1. As part of its Social Capital Development Strategy, the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) wishes to strengthen the participation of principals through consultation on school and educational matters.
2. The attached framework document contains the approved process for establishing and functioning of principal forums.
3. The forum framework is applicable to all ordinary public and special public schools in the Western Cape.
4. The circuit and district principal forums need to be established within one month of receiving this minute. The established circuit and district forums should meet once this year. Members of the Provincial Principal Forum need to be elected at this first meeting of each district principals' forum.
5. Principals should ascertain that they are willing to fulfil the responsibilities listed on the page attached to this minute before accepting nomination to a forum.
6. As time to meet in 2008 is limited, principals elected to serve on a forum will continue to serve on that forum until the next election in January or February 2010.
7. For further information, you may contact your IMG adviser [previously Circuit Manager].


SIGNED: RB SWARTZ
HEAD: EDUCATION
DATE: 2008:09:26

WCED Framework for establishing Provincial Consultative Forums of school principals  (size: 52 KB)
Addendum A: Operational Protocol - Principal Forums  (size: 24 KB)