Having a positive role model is important for people psychologically, as they help guide them through life during development, making important and difficult decisions throughout life, and finding purpose in life. Role models become an inspiration for choices and goals that people set in life.

Dr. Green has been your Trustee with nineteen years of experience. A role model, an advocate, and a community leader who is highly respected by the community. He has held a variety of positions in the field of public education. The greatest portion of his career was spent as Vice president of enrolment at the Ontario School Board Association. He was the Regional Vice-Chair for Central West for three years, sits on the policy workgroup for four years, and was a member of the association for thirteen years. Service on Chair of the board planning department, chair of the alternative program. He also serves as a committee member: on programs, French Immersion, newcomers, and special needs.

When the pandemic started, he was on the front line ensuring that his community was taken care of. To promote safety and a healthy lifestyle, he provides weekly grocery baskets and other support to venerable families within the community.  

A statement for a former Trustee

“For people who have children in the system, it’s important because these are the folk providing leadership in your schools, helping to focus on school success and they influence how the system responds to issues and concerns and they are working with individual families trying to solve problems.”

For those without children, he added, “trustees are spending your tax dollars …but way beyond that, if you want a caring city, if you want a safe city, if you want an economically successful city, and if you want good citizens …then you need a strong public education system.”

Champion

Dr. Green has a proven track record as your trustee at the Peel District School Board — working with students, parents, and community members to consult, represent, advocate for, and deliver on your priorities.

Some of the initiatives he championed during his years of service include the journey ahead equity and inclusion hiring practice, expansion of regional programs, eco-schools, and expanding funding for nutrition, literacy, math, and community partnerships. Dr. Green has been instrumental in building new schools and getting several facility improvements including program enhancements in schools and continues to champion meaningful parental involvement and supportive system relationships to advance student mental health and well-being, as well as academic success. Most recently he was instrumental in developing a partnership with the city for the installment of a new turf field at Central Peel.

He communicates monthly through an email on Twitter to ensure transparency and accountability to members of her community so that they can be informed of the challenges and success of the board's issues.

Dr. Green has been a vocal advocate and supporter of the board¹s strategy of dismantling systemic barriers to address the inequity of venerable children and staff.

I will continue to work to ensure our community is well informed about all types of issues that affect the growth of their children. I will ensure that the board creates safe and supportive learning environments, celebrate diversity, set high expectations for all, and give each child the ability to reach their full potential.

My school boards

Schools are where children and youth play, build relationships, create, develop their sense of selves, and need to be active. They are also, fundamentally, a place where students gain academic skills. Those skills include literacy and numeracy, which are the two most often measured. They also include developing scientific foundations and learning about history, geography, and citizenship. Students’ learning and academic progress are key determinants of health, income, happiness, and civic participation across the lifetime. Unaddressed gaps in these outcomes are very likely to contribute to the continuation or deepening, of long-term social inequalities.

 For the next four years, my goal and emphasis are on students’ achievement and the acquisition of skills and knowledge, and equipping them to be competent to become global citizens. Together we must give every student the tools they need to flourish.