Parent Voice in
Education Project
This report was released publicly on April 25, 2005.
Stimulating Parent Involvement to Stimulate Student Success
Presented in November 2005 at The Quest for Communities that Work, this is a
condensed version of a Master's Research Paper proving the ability of school
councils to have an impact on stimulating parent involvement.
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Research Paper
- Visit the Parent Involvement Centre for excerpts from the Master's
Research Paper conducted on school councils in Ontario in 2005. It
traces the development of school councils from their initial conception
by the Royal Commission on Learning in 1994.
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- Background Reports
- Here you will find background reports on topics that Councils might
become involved in - for the purpose of impacting student learning.
This section will expand over time.
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- Ontario's School
Councils: Leading Them Forward to Have an Impact on Student
Learning
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This paper chronicles the first few years of development for
school councils in Ontario, highlights some of the key challenges, and
proposes training and development, and the use of a standardized
framework for defining the kinds of work that school councils should
be doing - to focus on student learning.
It was presented at the 14th International Congress for School
Effectiveness and Improvement in Toronto in January 2001.
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- The Five Stages of Development
- Have a look here to see where your Council is within five identified
stages of development. This is a work-in-progress that
will be further defined and refined over the next year or so.
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