Hong Kong Academy

Board of Trustees

The Board is the guardian of Hong Kong Academy's Mission. It is the Board's responsibility to ensure that the Mission is relevant and vital to the community it serves and to monitor the success of Hong Kong Academy in fulfilling its Mission.

As such, it is hereby understood and agreed that it is the role and responsibility of the Board of Trustees of Hong Kong Academy to:

Guide the school's long-term strategy;

Establish strategic goals for the school and to supervise the Director's ability to successfully achieve those goals;

Be responsible for the monitoring of organizational and managerial performance, ensuring appropriate stewardship of Hong Kong Academy's financial resources as well as it's ability to execute its' Mission;

Adopt a clear statement of the schools' mission, vision, and strategic goals, and to establish policies and plans consistent with this statement;

Review and maintain appropriate bylaws that conform to legal requirements, including duties of loyalty, obedience, and care;

Assure the school community that the school and the board operate in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, minimizing exposure to legal action;

Create and maintain a conflict of interest policy that is reviewed with, and signed by, individual trustees annually;

Recognize that it's primary work and focus are long range and strategic;

Undertake formal strategic planning on a periodic basis, set annual goals related to the plan, and conduct annual written evaluations for the school, the school Director, and the Board itself;

Accept accountability for both the financial stability and the financial future of the institution, engaging in strategic financial planning, assuming primary responsibility for the preservation of capital assets and endowments, and overseeing operating budgets and fundraising activities;

Select, support, nurture, evaluate and set appropriate compensation for the school's Director;

Keep full and accurate records of its meetings, committees, and policies;

Be transparent and honest to the Hong Kong Academy community, and to communicate its decisions widely, while keeping its deliberations confidential and to respect the confidentiality of individuals and matters as appropriate;

Ensure that appointed board members reflect the strategic expertise, resources, perspectives (past, present and future) needed to achieve the Mission and strategic objectives of the school;

Work to ensure that all board members are actively involved in the work of the Board and it's committees;

Ensure that as the leader of the school community, the board engages proactively with the Director in cultivating and maintaining good relations with school constituents as well as the broader community and exhibits best practices relevant to equity and justice and a commitment to the Founding Principles of the school;

Be committed to a program of professional development that includes annual new Trustee orientation, ongoing Trustee education and evaluation, and Board leadership succession planning.