About Us

The Victorian Catholic Schools Parent Body (VCSPB) was established at the start of 2006.  The purposes of the VCSPB are to:

• provide a forum to represent parents in Victorian Catholic schools;

• promote parents as partners in education with the school, Church and the community;

• promote the principles of Catholic education in collaboration with the Diocesan Bishops;

• promote Catholic schools as schools of first choice for Catholic families.

The VCSPB represents parents of students in Catholic schools at diocesan, state and national levels, through school boards, or where none exist, through school based parent support groups.

The VCSPB supports the work of the Victorian Catholic education authorities in advancing the interests of Catholic schools and their students, particularly in those areas where parent input can strengthen the quality of Catholic school provision.

As the VCSPB is in its initial stage of operating, the activities it aims to be involved in are to:

• develop an effective state-wide communication network with school boards or parent support groups through regional and diocesan connections;

• keep parents informed on changing educational and political environments;

• regularly liaise and cooperate with the Catholic Education Commission of Victoria Limited (CECV) in respect of Catholic education matters;

• represent parents at forums which promote and advance the interests of students in schools;

• provide an annual report on all VCSPB activities to members and the CECV;

• encourage parent participation in schools;

• encourage educational programs which meet the needs of parents;

• determine a view on major policy issues with reference to the views of the CECV.

In accordance with Canon Law, the Constitution of the VCSPB was reviewed by the competent ecclesiastical authority (the Diocesan Bishops of Victoria) and recognised on 7 August 2007.  Please click on the hyperlinked text if you would like to access the Constitution ( 121kb pdf file).
 

All enquiries:	secretary@vcspb.vic.catholic.edu.au
Postal address:	Victorian Catholic Schools Parent Body PO Box 3 East Melbourne  VIC  8002

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