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Parent Involvement Committees, Regional Parent Groups and Voting Rights, Oh My!
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Sheila Stewart Aug 30.
What's your great parent inclusion idea?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Jacqui Strachan Apr 17.
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Hi Kevin,
This is a great question, and I look forward to hearing what other people have to say. Our research seems to indicate that it varies from school to school and board to board as to how fundraised money is handled. Since 2005, all fundrais...
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...
Hi Sheila,
I got notice of it through the Toronto Board's Parent and Community Involvement Coordinator. The email came yesterday.
Jacqui
Regarding Mike's comments about whose job it is to communicate with the parent community, I actually think of it as a shared responsibility. If the only way that parents can get information is by joining the school council, there is a communicatio...
It's Friday the 13th, so I'm gonna go out on a limb here and maybe say something a bit controversial!
Cathy, you have raised a really interesting issue in terms of 'seasoned' parents and those that are newer to the education system. I often sense...
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I have been with People for Education for over 10 years now, and I am very excited about our growing online community. For the past two years, I have been the coordinator for our Parent Inclusion Initiative, and this is another great way for parents to connect and share their ideas and resources! I am always happy to meet more people who care about public education.
I have two sons, one in grade 7 and one in grade 10, and I am the school council chair at Monarch Park Collegiate - it seems I just don't know when to quit! :-)
I love working with parents from all across the province and from a wide variety of backgrounds, and I am looking forward to connecting to even more of you through this community!
I have two sons, one in grade 7 and one in grade 10, and I am the school council chair at Monarch Park Collegiate - it seems I just don't know when to quit! :-)
I love working with parents from all across the province and from a wide variety of backgrounds, and I am looking forward to connecting to even more of you through this community!
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- At 12:23pm on November 20, 2009,
Anthony Wright said…
- Hi Jacqui, thanks. I have been a parent-activist for the past couple of years, school council parent member, volunteer, etc.. My interest with joining was piqued when I saw the blog on 'the purpose of education". I don't think that this question has received enough attention in our society. I have been to People for Education website before to collect information on school closures. I found the information posted helpful. I look forward to participating in some discussions and contributing what I can.
- At 8:20pm on November 11, 2009,
Cori MacFarlane said…
- Hi Jacqui,
Thanks for the warm welcome.
I look forward to participating in the online community.
Cori
- At 12:36pm on November 11, 2009,
Yvonne said…
- Hi Jacqui,
Thanks for connecting with me. Ethel is a small community about 45 miles west of Kitchener, in the Listowel-Wingham area. We have a wonderful Central School there, called Grey Central, located on 22.5 acres of land with a hardwood bush and a pine woods on the property, a river skirting the edge of the property with an amphitheatre along the river bank and an Environmental Learning Grounds on the school property. The Learning Grounds was established in the early 1990's with the help of the Ministry of Natural Resources, a Conservation Authority and grants from various sources. Children, and parents also were very actively involved in the developement of the Learning Grounds. As a teacher there for many years, I witnessed first hand the benefits of having such as resource at one's fingertips. Unfortunately Grey Central is up for Review this year and the Board recommendation is that the school be closed and our children transported 10 miles away to a much larger school. We are just shy of 80% capacity and just under 200 pupils. This explains my interest in your group. I have already learned much by just surfing around on you web site. Our school supporters are looking for ways to convince our Board that this valuable resource should not be abandoned.
- At 2:39pm on October 15, 2009,
Hollis Pearson said…
- Hi Jacqui, thanks for your message. At this present time I am attempting to pull together a last minute application for the Reaching Out Grant for the school my daughter attends. We are interested in doing a family math night and I am curious as to who else connected to People for Education has done Math/Literacy/Science nights at their school and how they went about it? Did they bring in outside facilitators ( WHO, I am in Toronto) or facilitate it themselves and use certain resources?
Advice is much appreciated! Many thanks! Hollis
- At 8:46am on October 15, 2009,
Syed A Aziz said…
- Thank you so much for the comments, I will involved in the high school from next year when my second daughter will also be the high school, currently one in high and two in intermediate. I am representing Hawthorne PS of which we will be celebrating 150th birthday next year in June. Please spread the word around as we need past graduate, especially some prominent one, also we nee help in fund and fundraising and serious volunteers.
Thank you again.
Regards
Syed Aziz
- At 6:15pm on October 14, 2009,
curious mind said… - Thank you very much and wonderful web site!
I am a single mother with 2 children in grade 6 and 3 , I've been involve/d with their school as much as I could/can while I am trying to manage our disability and every day life.
It's is very difficult for me to write about myself on the www although in person that is not true :-o but I can say that It's a lonely world while I was searching on the Internet as well as in my neighborhood then I found you :-) It's wonderful to see there are people next to you that are passionate about their life and while they are trying to find a way helping others to grow.
Best regards,
- At 4:21pm on October 14, 2009,
Patty Coates said…
- Thank you for the warm welcome Jacqui. My interests here are mulitple; first I am a parent of three, two of which required individual education plans for accommodations. WIth hard work and dedication and many obstacles all three have moved from the publicaly funded school system onto post secondary education. My second interest is that I represent Educational Assistants working with students who need support during their educational career. As Educational Asssiatnts we advocate for the students we support. I have always supported "People for Education", your work, your advocacy on behalf of publically funded education and the information which you provide here on your site.
Patty
- At 12:04am on July 31, 2009,
Waheed Ali Lakho said…
- Respected Madam Jacqui Strachan,
I am much happy to be welcomed by you. By the warm wishes of people like you I have got a job in an NGO as Assistant Program Officer for Human Resource Development. I hope your continuous prays and wishes will lead me to my destiny.
Many thanks for your time,
Waheed
- At 8:49pm on July 30, 2009,
Winnifred Martin said…
- Thank you for the welcome. Being chair of parent council at my daughter's high school was challenging and rewarding. I learn alot and hope to again this year. The difference between public and high school councils was an eye opener and hope to learn more.Thanks again for the welcome.
Winnie Martin
- At 10:40am on July 30, 2009,
Nancy Bird said…
- Hi Jacqui! Thanks for the welcome. I have been involved with School Councils for about 4 years now and though I enjoy it I really feel I need something more. I am considering running for School Board Trustee in my region (Waterloo Region) and know that P4E have some great research and resources that will help me build my platform. I have read a lot of the work the organization has been doing over the years and appreciate the bigger perspective. Thanks again!
Nancy
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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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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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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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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.
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