities at ISB to maximize educational potential, and to create a warm and welcoming environment for all students and the ISB community as a whole.
Duties:
- Monitor the financial operations of the school, including overseeing the judicious use of internal auditors.
- Recommend an operating budget, including tuition and fee schedules, no later than January each year for the following school year.
- Maintain the sections of the policy manual related to financial operations and assure procedures are followed to safeguard school funds.
- Maintain the policy manual with respect to provisions relating to the terms of employment for all hired staff
- Monitor compliance with the terms of debt obligations.
- Comment on any motions to the Board requiring funding beyond existing budget authority.
- Review the organizational structure of the school for consistency with school objectives. Assure that all school personnel have an appropriate contract.
- Recommend salary scales as part of the annual budget preparation process.
- Review the language of contracts for legal and fiscal integrity.
- Assure that transparent and fair systems are in place to fill jobs with qualified people, with particular attention to local talent.
- Assure school policy is updated/maintained with respect to employee policies.
- Oversee the construction modifications of all campus buildings and facilities; put in place procedures to monitor cost, quality and timeliness of construction.
- Ensure the timely preparation and submission of construction project budgets for Board approval.
- Ensure the renewal or re-bidding of contracts in accordance with Board policy.
- Oversee repair, maintenance, and modification of all physical facilities
- Maintain the parts of the policy manual related to facilities
Meetings:
7:30-9 am | Board Room
September 8, October 13, November 10, February 9, March 9, April 6
Trustee Development Committee
The purpose of the Trustee Development Committee is to enhance the recruitment and training of new Board members while ensuring that the leadership and functionality of the Board are sustained. The TDC also facilitates both the Board self-assessment process and the Head of School’s evaluation process.
The Trustee Development committee is comprised of the following Standing Committee members:
Trustees: Tamera Fillinger (Chair), Peggy Shaw, Adriana Amegadzie, Janet Ang, Sam Park
Admin Link: Thomas Hawkins (Head of School)
Parent Representative: Danielle Monaghan, Jennifer Adams
Faculty Representative: Sylvain Jacques
E-Mail: trustdevcom@isb.bj.edu.cn
Committee Goals for 2009/10:
- Facilitate Head of School’s evaluation process
- Strengthen trustee knowledge of best practices in international school governance
- Implement meeting and other operating structures to enhance Board understanding and oversight
- Strengthen trustee recruitment, development and retention to ensure continuity of leadership on the Board
- Plan for effective HOS transition
Duties:
- Facilitate Head of School's evaluation process
- Plan for and support sustainable Board leadership through identification, cultivation, and recruitment of qualified and capable trustees
- Enhance the Board’s understanding and oversight of key areas
- Improve Board systems, meetings, orientation, training and ongoing education
- Enhance Board understanding of HOS role and challenges in preparation for HOS transition
- Facilitate Board self-assessment and feedback process
Meetings:
6:30 – 8 pm | Board Room
September 16, November 11, January 20, March 3rd, April 14
