As Christian leaders, we are asked to be wise stewards of all that belongs to the school. Christian boards should not be afraid of risk. Risk is part of everyday life and an essential part of the mission of a school. We encounter risk whenever we step out of our comfort zones to ensure the long-term viability of a vision for Christian education that we hold dear. What a privilege!

Together, a board chooses how risks are used, managed or avoided. They also develop a risk appetite for their decision-making and set the ‘temperature’ for how risks are managed by the school. In conjunction with management, the board instils a strong risk culture so that everyone works together to appropriately manage and harness risk.

This course will help boards in this important task.

Course structure

The course is designed to be completed as a module that is part of the suite of governance training courses. However, boards can access individual topic modules as needed.

These short courses can be undertaken by individual board members, or be completed as a board together. The modules are kept short so boards can fit the training into their busy board calendars.

The training builds on the materials covered in the Board Induction Course, and this is a useful pre-requisite to the governance modules.

Outcomes

As a result of participating in this course, participants will understand:

• What risk and risk management are
• Terminology associated with risk management
• The board’s role in risk management
• The difference between enterprise and operational risk
• What risk appetite and tolerances are, and how they help in governance
• The role of risk management policy and frameworks
• The risk management process
• The options for treating risk

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