Demystifying Your PAC — Working Together

For our November general meeting North Van PAC is pleased to offer a presentation by Ann Whiteaker, past president of BCCPAC entitled "Demystifying Your PAC — Working Together"
This presentation would be of interest to all parents interested in understanding how to best support and advocate for their students, and create parent voice within the school system.

Date: November 15, 2012, 7-9 PM
Location: 2121 Lonsdale Ave, North Vancouver, BC

This meeting is open to all parents, please RSVP to the Program Facilitator, North Vancouver District PAC (DPAC) at viviennemegas@northvanpac.org

Building relationships requires more than just a common set of values and a desire to see students succeed. We all know parent/community volunteers play a vital role in the success of school-lead initiatives and support student achievement when they are engaged in the school community however what this looks like and how to tap into this resource is not commonly practised or understood.

This workshop will provide a better understanding of the role of parents within our schools, tools to engage this resource to maximize benefits and solutions to common concerns that challenge positive relationships when we engage the greater school community.

Topics will cover the shared rights, roles and responsibilities of PACs, Parents, Administrators, and Staff, how to best support and advocate for students when issues arise and how to gather and create Parent voice through your PAC. Bring your ideas, and challenges for discussion in this lively and fun workshop.

The workshop will be hosted by Ann Whiteaker. Ann was the past president of BCCPAC. She has been actively involved in all school levels: elementary, middle, and high school, as well as the district level for 13 years. She has served as PAC Chair, DPAC Director, and the BCCPAC. Ann was also one of the members on the Panel of CBC On The Coast's live broadcast of "Failing Our Kids? Is BC's public education system broken?” Whiteaker is an experienced advocate for parents often being called upon to assist parents when problems or concerns present themselves to support their student’s success and navigating the system.