N/A or Neither Strongly Strongly don’t Disagree agree nor Agree Financial management disagree agree know disagree School councillors understand the N/A 1 2 3 4 5 school’s financial processes. School councillors monitor the school’s finances against the N/A 1 2 3 4 5 annual budget in conjunction with the principal. Financial internal controls and N/A 1 2 3 4 5 procedures are reviewed and monitored. All fundraising is approved and N/A 1 2 3 4 5 monitored by the school council. Value for money is considered N/A 1 2 3 4 5 when reviewing and deciding on expenditure. School council develops, approves and reviews the parent payments N/A 1 2 3 4 5 policy in line with Department policy. Community continuous engagement The school council includes members who represent the N/A 1 2 3 4 5 diverse views of the school community. School council seeks community input and feedback on a range of school matters including policy N/A 1 2 3 4 5 development where appropriate, through community meetings, newsletters, surveys etc. A report is published after each council meeting to keep the school N/A 1 2 3 4 5 community informed about the decisions of school council. The school council engages with N/A 1 2 3 4 5 the local community to build positive partnerships. School councillors support school N/A 1 2 3 4 5 council decisions in the school community.
Financial management N/A or don’t know Strongly disagree Disagree Neither agree nor disagree Agree Strongly agree School councillors understand the school’s financial processes. N/A 1 2 3 4 5 School councillors monitor the school’s finances against the annual budget in conjunction with the principal. N/A 1 2 3 4 5 Financial internal controls and procedures are reviewed and monitored. N/A 1 2 3 4 5 All fundraising is approved and monitored by the school council. N/A 1 2 3 4 5 Value for money is considered when reviewing and deciding on expenditure. N/A 1 2 3 4 5 School council develops, approves and reviews the parent payments policy in line with Department policy. N/A 1 2 3 4 5 Community continuous engagement The school council includes members who represent the diverse views of the school community. N/A 1 2 3 4 5 School council seeks community input and feedback on a range of school matters including policy development where appropriate, through community meetings, newsletters, surveys etc. N/A 1 2 3 4 5 A report is published after each council meeting to keep the school community informed about the decisions of school council. N/A 1 2 3 4 5 The school council engages with the local community to build positive partnerships. N/A 1 2 3 4 5 School councillors support school council decisions in the school community. N/A 1 2 3 4 5
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