School Board support

A School Board is a decision-making body responsible for school governance. Its roles and composition are determined by Law. School boards comprise representatives of the school internal community: principal, school professionals and parents; school boards include also officials from local and national government levels, as well as volunteers from the business and contextual community. Roles of school boards usually cover areas such as: School Vision, selection of key personnel, financial supervision, follow-up on quality and assessment, follow up on pupils' well-being, as well as enhancement of the relationship with central and local authorities.

  

The goals of SEA’s School Board component are to:

Promote the establishment of School Boards across the Education System in Macedonia
Provide knowledge on School Board roles according to current legislation
Develop capacity of school members to fulfil their duties and roles
 

SEA also assisted the MOES in supporting School Boards through defining their roles and responsibilities.  SEA has organized regional meetings to raise awareness and inform the School Boards’ members about the important role that they have in governing the school.  SEA has developed a practical guide, the School Board Manual, to institutionalize roles, responsibilities, and standard operating procedures.  To build support, gain valuable feedback and confirm stakeholder buy-in for the School Board Manual, SEA is hosting a new round of workshops with the School Board Task Force and is interviewing other stakeholders including ministry officials, school board members, school directors, parents, municipality officials, and school inspectors.

 

Link to School Board Training Schedule

Link to School Board Manual

 Past events:

22 December 2005- Conference on “School Governance in the Decentralization Process”.

The Ministry of Education and Science, Ministry for Local Self-Government, ZELS and Secondary Education Activity Project organized a short Conference on “School Governance in the Decentralization Process” . The conference was held on December 22 in Alexandar Palace hotel.

The aim of the conference was to explain the new roles and responsibilities of stakeholders in school governance in the framework of the decentralization process as well as to raise the awareness of stakeholders to the projects and their support.

More than 1000 participants attended the conference, including all mayors along with primary and secondary school directors and school board representatives.

This event, also marked the start of the School Board Support Component in the framework of the USAID Macedonia, SEA Project.

The agenda of the conference:

- Opening Remarks by the Minister for Local Self- Government M.A. Rizvan Sulejmani
- Remarks by the President of ZELS, Mr. Andrej Petrov
- Remarks from Cecilia Sun, Acting Education Office Director, USAID Macedonia.
- Remarks by the Minister of Education and Science of Macedonia, Dr. Aziz Polozhani, and
o Presentation by Milka Masnikosa – Deputy Head of Secondary Education Sector in the Ministry for Education and Science of Macedonia. - „Governance in primary and secondary schools” (competences, rights and responsibilities of the School Boards)