Parent Involvement Committee (PIC)

What is the PIC?

The Parent Involvement Committee (PIC) is comprised of parents, community members and Ottawa-Carleton District Board (OCDSB) staff. At the OCDSB, PIC’s primary objective is to support, encourage and enhance parent engagement across the District in order to improve student achievement and well-being. By providing information, advice and recommendations on parent engagement to the Board of Trustees, PIC members can serve as an essential advisory body within the District. Below are some activities that PIC members may find themselves undertaking:

• Advising the Board of Trustees and the Director of Education on strategies and initiatives to enhance parent engagement in improving student achievement and well-being; 
• Collaborating with school councils, partners and agencies to assist parents in supporting student learning at school and at home;
• Collaborating with school councils and the OCDSB Family and Engagement Coordinator (FACE) on outreach to parents while recognizing the barriers of time, language, recent immigration, socio-economic status, unfamiliarity with the system, or other factors; and
• Participating in the promotion, development, and implementation of grant applications and projects funded under the Ministry of Education (MOE) Parents Reaching Out (PRO) program.