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School Council Roles & Responsibilities

Their Roles and Responsibilities are as follows: 

The Chair/Co-Chairs 

- Arrange for meetings; 
- Prepare agendas; 
- Chair council meetings 
- Ensure that minutes of council meetings are recorded and maintained; 
- Facilitated the resolution of conflict; 
- Participate as ex-officio members of all committees established by the school council; 
- Communicate with the school principal on behalf of the council

Parent Representatives 

- Participate on any committees established by the school council; 
- Contribute to the discussions of the school council; 
- Solicit the views of other parents and members of the community to share with the school council; 
- Observe the council’s code of ethics and established bylaws

School Principal

- Distributes promptly to each council member material identified by the ministry for distribution to school council members and posts the material in a school location accessible to parents; 
- Acts as a resource to the council on laws, regulations, and board policies; 
- Attends all school council meetings, unless this responsibilities has been delegated to the vice-principal; 
- Considers each recommendation made by the school council to the principal and returns to the council with the action taken in response to the recommendation; 
- Solicits views on matters pertaining to the establishment or amendment of school policies and guidelines relating to student achievement, accountability of the education system to parents, and the communication of those plans to the public;
- May solicit the views of the school council on any matter; 
- Observes the council’s code of ethics and established bylaws.

Student Representative

- Contributes to the discussions of the school council; 
- Solicits the view of other students to share with the school council; 
- May participate on any committees established by the school council; 
- Communicates information from the council to other students; 
- Observes the council’s code of ethics and established bylaws.

School staff representatives (one each from the teaching and non-teaching staff)

- Contribute to the discussions of the school council; 
- Solicit views from their staff groups to share with the school council; 
- May participate on any committees established by the school council; 
- Communicate information back to their staff groups; 
- Observe the council’s code of ethics and established bylaws.

Community Representatives 

- Contributes to the discussions of the school council; 
- Represents the community’s perspective; 
- May participate on any committees established by the school council; 
- Helps build partnerships and links between the school and the community; 
- Observes the council’s code of ethics and established bylaws.

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