POLICY TYPE: GOVERNANCE PROCESS
POLICY NO: GP-3
SUBJECT: COUNCIL JOB DESCRIPTION
EFFECTIVE: July 1, 2012
REVISED: August 19, 2013; April 16, 2019; June 2, 2023
POLICY: The role of the District Education Council is to represent the community of Anglophone North School District in determining and demanding appropriate organizational performance. To distinguish the Council’s own unique work from the work of its staff, the Council must concentrate its efforts on the following work outputs:
- The link between the organization and the community of Anglophone North School District.
- Written governing policies which, at the broadest levels, address:
a) End Results: Those things the District Education Council wishes to achieve and for what reasons.
b) Governance Process: Description of how the Council conceives, carries out and monitors its own task.
c) Council-Staff Relationship: How authority is delegated and its proper use monitored; the Superintendent’s role, authority and accountability.
d) Executive Limitations: Constraints on the Superintendent’s authority that establish the prudence and ethical boundaries within which all Superintendent activity and decisions must take place.
- Ensuring that the ends are the focus of organizational performance.
MONITORING:
Method(s): Meeting Review Form
Frequency: Monthly