General Overview of SGIS
The following are excerpts from the Articles of the Organization. The entire document is available by contacting the SGIS secretary via the website.
The Swiss Group of International Schools (SGIS) is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to:
- promote closer links among teachers, administrators, and students of its member schools;
- promote professional development for teachers and administrators;
- provide opportunities for arranging educational, cultural, and sporting activities among member schools;
- provide a forum for the sharing of educational resources;
- represent the concerns of international schools in Switzerland to local and federal authorities;
- cooperate and maintain professional contacts with other regional and international educational bodies and associations.
SGIS promotes the following activities:
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Conferences/Workshops: Conferences and workshops shall be held regularly during each academic year.
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Sports: To promote inter-school sports competition at every level, the SGIS Sports Committee, composed of the member schools' Sports or Athletic Directors, shall be established. The SGIS Sports Committee shall recommend the appointment of one of its members as the SGIS Sports Coordinator to the Executive Committee.
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Standing Committees: To support and promote the purposes of the SGIS, Standing Committees may be created at the discretion of the Executive Committee.
- Annual General Meeting (AGM): The AGM shall be held in the fall of each year. 50% of the regular member schools shall constitute a quorum. Each regular school designates an official representative who may vote on its behalf. Members shall be notified in writing of the date, location, and agenda of the AGM not less than four weeks in advance.
The functions of the AGM are:
- election of the Executive Committee;
- approval of the Treasurer's Report;
- action on membership recommendations submitted by the Executive Committee;
- consideration of any other business.
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| SGIS Committee Members (2009 / 2010) |
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Richard McDonald - Chair |
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Ilya Eigenbrot - trained as a research scientist, before moving into the university administration field, where he worked as the Director of the International Office of Imperial College London, establishing and maintaining contacts with top international schools across the globe. He is passionate about science, and continues to enthuse people of all ages worldwide with his popular demonstration lectures, which he developed while working as Christmas Lecture Manager at the Royal Institution of Great Britain. He has been the Principal of St. George's School in Switzerland since August 2008.
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Jon McLeod |
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Lisa Belfry |
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Rhonda Mott-Hill |
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Andy Croft - Finance |
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Jackie Chan-Kam - Secretary |
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Edward McBride
Primary School Principal, International School of Lausanne (12) years.
Has also taught in UK, Ascension Island, Greece and Saudi Arabia.
Has been a CIS/NEASC Accreditation Team member since 2003 and SGIS Committee member since 2009.
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Brenda Christopherson
has been with the International School of the Basel Region AG, since 2002 in the capacity of Junior School Principal. Prior to this, her administrative experience has been in Thailand and Canada, along with a number of years teaching in elementary education.
Brenda is in her third year with the SGIS Executive. |
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