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Lahoda, Garry – Education Canada, 1971
School board decisions should reflect the needs of the public. Questionnaires, home visits and discussions help to achieve these ends. (AF)
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Community Control, Community Involvement, Governing Boards
Isherwood, Geoffrey B.; And Others – Education Canada, 1986
Describes the organization, content, and outcomes of a program to train Inuit leaders to be effective school board members for the Baffin Divisional Board of Education when the Inuit first assumed control of that region's schools. Topics include school board role and formulation of educational goals and policies. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Canada Natives, Community Control
Isherwood, Geoffrey B. – Education Canada, 1997
Effective strategies for assisting Canadian Native communities to develop school boards included encouraging an unhurried adaptive learning process, providing guidance to achieve consensus, and allowing for an incubation period. Impediments to development included community members' avoidance of leadership roles, cross-cultural misunderstandings,…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Boards of Education, Canada Natives, Change Strategies
