JSBOR - Board of Revision (BoR) Training Program
Board of Revision Training Program
The Board of Revision (BoR) Training Program has been designed for current or future members, chairs and secretaries of boards of revision in Saskatchewan.
Note: This is an introductory course. You will not be an expert after this course and if you need further information you should consult additional resources and seek legal advice if needed.
Requirements and Delivery
20 hours or less over 10 weeks. Online, self-paced. Times vary based on your own approach to learning/reading and preparing for quizzes.
Registrants will receive access to the program along with detailed email instructions within 3 business days of their registration.
Course Outline
This program is a flexible, on-demand module-based program. The modules covered are:
- Principles of Administrative Justice
- Property Assessment Concepts
- The Valuation Process
- Effective Hearings
- Rules of Evidence
- Deliberation & Decision Writing
- Clear Writing & Plain Language
- Interpreting Legislation
- Compiling a Record of Hearing
- Case Management
- The Role of the Chairperson
- The Role of the Secretary
Examination
Each module is followed by a quiz. You must receive a mark of 70% or higher on each quiz to pass the program. You will have two opportunities to successfully complete each quiz. If you are unsuccessful after two attempts, you must re-register and re-take the program. Direct to examination option is available.
Learner Outcomes
By the end of the program, you will be well equipped to:
- Understand the history and purpose of administrative tribunals and how those purposes can be achieved in a modern context
- Establish effective processes before, during, and after hearings
- Understand the rules of evidence in order that they can properly consider relevant information during hearings
- Recognize the importance of clear, understandable language and use tools and tests to ensure their processes and decisions are easily understood
- Understand and apply the important components of the decision-making process and transfer that decision-making process into an understandable result
- Ensure the tribunals know what they can and cannot do, that they stay within the framework of their enabling legislation and regulations, and that they understand which legal tests to apply and when to apply them
- Recognize the importance of good support processes that result in effective and efficient case management and gain knowledge of tools for quick, cheap, and uncomplicated processes
- Understand the factors for tribunals to consider in deciding how to maintain a proper record of their processes and best practices so that users of the process have confidence that records are accurate, reliable, and appropriately confidential
- Understand the responsibilities that can and should fall to the chairperson, which of those might be assumed by someone else, and what is the appropriate level of influence for a chairperson to exert
- Access techniques and tools for board chairs to be effective team leaders and attributes of effective board chairs
- Understand the roles, responsibilities, and the legislative framework and accountability specific to the secretary’s role, including case management tasks