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COMPANION PLANTING - Working with School Boards to Support Healthy Eating
1. COMPANION PLANTING - Working with School
Boards to Support Healthy Eating
Mary Lynn Biggley
Community Development,
Greater Essex County
District Board and
Jumpstart Student Nutrition
Program
Erin Beagle
Executive Director
Roots to Harvest
Thunder Bay
2. A Closer Look at School Boards
Speaking ‘Board’ Language
Making Successful Approaches
Examples from Practice
School Board Policy
Community Approaches to Board Policy
An Overview
How Boards Make Decisions
3. SCHOOL BOARDS: TAKING A CLOSER LOOK
School Board Priorities: Student Achievement and Well-Being
School Board Governance:
Trustees
Senior Administration (Director & Superintendents)
Schools: Principals and Vice-Principals
Board: Managers and Supervisors
School Boards Value: Partnerships
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4. HOW SCHOOL BOARDS MAKE DECISIONS
Policies & Administrative Procedures
Protocol
Process
Partnerships
Priorities
6. DOING YOUR HOMEWORK
Read the strategic plan, operating plan and policies
Find any policy directives from the Ministry of Education
Relate initiatives back to education goals of your board
Find credible research that supports the initiative
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8. MAKING A SUCCESSFUL APPROACH
Offer a united voice
Be timely and organized
Diplomacy
Bring evidence and examples
Be ready to negotiate
Enlist champions both at the board and outside of it
9. THEORY TO PRACTICE
CREATING SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
What’s possible … what isn’t … and why
Understanding the system
Who needs to know and why
Checkpoints and challenges or barriers
Timelines, and
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11. ELEMENTS OF FARM TO CAF SUCCESS
Opportunity
Initial approach & proposal
Decision makers
Collaboration
Negotiation
Follow through
12. SCHOOL BOARD POLICY DEVELOPMENT
What DIRECTS policy development
What GUIDES policy development
Who CREATES policy
How is policy DEVELOPED
Do school boards differ in policy development?
16. SETTING THE TABLE FOR SUCCESS
LET’S REVIEW
Community partnerships are valued
Understand your school board governance and
partnership processes
Take time to review Ministry policies and procedures,
including but not limited the Ministry of Education and
those for your organization(s)
Successful projects take time … dialogue …
understanding … flexibility … patience and persistance
17. Contact Us
Mary Lynn Biggley
MaryLynn.Biggley@publicboard.ca
519.255-3200 x 10231
gecdsb@publicboard.ca
Erin Beagle
info@rootstoharvest.org
807.631.8585
www.rootstoharvest.org