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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

POSITION DESCRIPTION

• Position: Director

• Reports To: Chair – SSU Board of Directors

• Qualifications: Must be a fee-paying student at Sheridan with a minimum 2.5 GPA or a first-year student, 18 years old or more

• Term of Office: May 2024 – April 2025

• Location: Mississauga HMC Campus (4), Oakville Trafalgar Campus (4), or Brampton Davis Campus (4)

SCOPE AND NATURE

The SSUI represents all fee-paying students at Sheridan College. The SSUI is responsible for safeguarding and promoting the welfare and interest of the membership of the student body of Sheridan, whether it is academic, intellectual, cultural, social, athletic or otherwise in accordance with individual needs.

Refer to the SSUI By-Laws for further qualifications.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The SSUI Board of Directors is composed of 12 elected student members who represent the SSUI membership, consisting of approximately 23,000 full-time and day part-time students at Sheridan College. The Board is responsible for maintaining constant contact with the student population and bringing student feedback to the Board. From this, the Board will continue to develop a long-term strategic vision, and exercise good corporate governance. The SSUI Board will instruct the President through written policies that prescribe the organizational Ends to be achieved and the organizational situations and actions to be avoided (Executive Limitations). The Board is responsible for delegating to the President and monitoring their performance.

The SSUI Board will self-govern through policies and will work together to implement disciplinary procedures, to which the group will be accountable to the students who have elected them. The SSUI Board shall choose a Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Secretary among themselves. These positions will have heightened responsibilities in ensuring policies and procedures are properly followed as it relates to Board Meetings, SSUI General Meetings and other important transactions of corporate business.

Directors are expected to attend all Board Meetings and should reasonably assume an 8-14 hour per month commitment on average.

Exceptions to this may include representation work, such as community involvement and/or and SSUI Board Retreats (mandatory). Directors are also encouraged to be available at least two hours per week to meet with students. Directors could be asked to sit on a college committee as the student representative and are encouraged to be a member of one student club. Directors could be asked to attend convocation ceremonies as the student representative, participate in volunteer activities, communicate actively on the SSUI’s SheridanLife Blog, as well as maintain their commitment to being the student voice by actively seeking feedback from students from a variety of programs across campus.

DIRECTOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintain a presence on campus by making an effort to meet with students regularly;

• Attend Student Union and college events (for example, orientation, new international student transition week, convocation, various events and ceremonies as requested by the President and the College);

• Attend meetings of the Board, which are to be held at least once per month;

• Be prepared for open and productive discussion at Board Meetings by reading and understanding all material provided beforehand;

• Always present themselves in an appropriate manner, which reflects the Student Union and Sheridan students at large in a positive manner;

• Must not speak on behalf of the Sheridan Student Union or the Sheridan Student Union Board of Directors without explicit written permission from the Board Chair;

• Read and thoroughly understand “The Legal Responsibilities of a Board Member” by Bill Reid;

• Read and thoroughly understand the SSUI By-Laws;

• Read and thoroughly understand the SSUI Board of Directors Ends Policies.