FIRST YEAR AT CNG envisioning a successful

While the Board Policy Manual encapsulates the role of all Directors through time, in your first year at CNG, we hope you’re excited to take on the challenges of:

1. Building positive relationships with all CNG stakeholder groups (board of directors, faculty, staff, parents, students, alumni, prospective families and prospective faculty, and Fundación Hogar Nueva Granada) by:

• Gaining understanding of school culture and Colombian culture and language.

• Meeting in-depth with CNG’s established, capable teams to build trust, effectively delegate and streamline work flows.

• Balancing academic, financial and operational leadership responsibilities.

• Building upon well-established diverse learner programs through data-driven decision making (K4 through 12, Colombian and American, Learning Center, Gifted & Talented and Character Education, the Foundation and other service learning initiatives, among others), and

• Investing time and energy in reaching out and getting to know all stakeholder groups and allowing them to get to know you to generate esteem, confidence and knowledge in both directions.

2. Continuing implementation of CNG’s Strategic Plan.

3. Carrying forward public and private fundraising with donors of all levels by expanding on long and short term development strategies.

4. Overseeing the ongoing construction of the school’s new Innovation Center

5. Directly addressing ongoing challenges in global recruitment related to shrinking candidate pool as well inequities between local and international faculty.

6. Communicating a compelling CNG story and highlighting our value proposition throughout the admissions process and, customizing Director messaging to diverse audiences and presenting yourself enthusiastically as the school’s new face of the future.

7. Serving as a member of the Board of Directors of the Fundación Hogar Nueva Granada and facilitating well-established learning, fundraising and social service initiatives between FHNG and CNG.