1. The School Level Committee The 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