The New District Education Authorities Council
District Education Authorities (DEAs) are currently represented by the Coalition of Nunavut DEAs (CNDEA), a registered society under the Societies Act that has legislative roles assigned to it within the Education Act . During the 2016 consultations, the DEAs sent a clear message regarding the need for more control over operational support in their day to day work and a stronger voice in the Legislative Assembly.
To that end, we propose to:
- Establish a DEA Council (DEAC), independent of the Department of Education.
- DEAs will elect members to the DEAC from amongst their own elected representatives.
- Require DEAC to provide training to DEAs, support them in the development of teacher orientation programming, and develop materials to assist DEAs with program development.
- Require DEAC to provide DEAs with Innuqatigittsiarniq and registration and attendance policies if they do not have them in place.
- The Department of Education and DEAC will regularly consult on aspects of the education system.
- DEAC will provide reports to the Department of Education when requested.
- Once DEAC is established, the Coalition of Nunavut DEAs will not receive funding from the government.
Main benefits:
- Increase operational support for DEAs.
- Increase staffing capacity to fulfill responsibilities.
- Establish a stronger voice in the Legislative Assembly.
The CSFN will still have a seat on the DEA Council.