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Validating our Mission/Vision June 12, 2006 IFITH Director’s Annual Meeting – Tuesday, August 29, 2006 With Principals, Vice-Principals & Senior Staff Subjects: T 1. SAINTS OF THE TORONTO CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD H DIRECTOR’S E 2. FROM THE BOARD, HUMAN RESOURCES, PROGRAM & BULLETIN RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MAY 31, 2006 3. INTERNET OFFENCE DECLARATION PROCESS--repeat 2005-2006 4. SUMMERTIME SECURITY TIPS FOR SCHOOL EQUIPMENT--repeat 5. PERMITS FOR SCHOOL FUNCTIONS--repeat In a school community formed by Catholic 6. NEW WEBSITE FOR CHILD AND YOUTH WORKERS beliefs and traditions, 7. WOODBINE CENTRE-FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS our Mission is to 8. AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS, BURSARIES AND CONTESTS educate students - Catherine Temple Mathematics Award--repeat to their full potential - MTCEF Award Recipients - CUPE Local 1328 Award of Merit Recipients 9. SCHOOL ANNIVERSARIES, OFFICIAL OPENINGS & BLESSINGS - Loretto College’s Solemn Blessing & Official Blessing A Community of Faith 10. EVENT NOTICES - Student Transportation Services Open House - O CANADA ‘Reflections on our National Anthem’ - Celtic Family Summer Sunday - Canada Day Old Style Community Picnic With Heart in Charity 11. SHARING OUR GOOD NEWS - St. Barbara Catholic School - St. Denis Catholic School - Blessed Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary School - Dante Alighieri Academy Anchored in Hope - TCDSB Schools ‘In The Driver’s Seat Program’ - Brebeuf College School - St. Edward, St. Gabriel, St. Gerald, St. Margaret & St. Francis Xavier Catholic Schools 12. MEMORIALS 13. BIRTHS AND ADOPTIONS 14. CURRICULUM & ACCOUNTABLITY - Additional Qualification Courses in Religious Education--repeat - The Foundations Series--repeat The Toronto Catholic District School Board educates close to 15. APPLICATIONS – FOR IMMEDIATE POSTING 90,000 students from diverse POSITION OF RESPONSIBILITY cultures and language - Major & Minor Department Head--various backgrounds in its 201 Catholic - Secondary Teacher, Learning Disabilities Research Program elementary and secondary - Safe Schools Advisory Resource Teacher schools and serves 470,375 continued… Catholic school supporters across __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Toronto Catholic District School Board, 80 Sheppard Avenue East, Toronto, Ontario, M2N 6E8 the City of Toronto Telephone: 416-222-8282 PLEASE ENSURE THAT A COPY OF THE WEEKLY DIRECTOR’S BULLETIN IS MADE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL STAFF #38 June 12, 2006 …continued Subjects 15. APPLICATIONS – FOR IMMEDIATE POSTING NON-UNION - Senior Manager of Maintenance Services A.P.S.S.P. - Social Worker CUPE LOCAL 1328 - Secretary, Student Transportation Services - Clerk Typist--various - Secretary, Safe Schools - Secretary, St. Catherine - Posting Bid Form--repeat CUPE LOCAL 1328 SBESS - Education Assistant, St. Paul - Awards - Posting Bid Form--repeat CUPE LOCAL 1280 - Head Caretaker, Holy Rosary - Assistant Caretaker, Cardinal Léger - Awards You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the World. Matt. 5:13, 14 THE DIRECTOR’S BULLETIN #38 Those who teach will shine like stars for all eternity. Daniel 12:3 June 12, 2006 SUBJECT: 1 The Saints of the Toronto Catholic District School Board We Celebrate with the following schools on their Saint/Name-sake Feast Day: June 11 - 17 Blessed Trinity – June 11 St. Barnabas – June 11 St. Anthony of Padua – June 13 You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the World. Matt. 5:13, 14 THE DIRECTOR’S BULLETIN #38 Those who teach will shine like stars for all eternity. Daniel 12:3 June 12, 2006 SUBJECT: 2 FROM THE BOARD Summary of Board Highlights and Decisions _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Wednesday, May 31, 2006, Human Resources, Program & Religious Affairs Committee Wednesday, June 7, 2006, Administrative & Corporate Services Committee ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ New Student Trustee for the Board The Board has ratified the selection of Ihor Korbabicz as the Student Trustee for 2006-2007. Mr. Korbabicz is a grade 11 student at St. Michael’s Choir School. He will take office on September 1st, and serve on the Board until August 31st, 2007. Trust fund to be offered to students in eight North York elementary schools Policy F.F.05 Mary Cicogna Trust Fund has been amended. A cash award of $100 will be provided to one student in each of the following schools: Blessed Margherita of Citta di Castello, Our Lady of the Assumption, St. Augustine, St. Charles Garnier, St. Conrad, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jerome and St. Wilfrid. Physical education not to be used as reward or punishment The Board has reaffirmed its commitment to health and active living. In keeping with the Province’s mandated daily physical activity in schools, and the view that physical education is a vital component of the school curriculum, the Board passed a motion stating that physical education will not be used as a reward or disciplinary tool in its elementary schools. Full day kindergarten program proves to be successful Results from the first two years of a three-year pilot of full-day senior kindergarten in seven TCDSB schools indicate that students in the program have completed their year with significantly greater gains than those in the half-day program. The study will continue into the final year of the pilot with hopes that additional funding will be provided to allow for expansion of the program. Heat protocol to be developed The Board is looking at the development of a heat protocol for its 201 schools. The Board already has an approved protocol for severe weather conditions (see: http://www.tcdsb.org/trustees/Agendas/admin,%202004-06-07/2004- 06-07,%20Admin%20Agenda--Guidelines%20for%20Weather%20Conditions.pdf) Summer Works Program to improve schools The Board has approved $1,000,000 of work to improve its schools for September. The Summer Works Program will address such needs as asphalt repairs, partial painting, window cover replacements and carpet replacement. Upcoming Meetings Board--Wednesday, June 14 Special Education Advisory Committee--Tuesday, June 13 Special Board--Monday, June 19 Special Board--Thursday, June 22 All meetings begin at 7:00 p.m. at the Catholic Education Centre, 80 Sheppard Avenue East, North York. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Produced by the Communications Department, Toronto Catholic District School Board, 80 Sheppard Ave. E., North York, Ontario M2N 6E8 * 416- 222-8282, ext. 5314 * fax: 416-229-5342 * e-mail: [email protected] The Toronto Catholic District School Board educates close to 90,000 students from diverse cultures and language backgrounds in its 201 Catholic elementary and secondary schools and serves 470,375 Catholic school supporters across the City of Toronto. You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the World. Matt. 5:13, 14 THE DIRECTOR’S BULLETIN #38 Those who teach will shine like stars for all eternity. Daniel 12:3 June 12, 2006 SUBJECT: 3 Starting Monday, June 5, 2006 the Human Resources Department launches the 3rd annual “iCOD Internet Offence Declaration Process to all TCDSB employees, under Ontario Regulation 521/01, for the “2006/07” school year The Board’s “iCOD” (Internet Criminal Offence Declaration) website will be available for all employees to complete and submit their required offence declaration for the 2006/07 school year. As a reminder to all employees, the Ontario Regulation 521/01 requires all school boards to collect offence declarations from all employees by each September 1. All employees are required to make an annual offence declaration. Failure to do so may result in suspension or termination of employment. The iCOD website is a highly secure, private and confidential. Employees may access this website in the privacy of their homes, at their place of work or at a public library through any web browser that supports a minimum 128-bit encryption. The iCOD site will be available starting Monday June 5, 2006 through to August 31, 2006. However, we are asking all school-based employees to complete their offence declaration by June 30, 2006. Employees may access iCOD through the following links: • the iCOD website at : https://icod.tcdsb.org • through the Board’s Internet website home page at: http://www.tcdsb.org under the “Staff” page at: http://www.tcdsb.org/staff • through the Board’s Intranet site at: http://intranet.tcdsb.org Should you need assistance once you are on the iCOD website, you may contact Human Resources at: 416-222-8282, ext. 2999 or e-mail your concerns or questions to [email protected]. Tips to note before logging on to iCOD: For those employees that do remember their iCOD password from last June’s offence declaration process, all you have to do is sign onto iCOD and complete this year’s 2006/07 offence declaration. For those employees that do not remember their “iCOD password” from last June’s offence declaration process, as well as any new employees that did not participate in the 2005/06 process, please refer to the upper right hand corner of your payslip for “iCOD registration information.” You will need to refer to this information when accessing iCOD to register and complete your declaration: • Connect to: https://icod.tcdsb.org. You must register as a “new user”. • Once you are in the “Registration for New User” screen, you will be asked