Transcript PIC_Presentation_to_SACx / Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation

PARENT INVOLVEMENT
COMMITTEE
Co-Chairs: Becky Carroll-Corby & Amy Mack
WHAT IS A PARENT INVOLVEMENT
COMMITTEE (PIC) AND WHAT DOES IT DO?
• All school boards in Ontario are required to have a Parent Involvement
Committee (PIC).
• 4 main responsibilities under Section 27(1) of Regulation 612 (School Councils &
Parent Involvement Committees) are:
1. To develop effect communication strategies that the board and director can
use in communication with parents and advise on the use of these strategies
2. To communicate information from the Ministry to school councils and parents
3. To work with the boards director to determine how funding for the parent
engagement initiatives will be allocated; and
4. To work with school councils to share effective parent engagement practices
and support initiatives that help build knowledge and skills that help PICs and
school councils in their work.
HOW ARE PICS DIFFERENT FROM
SCHOOL COUNCILS?
• School councils focus on an individual school
• PICs actively support the school councils of their board
• PICs provide advice at the board level.
WHO CAN BE ON A PARENT
INVOLVEMENT COMMITTEE?
• PICs are led by parents (Rep from each Family of Schools)
• The director of education at the school board
• A trustee
Therefore parents have a direct link to the school board
• The PIC also appoints up to three community members
• PICs decide whether to include other members, such as principals, teachers
and support staff to meet local needs
• Parent members serve for a term of one or two years. Each parent member
must be the parent or guardian of a student enrolled in a school that is part of
the LDSB
MAY I ATTEND MEETINGS?
YES
Check the board’s website to find out when and where meetings will be held
As well as minutes of past meetings
HOW DO PICS HELP EDUCATION
IN ONTARIO?
• When parents and schools work together, there are many positive results.
These include improved student achievement, reduced absenteeism, better
behaviour and increased confidence among parents about their children’s
education. The Ministry of Education, district school boards and schools all
benefit from the important work parents do to support their children’s
learning. They also benefit from hearing parent opinions and perspectives at
the local, regional and provincial levels.
FLOW OF INFORMATION
Ministry of
Education
Limestone
District School
Board
Family of
Schools
Representative
School Council
Chairs
AMAZING
INFORMATION!
Ministry of Education
People for Education
Limestone District School Board
TELL US…
About your School
Advisory Council (SAC)
What we (the PIC) can
do for you
Something about your
SAC that makes it
AMAZING!
TELL US…
About your School
Advisory Council (SAC)
•
How long has everyone held your
current position?
•
Did you attend the training in
October by the PIC?
•
How do you encourage parent
engagement?
•
How many parents attend
meetings?
•
Do you have contacts of parents
willing to volunteer that do not
come to the meetings?
•
How is the communication between
the staff and the parents /& SAC?
What we (the PIC) can
do for you
Something about your
SAC that makes it
AMAZING!
TELL US…
About your School
Advisory Council (SAC)
What we (the PIC) can
do for you
•
How is the communication between
the SAC & the PIC?
•
Training that you may be looking
for
•
Training on creating Bylaws
•
Speakers
•
Meetings with your Family of
Schools representative
Something about your
SAC that makes it
AMAZING!
TELL US…
About your School
Advisory Council (SAC)
What we (the PIC) can
do for you
Something about your
SAC that makes it
AMAZING!
•
Welcoming environment
•
Great teamwork
•
Whole school community
•
Great communication
•
Fun activities
•
Special quests
•
Working with other schools
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME!
Contact Information:
Becky Carroll-Corby
Amy Mack
(613)929-9823
(613)305-1900
[email protected]
[email protected]