Governance Culture
The Board determines its philosophy, its accountability, and specifics of its own job. The effective design of its own board processes ensures that the board will fulfill its three primary responsibilities:
- Maintaining links to the ownership
- Establishing the four categories of written policies
- Assuring executive performance
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- GC-1 Global Governance Culture
- GC-2 Governing Commitments
- GC-3 Board Job Description
- GC-4 Annual Work Plan
- GC-5 Role of the President
- GC-6 Board Members’ Code of Conduct
- GC-7 Board Committee Principles
- GC-8 Board Committee Structure
- GC-9 Cost of Governance
- GC-10 Process for Addressing Board Member Violations
- GC-11 Role of the Legislative Representative
- GC-12 Student Representatives
- GC-13 Role of the New Director Mentor
GC-4 Annual Work Plan
GC-4 Annual Work Plan
Policy Type: Governance Culture
The Board will follow an annual work plan that includes continual monitoring and review of all policies, engagement sessions with the community, students and other stakeholder groups, and professional development to improve Board performance.
- The Board’s annual planning cycle will conclude each year on the last day of June so that administrative planning and budgeting can be based on accomplishing at least a 12-month segment of the Board’s most recent statement of long-term Results.
- The cycle will start with the Board’s development of its work plan for the next year. The planning calendar will include:
- Engagement with selected groups in the community, or other methods of gaining community ownership input, determined in the first quarter, to be arranged and held during the balance of the year
- Board development training designed to improve the board’s ability to perform the work identified in the Board’s job description, including orientation of candidates and new Board directors in the Board’s governance process, and periodic discussions by the Board about means to improve its own performance
- Scheduled monitoring of all policies
- Adoption of Budget Development Guidelines.
- The Board will meet at least once a month to conduct a business meeting, with work sessions scheduled as needed.
December 14, 2005 – Adoption of Policy Governance
October 10, 2007 – Monitored, no changes
February 28, 2009 – Monitored, no changes
March 9, 2011 – Monitored, updated
April 25, 2012 – Monitored, no changes
August 5, 2013 – Monitored, no changes
July 31, 2014 – Monitored, no changes
November 18, 2015 – Monitored, revised
September 14, 2016 – Monitored, revised
May 9, 2018 – Monitored, revised
September 22, 2022 – Monitored, revised
August 24, 2023 – Revised
July 11, 2024 – Converted to Coherent Governance