To provide overall Board leadership and coordination of Board functions and responsibilities;
To act as liaison with the school administration and Board.
To create a process for recruiting new Board members and to design and implement a process for the selection of Board officers;
To ensure the strength of the Board and the implementation of its responsibilities by providing appropriate orientations, in-service training and evaluations.
To formulate and propose to the Board, policies and plans which will ensure that the school maintains and enhances its identity as Catholic and carries out its mission;
To work with the administration and through the administration, with the staff and faculty on programs designed to publicly enhance the Catholic character and identity of the school.
Responsibilities:
To form the Board meeting agenda;
To monitor the Board calendar;
To make decisions;
To support the president/principal;
To be leaders of the Board;
To determine annually the membership needs of the Board;
To actively recruit potential nominees;
To present to the Board at its annual meeting a list of candidates for Board membership;
To work with the school administration and Board leadership in preparing and conducting informational meetings for Board nominees;
To provide for Board member orientation and training with the Committee on Trustees;
To provide for annual Board evaluation (self-evaluation, owner and chief administrator);
To ensure that all standing and ad hoc committees have written committee charges.
To assist in formulating policies which will enhance the Catholic identity of the school;
To participate in strategic planning in a way which will ensure the Catholic identity of the school;
To participate with the school administration in publicly proclaiming and enhancing the Catholic identity and mission of the school;
To plan and coordinate the annual Board retreat dealing with Catholic identity and mission effectiveness.
