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The School Level Committee The Central Parity Committee

The School Level Committee The Central Parity Committee. Role and Composition. Where do these committees come from?. Created in the last negotiated agreement signed in April 2006 The goal is to create mechanisms for collaboration The purpose is to get help to children who need it quickly.

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The School Level Committee The Central Parity Committee

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  1. The School Level CommitteeThe Central Parity Committee Role and Composition

  2. Where do these committees come from? Created in the last negotiated agreement signed in April 2006 The goal is to create mechanisms for collaboration The purpose is to get help to children who need it quickly

  3. Composition of School level Committee • The principal • Teachers elected by the staff • Three or four teachers depending on size of school • The resource teacher may be elected

  4. Preparation work • To examine the plan for groupings made by the principal • To accept it or recommend changes • To identify the resources needed to support students with difficulties and their teachers

  5. Initial meeting- Mandate • The school level committee must aim to develop a plan that will create equitable workloads for all • Distribute resources in a fair manner • Develop a list of guidelines or principles

  6. Presenting to the staff • The local school committee presents and explains the plan to the staff • The teachers will vote on the plan • A majority vote is required to support the plan

  7. What to do if plan is rejected? • If the plan is rejected the school level committee must develop a new plan • If the plan is rejected a second time it will be up to the Central Parity Committee to decide on a plan

  8. Where is the plan received? • Every school submits their plan to the Central Parity Committee

  9. Implementation • The resources allocated are distributed • Procedures for the school to access services quickly for students are developed • Report to the Central Parity Committee on the use made of the allocated resources

  10. Central Parity Committee • Composition: Equal number of School Board and Union representation • At LBPSB: Directors of Human Resources & Student Services, Sector Director, President of PTU, Executive Assistant at PTU, teacher representative

  11. The Role of Central parity committee • To advise the school board concerning its special education policy • To make recommendations about the services provided to students with special needs • To develop criteria for allocating the resources to the schools in keeping with the special education policy

  12. Its role – cont’ • To analyze the requests from schools based on the allocation criteria • To allocate resources to schools

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