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- The school board is governed by its publicly elected board members (the board of trustees). Collectively, boards of trustees set the vision for the school board, develop policies, allocate resources and set the goals that lay the foundation and drive programs and operations in the school board.
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Find information about publicly funded school board governance, and leadership for principals, vice-principals and school board leaders.
Effective school board governance relies on clarity about roles and responsibilities, appropriate structures, and respectful, collaborative behaviour.
provides guiding questions and considerations to account for differences in board size, geographic circumstances and demographic trends. links to supplementary resources that provide more detailed information on aspects of the strategic planning process.
Key concepts of school board governance. INTRODUCTION. School boards have a long, effective and successful history. Taking up the office of school board trustee is a call, not only to carry on the tradition of local democracy, but to improve it.
The Peel District School Board, like every school board in Ontario, is governed by elected trustees. As a group, trustees are often referred to as the “school board.” Here are some board responsibilities: make policies for the board and schools; prepare a budget and manage funds from the province for education
Jan 7, 2012 · School boards are groups of elected (with exceptions) members of a community to whom the provinces have delegated authority over some aspects of education. There were about 800 school boards in Canada in the early 1990s. Since then the number is steadily decreasing as small jurisdictions are combined into larger ones.
In Canada, education is the responsibility of provincial governments, and in most cases, are governed by democratically elected school boards. S chool boards and elected trustees are an important part of Canada’s political landscape.
