Board of Trustees

Board Committees

Wakefield follows the general Board Committee structures as defined by the National Association of Independent Schools: each of the Board Committees faces off with a specific operational area of the school; the Chair of each committee is responsible for serving as the liaison between the Board and the school manager responsible for each area.

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Trustee Committee

Coordinates the identification, cultivation, recruitment and orientation of new trustees; re-nominates sitting trustees; nominates officers.

Finance Committee

In concert with the business office staff, the committee develops the long-range financial plan and yearly operational budget, including setting tuition levels for board approval.

Development Committee

Coordinates the school’s fund-raising activities; advises the board on the financial goals of the annual campaign, and on any capital or endowment campaigns.

Executive Committee

Coordinates, with the board chair, the work of the board; serves as a sounding board for the Headmaster; acts in place of the board between board meetings in the manner prescribed by the bylaws.

Admission/Communications Committee

Reviews admission policies and standards, marketing literature, the master calendar for school promotion, and strategies for recruiting students and doing ongoing cultivation of their families. Oversees the internal & external communication strategies and operational plans.

Curriculum & Instruction Committee

Develops and recommends to the board educational policies, such as the type of education offered at the school; assesses the overall school performance against the strategic plan; can play a major role when the school is in the accreditation process. This committee does not set the curriculum or evaluate teachers.

Personnel Committee

Works in cooperation with the Headmaster to develop broad personnel policies, such as benefits, salary ranges, and the requirements for faculty and staff evaluation. The committee recommends to the board, through the budget process, salary pool increases.

Student Life Committee

Concerns itself with broad policy issues beyond academic areas, such as the breadth of extracurricular and sports programs and the building of community.

Building & Infrastructure Committee

Develops the master plan for the school’s building and grounds with the staff and outside consultants for board approval; monitors implementation of the plan; reports to the board periodically on major plant and campus issues; and keeps the finance committee informed of building and ground needs. Sometimes the committee will provide board oversight of major building projects.