METHOD

School Councils

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May 9, 2019	Jaskiran Gakhal, Participedia Team
June 18, 2018	Lucy J Parry, Participedia Team
June 6, 2017	Scott Fletcher Bowlsby

Method Data

Links: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/chi.786; http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/elemsec/council/guide.html

Facilitation: No

Scope of Implementation: name:scope_of_influence-key:local

Level of Polarization This Method Can Handle: name:level_polarization-key:low_polarization

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School councils allow parents, staff, students, and community representatives to deliberate school-related issues in order to formulate recommendations for principals and school boards.

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Problems and Purpose

School councils are similar to Parent Teacher Associations in that they give recommendations to principals and school boards on a variety of issues. They differ in that councils tend to also include students, non-teaching staff members and community representatives.

According to the Ontario-based non-profit People for Education, "school councils provide advice to the principal and school board. Every school must have a school council, and members include parents, the principal, a teacher, a student (in high schools), a non-teaching staff member and a community representative. The majority of members must be parents, and the chair must be a parent. Principals do not vote on school council decisions." [1]