Ontario. Ministry of Education. Leadership Development Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Education. Leadership Development Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Leadership Development Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Leadership Development and School Board Governance Branch

    • Leadership, Collaboration and Governance Branch

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    2008-

    History

    The Leadership Development Branch was created in 2008 in the Instruction and Leadership Development Division, assuming some functions from the previous Performance Systems and Quality Assurance Branch.

    In 2014 it was renamed the Leadership Development and School Board Governance Branch and was relocated to the Leadership and Learning Environment Division. In 2018 it became the Leadership, Collaboration and Governance Branch in the Student Achievement Division, and in 2020 it was moved to the Capital and Business Support Division.

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    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Leadership Development Branch develops policy and programs to support increased leadership capacity and effective policy governance decision-making by school trustees; accountability of school trustees and school boards; and the election and appointment of trustees to district school boards. The branch also promotes effective leadership practices at the school and district level supporting school and system leader talent development and succession planning initiatives. The Branch works with external stakeholders such the Institute for Education Leadership and provincial educator associations to ensure effective and collaborative implementation of the Ontario Leadership Framework and Strategy.

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    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Education (1999-)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA116

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Education (1999-) controls Ontario. Ministry of Education. Leadership Development Branch

    Dates of relationship

    2008-

    Description of relationship

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    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA2444

    Institution identifier

    Rules and/or conventions used

    RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

    Status

    Approved

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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        Sources

        Kwic and Telephone books.

        Ontario telephone directories.

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Levi