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Revised (Nov 20 2008)
An expanded role for boards of education
Questions to consider:
- What do we want to achieve?
- How well are we doing in terms of student achievement?
- How do we know this?
- What is impeding the school district’s efforts is this regard?
- What can we do better?
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There is ample evidence to show that success in school starts years before a child enters Kindergarten. The skills, attitudes and literacy levels of parents and guardians play key roles. The provincial government, with its goal to make BC the most literate province in Canada by 2010, and its commitment to ensuring all pre-school-aged children come to school ready to learn, has expanded the mandate of boards of education. In 2007, boards were given official responsibility for early learning and adult literacy as well as a new name to go along with these new roles—boards of education rather than simply school boards.
The mandate of boards of education is to advocate for students and increase student achievement for all individuals within their jurisdictions and in all its forms: intellectual, human and social, and career development. It is about ALL achievements and the achievements of ALL. You have to have a sense of what this means to you and your community. However, during your term on the board, you will be working with people with different notions of what this looks like.
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