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Draft "Parent Engagement Policy" not going out to PIC's?
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Thanks People for Education for posting the ministries request for responce on draft Parent Engagement Policy. What I am upset over is why the PIC chairs weren't sent this info and invited to respo...
Started this discussion. Last reply by Sheila Stewart 4 hours ago.
Parent Councils- are they different between Elementary and Secondary School?
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As PIC chair for our Board and Chair of our High School Parent council we have always had a lively discussion on the differences between Parent Council at the elementary level vs the High School le...
Started this discussion. Last reply by Cathy Nov 16.
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I would like to encourage individuals/groups to submit comments/questions in addition to just completing the rating scales in the online survey. I hope people aren't too overwhelmed reading the whole document, but it does help inform about history...
Better late than never!
Some days, when I'm feeling overwhelmed, I worry that we're too slow, or not organized enough. On the other hand, if we had a survey up on our website, we'd probably let people know right away - so maybe we're pretty organi...
Ministry has just notified PIC's that there is an online survey on ministry website for anyone to respond to by Dec 31 09
"In order to facilitate broad consultation, an on-line survey and the draft document “Parents in Partnership – A Parent Engag...
Kevin, here is what we did in past and what we do now. Before the date Jacqui indicated above we had our own bank account, our Treasurer kept all the accounting records and did up the financial reports. Our Principal plus either Chair or vice chai...
I'm gonna jump in here with a bit more clarification, because the questions Kevin asked are ones that I get asked all the time as the Parent Support Coordinator here at People for Education.
There are three main sources of funding for parent enga...
My view as a PIC chair is there are 2 bread and butter funding sources for parent involvement at the school level. The $500 and the pro-grants. Different PIC's have different ways of communicating with Parents/school councils- some directly throug...
Thanks for helping clear that up, Gord. Busy discussion here!
Gord, you have touched on something that I have been concerned with, and might be more so ahead in time. Just as "school councils" sometimes get the blame for things--when it is said no...
Hi Kevin
All principals handle the money differently. So the first thing to do is go and ask what his/her policy has been. Some just dock photocopying costs off the amount throughout the year, others hand it over, others keep it in the school bank...
Gord has it exactly right.
Hi Gord,
Thanks for the answer and clearing up my mis-understanding.
So if our Parent Council would go to our Principal and request the $500, we would then be allocated the $500 for parent engagement?
Our school does not have a PIC, nor do I think...
Kevin I believe the blunt answer to your question is School council's receive $500 for parent engagement.
Doesn't matter how many kids are in your school. You are confusing the money that is allocated at the Board level. The Board level money is u...
Hi Gay,
Let me get this straight, because I am unclear, so correct me if I am wrong.
1. The Ministry of Education gives each school board 'x' amount of money, that is suppose to be targeted to each Parent School Council, via the individual school'...
Hi Sheila,
I got notice of it through the Toronto Board's Parent and Community Involvement Coordinator. The email came yesterday.
Jacqui
You're right! Here are the links.
Click here for the policy
Click here for the survey
I just noticed the online survey option for individuals and groups is up on the Ministry site now.....under parent menu. Did anyone receive notice of this?
I'm a business person who went through the public school system and I think I turned out all right. My kids have gone through the Catholic school system and they have turned out all right. In theory the one Board system sounds great but I have alw...
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- At 2:43pm on October 19, 2009,
Gay Stephenson said… - Welcome to our online community Gord! Thanks so much for jumping right in and helping to answer the council elections question. Looks like you bring a wealth of experience as a PIC chair. Looking forward to seeing you around in the discussions.
Gay, web person here at People for Education
- At 11:34am on October 19, 2009,
Jacqui Strachan said…
- Hi Gord, I was just about to email you (which I will still do), but I wanted to welcome you to the online community. I hope you find the conversations and information here interesting and helpful, and I look forward to your participation!
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Not so long ago I chanced upon a tv interview with Sarah Vowell. She was talking about her new book The Wordy Shipmates and she was funny and intriguing enough that I picked up the book. Not only has she written a number of books, she is also the voice of Violet in the animated film The Incredibles and contributes regularly to the This American Life on Chicago Public Radio
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October 4, 2009
Not so long ago I chanced upon a tv interview with Sarah Vowell. She was talking about her new book The Wordy Shipmates and she was funny and intriguing enough that I picked up the book. Not only has she written a number of books, she is also the voice of Violet in the animated film The Incredibles and contributes regularly to the This American Life on Chicago Public Radio
Although I was reading for amusement, information and stories, once again I bumped into education!
The Wordy Shipmates is about the Puritans in the 17 century and Sarah Vowell's childhood in the 20th century and life now in the 21st. The book is a delightful flow of ideas and customs that weave through the narrative of American life. Education was there at the beginning
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I would like to encourage individuals/groups to submit comments/questions in addition to just completing the rating scales in the online survey. I hope people aren't too overwhelmed reading the whole document, but it does help inform about history...
Good ideas here. Glad my question got you thinking, Anthony. And now with your related one:
"Do we work to live or do we live to work? Is it the responsibility of our education system to give our students the means to ‘live’ (i.e., the active sens...
Hi Gord,
Always nice to get your input on these matters. Yours sounds like a win-win scenario.
What about the requirement for the year end financial status to go to every parent in the school.
What do your schools' parent council records look like...
Better late than never!
Some days, when I'm feeling overwhelmed, I worry that we're too slow, or not organized enough. On the other hand, if we had a survey up on our website, we'd probably let people know right away - so maybe we're pretty organi...
Ministry has just notified PIC's that there is an online survey on ministry website for anyone to respond to by Dec 31 09
"In order to facilitate broad consultation, an on-line survey and the draft document “Parents in Partnership – A Parent Engag...
Kevin, here is what we did in past and what we do now. Before the date Jacqui indicated above we had our own bank account, our Treasurer kept all the accounting records and did up the financial reports. Our Principal plus either Chair or vice chai...
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Hi Shari,
Thanks for your comments.
It would be great to hear from some teachers as how they feel the transition should be handled versus how the teachers collective agreement dictates how to handle the transition.
I realize that we do not live in...
I think it would be ideal to have the replacement teacher present to ease the transition as you described, but in my experience it hasn' t happened. We have 3 teachers (out of 7) on Maternity leave this year. One teacher's leave was sudden and the...
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Critical judgment disappears altogether, for in no way can there ever be collective critical judgment....The individual can no longer judge for himself because he inescapably relates his thoughts to the entire complex of values and prejudices esta...
In order to truly measure something, there needs to be a concrete structure and a definitive description; therefore in order to answer the above question, we would need to define what is meant by success?
and, what is considered "successful"?
Good video - nice to see this sort of information linked all together
One thing that I would like to see is a linkage between report card measured performance and eqao measured performance.
I use the analogy of business. Annual reports are produ...
Paulo Freire spoke of education in this way: "Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice ...
EQAO testing is just one method of measurement. Some worry that this method is having the effect of narrowing the focus of what children learn in school to reading, writing and math.
We're looking for suggestions of other ways schools and the Min...
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