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Our school council did not advertise nor give 14 days written notice to each family with a pupil in the school this year (nor last). They seem to re-elect themselves via "accalimation" each year, but…
Started this discussion. Last reply by Gord Wyse Oct 19.
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Brilliant idea Anthony! What a great way for "People For Education" to reach out and engage the greater whole and its inherent diversity while including the students who represent the future, and giving everyone a voice in a considered and considera…
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 establ…
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"?
Wow. My head is spinning. Sometimes the languaging on these threads goes beyond my ability to comprehend; it seems that many contributors are very well versed in the politic of school councils, school boards, ministry, gov't, etc.
I certainly am not…
Quote Jacqui Strachan: "People whose kids are just starting school are coming into a system that is much more stable and settled, and may not feel the need to be involved as intensely as we did when we started. They have more confidence in the 'syst…
Jacqui, I agree with you that
I concur.
What a good idea to engage the media.
In our area, Special Education planning committees (SEAC) are supposed to "engage" and consult via "invitation to respond" to "all parents receiving special ed services" but none of the special ed pare…
http://teacherleaders.typepad.com/the_tempered_radical/2009/10/building-parent-engagement-in-schools.html
I'm with Cathy. Parental engagement means different things to different people; its as personal as, well , getting vaccinated or not. My idea…
I foresee many problems with ECE's and teachers sharing the responsibilities of a full day programme, although it is a fabulous idea from an ideological perspective.
I do think enhanced opportunities for learning and stimulation can be good for many…
Parents often have questions about special education. Here's a place where we can ask questions, share ideas and information and help one another...
Maybe P4E could do a poll (parents, teachers, councils)? Maybe the media would provide some coverage regarding the poll? Maybe the public could be aroused that way to write to their MPP's? Have there been any publicized debates (sorry if this is red…
What about putting it to a vote?
If EQAO costs as many millions as this website suggests (is there some way to determine exactly how much?) why not do what the democratic process would suggest and have the politicians/Ministry open up the decision t…
Doesn't it all just come back to accountability and transparency?
If the information regarding team participation is not being clearly communicated to the entire school population (children as well as parents) and there is an "exclusive private club…
No advice to give but can share that in our experience much of the same happens at our school.
ALL children are not treated equally nor given equal opportunity to participate. There is very little communication to the parent body regarding try outs,…
Everything said above is true, but I would like to clarify one point. Typically a school council will have members and executive. For 99% of the time any parent can be a member of school council giving them voting privileges with no need to be elect…
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- At 3:59pm on November 20, 2009,
Anthony Wright said…
- Hi Mike, yes it is still there. I posted it in the Deborah Konecny's discussion. I saw your post regarding your concerns in Sam's blog. I hope you can get things cleared up.
Anthony
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Parents often have questions about special education. Here's a place where we can ask questions, share ideas and information and help one another...
Our school is small, at 281 elementary students. It is Early French Immersion, which is not uncommon in Ottawa. I believe there are enough elementary-aged children within walking distance to fill the school twice. However, with the public/catholic s…
Briony before rushing to ideas I always like to take a deep breath and outline the goal and then priority for Parent Engagement/Involvement. Without that you will just try different things but perhaps achieve few results. Our PIC believes in giving…
Hi Briony,
There are also some great examples of what other people have done in our Parent Engagement Manual.
Hopefully you'll get lots of responses from parents here in our online community who have tried a bunch of different things.
It's also i…
Help us to design a broader vision for education in the 21st century!
Hi Briony,
It is always hard to know how to start from zero when it comes to parent involvement. When I went to my first high school council meeting, the staff outnumbered the parents! There were only two of us, and the other mum showed up because h…
Thank you for sharing these photos and this project with us. It is wonderful to see those beautiful children learning together in a community school. Congratulations to the organizers of this initiative. To be able to offer this opportunity to 300 s…
I am the PIAC rep for Ward 10 of the TDSB.
PIAC is trying to offer more concentrated and targeted School council and parent engagement support this year and to that end we sent out a questionnaire asking schools what the state of things are at prese…
Beth: About the article in the Globe... unfortunately links to that newspaper only work for about 7 days, and then you must pay for the articles :( It's different from the Star which allows you to view them for free as long as you have the link addr…
Great article, Deborah (Playing the Game). I skimmed through and will read it again. Thanks! Looks like some good insight and food for thought from down under......!
Your link worked - yay Deb! It looks really good - I will read it this weekend :)
The next newsletter writing deadline is March 1st, which seems to work well with your research deadlines. All the best with your next steps in January!
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