PRESIDENT'S JOURNAL

Rolling Out Version 2 of the PPA

The Principal/Vice-Principal Performance Appraisal (PPA) has been a major focus of work for a tri-level leadership work group...More

FAITH REFLECTIONS

Easter as Opening the Doors of Hell

Some years ago a young woman I knew, a university student, fell into a severe depression and attempted suicide. Her family, startled by what had happened, rallied around her. More

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

Summer Institutes 2009

CPCO is offering two training sessions in mentoring and coaching in August 2009. Gary Bloom Associate Director of the New Teacher Center at the University of California and author of Blended Coaching will lead…More

Leading Student Achievement

Working Together Matters Educators have always understood that implementation matters. However, it is only recently that we are beginning to understand… More

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MEMBER SERVICES

Education Law eBulletin

Special Education Tribunal rejects claim to have therapist work with autistic child in classroom. More

Principal Connections

The deadline for submissions to the summer issue of CPCO’s quarterly magazine Principal Connections are due on May 19, 2009. The deadline for submissions to the fall issue is July 17, 2009. More

Catholic School Administrator’s Toolkit

A brochure answering some of the most common questions parents ask about combined grades can be found in the School Organization section of the Toolkit. This resource is password protected. Contact Nelly Kelders, member services director at nkelders@cpco.on.ca for more information on how to access this helpful product. More

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

St. Clair CDSB Seeks Principals

The St. Clair Catholic District School Board invites applications for: Principal – Special Education and Elementary School Principal(s) for Lambton and Kent counties. Applications will be received until 4:00 p.m. April 22, 2009. More

2009 CONFERENCE & AGM

AGM Documents

All AGM documents will be posted on the CPCO website by 4:00 p.m. on Friday, April 17, 2009. Members are invited to review the documents prior to attending the AGM on May 2, 2009. More

Program Workshop Registration

Please note workshops 1A and 2B are sold out. Review your registration letter to make sure you have been allocated your two workshop sessions. If your letter doesn’t include workshop choices, please contact Maria Cortez at mcortez@cpco.on.ca to register your second choice. More

Conference Charity

The Dufferin-Peel Catholic principals and vice-principals have chosen ShareLife as the recipient of the Passport sales at the CPCO conference. Members are encouraged to buy the $10 passport when they pick up their conference bags at registration. More

Vendors

The vendor space at this year’s conference has been sold out. Participants are invited to visit the vendors’ tables during the day, May 1, 2009. More