Category Archives: Parent Advisory Councils

Starting a Parent Advisory Council from Scratch There is no parent group in your school and you would like to help start one? How to begin? Of course, there are many benefits: • parents feel welcome in their child’s school … Continue reading →

SCHOOL CHECKUP Parent Advisory Councils can use this questionnaire: a) amongst themselves, or b) as a survey of school parents as a whole. Feel free to change items as needed. The PAC can use results as a foundation for discussion … Continue reading →

Do’s and Don’ts for Parent Advisory Councils The most frequently asked questions from parent groups go like this: “How can we be more effective? We are fed up with doing tea and cookies, fund-raising….We want to know how to help … Continue reading →

Don’t blame the parents. Don’t blame the kids. Don’t blame the neighborhood. If we want effective schools let’s look at the schools. Ron Edmonds of Harvard who put the term “Effective Schools” on the map with his speech “Some Schools … Continue reading →

Parent Advisory Councils in every school was the goal of a new School Act in BC in 1989. This came about after a two-year public process examining the education system (Royal Commission or Sullivan Commission). Home schooling was also brought … Continue reading →