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PRE-CONFERENCES
Sunday, February 5, 2023
THE GOOD GOVERNANCE PROJECT
All Day Sunday, February 5, 2023
The goal of this workshop is to provide a general understanding of the roles and responsibilities of a Trustee on an international school board.The session will be framed around seven essential questions, based on the Association for the Advancement of International Education (AAIE) Board Development Curriculum, which describes the work of an international school board.
Developed as a framework for board development, this compilation of responsibilities provides a foundation for sustaining and enhancing good governance in international schools. The session will be conducted as an exploration of key concepts in good governance.
The facilitators will present a brief overview of each element of the seven questions, prompted with materials drawn from board development work, welcoming comments and questions from the participants.
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David Chojnacki has had a lifetime of engagement in, leadership of and networking with independent schools around the world, most recently focusing on school governance. He has been the head of four international schools: the International School of Ouagadougou; the Karachi American School; the American Embassy School in New Delhi; and Cairo American College.
In 1996 David became the executive director of NESA, the Near East South Asia Council of Overseas Schools, leading that organization to international prominence and serving the member schools by providing valued services in networking, professional development, executive coaching of school leaders and governance. He served in that capacity for 21 years.
David has served on multiple non-profit boards and has been trained in governance by “Board Source”, in facilitation by the “Thinking Collaborative”, and in coaching by the “Newfield Network”. Particularly noteworthy is that he co-authored the international version of the NAIS “Trustee Handbook” and the curriculum for “Leading Together”, a project to enhance the effectiveness of the board chair/head of school partnership.
David has three adult sons. He and his partner divide their time between Athens and a seaside village in the Peloponnese.
Rick Detwiler has worked with school boards as head of five international schools over the past 25 years. He is a consultant on governance and boardsmanship; consultant to NESA on its Board Development Project. Before joining the international school community in 1988, he was a US Navy officer, a Peace Corps volunteer in Botswana, and for ten years, a teacher and principal in Vermont.