Ottawa Carleton District School Board

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.

Opportunities:

• Expand functionality of parent and staff portals;
• Implement revised assessment tools to monitor parent engagement in School Learning Plans;
• Implement orientation program for new Board and Director;
• Undertake consultation and develop new strategic plan.

• Develop tools to support parent involvement in learning and well-being; and
• Develop strategies to enhance communication and dialogue with and among staff, students, families and community partners to improve the delivery of public education.