School Governance: Roles of Board, Faculty, and Leadership

Understanding School Governance: Board, Faculty, and Leadership

The School Board: Community Participation

The School Board facilitates the participation of various groups within the educational community. It embodies representative democracy, political autonomy, and the collective voice of the school community. Its key objectives include:

• Approving and evaluating school projects and initiatives.
• Approving the annual general programming of the center.
• Reviewing candidates participating in selection processes.
• Deciding on the admission of students.
• Reviewing the resolution of disciplinary conflicts.
• Proposing measures and initiatives that promote coexistence within the school environment.
• Promoting the conservation and renovation of school facilities and equipment, and approving the procurement of additional resources.
• Establishing guidelines for collaboration with external entities.
• Reviewing and assessing the overall functioning of the center.
• Developing proposals and reports on the center's operations and improving the quality of management.

The Faculty: Teacher Participation and Curriculum

The Faculty represents the collective participation of teachers within the center. It is characterized by participatory democracy, curricular autonomy, and its role as a corporate community. Its objectives include:

• Developing proposals for the management team and the School Board regarding school projects and the annual general programming.
• Approving and evaluating curriculum specifications and setting relevant criteria.
• Promoting initiatives in educational experimentation, research, and teacher training within the center.
• Electing their representatives and reviewing candidates for leadership positions.
• Reviewing and assessing the overall functioning of the center.
• Informing about the rules of organization and operation of the center.
• Reviewing the resolution of disciplinary conflicts.
• Proposing measures and initiatives for school improvement.

School Leadership: Direction and Coordination

School Leadership encompasses the school plan, project leadership, influence, management, and coordination. Its primary objectives are:

• Representing the center externally.
• Directing and coordinating all activities of the center.
• Exercising educational leadership.
• Ensuring compliance with all relevant laws and regulations.
• Exercising leadership over all staff and promoting coexistence within the school environment.
• Promoting collaboration with families.
• Promoting and overseeing internal evaluations.
• Convening and presiding over center academic events and meetings of the School Board and Faculty.
• Overseeing recruitment processes.
• Proposing appointments to the education authority.