Helpful Websites
SCHOOL COUNCIL / FRIENDS SOCIETY
RECOMMENDED READING LIST
- School Council Resource Guide (Alberta School Councils’ Association)
· role and responsibility of school council
· info on member roles and how meetings should be run and recorded
· code of ethics and conduct, fundraising and accounting, insurance and liability, etc.
https://www.albertaschoolcouncils.ca/public/download/documents/40732
- School Council Resources Manual (Alberta School Councils’ Association)
· over 100-page document, much more comprehensive than the Guide listed above
http://herons.rockyview.ab.ca/school-council/ABSchoolCouncilResourceManual
- Alberta School Councils’ Association Website
· guidelines and recommendations for effective school councils
· School Council Resource Guide link
· Respectful Schools Online Toolkit link
· sign-up link for ASCA new and updates
· some info of Fundraising Associations
o template guide for creating/amending Fundraising Association Bylaws
o executive transition checklist
o role descriptions, liability insurance
https://www.albertaschoolcouncils.ca/
- Rocky View Schools: School Council Resource Guide (2017-2018)
· brief guide, updated yearly with service directory contacts
http://www.rockyview.ab.ca/families/assets_parents/school-councils/schoolcouncil-resourcemanual.pdf
- School Act: School Councils Regulation (Province of Alberta)
https://www.albertaschoolcouncils.ca/public/download/documents/40742
- Government of Alberta: Societies
· very basic info on societies, incorporation, bylaws, and fund-raising
http://www.servicealberta.ca/716.cfm#purpose
- Rocky View Schools: Best Practice Guide (April 2016)
· small, informal tidbits of advice/recommendations from Rocky View Schools on engaging parents, retaining volunteers, etc.
http://www.rockyview.ab.ca/families/assets_parents/school-councils/schoolcouncilbestpracticeguide
