The number of international schools is growing rapidly and existing data points to great diversity of their governance structure. The nature of hybrid governance, in which a board comprises both elected and appointed governors, was investigated through a case study of an international school in western Europe and triangulated with interviews with nine experts in international schooling. Hybrid governance was found to offer the advantages of both elected and appointed boards: elections foster transparency and representation of stakeholders, while appointments allow the board to be populated with particular skills. A model for governance was presented in which the hybrid structure is underpinned by recruitment and training practices that ensure governors complement the existing skillset of the board, have desirable motivations for serving, and understand their role. This model may be useful for informing international school improvement efforts, although its compatibility with the diverse landscape of international schools remains to be determined.

国际学校的数量正在迅速增长，现有数据表明其治理结构的多样性。通过对西欧一所国际学校的案例研究，调查了混合治理的性质，其中董事会由民选和任命的州长组成，并与九名国际学校专家进行了访谈。人们发现，混合治理可以同时提供民选和委任董事会的优势：选举可以提高利益相关者的透明度和代表权，而任命则可以使董事会具有特定技能。提出了一种治理模型，其中的混合结构以招聘和培训实践为基础，以确保理事补充董事会的现有技能，并具有理想的服务动机，并了解他们的角色。该模型可能有助于通知国际学校改进工作，尽管其与国际学校多样化格局的兼容性仍有待确定。