Burnaby District Parent Advisory Committee
DPAC will be holding a PAC 101 session to introduce new PAC Chairs and Executives to best practises for holding meetings, referring to constitution and bylaws, making motions, dealing with special committees, reporting structures, fundraising etc. Please join us for an informative evening. Invitations will be sent out via Zoom.
Presented by Suzanne Vardy What do you already do, and what can you add, to develop and encourage social emotional skills with your children at home? This session will help make explicit what you are already doing at home to support and refine your child(ren)’s SEL skills. We will also discuss other ways to build…
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At the PAC Executive and SPC Year End event on June 3, 2015, Assistant Superintendents Heather Hart and Wanda Mitchell, along with members of the staff development team, shared examples of innovative ways of communicating student learning in Burnaby schools. A copy of their presentation can be found here: June 3 Presentation
Presentation from the Taskforce on Sexually Exploited and At-Risk Youth, April 22 Learn how to keep your kids safe and avoid exploitation, including online and sexual. At this workshop, you’ll hear stories of youth who have experienced these issues and also have a chance to connect with local prevention experts. This workshop is being hosted…
Response to Intervention – Meeting the Diverse needs of all Learners Burnaby School District is moving toward a unified system of education that provides a framework for meeting the needs of each learner. A unified system of education creates a well-integrated system of instruction and intervention guided by student outcome data. Deborah Simak, Director of…
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Registration is now open for the March 25 PIE – Fostering independence. Elizabeth Gardner, District Vice Principal-Learning Support Services will share focused work the Burnaby School District is doing with Learning Support Teachers, EAs and classroom teachers to assess, teach and develop independence so that our students with special needs can spend the majority of…
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