School Board - Throsby School

Each government school in the ACT is administered by a school board. School boards are concerned with governance and strategic issues at the school. Day-to-day management of school operational matters is the responsibility of the principal.

School Board Functions

to establish strategic direction and priorities for the school;
to monitor and review school performance and to report on it to the Director-General, parents of students at the school and staff;
to develop, maintain and review curriculum for the school;
to develop and review education policies at the school;
to establish budgetary policies for the school and approve the school budget;
to establish policies for the efficient and effective use of school assets and the management of financial risk;
to develop relationships between the school and the community and between the school and community organisations;
to make recommendations to the Director-General on issues affecting the school;
to encourage parent participation in their children’s learning; and
to exercise any other function given to the school board under the Act or any other Territory law.

The Throsby School Board generally meets in weeks 3 and 8 of the school term on a Friday.

Current School Board members

Falon Newsome(Chair and parent representative)
Jess Ward (Parent representative)Karen Pollard (Community representative)
Annamaria Zuffo (Principal)
Aliza Bower (Teacher representative)
Emma Smallmon (Teacher representative)

Alex Holmes (Education Directorate Appointed Member)

Susie Cooke (Business Manager)

Lelia Tarrant (Board Secretariat)

Establishment Plan 2022

Establishment Plan 2022-2023