Advisory Board

Panyaden Advisory Board Charter

Mission 

The Panyaden Advisory Board (PAB) mission is to provide strategic guidance to the owner and executive management team of Panyaden International School (the school) for the development and improvement of the school.

Objectives

The PAB will create a respectful, structured and efficient environment for planning and developing strategic direction without the distraction of day to day issues. The separation of operational and governance issues should then enable management to implement strategy and manage day to day tasks with clarity and free of interference.

The PAB will provide assistance by:

• Challenging the status quo via input from people with diverse backgrounds
• Reviewing and contributing to the further development of a strategic plan
• Reviewing and contributing to:
  – Marketing and positioning
  – Student recruitment
  – Operational efficiency
  – Financial budgets, capital expenditure and infrastructure development
• Recommending targets and performance criteria for the executive management
• Contributing to the clarification of roles and responsibilities of the executive management team.
• Considering risk and risk mitigation for the school
• Pursuing relationships with similar schools for the purpose of sharing learnings and innovations.

Core Principles:

• The PAB will make all recommendations in keeping with the school’s core principles:
• Inner peace and wisdom through a Buddhist approach
• Self-sufficient individuals through the application of common sense and traditional knowledge
• Environmentally mindful practices
• Independent and creative personalities through holistic principles
• Academically competitive through a modern bilingual curriculum

Responsibilities
Members of the PAB Must:

• Make recommendations that are in the best interests of the school
• Behave at all times in an ethical, honest and respectful manner
• Maintain confidentiality and non disclosure of all PAB discussions and school information unless disclosure is explicitly authorised by the PAB
• Disclose to the board at each and every meeting any conflict of interest or matter that may be perceived as a conflict of interest relating to any agenda item
• Receive and react to reports on the state of the school in a timely fashion
• Avoid interfering with implementation of strategy or operational issues without the explicit request or approval of the executive management or the PAB

Composition & Organisational Structure

The PAB will consist of advisors with expertise in marketing, governance, education, finance and operational efficiency and with reputations to help build the image and foundation of greater future success. The PAB will have a chair who is elected by the board members.