Parents
Ontario Ministry of Education
Publications for Parents
Ongoing Interest and Publications by Year
Parent Engagement
"When parents are involved in their children's education, everyone benefits – students, parents, teachers, schools and communities. Great schools can become even better places to teach and learn, and student achievement often improves."
Safe and Accepting Schools
"A safe, inclusive and accepting school environment is a necessary condition for student success."
Revised Health and Education Curriculum
What are students learning and doing in health and physical education?
Ongoing Interest and Publications by Year
Parent Engagement
"When parents are involved in their children's education, everyone benefits – students, parents, teachers, schools and communities. Great schools can become even better places to teach and learn, and student achievement often improves."
Safe and Accepting Schools
"A safe, inclusive and accepting school environment is a necessary condition for student success."
Revised Health and Education Curriculum
What are students learning and doing in health and physical education?
Ontario College of Teachers (OCT)
OCT Tools and Resources:
- Find a teacher
- Sign-up for e-newsletter, The Standard
- Access copies of quarterly magazine, Professionally Speaking
District School Board of Niagara (DSBN)
Parent Resources and Programs
DSBN Mobile App
School news, events, and alerts
DSBN Public Consultation
District School Board Of Niagara Pupil Accommodation Review Policy Update *Request for Comments by June 15th
DSBN Mobile App
School news, events, and alerts
DSBN Public Consultation
District School Board Of Niagara Pupil Accommodation Review Policy Update *Request for Comments by June 15th
DSBN Parent Involvement Committee (PIC)
DSBN PIC
"The DSBN PIC is an important advisory body that operate as a direct link between parents and the board of education. Where school councils focus on the local school and community, Parent Involvement Committees (PICs) participate at the board level and focus on things that affect more than one school."
"The DSBN PIC is an important advisory body that operate as a direct link between parents and the board of education. Where school councils focus on the local school and community, Parent Involvement Committees (PICs) participate at the board level and focus on things that affect more than one school."
C21 Canada
A Parents' Guide to 21st Century Learning
"C21 Canada is a national, not for profit organization that advocates for 21st Century models of learning in education. Their belief is that 21st century models of learning must be adopted in public education on an urgent basis to position Canadians for economic, social and personal success in the high skills, knowledge and innovation-based economy."
"C21 Canada is a national, not for profit organization that advocates for 21st Century models of learning in education. Their belief is that 21st century models of learning must be adopted in public education on an urgent basis to position Canadians for economic, social and personal success in the high skills, knowledge and innovation-based economy."
Parents for Education (P4E)
Parent Involvement Tool Kit
"Beyond school councils: Engaging parents to help their children succeed at school"
"Beyond school councils: Engaging parents to help their children succeed at school"
Canada Education Association (CEA)
To further the mandate of communication and participation established by the Central School Council, this framework of six types of parental involvement by Joyce Epstein could be a good jump-off point for future council activity:
Read more about parent engagement at CEA
- Parenting
- Communicating
- Volunteering
- Learning at Home
- Decision Making
- Collaborating with the Community
Read more about parent engagement at CEA