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Set the Expectation

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Theresa Pastore

To avoid challenges for school council chairs to control the attitude of meetings, consider setting the expectation for conduct at the first meeting. When I was a school council chair I printed this Code of Ethics from the Ministry Guide for School Councils, as a poster and invited every member of the council to sign

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Parents demonstrate leadership skills for students!

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Theresa Pastore

The beginning of the school year will usually have the highest number of parent volunteers involved in the school and in the school council. There is a spirit of optimism and commitment by parents who understand the value of their efforts and the fact that it makes for a better educational experience for all students

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Get on your child’s winning team

Posted on October 4, 2016 by Theresa Pastore

It’s a wonderful thing to walk into an arena or a soccer field and see so many parents, grandparents, aunts and friends cheering on their children. They are their biggest fans whether their child is the best on the team or just tries his/her best. In fact, look at the benches and you will likely

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How I Can Engage my Child in Learning in Everyday Activities

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Theresa Pastore

Today there never seems to be enough time to get everything done. Parents may really want to engage their child in learning, but, it seems almost impossible to find time to think of new challenging activities or books they can learn from. I suggest that all parents take a deep breath, children learn everyday, in

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Parent Engagement is Everyone’s Responsibility

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Theresa Pastore

Research on the state of parent engagement is at least a decade old. However, we don’t need numbers to show us that parent engagement is decreasing over the past 10 years. We hear the reasons everyday, parents do not have time, they don’t understand the long term effect of parent engagement, they don’t understand the

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