The ICS Association consists of all parents or guardians whose children are enrolled in the school, as well as all members of staff on an annual professional contract or on a permanent teaching assistant contract.

The ICS Board governs as a group and by majority vote.  Board members do not have individual authority to act or take decisions on matters that are the responsibility of the board. It is the Board as a collective whole that must exercise its authority and responsibility to govern and take decisions.

The board has a leadership team:

• Board Chair: Yohannes Tsehai
• Vice Chair: Karin Steiner
• Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair: Rudy Muller
• Board Secretary: Hanania Negede
• Governance Committee Chair: Dennia Gayle

To assist in managing its workload, the Board has formed committees specializing in specific areas. These committees work in detail on specific projects or policies and then develop proposals and recommendations that are presented to the whole board for approval. 

There are two standing committees:

1. Finance Committee: Led by the Treasurer Rudy Muller, the Finance Committee works with the school’s finance team on financial management and oversight including operational budgets, 10-year planning, audit readiness, and risk management.
2. Governance Committee: Led by the Committee Chair Dennia Gayle, the Governance Committee works on governance and policy, develops the head of school's evaluation process, manages the ICS Association elections, as well as the Board Nomination and Appointment Process.

When a committee determines it would benefit from additional help or stakeholder input on a matter, they may decide to create a task force. This task force is used to accomplish a defined short-term project, and the committee may invite Association, or community members to participate. External advisors or consultants may also be engaged. The committees consider interest, experience and skills when selecting volunteers.

If you are interested in joining a future task force, please send an email to board@icsaddis.org, and explain what you would be interested in supporting. Potential task forces may cover any area of Board responsibility, and there will be different levels of confidentiality, intensity and duration of work, depending on the subject matter. The board will approve the selection of task force volunteers.

The work output from a task force is then reviewed by the full Committee. Recommendations or proposals that result will be presented by the Committee to the Board and voted on accordingly by the whole Board. 

Parents who have feedback or concerns about their child’s education must speak to the teacher first who must be given an opportunity to respond and provide a resolution. If this does not resolve the matter, then the next step is to contact the school principal. If you remain dissatisfied with the response from the school principal, then the final executive to address your issue is the Head of School.

Parents who have concerns about the operations or administration of the school should write, speak to or make an appointment with the appropriate school principal or Head of School. If you are not sure who to contact, please reach out to the main office.

If, after the sequence above, you remain dissatisfied with the final response, the concern can be brought to the Board.

Parents who have any feedback or concerns in relation to the Board itself should email the Board Chair (board@icsaddis.org) who may then work with Board colleagues as required to address the issue.