The Board of Directors
The main policy-making body of ISPP is the school Board of Directors. The parents elect the School Board to two-year terms with approximately one-half of the Board members standing for election each April at the Annual General Meeting (AGM). The board is composed of 9 members including the following: five are elected and four must be appointed with at least one, and not more than three from the community at large. The school Director is an ex-officio member of the Board of Directors and is the Chief Educational and Administrative Officer of the School. An extremely important way for parents to have very direct input into Board decisions is to volunteer to serve on one of the School Board standing committees. The Board has three standing Committees, each chaired by a Board member:
- Policy Committee (PC): monitors the regulations pertaining to the operation, development, and long term planning for ISPP. They recommend changes to Policy relevant to current practice or need, and regularly review current Policies for updating.
- Finance & Facilities Committee (FFC): monitors the budget and facilities planning and use.
- Governance Committee; this committee coordinates the identification, cultivation, recruitment, and orientation of new board members; facilitates board self-assessment; identifies the board's needs for education and training and designs vehicles to meet those needs (i.e. Board retreats); and organizes the recognition of individual board members. The committee identifies nominees for election or appointment to the Board of Directors. All nominations for appointed positions are sent to the board for its approval.
The Committees report their findings and recommendations to the full Board for consideration. All standing Board Committee meetings are open to parents and parents are encouraged to join them. From time to time the Board establishes ad hoc committees to study, review and recommend solutions to specific issues.
There is currently one additional ad hoc Committee:
- New Facilities Committee; monitors the development of the new purpose-built facilities.
Article 11: MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD
11.1
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The Board of Directors of the School shall have nine (9) voting members.
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11.1.1
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Five (5) must be elected from the Members of the Association.
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11.1.2
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Four (4) must be appointed, with at least one (1), and not more than three (3) from the community at large.
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| 11.1.3 |
Only one parent or legal guardian per family can be elected to the Board. |
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11.1.4
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No employee or spouse of an employee of the Association or School is eligible for nomination, election, or appointment to membership on the Board. |
| 11.1.5 |
As an international school serving many nationalities, preferably not more than two (2), and in any event not more than three (3) members of the Board shall be of the same nationality, as registered in the school records. |
| 11.2 |
The Board of Directors of the School shall have non-voting members as follows: |
| 11.2.1 |
The Director shall be a non-voting member of the Board. |
| 11.2.2 |
There shall be a non-voting seat to be filled by a representative of the Diplomatic Corps recommended by the Dean of the Diplomatic Corp. If a member of the Diplomatic Cops is already present on the Board, this position may remain vacant at the discretion of the Dean. |
| 11.2.3 |
There shall be a non-voting seat on the Board of Directors for a faculty representative elected according to the provisions in the "Constitution of the Faculty Association for the International School of Phnom Penh." |
| 11.2.4 |
The Board may appoint up to two additional non-voting members to the Board if these persons have expertise of importance to the Board. |
| 11.2.5 |
There shall be a non-voting seat on the Board of Directors for a National Staff Representative elected according to the provisions from the National Staff Committee |
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