The Wayi School Council plays a vital role in our school; it is well-informed and strengthens our community’s confidence in the school.
Our school council ensures a high level of governance through the sharing of information, knowledge and ideas from members who have vastly different but equally useful experiences and skills. Our members are able to exchange information, share experiences, express perspectives, pose questions, clarify viewpoints, explore relevant research and develop a shared vision and way forward.
School Council Objectives
The objectives of the Wayi School school council are set out in our constituting Order and the Education and Training Reform Act; specifically:
- assist in the efficient governance of the school
- ensure that its decisions affecting students of the school are made having regard, as a primary consideration, to the best interest of the students
- enhance the educational opportunities of students at the school
- ensure the school and the council complies with any requirements of the Education and Training Reform Act, the Education and Training Reform Regulations, a Ministerial Order or a direction, guideline or policy issued under the Education and Training Reform Act.
Council Membership
The membership of the Wayi School’s school council according to its constituting Order is 9 members – five Parent, three Department employees and one Community member.
Wayi School’s School Council members for 2023
Membership of the Council will change when School Council Elections are held Term 2 2023.
Meetings
Regular
The school council will meet twice a term on the second Wednesday of each month. The meeting will commence at 6:30pm and will finish no later than 8:30pm unless agreed by the school council. Meetings will be held in a hybrid format to support our members’ additional responsibilities; the meeting will be held in the school conference room and via Microsoft Teams.
Public reporting (annual) meeting
The school council will call a public meeting at least once each year and at that meeting will:
- report the proceedings of the council for the period since the date of the previous public meeting
- present the annual report published by the council
- if the accounts of the school council have been audited, present a copy of the audited accounts.
The council may, from time to time, call additional public meetings.
School council meetings will generally be open to the school community but the principal and school council may decide that only members may be present at a meeting or part of a meeting.
The council are required to meet a minimum of eight times per year.