School boards consider governance and the future at June 7 and 8 Spring General Meeting
School boards to talk governance in Red Deer
Release date: June 2, 2010
Three hundred and forty trustees and senior school board staff from Alberta’s francophone, public and separate school boards will meet June 7 to 8 at the Capri Conference Centre in Red Deer. Governance, funding and the future will top the agenda as school boards meet just days after the June 2 release of the Government of Alberta’s Inspiring Education report and for the last time before school board elections October 18, 2010.
Highlights
Monday, June 7
ASBA President Heather Welwood will kick off the meeting at 8:30 a.m. with her perspective on the state of public education and school board governance. Starting at 9 a.m., school boards will debate policy positions including calling on the provincial government to honour its commitment to fully fund increases in teacher compensation called for in the November 2007 Alberta Government-ATA Memorandum of Understanding. At 1:15 p.m., futurist Jim Bottomley will outline the trends he predicts school boards will face in the next few years.
Tuesday, June 8
Workshops and information sessions are the order of the day on Tuesday with trustees learning about:
- Governance in cyber space with political consultant and blogger Ken Chapman
- What the Inspiring Education report means for school board governance with Jim Gibbons
- Applying critical thinking skills in the board room with Dr. Billy Strean
- Update from the department of education with deputy minister Keray Henke
View the agenda at a glance. (PDF–107K)
View all the policies to be debated:
Issues, Budget and Bylaws Bulletin 2010
Issues, Budget and Bylaws Bulletin 2010 – Addendum (PDF–154K)
Issues, Budget and Bylaws Bulletin 2010 – Addendum 2 (PDF–148K)
Media are welcome to attend.
Stop by the conference registration desk for a media kit.
For more information:
Suzanne Lundrigan, Director Communications at 1.780.451.7122.
The Alberta School Boards Association serves and represents all Alberta’s public, separate and francophone school boards.
