Videoconferences
Learn about education law from the comfort of your local board room.
Peace in the valley:
Mediating relationships between trustees
Tough decisions can strain relationships. This videoconference looks at strategies for rebuilding the school board team.
Jim Gibbons,
Senior Education Advisor
Heather Welwood,
Education Consultant
Yvon Prefontaine, Lawyer, ASBA
Noon to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 23, 2012
Reg. fee: $150 (incl. GST) per site
Reg. deadline: Wed., Feb. 15, 2012
Register here
Pay-per-view videos
Download videos about hot-topic issues in education law.
Fee: $50 plus GST
Contact Elaine Pallister
Secrets, privacy and transparency for trustees
Jeremy Schick, ASBA lawyer
In camera meetings:
A school board’s duty to accommodate
Jeremy Schick, ASBA lawyer
What – if anything – should be private?
Deb Tumbach, Senior Lawyer, ASBA and Jim Gibbons, Senior Education Consultant
Trustee code of conduct: how to develop?
Jim Gibbons, ASBA Senior Education Advisor and Teresa Haykowsky, McLennan Ross LLP
Developing a social networking policy for your school jurisdiction
Yvon Prefontaine, ASBA legal and Teresa Haykowsky, McLennan Ross LLP
Student expulsion: how to avoid getting sued
Teresa Haykowsky, McLennan Ross LLP |
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Conferences
Participate in case-study based sessions with lots of hands-on learning
January 19-20, Fantasyland Hotel Edmonton
Arbitration ins and outs with Paula Knopf
The ASBA is pleased to offer a full-day session with leading Ontario arbitrator Paula Knopf. Tailored to senior jurisdiction staff with Human Resources responsibilities,
this session is also open to interested trustees as well. Fee: $300 (plus GST) includes evening reception, hand-outs and meals. Read more.
vis-à-vis: legal newsletter for educators
Written for the education community, the goal of this netletter is to share timely legal news in plain language.
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Back issues
A legal look at in camera meetings for school boards
September 2011
What do I do? My teacher aide refuses to work with a student because he hit her
June 2011
Teen sexting costs lives
March 2011
Trustees behaving badly
December 2010
Bullying in schools a legal perspective
September 2010
Legal guidance for a digital world
May 2010 |
