Join IPS School Council
Nominations close 4pm on the 9th February
Join IPS School Council
Nominations close 4pm on the 9th February
I am now calling for nominations for the 2024 School Council.
There are five parent category vacancies and three Department of Education vacancies to be filled. Nomination forms are available from the office or can be downloaded below.
There are two types of parent member category nomination forms – Form 3 ‘Self Nomination’ form or Form 4 ‘Nomination form’. Form 4 is used when a school parent nominates another school parent.
The election timeline is as follows:
Monday 29th January 2024 Notice of Election and call for nominations.
Friday 9th February 2024 (4pm) Close of nominations.
Monday 16th February Display list of nominees.
Friday 16th February Ballot papers made available if required.
Friday 23rd February (4pm) Close of ballot.
Friday 23rd February (4:10pm) Votes counted.
Monday 26th February Declare poll.
Wednesday 28th February Meeting of School Council.
There are two council meetings per term (Three in Term 2 for the presentation of the Annual Report). Every council member is asked to serve on one of the sub committees of School Council.
Every council member is required to attend school governance training. (This can be completed online).
Every council member is required to complete the pre reading of reports prior to the commencement of the council meeting.
2024 Proposed School Council dates
Venue: Collaboration Space / WebEx Time: 7.00 pm *
* 6.30 pm start (correspondence tabled)
Term 1
28th February 27th March | Term 2
24th April (Annual Report) 8th May 12th June | Term 3
7th August 4th September | Term 4
30th October 27th November 11th December |
(SC dinner) |
The terms of office, membership categories and number of positions in each membership category open for election are attached below along with the nomination forms. Only nomination forms filled in correctly and complete can be accepted.
I hope you will consider joining me on School Council. If you have questions, please call me on 9499 1880 and I will be more than happy to speak with you.
If you would like more information, go to https://www.vic.gov.au/ways-get-involved-your-childs-school#school-councils
Regards
Mark Kent
Principal