By 2019, the District will increase opportunities for engagement with and among our students, staff, families, and broader community.
Strategies & Actions:
‘Develop tools to support parent involvement in learning and well-being’
- Renewed District website;
- Renewed all school websites;
- Created and published parent, staff, and student portals;
- Developed an OCDSB app;
- Obtained a license agreement for a platform for interactive engagement;
- Established the Keeping You Connected Newsletter;
‘Develop strategies to enhance communication and dialogue with and among staff, students, families and community partners to improve the delivery of public education’
- Initiated an annual Parent Conference and regular Speaker Series;
- Engaged in professional collaboration with federations;
- Developed and implemented a Complaint Resolution Policy;
- Targeted engagement of at-risk populations;
- Supported initiatives funded through the Ministry of Education’s Parents Reaching Out Grant.