The Board is the Crown entity responsible for the governance and the control of the management of the school. The Board is the employer of all staff in the school, is responsible for setting the school's strategic direction in consultation with parents, staff and students, and ensuring that its school provides a safe environment and quality education for all its students. The Board is also responsible for overseeing the management of personnel, curriculum, property, finance and administration.
The structure of the Glendowie College Board is as follows:
The Board normally meet eight times per year, and also operate a 'Finance and Property' sub-committee. Parents and other members of the community are welcome and encouraged to attend the Board meetings as observers.
Further information on the role of the Board can be found here: http://www.minedu.govt.nz/Boards.aspx
Glendowie College's Board Election Information leaflet may be downloaded here.
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March Meeting : Wednesday 21 May 2025
Dear Glendowie College community,
We had a wonderful presentation this week from Rebecca Johnstone, Director of International Students. Rebecca and her team are doing a wonderful job, marketing the college, attracting and caring for the students that spend time studying at GDC. This can be anything from only a few weeks to a whole year. We have committed to accepting 65 students a year, currently we have 46. China and Japan are the biggest sources with a global spread from Europe and South America. Our diversity of students is important to those choosing an overseas college. The richness in culture the students provide benefits the whole community. The best form of marketing is the students themselves referring GDC to friends as a great place to be. Once the students are here and settled with their homestay families, the International team continue to care for our students through the buddy system and pastoral care provided.
Gordon Robertson, Principal, is off on sabbatical leave from next week and we wish Gordon a wonderful, refreshing and relaxing trip, and we can’t wait to hear what he has gleaned from visiting Wellington, Hobart and Melbourne schools. In his absence, we welcome Trudy Gibb into the Acting Principal position.
The Board would like to congratulate all those students, teachers and parents for their time in creating an amazing school performance of ‘Grease’. Next, we have the cultural nights on 17 and 18 June, make sure you book your tickets quickly.
While the Board continues to provide guidance to the SLT, we are looking ahead to the next triennial elections, which are to be held in September. If you would like to join the Glendowie College Board, look out for the communications calling for your submission from July or contact us now at bot@gdc.school.nz if you would like further details on time commitments and involvement. We currently have a great board composed of parents who genuinely care for all students and staff. So, if you have finance, property, legal or general business skills with an aptitude and care for GDC, we would love to hear from you.
Ngā mihi nui,
Belinda SutherlandPresiding Member
