Recommendations

Outreach Plan for Schools without School Councils – PIAC Motion

June 16, 2019


The Board decided that the following recommendation from the Parent Involvement Advisory Committee be referred to staff to work with the PIAC on the details of implementation:

  1. The TDSB distributes PIAC’s Quick Guide “Fall Tips for Principals” to principals via their Superintendents at the beginning of each school year beginning 2019/2020. This guide is a convenient fact sheet on how principals can support their School Council.
  2. That PIAC’s School Council Outreach Plan is used in schools identified as having no School Councils. Superintendents can assist their principals in the building of School Councils where they do not exist, by sharing and working through PIAC’s School Council Building Quick Guides for principals and parents. PIAC suggests principal outreach occurs at year-end (June) to start identifying potential parents for School Council for the following school year. We further recommend Superintendents attend a School Council meeting in these schools by January of that school year.
  3. The TDSB be held accountable to this process by providing PIAC and the PCEO with annual follow-up including an updated list of schools without School Councils each November to allow for timely support of schools struggling with building their School Council