Special Education Plan 2012-2013 - Algoma District School Board

Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC)The Algoma District School Board has had an active and well-functioning S.E.A.C. for manyyears. The S.E.A.C. meets on the third Monday of every month in the D.T.Walkom Room of theEducation Centre at noon. Meetings of the Special Education Advisory Committee are very wellattended by the members and members are well-informed. Each member of S.E.A.C. has abinder containing the relevant special education legislation, S.E.A.C. minutes and reports ofinterest to the members, relevant correspondence, agenda information, Special EducationDepartment information, etc. Regular updates are provided. S.E.A.C. has also visited the sitesof special education classes and talked to the personnel at these schools.The meeting dates are publicized in the Board minutes which also contain the minutes of eachS.E.A.C. meeting and which subsequently appear on the Board’s website. This Special EducationPlan will appear as part of the minutes of the Board meeting on the Algoma District School Boardwebsite.The public is always invited to attend S.E.A.C. meetings and to ask questions of members. Thecontact numbers for S.E.A.C. member organizations are noted on the Board’s website. The chairof the S.E.A.C. reports all correspondence to the membership. Often letters of concern arereceived from other school boards requesting the support of the Algoma S.E.A.C. The AlgomaS.E.A.C. will also write letters promoting special education to the Ministry of Education.The Special Education Coordinators, the Superintendent of Education and two trustees attend allmeetings and thus are able to respond directly to concerns from the members about pendinglegislation, new programs, budget questions, etc. S.E.A.C. makes recommendations to the Boardon a variety of Special Education topics and participates both in the annual review of the specialeducation plan and in the review of the annual budget and finances for special education.Members of S.E.A.C. are members of provincial associations representing students with specialneeds and are nominated for this position by their associations. At the beginning of each schoolboard election year, nominations are solicited by the school board and applications sent out to alllocal provincial associations.Appendix 15June 2012 32 of 68