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Board Policies

Policies support the important governance function of YK1's Board of Trustees. The following policies define the role of the Board, the role of the Superintendent, and the delegation of authority from the Board to the Superintendent. 

Policies also include: 

  1. Foundational statements which provide guidance and direction for all activities within the District;
  2. Directions for how the Board, its committees and representatives function and how individual Trustees are to conduct themselves;
  3. Statements as to how meetings, appeals and hearings will be conducted; and
  4. Specific matters that the Board has chosen not to delegate to the Superintendent.



YK1 BOARD POLICIES

YK1 INTERPRETATION & DEFINITIONS


POLICY 1

BOARD VISION, MISSION, PRIORITIES & VALUES


POLICY 2

ROLE OF THE BOARD


POLICY 3

POLICY 3 - ROLE OF THE TRUSTEE (updated March 2024) 


POLICY 4

TRUSTEE CODE OF CONDUCT


POLICY 5

BOARD BY-LAWS


POLICY 6

ROLE OF THE BOARD CHAIRPERSON


POLICY 7

ROLE OF THE BOARD VICE-CHAIRPERSON


POLICY 8

COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD


POLICY 9

BOARD DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY


POLICY 10

ROLE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT


POLICY 11

RECRUITMENT, SELECTION & RECOGNITION OF PERSONNEL


POLICY 12

HEARINGS ON TEACHER MATTERS


POLICY 13

TEACHING STAFF REDUCTIONS


POLICY 14

STUDENT DISCIPLINE


POLICY 15

APPEALS & HEARINGS REGARDING STUDENT MATTERS


POLICY 16

PARENT ADVISORY COUNCILS


POLICY 17

RETURN TO WORK


POLICY 18

HEALTH & SAFETY


POLICY 20

BULLYING PREVENTION & INTERVENTION - rescinded (replaced with Policy 28)


POLICY 21

DUTY TO REPORT - rescinded (replaced with Policy 28)


POLICY 22

HARASSMENT PREVENTION & RESOLUTION - rescinded (replaced with Policy 28)


POLICY 26

NAMING & RENAMING OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS & SCHOOL AREAS


POLICY 27

STUDENT ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BOARD


POLICY 28

SAFE, CARING, & RESPECTFUL WORKING & LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS


POLICY 29

VISUAL IDENTITY


Comments or questions? Feedback can be sent to info@yk1.nt.ca. Draft policies can be accessed here.

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