Policies and directives

In partnership with parents, the communities and other education stakeholders, the mission of the Kativik School Board is to provide the people of Nunavik with educational services that will guide and enable all learners to develop the qualities, skills and abilities that are necessary to achieve their well-being and self-actualization.

According to sections 185, 187 and 662 of the Education Act for Cree, Inuit and Naskapi Native persons, the Council of Commissioners of the Kativik School Board may, by ordinance, delegate some of its rights, powers and obligations to the Executive Committee, Director-General, Assistant Director-General, Secretary-General and senior management. Any right, power and obligation delegated in this ordinance must be exercised in respect of budgets, policies, collective agreements and laws applicable to the Kativik School Board.

The administrations of schools and Adult and Vocational and Vocational Education centres are authorized to declare the closing of their facilities when hazardous weather conditions constitute a serious risk for students and/or employees attempting to report to school or to return home, when a special event occurs or when the school or center are unusable for any other reasons.

In certain circumstances, the didactic, reference or information material published by the Kativik School Board is subject to legal deposit with the national Libraries of Quebec and Canada.

The Kativik School Board, as part of its mission in Education, seeks to promote a healthy lifestyle for its students. Therefore, it agrees with the principle of promoting non smoking in its schools and premises, in the interests of maintaining a clean and pleasant environment for work and study, and because smoking endangers health and safety. Smoking is not permitted outside specific locations as provided by the law and set out in this policy.

This directive sets the rules pertaining to Insurance coverage and Civil liability within the Kativik School Board (north and south).

This directive deals with the rules that the Kativik School Board must respect with regard to the management of personal information, whether at the time of hiring new employees or when managing the files of current employees or students.

The Youth Protection Act imposes certain obligations on stakeholders in the Education sector with regard to the protection of children whose safety and/or development may be considered to be at risk. The Kativik School Board intends to make sure that these obligations are respected to the greatest possible extent, and deems it necessary to bring some clarifications as to the nature of these obligations.

The Kativik School Board recognizes that harassment constitutes an infringement of human rights and intends to maintain a harassment free learning and working environment.

It is one of the Kativik School Board’s objectives to enable students to be competent in the use of computers and information technology.

This policy is to ensure that the Firearms Act as adopted by the Federal government and which took effect on October 1, 1998 is respected by the Kativik School Board in the conduct of school activities.

This directive sets the rules to ensure that full-time students enrolled in an Adult and Vocational Education program and who have to attend school outside their own community receive proper funding to compensate for certain expenses.

This directive sets the rules pertaining to recuperation days for management personnel. Since personnel management is not entitled to over-time compensation, recuperation days are meant for management personnel to take time off in compensation for travels or evenings or week-end work, usually associated with night meetings.

This directive sets the rules pertaining to annual vacations to which employees are entitled by virtue of a collective agreement or any other KSB regulations about working conditions.

This policy sets the rules pertaining to salary advance or pre-payment of salary owed to any employee of the Board.

This directive sets the rules pertaining to nonworking days with pay for employees who are entitled to such benefits as per a collective agreement or the regulation governing the employment conditions of the employees.

Internet, network access and computers are provided for employees and persons legitimately affiliated with the Kativik School Board for the efficient exchange of information and the completion of assigned responsibilities consistent with the Board's mission. The use of the network facilities, internet and computers by any employee or other person authorized by the Board must be consistent with this Directive.

This Directive sets the rules pertaining to cost incurred when employees or employee's dependants are evacuated for medical reasons.

The Professional Improvement Fund is a tool available to teachers to upgrade their knowledge, skills and abilities as professionals in the field of Education. This directive sets the rules applicable to the Professional Improvement Fund for teachers of the Board in accordance with Chapter 7-0.00 of the Teachers' Collective Agreement.

The Kativik School Board recognizes the importance of ensuring the professional improvement of its support staff members. This directive sets the rules applicable to the Professional Improvement Fund for support staff of the Board in accordance with article 5-7.00 of the support staff collective agreement. It determines rule governing the planning, organization, approval, control an evaluation of professional improvement activities.

This directive sets the rules pertaining to the payment or reimbursement by KSB, to its employees, of the expenses incurred by them while traveling for business purposes. This directive also sets the rules pertaining to the accomplishment of business travels.

The Board believes that its facilities should inasmuch as possible be made available for use by the community or other organizations when such use does not conflict with school activities. KSB wishes to cooperate with community groups in extending the use of school facilities beyond the regular school activities.

The School Administrations at the regular or adult education sector shall ensure that fire prevention measures and emergency evacuation drills are carried out during the school year.

This directive sets the rules pertaining to the use of telephones, fax machines and photocopiers in schools, adult education centers, administrative center and in any other of the Board’s premises.

Transport Services may organize charters for business or social travel in situations where scheduled flights cannot accommodate the travel needs or where the additional costs incurred are countered by appropriate savings.