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LDCSB SEAC Public Consultation

LDCSB SEAC Public Consultation . January 21, 2010 Summary Report to SEAC: March 11, 2010. January 21, 2010. January 2009 was the first year that the new single venue format was used Approx. 45 were in attendance(Including SEAC members) January 21, 2010: Success for all Students

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LDCSB SEAC Public Consultation

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  1. LDCSB SEAC Public Consultation January 21, 2010 Summary Report to SEAC: March 11, 2010

  2. January 21, 2010 • January 2009 was the first year that the new single venue format was used • Approx. 45 were in attendance(Including SEAC members) • January 21, 2010: • Success for all Students • Being –whole and holy • Belonging- in community • Becoming –Catholic Graduates • Approx 58 members of our community were in attendance (Including SEAC members)

  3. Themes • This year we had 4 Themes under our School Board Improvement Plan: • 1)Program (Literacy, Numeracy and Student Pathways) • 2) Communication (Catholic Community Culture and Caring) • 3) Transitions (Student Pathways) • 4) Relationships ( Catholic Community Culture and Caring)

  4. Transitions • 4 themes/ Categories identified • Communication with Parents • “More info about community programs: • “Communication and planning very important to maintain gains child has made in grade 8. (Once they enter grade 9 • Enhanced Service Delivery • “Transition to high school should begin before the new year – grade 7 or beginning of grade 8” • “Shadow a grade 9 student during grade 8”

  5. Transitions • Administrative Capacity for Locally Developed Courses • “what happens if the numbers are to low to support a locally developed course.” • Interactions with Parent/Students • “At first meeting with high school could there be more interaction with student”

  6. Communication • Communication with Home • “Common questions – information” • “new families come to our Board – information” • “web-site user-friendly for special education” • Communication with Community Organizations • “wanting link-community partners/agency/ resources” • “clear process to maximize potential”

  7. Programs: IEP • IEP Implementation Fidelity • “the plans without a plan” • “Not specific, no means to measure” • “Detailed IEP but strategies/goals not being implemented/worked on” • Enhanced Service • “parent provided written input into the IEP (after the fact) but IEP wasn’t updated to reflect the parent input.” Consistently Differentiate Instruction based on student IEP • “Child struggling with special needs may not have best match with curriculum fitting their specific needs.”

  8. Programs: IEP • Inconsistent Educational Skill Sets • “one teacher did an excellent job on the IEP but homeroom teacher did not.” • “discrepancies in skills between teacher and their abilities to write effective IEP’s”

  9. Relationships • Curriculum /Classroom • “spreading resources to all kids in classroom with special needs” • “expanding on extracurricular opportunities...such as gymnastics.” • Socialization/ Peer Mentoring • “self confidence build up” • “students celebrating success” • Communication • “better communication to get to know individual students strengths”

  10. Summary: • Overall a good evening, with good participation and a modest increase in attendance • Communication with Parents/Home/Community • Enhanced Service Delivery/Curriculum Classroom delivery • Administrative Capacity for Locally Developed Courses • Interactions with Parent/Students • IEP Implementation Fidelity/ Educational Skill Sets • Socialization/Peer Mentoring

  11. Summary Continued: • The concerns, ideas and solutions generated will be the basis for action. Work is already underway on Transitions to develop greater consistency in the process. • Similarly Communication is being enhanced through construction of a new easy to navigate website including information about the Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC). • Your voice is important to our cycle of continuous improvement.

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