General Meeting - "Parent Education Options" - Feb 21, 7pm @ ESC

North Van PAC would like to invite PAC representatives and other members of your PACs interested in parent education to our DPAC meeting coming up on February 21st. Parents are often seeking information on a number of topics and so we have invited a number of parent education speakers to our meeting to come and introduce us all to the presentations that they offer and how you can bring them to your schools. 

This would be a very good evening for parents involved with parent education in your schools to join us and find out about different options that are available. Please feel free to invite any parents that you think would be interested in finding out more about these sessions to attend. If you could have them RSVP to viviennemegas@northvanpac.org  so we can estimate our attendance that would be very helpful.

Please book your evening (and invite others) to attend this interesting session.

North Van PAC General Meeting

Date: Feb 21, 2013

Time: 7-9 pm

Location: 5th floor, Education Services Centre, 2121 Lonsdale Ave.

RSVP to viviennemegas@northvanpac.org

Meeting Agenda

7:00-7:15 PM	DPAC General Business		January Meeting Minutes
7:15-7:30 PM	Monty B / David J		SD44 Information Technology Update
7:30-7:40 PM	Teresa Triggiano		Stand by Me  - Bullying and respect
7:40-7:50 PM	Tina-Marie Meyer		Joy of Learning Network - Motivation; stress; and leadership
7:50-8:00 PM	Andrea Benton		Weeboot - Learning technology in the 21st century
8:00-8:10 PM	Brittany Palmer		UnlockYourFuture/UYFscholarship - How to find scholarship
8:10-8:20 PM	Helen Yeung		VCH-Foods That Fit wkshp for school lunch coordinators - Food Health
8:20-8:30 PM	Kim Shetler		NSMS - Settlement Workers in Schools
8:30-8:40 PM	Jo-Anne Landolt		Kids in the Know - School safety
8:40-8:50 PM	Ashley McIntosh		"iGirl" - On empowerment for 9–12 year old girls

Presenter Summaries

Stand by Me - Bullying and Respect

Stand By Me is a program that focuses on empathy building, social responsibility, restorative justice and self-awareness. In the program, I will be identifying bullying behaviours, how those behaviours make students feel and how to take responsibility for those choices.  Students are given an opportunity to speak about how they feel at school and to offer apologies to classmates.  No one is asked to say anything they do not feel comfortable saying.

Joy of Learning Network - Motivation; stress; and leadership

1.   Motivation, Goal Setting, and Communication for middle and high school students
2.   Stress and Organization for optimal performance

3.   Personal Leadership in the 21st Century: Who am I? and How do I fit in?

WeeBoot - Learning Technology in the 21st Century

Weeboot was started by a techie Mom, Andrea Benton, who has 2 kids, aged 3 and 5. Andrea believes that both parents and educators need to work together to get the most out of technology.

During her presentation Andrea will outline/discuss the following...
A) How to select apps for your kids
B) Why parents need to be engaged with tech and their kids
C) Parent tech best practices

Unlock your Future

An in-depth scholarship seminar to illustrate funding opportunities and provide a step-by-step program to access them. This evening, Brittany will outline the scholarship seminar package and how the Unlock your Future program can benefit the student body at your school.

North Shore Multicultural Society - Settlement Workers in Schools

Helping integrate newcomer family experiences when arriving in Canada, a description of the SWIS program and services, and our hopes to facilitate these families to be able to participate with their school’s communities.

Kids in the Know - School safety

An interactive safety education program to empower children and reduce their risk of victimization

"iGirl" - On empowerment for 9–12 year old girls
iGirl is a straight-to-the-point, lighthearted, empowerment workshop that prepares 9–12 year old girls to make smart decisions in even the toughest situations. Knowledge is power and the iGirl workshop, created by Saleema Noon B.A. M.A., will give your daughter the power to make smart decisions and to successfully navigate the changes galloping into her young life.