The role behavior of francophone school trustees in Ontario
Year:
1993
Authors and Collaborators :
Publishing Company:
, University of Toronto
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the role of behavior of the francophone school trustee in Ontario. In order to provide background for this study, a review of related literature on French-language education in Canada and on school trustee roles was undertaken. The research design used was that of a questionnaire mailed to all francophone school trustees in Ontario at the time of the study. The following conclusions were reached by an evaluation of the data. (1) Trustees work longer hours than they would ideally like to. The bulk of their time is spent in committee and board meetings. However, many hours are spent interacting with the various stakeholder groups. (2) Francophone school trustees are struggling to maintain their language and culture. They are battling assimilation and as such are united and focused on what they feel to be the most important issues in education, namely the survival of the French language and culture. (3) Francophone trustees have many support systems in place. These in turn explain the renewed support which the trustees use as they continue to press government for changes to the existing governance models for francophone education. (4) Francophone school trustees find themselves in many political realities. The main political reality appears to be the ongoing struggle to attain autonomous French-language boards. Many of their efforts are continually focused on pursuing autonomous self-governance. (5) The Roman Catholic religion is identified as a divisive factor within the French-language education system. Approximately half of the francophone trustees say that francophone school boards should "not" be comprised of Public and Catholic Sections but rather be completely autonomous from one another. (6) There are a number of variations in the role behavior of the francophone school trustee. There are variations between Catholic and Public Section trustees and differences in trustees from different sized boards. There is also a marked differentiation in many areas between male and female trustee role behaviors.
Theme :
FrancophonesGovernance – LeadershipInstitutionsSchool SettingOntario
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