The TES Community
With an enrolment of over 1,100 students from around 680 international families, a staff of 220 teachers and support personnel, and operations across two campuses, Taipei European School requires a professional, integrated organizational structure for the efficient leadership and management of the school.
Governance
As with many educational organizations, TES makes a distinction between governance , involving matters of policy, strategic and longer term planning, and management , which is focused on the day-to-day implementation and supervision of the operations of the school.
TES Board of Directors (TESBOD):
The Taipei European School is registered as a legal entity in the form of a non-profit Foundation supervised by the Bureau of Education within Taipei City Government. The executive body of the TES Foundation is the TES Board of Directors (TESBOD) which consists of nine members. Six of these members (including the Chairman) are required to be nationals of the Republic of China and this Board meets approximately three or four times a year. The main function of TESBOD is to supervise the actions of the school as the ultimate legally responsible body, and is required, therefore, to approve strategic plans, significant developments and annual budgets.
Chairman of TESBOD
Dr. C.V. Chen has chaired TESBOD since 1993 when he kindly helped to set up the TES Foundation. Dr. Chen continues to be a great support to the school, through his encouragement, advice and wise counsel.
Dr. Chen has an S.J.D from the Law School of Harvard University and is Managing Partner of Lee and Li Attorneys-at-Law. Dr. Chen is a highly respected scholar, lawyer and cross-strait expert within the Taiwanese society.
Members of TESBOD
Other TESBOD members include: Mr. Charles Garrett, Dr. Michael Topham, Mr. Ping Nam Tam, Mr. Henry Lu, Mrs. Shaw Lan Chu-Wang, Dr. Yuan-Tsun Liu, Mr. Blacker Sia and Mr. Nelson An-Ping
Chang.
TES Board of Governors (TESBOG):
TESBOD devolves much of the practical governance and leadership of TES to the TES Board of Governors (TESBOG), comprising eight members elected from the parent body across all four school sections. TESBOG meets monthly and deals with issues that concern TES as a whole, focusing on the mission and vision of TES, matters of policy, quality assurance, financial and strategic planning. TESBOG undertakes the appointment, support and direct supervision of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
 Chairman of TESBOG
Mr. Charles Garrett, Chairman of TESBOG, is from the UK and serves as Deputy Director at the British Trade & Cultural Office. Having spent time at international schools as a child, and with five children who have been or are being educated at international schools around the globe, Mr. Garrett's background gives him a strong understanding of the needs and demands of international schools and their students.
Outside work, and when he has a spare moment away from helping to bring up five children, he pursues his passion for reaching out-of-the-way places. Mostly this means mountaineering, though in April 2005 he skied to the North Pole.
Members of TESBOG
Other TESBOG members include: Dr. Michael Topham,Mr. Dirk Saenger, Mr. Adrian Harley, Mr. Fabrice Lassalle, Mr. C.C. Hsu, Mr. John Waterhouse and Ms. Marlene Villela-Talbott.
Section Councils:
The German, British, French and High School Sections of TES each have their own elected Council of between six and ten parents. These Councils are responsible for overseeing Section-specific matters and each send one representative to sit on TESBOG.
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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) leads the TES organization in terms of teaching and learning as well as administration, finance, development and support services, fostering harmonization and facilitating cooperation within and between the school sections and administration. The CEO promotes the European element of TES at all times through its mission, vision and core values.
