This week will be a great week to get some vital input from parents in the area as to what they think are big issues in education and what they would like to see from the board level. Parents input will be the key, It gives me a great indication of the direction they want to see the board go. The next few years are going to be big for the Thames Valley board, there is still a glutton of ARC's on the horizon and with the province's money issues it'll make for alot of agonizing decisions on what to do with school closings and just what they do with getting the funding for building new facilities.
I am also interested to hear what parents think of the boards technology plan where they plan to make wireless schools a key goal. I think it is a great idea and opens up the idea of even greater technology in the classroom. Just think it's only been in the last few years that Smart boards came on the scene and it makes me think that the possibilities are endless. At the last board meeting outgoing trustee James Stewart brought up a question asking how far along was the possibilities of textbooks on computers, it would be a great idea, my only concern would be the cost of implementing the idea. Let's embrace the new technologies that are available to enhance the education of our students.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Sunday, January 10, 2010
It's Official!
Friday afternoon, 4:17 to be exact I officialy filed my nomination papers to run in this falls municipal election for Thames Valley District School Board trustee.
It'll be a new experience for me but I'm ready for it. I believe that parents deserve a bigger voice at the Board level and they also deserve more accountability from their Trustee's. Our Childrens education is important and the future of their education should be of the upmost importance of the Board. We need to stop the onslaught of school closures, rural schools are just as important as urban schools and that point should not be lost on the school board. I believe that more focus needs to be spent on improving students overall education, more emphasis should be made in teacher's continuing training and education to improve their skills to better improve the overall education experience for students.
I will work hard for you the parents, I will listen to your concerns and ideas on how to improve your childrens education, I will work hard to make Parents voice heard at the Board level. I will work hard to ensure continuing improvements in Education across the School Board. I will work for greater accountability amongst Trustees on the board, every vote would become a recorded vote so you know exactly how they voted on the issue. I will also work hard to bring more transperancy to the process.
Together we can change the way we look at your childrens education and put more voice back where it belongs with you THE PARENT!
On Oct 25th vote for change in Oxford vote ALLEN for trustee.
It'll be a new experience for me but I'm ready for it. I believe that parents deserve a bigger voice at the Board level and they also deserve more accountability from their Trustee's. Our Childrens education is important and the future of their education should be of the upmost importance of the Board. We need to stop the onslaught of school closures, rural schools are just as important as urban schools and that point should not be lost on the school board. I believe that more focus needs to be spent on improving students overall education, more emphasis should be made in teacher's continuing training and education to improve their skills to better improve the overall education experience for students.
I will work hard for you the parents, I will listen to your concerns and ideas on how to improve your childrens education, I will work hard to make Parents voice heard at the Board level. I will work hard to ensure continuing improvements in Education across the School Board. I will work for greater accountability amongst Trustees on the board, every vote would become a recorded vote so you know exactly how they voted on the issue. I will also work hard to bring more transperancy to the process.
Together we can change the way we look at your childrens education and put more voice back where it belongs with you THE PARENT!
On Oct 25th vote for change in Oxford vote ALLEN for trustee.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Another Blunder from Dalton
It's been widely reported over the last few weeks that Dalton McGuinty plans on eliminating the Fall report cards for elementary schools next year and replacing them with progress reports. It's a well known fact that the Teachers unions have been advocating for years to get rid of them. They say it takes too much time and are too early in the year, That's bull as far as I am concerned. As a parent I want to know early in the year if my kid is having difficulties with his grades, sure progress reports have value to them but they don't really tell you what you need to know. If the first reports with actual grades don't come out until January it very well could be too late for alot of students to turn things around.
Eliminating the early reports seems to give the thought of schools and school boards bringing in a no fail approach to education which is rather alarming. I believe that more accountability needs to be placed on Teachers and instead of hearing about school boards getting money given to them for resources maybe it's time to spend the money on upgrading Teacher Training. Unfortunately as long as Dalton' Liberals are in charge we better be prepared for a dumming down of our children's education.
Eliminating the early reports seems to give the thought of schools and school boards bringing in a no fail approach to education which is rather alarming. I believe that more accountability needs to be placed on Teachers and instead of hearing about school boards getting money given to them for resources maybe it's time to spend the money on upgrading Teacher Training. Unfortunately as long as Dalton' Liberals are in charge we better be prepared for a dumming down of our children's education.
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