Superintendent and/or Secretary-Treasurer – has authority to decide, act and delegate

Superintendent and/or Secretary-Treasurer – has authority to decide and act and the responsibility to inform the Board

Board has the responsibility and authority to decide and act. Superintendent and/or Secretary-Treasurer recommend.

• Employ staff as delegated in in the PSA (52)

• Administer collective agreements

• Implement Board Policy 

• Administrative Procedures

• Supervise and evaluate staff

• Approve professional development for staff requests

• Plan and develop Educational systems that align with Division Priorities

• Manage all matters relative to labour relations

• Suspend students up to six weeks (Regulation  92/2013 (8))

• Preparation and management of Divisional Operational Budget

• Employee and public requests and complaints 

• Share information relevant to developing Divisional priorities 

• Update the Deployment Chart based on Divisional Priorities

• Recruit and employ staff

• Staff suspensions and administrative leaves

• Staff transfers/reassignments

• Resignations acceptance (including outside contract periods)

• Divisional grant applications

• Administrative procedure: 

• new 

• controversial changes

• that may result in public concern

• Professional development for senior administration

• Student Overnight Field Trips in Manitoba that do not including swimming and downhill skiing

• Evaluate all Division programs

• Emergency school closures

• Crisis responses situations

• Staff leaves of absence

• Annual suspension report

• Staffing levels

• Staff requests for leaves outside of collective agreement 

• Set the Division’s facility management goals, action plans and procedures

• School Catchment Areas 

• Identify Divisional Priorities

• Policy development and approval

• Provide direction to members of the school community on the protocol for concerns or complaints

• Approve student expulsions

• Engage in the process of negotiating with support staff

• Non-teaching employee compensation and benefits

• Approve budget and special levy

• Receive and adjudicate appeals that are brought to the Board’s attention through a delegation

• Receive and adjudicate appeals from delegations that were denied a request to appear before the Board

• Corporate sponsorships

• New programming

• School calendar

• Hiring and assignment of Senior Administration as outlined in the PSA (52 and 53)

• Teacher terminations as outlined in the PSA (92)

• Approve the Division organizational chart

• Approve tenders in excess of provincial threshold as outlined in the PSA (70)

• Approve over budget expenditures (including additional staffing) 

• Approve annual financial statements 

• Approve 5-Year Capital Plan

• Approve acquiring, encumbering or disposing of division real property 

• Student Overnight Field Trips out-of-province or out-of-country 

• Requests to participate in ski and field trips with a planned swimming component (excluding swimming lessons)

• Build community relationships by attending relevant meeting and sharing board messages

• Approve the rents paid to Colonies