Aspen View Regional Division No.19
POLICY: BBF
CATEGORY: SCHOOL BOARD
MEMBER ETHICS
POLICY STATEMENT:
The Board believes that the conduct
of all Board members should be exemplary.
GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES:
At each organizational meeting, the members of the Board shall reaffirm their commitment to the following principles:
1. To attend all Board
meetings and Board committee meetings of which they are a member.
2. To devote time, thought,
and study to the duties and responsibilities of a Board member, so that they
may render effective and credible service.
3. To work with their
fellow Board members in a spirit of harmony and cooperation in spite of
differences of opinion that arise during vigorous debate of points at issue.
4. To avoid rancour and
bitterness; observe proper decorum and
behaviour; encourage full and open
discussions in all matters with their fellow members of the
Board; treat them with respect and consideration; and share with their fellow
members of the Board any information or matter in which they should be
concerned.
5. To make no disparaging remarks, in or out of the Board meetings, about other members of the Board or their opinions, but reserve the right to make honest and respectful criticism.
6. To base their personal
decision on all available facts in each situation; vote according to their
honest conviction in every case, unswayed by partisan bias of any kind;
and thereafter abide by and uphold the final majority decision of the Board.
7. To do everything
possible to maintain the integrity, confidence, and dignity of the office of
Board member.
8. To remember at all times
that as an individual they have no legal authority outside the meetings
of the Board, except as sanctioned by the Board, and conduct their relationships
with employees, the local citizenry, and the media on the basis of this fact.
9. To bear in mind under
all circumstances that the primary function of the Board is to establish the
policies by which the schools are to be administered, but that the
administration of the educational program and conduct of school business shall
be left to the Superintendent and the professional and non-professional staff.
10. To welcome and encourage
active cooperation with citizens, organizations, and the media in establishing
policy on current school operation and proposed future developments.
DATE OF
ADOPTION:
DATE OF
AMENDMENT:
REVIEW DATE: April 2006
LEGAL
REFERENCE: Section 44, School
Act
CROSS-REFERENCE: