Growing Success & Your Upcoming School Inspection

Seminar #25 – TORONTO – September 30, 2011            10:00 AM – 2:30 PM

In a full-day seminar designed for principals, administrators & owners of private schools, Mr. John Rennie will start things off by explaining and reviewing the requirements of private schools in demonstrating their implementation of the Growing Success policy document. During his presentation, Mr. Rennie will discuss each item that appears on the Inspector’s checklist, pertaining to the implementation of Growing Success.

Mr. Jim Sebastian will follow this with practical recommendations on how private schools can successfully meet this new opportunity and challenge. He will explain the terminology used in the Growing Success document, and propose useful tools to help schools in implementing these new policies.

 

Presenters:

Mr. John Rennie Mr. Rennie has been an Education Officer in the Ministry of Education responsible for the inspection of private schools, Principal of private schools and most recently Education Management Consultant working with private schools. Mr. Rennie brings an extensive experience to the PDS Seminar. Both Mr. Rennie  will address implementation issues of Growing Success in terms of implications for effective school management and for effective preparation for the Ministry’s inspection.

 

Mr. Jim Sebastian Mr. Sebastian completed his M.Ed. in Curriculum and Administration at the University of Toronto. He has 35 years of experience as an educator and administrator, and has an extensive background in Canadian-based education and training programs at the high-school and post-secondary levels. Jim worked as an Education Officer for the Ontario Ministry of Education from 1989 until 2005. He is currently involved in many educational projects in Canada and abroad, including directing and consulting to schools in China and Bangladesh.  Along with Dr. Ronnie Miller, he has been instrumental in the establishment of Professional Development Seminars, with the aim of this forum providing consistent, high-quality educational and administrative support to private schools. PDS has evolved into a key service organization, serving the needs of private schools.

Where:

Courtyard by Marriott – Toronto Airport
231 Carlingview Drive, Toronto, ON  M9W 5E8

Registration fee:

$275.00 (plus $35.75 HST). The fees include lunch

Method of payment:

Registration is done by Email Money Transfer (EMT) through your bank’s online services. For those unfamiliar with EMT, please follow these steps:

• Go to your bank’s website and find a service titled: Interac Email Money Transfer. Follow the prompts. The email address for the transfer is: registration@professionaldevelopmentseminars.ca
• Download and fill in this form: Seminar Registration Form
  • While making the payments, you will be prompted to set an access code to retrieve the funds. You must email this code and the completed registration form to registration@professionaldevelopmentseminars.ca.
  • You will receive a confirmation number by a return e-mail. Please bring this confirmation number to the seminar.

 

As we process a large volume of registrations for our seminars, we cannot process any alternative means for payment.