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Predict
Free-text response before teaching. Not scored.
Vega International School
Before you read on
A proposed new fees policy is described to you in one sentence.
What would you do?
Commit before feedback.
Make the decision
A proposal arrives
The Finance Director proposes cutting the bus service to save money.
What do you do?
Governance habit · Is this a Board matter?
Your decision, considered
Where does your response lead?
Board inbox — Board or management?
Several incoming issues; decide the Board's role in each.
Two issues arrive
Your Board inbox
Which belong at Board level?
The timetable for next term needs adjusting.
How do we know?
Choose the strongest governance questions.
The Head reports
What would you ask next?
Head of School
“Bullying incidents have fallen sharply this year.”
Select the two strongest Board questions. 0 of 2 selected
Governance habit · How do we know?
What is missing?
Approve, do not approve, or ask for more information.
A paper reaches the Board
An incomplete proposal
The Head proposes a new building project. The paper shows the cost and the timeline — but not how it will be funded.
What should the Board do?
Board pack
Read a short pack excerpt; choose the strongest questions.
Before the meeting
Reading a Board pack
Enrolment update
Applications are up 8% on last year. Retention in the middle school remains our strongest segment.
Finance summary
Operating surplus slightly ahead of budget. No material risks identified.
Choose the 2 strongest governance questions.
Spot the red flag
Identify the concerns in a short report.
In the pack
Spot the red flag
Board pack extract
Head's report, extract
Staff turnover has risen this year, but we have managed recruitment well. The new staffing model is working. Budget impact is minimal.
Select every concern you would raise at the Board table. You may select several.
Whose voice?
Consider perspectives before the Board decides.
A contested proposal
Whose voice have we heard?
The Board is considering starting the school day thirty minutes later.
Vote now
Approve, do not approve, or need more information.
At the table
The proposal is put
A proposal to extend the school year by one week, to align with other international schools in the region.
How do you vote?
Six months later
Consequences of an earlier decision.
Earlier
A quick decision
A parent asks you to intervene in a staffing matter directly.
What do you do?
Governance habit · Is this a Board matter?
Six months later
What happened next
Six months later
What happens next depends on the decision made earlier in this experience.
Activity is not the same as impact. Decisions set expectations.
Sort it
Place each item in the right category.
The distinction
Strategic or operational?
Where does each item belong?
Words to place · 4
Strategic
Operational
Retrieve
Recall a principle before it is confirmed.
Without looking back
In your own words
Revisit
Compare your earlier answer with your thinking now.
Vega International School
At the beginning, you said
Would you respond differently now?
Before
Having worked through this experience, would you respond differently now?
Reflect
One meaningful question about your own Board.
Your Board
Reflect
Confidence check
Not scored; a pause before an explanation.
Before the explanation
How confident are you?
A Board member may question the Head closely about any operational matter they choose.
Prioritise
Choose what matters most — there may be no perfect answer.
Limited agenda time
What deserves the Board's attention?
Four matters could reach the next agenda; there is time for two.
Choose the 2 that deserve the greatest Board attention.
Take to the Board
One memorable question or behaviour to carry away.
Final task
Take this to the Board table
Governance habit · Is this a Board matter?