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Annual Report
Thames Valley Parent
Involvement Committee
TVPIC
November 2007
Our Purpose...
• 176 Ways to Involve Parents, provided one copy to
each school representative in attendance at parent
Announced on December 1, 2005 the Ontario Ministry
involvement workshops
of Education released the Ontario Parent Involvement
Policy. This policy recognizes that parents play a vital
• Hosted a Volunteer Tea recognizing all those who freely
role in the education of their children and in the success
volunteer in support of student achievement
of schools and that together with parents the Ministry
of Education, school boards, schools and staff all have a • Developed information to assist school with use
role to engage parents in education. of Parent Involvement funding
• Use of Base Mobilization Grant Report Form
As part of the Ontario Parent Involvement Policy, • Reimbursement of Parent Involvement Funds
school boards are required to establish a parent Report Form
involvement committee. The parent involvement • Ideas for Parent Involvement Outreach Grant
committee is required be chaired by a parent, the • Parent Involvement Use of Parent Involvement
membership will include a majority of parents, as well Funds Q&A
as a trustee and the Director of Education, to provide • Parent Involvement
advice and to support parent engagement.
• Sponsored and supported community
Parent Involvement Committees of school boards partnerships
are central to the government’s vision for enhanced • Internet Safety Task Force - Cyber Bullying
partnerships with parents.
Thames Valley Parent Involvement Committee Thames Valley Parent Involvement Committee is
has defined five key actions reflecting the guided by the Ontario Parent Involvement Policy.
Ontario Parent Involvement Policy: The committee holds in majority Thames Valley
parents and met monthly. The committee operates by
• To provide advice on how to encourage parent consensus and Roberts Rules model of governance.
involvement. This structure enures and fosters a respectful and
collaborative approach to planning and decision
• To support and encourage parent engagement in the making.
TVDSB.
• To provide a reporting procedure on how the Parent Future Plans...
Involvement Grant provided by the Ontario Ministry
of Education are utilized.
In addition to developing the TVPIC mission, vision and
• To provide an annual report on the use of the Parent goals the committee continues to strive to support and
Involvement Grant. disseminate effective parent involvement strategies
with the focus on parent engagement activities that are
• To utilize the base funding provided to support the relevant, practical and aligned with the Thames Valley
work of TVPIC both effectively and responsibly District School Board
Our Progress...
Thames Valley Parent Involvement Committee
(TVPIC) is a unique partnership with the Thames
Valley District School Council, the Thames Valley
Council of Home & School Associations and the
Thames Valley District School Board.
In 2006/2007 TVPIC launched a number of key
initiatives:
• Parent Involvement Workshop held in March 2006,
featuring Dr. Betty Boult
Annual Parent Involvement Outreach Grant Report 2006-2007
Use of Funds Thames Valley School Parent Groups
Welcoming Parent Involvement Events
• held family welcoming events - open house - Examples
Meet the Teacher • Ron Morrish -speaker presented a two hour workshop
• supported welcoming activities for families of on parenting skills
feeder schools • Michael Fisher - guest performer on special family night
• created a “family handbook” for school families during Education Week
• provided a meal for the “meet the teacher” night • supported parent and school events by providing
• created a brochure for new parents with information supplies and refreshments
about the school council • Saidat presentation for family of schools
• prepared and distributed parent information sheets • held two parent information nights with guest speakers
throughout the year on Internet safety and childhood nutrition
• provided refreshments and snacks for the Spring • held sessions on cyber-bullying, how to talk to your kids
Open House and safe school action plan
• provided refreshments for the monthly meetings to • held family evening with author/illustrator Barbara Reid
attract involvement • hosted school council annual general meeting
• provided door prizes for the monthly meetings to attract • hosted family math night and family science night
involvement • used funds in partnership for a Jackson Katz safe school
• held a volunteer thank you breakfast presentation
• hosted event with motivational speaker Andy
Thibodeau
Communication
• purchased air time with local radio station as a way Parent Resources
to reach out to parents, topics included report cards,
and school events • used funds to purchase leveled books for home reading
• purchased bulletin boardsin front lobby to announce program for grades 1 and 2
parent and community initiatives, meetings and • used funds for child care services at joint parent
activities meetings
• purchased and installed a sign for the front of the school • parent resource library -purchased books on how to
• purchased planners for the student as a communication assist children with homework, support learning and
resource, giving all parents direct access to their child’s parenting
teacher and to the daily activities of the classroom. • purchased parent resources - books and videos for
The planners also encourage parent participation by parents to borrow
generating discussion with the student about the • used funds for printing of booklets to be distributed
entries in the planner. to all parents of students entering the school, provided
• purchased and installed cabinets to provide school strategies and goal-setting procedures - including
council information to parents and have information monitoring student work, achievement and progress,
posted for parents, students and community to see at communicating regularly with teachers and school
the main entrance administration
• used funds to assist with printing costs of parent survey • purchased resources such as games and manipulatives
• used funds to purchase reward prizes for students when for each classroom. These resources were placed in
completed parent surveys were returned packages to be sent home to assist with homework and
• prepared and distributed school information flyer to reinforce concepts at home
• purchased school attendance magnet with phone • prepared and distributed “family handbook” for school
numbers and website information families
• created notepads with name of school, logo, school • used funds for the printing of anti-bullying calendars
address, phone numbers and website for every family
• updated the school website • used funds for a parent website in partnership with PTA
Thames Valley Parent Involvement Committee
Membership 2006-2007
Thames Valley District School Council
Arlene Morell
Brenda Hopkins
Carolyn Walker
Randy Gordon
Tammy Ross
Teresa Gilbank
Thames Valley Council of Home and School Associations
Dolly Hughes
Teresa Blum
Thames Valley District School Board
Joyce Bennett – Trustee
Mike Sereda - Executive Superintendent, Human Resource Services
