SUBJECT: Governing Style
EFFECTIVE: August 19, 2013
PURPOSE: The Councillors must govern in a caring and proactive style which emphasizes outward vision, encouragement of diversity in viewpoints, strategic leadership and a clear distinction of Councilors’ and Superintendent’s roles. In fulfilling its role, the Council will make collective rather than individual decisions.
REGULATION:
The Council must:
- Operate in all ways mindful of its council obligation to the community of Anglophone North School District. It must allow no officer, individual or committee of the Council to hinder or be an excuse for not fulfilling this commitment.
- Enforce upon it whatever discipline is needed to govern with excellence. Discipline will apply to matters such as attendance, policy-making principles, and respect of roles, speaking with one voice and ensuring the community of governance capability. Continual redevelopment will include orientation to new members in the Council’s governance process and periodic Council discussion on process improvement.
- Direct, control and inspire the organization through the careful establishment of policies that reflect the Council’s values and perspectives. The Council’s major focus must be on the intended long-term impacts outside the operating organization (End Results), not on the administrative or programmatic means of attaining those effects.
- Cultivate a sense of group responsibility. The Council, not the staff, will be responsible for excellence in governing. The Council must be an initiator of policy, not merely a reactor to staff initiatives. The Council will use the expertise of individual members to enhance the ability of the Council as a body, rather than to substitute their individual judgments for the Councilor’s values.
- Monitor and discuss the Council’s process and performance at each meeting. Self-monitoring will include comparison of Council activity and discipline to policies in the Governance Process and Council-Staff Relationship categories.