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The SMCS Board

The SMCS Board

Report from our Presiding Board Member

On behalf of the St Michael’s School Board we would like to welcome you to St Michael’s Catholic School.

The St Michael’s School Board role is to provide strategic leadership to the school and our focus is the constant enhancement of student achievement. We actively encourage and financially support the continuous professional development of all staff so that they provide the best educational service to our children.

The Board have a very strong Catholic Character committee that provide excellent guidance and strategy for the Catholic Character dimension of St Michael’s. Father Tony Dunn plays a very active role within our school and mentors this committee and helps us all to promote, maintain and preserve the Special Character of the school.

We are very fortunate to have board members whose particular strengths enhance our finance and property committee. Our school is fiscally sound and is carefully monitored to ensure future financial security.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank Vincenza Golding, Fr Tony, the staff, parents and our wider Parish community for their continued support and active participation in our school. Without this, St Michael’s would not be the special place it is.

Presiding Board Member

Board Documents

Role of the St Michael’s School Board

The St Michael’s School Board is entrusted to work on behalf of the stakeholders of the school. Governance emphasizes strategic leadership rather than administrative details, and ensures that the Board complies with legal and policy requirements as set by the Ministry of Education. The Board’s focus is to ensure the needs of all students and their achievement is paramount. An important distinction is made in that the Board delegates all authority and accountability for the day to day operational organisation of St Michael’s Catholic School to the Principal.

Sub Committees of the St Michael’s School Board

The Board roles are broken down into the following sub committees:

Special Character
Finance and Property
Personnel

Election of New Board Members

The St Michael’s School Board is comprised of four Proprietors representatives, five elected parent representatives, the Principal and a teacher representative. The Proprietors applications are submitted to Bishop Pat Dunn for selection. Parent representatives must be nominated by a member of the school, and voted on by the school parent community. Re elections for the Parent representative positions are held every three years. The teacher representative is nominated and elected by the staff of the school.