CASC Meeting Minutes, Wednesday March 10, 2010 7pm

 

CONNIE DAYMOND, SANDRA BURTON, KATE ODAMS, COLIN SPARKS, HAYLEY DE BIE, SUZANNE AMENTA, PAM DILWORTH-CHRISTIE, DAVE FORTIER, CHERYL BROUSE, HUGH THOMPSON, SOULA DIMITREY, CAROLINE SPARLING, WENDY BOLAND, DORREN JANS, SARA PURDON, SHERI ZELLE, DAN MACKINNON, BECKY

 

WELCOME:

APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY, 2010:

MOTION TO APPROVE:  DAVE,  2^ND SANDRA BURTON,  ALL IN FAVOUR

• PROGRAM REVIEW UPDATE – ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM APPROVED
• AFTER MANY,MANY MEETINGS
• COMPLETE TURNABOUT AT THE LAST MEETING
• WE CAN CONTINUE TO BE ALTERNATIVE
• BUT WE NEED TO DEFINE WHAT WE MEAN BY ALTERNATIVE
• FORM A COMMITTEE – WRITE A CONSTITUTION – WRITE BY-LAWS
• DEFINE WHAT IS NON-COMPETITION, WHAT IS MEANT BY PARENT VOLUNTEERING
• GUIDELINE TO PASS ALONG TO OTHER SCHOOLS
• NEED TO BE MORE INVOLVED WITH ASAC (ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL ADVISORY COMMITTEE) – SOULA WILL BE PART OF THIS
• EACH SCHOOL SENDS A REP, AND THERE ARE BOARD MEMBERS INVOLVED
• THE COMMITTEE SHOULD HAVE AN ADVOCACY COMPONENT
• MEET WITH THE OTTAWA CARLETON ASSEMBLY OF SCHOOL COUNCILS
• FOCUS ON HOW THE BOARD CAN COME UP WITH “THIS IS WHAT WE NEED”
• WE NEED TO BE A STRONGER VOICE IN THESE COMMITTEES
• WE NEED TO HELP ASAC FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENS SO THEY CAN BRING IT TO THE BOARD
• WORK WITH THE BOARD

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT PART I

• CONNIE MET WITH OTHER PRINCIPALS OF ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS – 
• SPOKE ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEM, 
• HOW CAN THEY HELP TO DEFINE WHAT IS GOING ON, 
• WANT TO FACILITATE A SOCIAL WITH THE STAFF MEMBERS, PERHAPS AT THE CAFETERIA AT SUMMIT, STRICTLY SOCIAL, 
• DO SOME PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TOGETHER
• DO SOME PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH NON-ALTERNATIVE SO THEY CAN SEE WHAT WE DO
• GET SOME IDEAS, ANOTHER SPORTS DAY
• FOCUS ON 3 THINGS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO EACH OTHER, PRESENT A UNITED FRONT OF ALTERNATIVE

DAN MACKINNON (DISCUSSION ABOUT GRADED REPORT CARDS)

• SPOKE WITH THE MINISTRY – THE LETTER OF THE LAW – MARKS SHOULD BE ON REPORT CARDS
• GUIDELINES – MARKS MUST GO HOME TO PARENTS
• THE QUESTION IS WHERE IS IT IN THE EDUCATION ACT?
• DAN SPOKE WITH ANOTHER EDUCATION OFFICER
• LOTS OF DISCUSSION
• THE REALITY IS THAT LAST YEAR ONLY 20 PEOPLE ASKED FOR MARKS TO BE SENT HOME ON THEIR REPORTS
• THE LONG TERM GOAL IS TO ENGAGE THE SUPERINTENDANT
• THE MINISTRY IS MOVING TOWARD MORE ANECDOTAL REPORTING

 

PROPOSAL:

• REPORT CARD NIGHT, ACTION ITEM:  DAVE WILL SPEARHEAD; CONNIE WILL ASK TEACHERS TO PARTICIPATE

ACTION ITEM:  DAN WILL SPEAK WITH NEIL (SUPERINTENDANT)

• PARENTS NEED TO SIGN AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT RE GUIDELINES (GRADED REPORTS, VOLUNTEERING, ...)

NEW COMMITTEE – UNNAMED SO FAR

• RE-WRITE INSIDE CHURCHILL HANDBOOK
• NEED A GOVERNANCE COMPONENT, AND A ESOTERIC ALTERNATIVE PEDAGOGY
• MUCH, MUCH DISCUSSION
• WE NEED A CLEAR MANDATE
• NEED TO CONTACT THE GENERAL POPULATION
• NEED A MISSION STATEMENT

ACTION:  BECKY – WILL GET FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE PAST, IE BOB BANNON AND LYNN ORECK-WERNER

• STARTING POINT FOR COMMITTEE – THE 7 TENETS

MOTION:  STRIKE A COMMITTEE TO LOOK INTO THE 7 TENETS:  BROUGHT FORWARD BY DAVE FORTIER

2^ND BY SOULA

WHO WANTS TO BE INVOLVED? CAROLLINE, COLIN, SARA, SOULA, KATE, WENDY, SHERI (IF I MISSED YOU PLEASE INSERT NAME HERE)

WHO WANTS TO LEAD? WENDY (PLEASE CORRECT IF NOT CORRECT)   --  APPROVED

SCHOOL OF ROCK

CASC WILL COVER INITIAL COST OF MONARCH VIDEO $410 (RETAINER), THIS AMOUNT WILL BE PAID BACK TO CASC

SUZANNE MOTION  -- HAYLEY 2^ND  -- APPROVED

• BUS FOR KINDERGARDENERS, 1 – 2’S (AS THE EVENT IS BEING HELD AT SUMMIT THIS YEAR, IT IS TOO FAR FOR THEM TO WALK)
• WE ARE HOLDING OFF ON THIS 

 TEACHER’S REPORT (SANDRA BURTON):

• THANK YOU FROM LYNN FOR FUNDS FOR AUTHOR
• FIELD TRIPS FOR THE KINDERS
• 1’S AND 2’S ARE DOING SCIENCE IN THE SCHOOLS
• GOING FORWARD FROM THE REVIEW
• THANK YOU 
• KEEPING THE TRIAD ALIVE

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT PART II

• HOMEWORK DISCUSSION WITH TEACHER’S AT LATEST STAFF MEETING
• DISCUSSION ABOUT TIME MANAGEMENT, LATES, GROUP PROJECTS (BIGGER CATCHMENT AREA MAKES THIS SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT), USING AGENDAS AS COMMUNICATION TOOLS, STARTING IN GRADE 1,
• MAY 3 – 7 IS EDUCATION WEEK
• PROMOTE WHAT WE DO HERE, THROUGH AN OPEN HOUSE(?), SEND INVITES TO BUSINESSES (?), ART SHOW?
• CLASSES ARE WORKING ON UKRANIAN EASTER EGGS, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS (BLUES IN THE SCHOOLS) AND MASKS
• PORTFOLIOS – WITH THE PD DAY IN APRIL MOVED TO THE FALL FOR COMPLETION OF REPORT CARDS WE NEED TO COME UP WITH ANOTHER  FORUM FOR SHARING STUDENT’S WORK – THE IDEA IS TO RUN PORTFOLIOS DURING THE DAY, IN THE GYM, WHICH WILL BE SECTIONED OFF, MAKE APPOINTMENTS WITH YOUR KIDS, 
• THIS WILL PROBABLY ONLY BE FOR THIS YEAR, AS NEXT YEAR THERE ARE ONLY TWO REPORTS NEXT YEAR
• IF PARENTS NEED TO TALK TO TEACHERS THEY WILL MAKE SEPARATE APPTS TO DO SO
• FOR THE ALTERNATIVE SOCIAL – CAN CASC MATCH WHAT THE TEACHERS HAVE TO PAY, UP TO $100 TOTAL (OR SO)

MOTION:  SUZANNE -- 2^ND COLIN SPARKS – APPROVED

• THERE MAY BE AN EXTRA KINDER CLASS NEXT YEAR, IT MAY AFFECT THE OLDER GRADES, CONNIE WILL GET BACK TO US WHEN SHE KNOWS FOR SURE

PLANT SALE MAY 21, 2010

• SIX GARDEN CENTRES CALLED, HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM ALL OF THEM
• IDEA:  KINDERS COULD START SOME SEEDS AND SELL THEM – NEED $60 TO START THIS
• NEED $60 FOR ADVERTISING

MOTION:  WENDY – 2^ND SOULA  -- APPROVED

OTHER BUSINESS

• WESTBORO UNITED MEETING PLANNED FOR THEIR BUILDING WITH OUR CO-CHAIRS 
• SCHOOL TRAVEL PLAN MEETING MARCH 24 7 – 9 IN STAFF ROOM
• CHEO INFO EVENING ABOUT TALKING TO YOUR KIDS ABOUT BODY IMAGE. DAVE HAS PUT UP POSTER.
• OCASC LOOKING TO INCREASE PARENT INVOLVEMENT – NEED INPUT FROM SCHOOLS
• STAFF APPRECIATION – WE NEED A DATE, SINCE THE APRIL PD DAY  IN CANCELLED – SANDRA TO GET BCK TO US WITH THAT

TREASURER’S REPORT (DONNA WELDON NOT AVAILABLE, NO REPORT GIVEN)

 

NEXT MEETING

WED APRIL 14, 2010