I am motivated to become a trustee because Sidney and the district needs a strong experienced educational policy leader to defend our community schools and local learning initiatives, while advocating effectively for students, parents, teachers and support staff. I am also inspired to service the debt I owe to our community schools for their continuing service above the call to my family, and community. As an award winning K-12, university educator, and educational innovation leader with diverse Canadian and international experience, I believe I am uniquely prepared to serve as trustee for the Sidney zone, and invite all voters to visit my website, Twitter and Facebook accounts for an overview of my background and platform.

If elected I pledge to:

Defend community schools, and work to restore smaller class sizes and support services

Review all District budge line items for efficiencies that can be returned to classrooms

Donate 10% of my Trustee pay to create a learning innovation fund. I challenge all Trustee candidates in BC to do the same

Ensure all students, teachers and support staff have equitable access to all funds, programs and services offered by District 63.

Create a Scholar, Tradesperson, and Business Person-in-Residence program for our middle and high schools

Make evidence based decisions informed by my rich experience as an internationally recognised educational leader

Please find a link below to a PowerPoint presentation I have created in order to give Sidney voters a better idea of my conceptions of the power and purpose of education. I have dedicated my career to teaching, leading, and founding schools because of my belief in the possibility of education, and the collective responsibility we all share in this essential public service to our communities and our future…

I think H.G. Wells best summed up the overarching importance of education to our survival, when he said, ““Civilization is in a race between education and catastrophe. Let us learn the truth and spread it as far and wide as our circumstances allow. For the truth is the greatest weapon we have.”

Jason Price for School Trustee

Two important associations support the important work of School Trustees in BC and Canada. In BC the British Columbia School Trustee Association (BCSTA) provides resources, support and training for BC School Trustees and the public. The Canadian School Board Association (CSBA) also provides research and support to Trustees, including funding a substantive research study and report by Memorial University’s Bruce Sheppard et. al.(2013)] exploring the significance of Canadian School Boards, School Boards Matter: Report of the Pan-Canadian Study of School District Governance. My family in the picture above inspire and inform my passionate desire to help lead School District #63.

Dr.Jason Price is uniquely positioned to bring cutting edge evidence based decision making to SD#63. As the graduate professor of Global Education at UVic, with a track record of excellence in k-12 teaching and leadership in Canadian and international education, Dr. Price will bring fresh, effective and evidence based policy ideas to the Board table at SD #63.

Dr. Price, as an Associate Professor at the University of Victoria, has relationships with many of the Canadian and International leaders in educational policy development and practice. Not least of which is the expertise of his friends and colleagues at UVic, who will help inform his evidence based decision making on the SD 63 Board of Trustees. Please find links to short videos outlining the research of a small group of the UVic educational researchers whose work will frame and inform Dr. Price’s decision making as a Trustee.

Dr. Carolyn Crippen: Servant Leadership

Dr. Catherine McGregor: Educational Leadership

Dr. James Nahachewsky: 21st Century Literacy

Dr. Tim Hopper: Physical Education

Dr. Deborah Begoray; Health Education and Literacy

Dr. Michael Emme: Art Education

Dr. Helen Raptis: History of Education

Dr. Donna McGhie-Richmond: Special Education

Dr. Tim Pelton: Technology and Math Education

School Trustees have many important responsibilities. It is essential that School Trustees have professional expertise in educational policy, and financial management, as they are responsible for setting the school board’s overall policy direction and budget. Effective School Trustees represent the present and future community, parents and students.

Dr. Jason Price is uniquely prepared to effectively represent Sidney on the SD 63 School Board! Dr. Price has a deep and rich education and professional experience in educational policy development and leadership. Dr. Price’s two daughters graduated from School District 63 and his son is currently a student at North Saanich Middle School.

Dr. J.M.C. Price is a former K-12 teacher, educational administrator, school founder, and development executive with the Canadian International Development Agency. He has received a numerous awards for his teaching and scholarship.Presently, Dr. Price is an Associate Professor and teaches undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Victoria. Some of Dr. Price’s current courses include Mass Media and Education, Global Education, Elementary, and Secondary Social Studies Education. Dr. Price is a member of the UVic CORE and Indigenous Education Board of Advisors. Dr. Price is the former Vice-President of the University of Victoria Faculty Association and the Nipissing University Faculty Association, and Trustee with the Canadian Association of University Teachers. Dr.Price is the co-founder and former Regional Director, and member of the Board of Advisors of the Harvard Association Cultivating Inter-American Democracy.