École Oman School Community Council Annual Meeting

Monday, May 5th, 2008

AGENDA

• Welcome & Introductions

• Role of the School Community Council

• 2007-2008 SCC Accomplishments

• Financial Report

• Chinook SD’s Foundations For Learning (FFL) Pillars

• Report on the School’s work

• Election of new members to our SCC

• Adjournment

Foundations For LearningWe have focused on building a foundation

using 4 pillars as our “Foundations For Learning”This has been a year of “process” and “building

capacity”MISSION VISION VALUES GOALS

Our MISSION Statement – our fundamental purpose

École Oman School is committed to purposeful learning in a safeand inclusive environment.

Our VISION – gives us direction on . . .

Working Together

Our School Culture

Contributions to our Community

Our Priorities

Our Celebrations

Our process involved a collaborative-team approach and a SWOT analysis.

École Oman School’s Vision Statements 2007-2008

We envision . . .Working Together . . . • in strong collaborative teams• towards a common goal• using open and honest communication

A School Culture with Evidence of . . . • school spirit• pride in our accomplishments• the virtues being practiced

Contributing to the Community by . . .• including parents and community members in our student’s education• being positive role models and becoming involved in our community

Our Priorities to . . . • learn, understand and use best teaching practices and appropriate programming to

meet the learning needs of all students• develop and maintain open communication with parents

• engage students in the language and actions of the virtues

Celebrations Around . . .• the growth of our students as learners

• the whole child• our quality education…being a school “where parents want to send their children”

• the virtues

Our VALUES – guide our behaviour

Empathy

Respect

Responsibility

Honesty

Tolerance

Kindness

Caring

Our GOALS - establish our priorities, set our targets and timelines. (SMART)

Our process:

• Existing state• AFL (Assessment For Learning) data• DRA (Developmental Reading Assessement) information• RAD (Reading Assessment Division)• Teacher observation / anecdotal records• SWOT analysis of our vision statements

Our SMART Goals:

By the end of March 2009, students in Grade 3-5 will increase their competency in identifying main idea and supporting details by 30% based on a September 2008 common assessment.

By June 2009, students in Kindergarten through Grade 3 willhave increased their knowledge of and/or will be using the followingnon-fiction text features (labels, photographs, captions, maps, types of print, table of content, index and glossary) to gather informationand make meaning of non-fiction text as measured by a commonassessment developed at each grade level. Examples:• By June 2009, 75% of Kindergarten students will correctly sort 6 out of 8 fiction and non-fiction books in 2 out of 3 trials.• By June 2009, 75% of Grade 1 students will name and indicate how 6 out of 8 non-fiction text features (labels, photographs, captions, maps, types of print, table of content, index and glossary) help them understand and make meaning of text as measured by an oral interview.

DEVELOPMENT OF ACTION PLANS

• Timelines

• Development of Assessments

• Purchasing of Resources

• Monitoring of Progress

SCC Members 2007-2008

Dona EA – ChairMary Taylor-Keefe – Vice chair

Peggy Drinkle – PrincipalDiane Chartrand – Teacher Representative

Deb Bissonnette – TreasurerKevin Regier – Secretary

Brandi RoosenStacie Noble-Wiebe*Leanne Chalk

*Rachelle Wallace*Janice Bissonnette

THANK YOU!

Election Of Members for 2008-2009

Returning Members for the 2nd year of a two year term: - Kevin Regier (parent)- Mary Taylor-Keefe (parent)- Brandi Roosen (parent)- Diane Chartrand (Teacher Rep)- Peggy Drinkle (Principal)

Nominated Members for a 2 year term (2010):- Dona EA (parent)- Deb Bissonnette (parent – FI)- Stacie Noble-Wiebe (parent – FI)- Darcy Richards (parent)- Shauna Lacher (parent – FI)- Tanya Bouvier-Mortensen (parent – FI)

Meeting to select SCC Executive

ChairpersonVice-ChairTreasurerSecretary

ADJOURNMENT