PRO Grant Deadline – 16 Oct 09

Excerpted from http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/parents/schools.html
Parents Reaching Out Grants
Parents Reaching Out Grants for Schools
School councils may apply for grants to support school-based initiatives focused on engaging parents who may experience challenges in becoming involved in the school due to language barriers, recent immigration, poverty, newness to Ontario’s school system, or other factors.
The application period is now [...]

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Blueprint for Poverty Reduction – 27 Nov 08

Community Conversation
Blueprint for Poverty Reduction:
Legacy for an Inclusive Ontario
Speaker: MARVYN NOVICK
DATE: Thursday, November 27, 2008
TIME: 7 – 9 p.m.
PLACE: 707 Galaxy Banquet Hall
475 North Service Road East, Oakville
Build Public and Political Support for a “Blueprint” for Poverty Reduction
The next objective of the 25 in 5 Network has been to create a “Blueprint” based on the [...]

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Assessment and Evaluation

In the Halton District School Board we have aligned our assessment, evaluation and reporting practices with the provincial policy established in 1998. Like other Ontario school boards, we continue to work with principals and teachers to ensure this policy is implemented and that our classroom practice provides fair and equitable evaluation.
Students are evaluated on two [...]

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OUAC: Extension of University Application Deadline

URGENT MESSAGE FROM OUAC:
Subject: Extension of Secondary School University Application (101) Deadline Date
As a result of unexpected technical difficulties and high application volumes the OUAC has experienced system response problems, Therefore the university application deadline date for secondary [...]

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Nominate An Outstanding Educator

Ministry of Education
Nominate An Outstanding Educator
Premier’s Awards For Teaching Excellence Honour Exceptional Principals, Teachers and Support Staff
QUEEN’S PARK, Nov. 15 /CNW/ – Starting today, students, parents, educators and members of the community can nominate an outstanding educator for a Premier’s Award for Teaching Excellence.
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People for Education Conference – Sat, Nov 3

Making CONNECTIONS
Saturday, November 3, 2007, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
York University, Toronto
The conference includes speakers Annie Kidder, John Ralston Saul, the Minister of Education Kathleen Wynne, and many others! Choose from an informative selection of morning and afternoon sessions:
In the morning:

Panel Discussion: Parent engagement: what really matters?
Panel Discussion: Declining enrolment: creative ways to keep more [...]

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Parents Reaching Out Grants (PRO), 2007-2008

Please Note: The deadline to submit an application for a Parents Reaching Out grant has been extended to October 26, 2007.
Ref: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/parents/reaching.html
Parents Reaching Out Grants (PRO) for School Councils, 2007-2008
How to Apply for Funding
Step 1: Apply Online
You can apply online. The deadline for submitting the proposal and budget is October 26, 2007.
Please [...]

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School Principals Establish Standards for Learning and Safety

Ref: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2007/16/c9205.html
Ontario Principals’ Council (OPC)
Attention News Editors:
School Principals Establish Standards for Learning and Safety
    TORONTO, Feb. 16 /CNW/ – Today, the Ontario Principals’ Council (OPC) released a set of standards to provide schools with direction around safe, sensible and consistent supervision practices.
    Over the past several years, the way supervision schedules are developed and implemented has [...]

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Ontario Principals’ Council’s Supervision Time Standards An Attack on Collective Agreements say Elementary Teachers

Ref: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2007/16/c9350.html
Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO)
Attention News Editors:
Ontario Principals’ Council’s Supervision Time Standards An Attack on Collective Agreements say Elementary Teachers
    TORONTO, Feb. 16 /CNW/ – The ’supervision time standards for schools’ released today by the Ontario Principals’ Council (OPC) are an unwarranted attack on collective agreements to which their employers are legally bound, charged the [...]

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