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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 produce…
I am having difficulty finding a street address,
As someone who has not yet been to York University, where are we physically meeting ?
The york U. website shows three locations.
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A bunch of us from the online community are planning to "meet-up" at the conference at York University on Saturday Nov. 7th.
We can chat at lunch!
So let us know if you are coming... we'd like to meet you!
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You school council seems different than any I have heard of. Limiting participation goes against the intent of School Councils. Besides, other then giving advice, a school council doesn't really do anything. But that is the purpose, to provide…
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- At 4:32pm on January 23, 2009,
Gay Stephenson said… - Hey Ross! We need your help. Can you resond to this question in our discussion posts?
Is your school utilizing a cost-effective, environmentally friendly communication system that you think would be beneficial for other schools to know about? If by chance they are using an e-mail/telephone system, have there been troubles associated with the collection of e-mail addresses or phone numbers?
- At 8:16pm on January 4, 2009,
Gay Stephenson said…
- Welcome Ross! It's great to have you here. I just sent you a message asking for permission to post your pictures to the main page of this site. Talk to you soon.
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TVO recorded great interviews / discussions at our conference!
Watch them now, or share them at your next school council meeting!!!!
Presentations and notes from all sessions are being posted to our main website, as we receive them.
Interviews with:
Minister of Education
Annie Kidder
Charles Pascal (Early Learning)
Testing the Pros and the Cons (Panel Discussion)
Watch them now, or share them at your next school council meeting!!!!
Presentations and notes from all sessions are being posted to our main website, as we receive them.
Interviews with:
Minister of Education
Annie Kidder
Charles Pascal (Early Learning)
Testing the Pros and the Cons (Panel Discussion)
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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!
School Council Survey at Online!!!!
December 15, 2009 at 6pm to January 31, 2010 at 7pm
Deadline extended till Jan 31st, 2010!
Why is the survey important? Jacqui explains.
November 29, 2009
This time the book is a podcast. When you’re tired or busy with another task, well the podcast can be just the thing. Recently I heard Learning, Doing, Being: A New Science of Education. If you were intrigued by Alanna Mitchell’s r…
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