1. Oscar Peterson PS School Council Meeting November 12, 2014
Agenda & Minutes

2. Agenda Welcome Judy 5 min Roles/Elections Judy 10 min
Review of Strategic Road Map Judy 5 min
Report from School Council Imran 10 min
Orientation Meeting
Conversation to invite thinking All 30 min
regarding action items aligned
to road map

3. Your School Council Judy Richards Principal Imran Adhami Chair
Asim Ansari Secretary
Faisal Javaid Co-Treasurer
Archana Sharma Member
Jason Thomas Treasurer
Sadif Wasim-Maria Co-Chair
Michelle Bitmanis Teacher
Representative

4. Updates from A Great Start: School Council Orientation Evening
Review executive summary of "Great Start" for parent council event (Imran)
Board speaker / keynote speaker - focus on numeracy and visual learning
Workshops attended: "Engaging Parents" / "Digital Communications"
PDSB workshop presentations can be found here:
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5. Summary of Roadmap Dialogue
BYOD - Bring Your Own Device update (Daryl)
Access to technology in the classroom as a learning tool is the focus
Pilot project for Grade 4 and 2 this year and 1 and 3 next year
School staff has been to professional learning workshops / Device use is intentional and responsible
iPads planned to be used once per calendar cycle in three classes - Apps will be monitored 
In addition: Currently 3x 10 iPad carts in school available through booking system. 10 iPad in library
Parents could benefit from a council hosted learning/observation event - "what happens in the classroom?"
Synervoice                     
Smarter use of the tool with Short highlight messages 
Use of the system is maturing

6. Summary of Roadmap Dialogue
Imran: Are core behaviours/expectations covered by the school in the areas of:                           
Healthy Eating / Nutrition
Bullying / Respect
Physical Activity
Judy / Andrea: 
Respect and responsibility are embedded in learning
DPA - Daily Physical Activity is part of students' routine
2 Nutrition breaks helps maintain blood sugar levels 
Sharing assembly by grade 5's was invaluable (growing leaders)

7. Oscar Peterson School Council Roadmap 2014/2015
Vision
Oscar Peterson School Council is an advisory group focused on helping to improve the quality of the school and improve student success.
Goal
Our goal is to facilitate two-way communication between the school and the parents to encourage involvement in our children’s education.
Pillar #1: Numeracy
Help parents and caregivers discover new ideas to support their child's learning and development
Pillar #2: Technology
Provide students access to technology as a learning tool and educate parents on social view of learning
Strategy: Sub-committees to create/execute communication and activity plans
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8. Sub Committees
All present members added their s to list for contact purposes
All present members were asked to sign up for "technology" or "numeracy" sub-committees
Numeracy Committee: Faisal Javaid, Jason Thomas,Archana Sharma, Michelle Bitmanis, Judy Richards
Technology Committee: Imran Adhami, Asim Ansari,S.W. Maria, Daryl Sidial, Andrea Sekine

9. Summary/Follow Up
Trustee Nokha Dakroub to be invited to join us for our planned event nights (Committee Members)
Schedule Numeracy Sub-Committee meeting (Judy)
Schedule Technology Sub-Committee meeting (Daryl)
Contact absent council members for self-nomination in specific role (Andrea)
PowerPoint with agenda/pillars needs to reflect current council updates (Imran)
Set agenda for next meeting (Co- planned by school council chair and admin. team)
Next School Council Meeting: January 14, 6:30 pm in the Atrium at OPPS