Public School Boards' Association of Alberta

The Public School Boards' Association of Alberta (PSBAA) is a not-for-profit society, the members of which can be any public school jurisdiction, or First Nations Education Authority, in Alberta, Canada. The membership criteria for the Association requires a school jurisdiction which provides public education to affirm its support to the Objects of the Association.

Jurisdictions
Twenty-seven of forty-two public school jurisdictions in Alberta belong to the Association as of January, 2023. These jurisdictions are:
 * Aspen View Public Schools
 * Buffalo Trail Public Schools
 * Canadian Rockies Public Schools
 * Edmonton Public Schools
 * Fort McMurray Public School District
 * Golden Hills School Division
 * Grande Prairie Public School Division
 * Grande Yellowhead Public School Division
 * Grasslands Public Schools
 * High Prairie School Division
 * Lethbridge School Division
 * Medicine Hat Public School Division
 * Northern Gateway Public Schools
 * Northern Lights Public Schools
 * The Northland School Division
 * Parkland School Division
 * Peace River School Division
 * Peace Wapiti Public School Division
 * Pembina Hills School Division
 * Prairie Land Public School Division
 * Prairie Rose Public Schools
 * Red Deer Public Schools
 * St. Albert Public Schools
 * Sturgeon Public School Division
 * Wetaskiwin Regional Public Schools
 * Wild Rose School Division
 * Wolf Creek Public Schools

The main activities of the Association are: advocacy for public school education; leadership development programs for school trustees, system administrators, and citizen advocates for public school education; building and maintaining political relations with the provincial government and the provincial public service; and, research and the dissemination of findings significant to the improvement of public education.

The Association is host of the Public School Boards Council, a representative assembly for school jurisdictions in Alberta, at which assembly the jurisdictions speak about issues of concern to public school education, and do so without relying on the intermediary of a separate corporate entity.

History
The Public School Boards' Association of Alberta was founded in 1989, at a convention held in Edmonton, Alberta.

Presidents in order were:
 * Mr. Dick Mather, a trustee of the Edmonton Public School District (1989 - 1991)
 * Mr. Gordon Pearcy of Grande Prairie Public School District (1991 - 1992)
 * Ms. Deb Poffenroth, of Foothills School Division (1992 - 1994)
 * Ms. Anita Dent, of Peace River School Division (1994 - 1996)
 * Mr. Dick Chamney, of Buffalo Trail School Division (1996 - 1997)
 * Mr. Clyde Blackburn, of Grande Prairie Public School District (1997 - 1999)
 * Mr. Don Fleming, of Edmonton Public School District (1999 - 2000)
 * Ms. Carolyn Kaiser, of Foothills School Division (2000 - 2001)
 * Ms. Joan Trettler, of St. Albert Protestant Separate School District (2001 - 2005)
 * Mr. Don Fleming, of Edmonton Public School District (2005 - 2009)
 * Ms. Patty Dittrick, of Clearview School Division (2009 - 2013)
 * Ms. Arlene Hrynyk, of Northern Lights Public Schools (2013 - 2017)
 * Ms. Cathy Hogg of Prairie Rose School Division (2017 - 2021)
 * Mr. Dennis MacNeil of Aspen View Public School (2021 - present)

Executive Directors in order were:
 * Mr. David King (1990 - 2010)
 * Ms. Mary Lynne Campbell (2010 - 2018)
 * Mr. Brian Callaghan (2018 - 2020)
 * Mr. Troy Tait (2020 - present)