Public School Boards' Association of Alberta

The Public School Boards' Association of Alberta (PSBAA) is a not-for-profit society, the members of which can be any public school jurisdiction, or First Nations Education Authority, in Alberta, Canada. The membership criteria for the Association requires a school jurisdiction which provides public education to affirm its support to the Objects of the Association.

Jurisdictions

Twenty-seven of forty-two public school jurisdictions in Alberta belong to the Association as of January, 2023. These jurisdictions are:

• Aspen View Public Schools
• Buffalo Trail Public Schools
• Canadian Rockies Public Schools
• Edmonton Public Schools
• Fort McMurray Public School District
• Golden Hills School Division
• Grande Prairie Public School Division
• Grande Yellowhead Public School Division
• Grasslands Public Schools
• High Prairie School Division
• Lethbridge School Division
• Medicine Hat Public School Division
• Northern Gateway Public Schools
• Northern Lights Public Schools
• The Northland School Division
• Parkland School Division
• Peace River School Division
• Peace Wapiti Public School Division
• Pembina Hills School Division
• Prairie Land Public School Division
• Prairie Rose Public Schools
• Red Deer Public Schools
• St. Albert Public Schools
• Sturgeon Public School Division
• Wetaskiwin Regional Public Schools
• Wild Rose School Division
• Wolf Creek Public Schools

The main activities of the Association are: advocacy for public school education; leadership development programs for school trustees, system administrators, and citizen advocates for public school education; building and maintaining political relations with the provincial government and the provincial public service; and, research and the dissemination of findings significant to the improvement of public education.

The Association is host of the Public School Boards Council, a representative assembly for school jurisdictions in Alberta, at which assembly the jurisdictions speak about issues of concern to public school education, and do so without relying on the intermediary of a separate corporate entity.

History

The Public School Boards' Association of Alberta was founded in 1989, at a convention held in Edmonton, Alberta.

Presidents in order were:

• Mr. Dick Mather, a trustee of the Edmonton Public School District (1989 - 1991)
• Mr. Gordon Pearcy of Grande Prairie Public School District (1991 - 1992)
• Ms. Deb Poffenroth, of Foothills School Division (1992 - 1994)
• Ms. Anita Dent, of Peace River School Division (1994 - 1996)
• Mr. Dick Chamney, of Buffalo Trail School Division (1996 - 1997)
• Mr. Clyde Blackburn, of Grande Prairie Public School District (1997 - 1999)
• Mr. Don Fleming, of Edmonton Public School District (1999 - 2000)
• Ms. Carolyn Kaiser, of Foothills School Division (2000 - 2001)
• Ms. Joan Trettler, of St. Albert Protestant Separate School District (2001 - 2005)
• Mr. Don Fleming, of Edmonton Public School District (2005 - 2009)
• Ms. Patty Dittrick, of Clearview School Division (2009 - 2013)
• Ms. Arlene Hrynyk, of Northern Lights Public Schools (2013 - 2017)
• Ms. Cathy Hogg of Prairie Rose School Division (2017 - 2021)
• Mr. Dennis MacNeil of Aspen View Public School (2021 - present)

Executive Directors in order were:

• Mr. David King (1990 - 2010)
• Ms. Mary Lynne Campbell (2010 - 2018)
• Mr. Brian Callaghan (2018 - 2020)
• Mr. Troy Tait (2020 - present)

External links

• The Public School Boards' Association of Alberta