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_Scout and Cub of the Year Awards Women's Club outlines local club's activities j The Orono Scouts, Cubs and Beavers held a fiy-up on Monday when six Beavers went up te Cubs and threc Cubs graduated to Scouts. Thie local Orono Beavers now have an enrolment of 19 while the Cubs rest at 16 and' the Scouts are numbered at 12 members. During tic ceremonies held at the Orone United Church awards were presentcd. Pictured above Kriss Perron (front/left) was the recipient of the Best Scout of the Year award Standard testing soon to enter education system local parents told at meet By Carol-Ann Oster The Newcastle Public School Parent's Association hosted a meeting with the Board of Educaien Superintendent Trudie Lumm and Board Trustees Bob Wilsher and Debbie Nowlan. The Board members addressed a number of issues facing the education system in the Northumberland Newcastle Board of Education. Bob Willsher was Uic first to address the assembled parents and staff members. The topic of discussion was school-based management. This new concept i a process that involves al of Uic individuals responsible in the decisien-making process. Willsher explained tliat this is not a new proccss and that many 'oards have in fact utilized Uic concepts of school-bascd' management. Examples given of the process are: Homework policy, PTA's, which provide parental input, and Curriculum Development. Examples of Uic Curriculum develepment can be seen with the Lifestyle Committee at Clarke, new management of telephone costs, and the existing student code of behavieur. For parents this new process opens many doors. It prevides a greater parental input; a need te commit te participation in a child's education; a need te take part in communication link and; impreved educational epportunities for students. Teachers, as well arc faced with new responsibilities. Howevcr, Uis aise provides there wi*thimore acceuntability at the school level, due to Uis increascd input. Wilsher says that he feels Uat the teachers are extremely comnpetent, however Uiere is more expertise needed at the management level. Wilsher points eut Uiat there are a number of advantages te this process. Schoel-based management formaily recognizes Uic expertise and competence of these who w'ork in schools te make decisions that impreve learning. People net directly involved with Uic running of Uic school, such as parents and Uic cemmunity are also given a chance te veice their input. In turn , this provides better services and programs, and increases Uic quantity and quality of communication. Trudie Lumm discussed the issue ef Uic Curriculum. As we have heard befere, Lumm says that "Canada is net the enly country facing major restructuring.' She adds that we have been "benchmarked with countries wherc students are doing very well in spccific subject areas." Currntly Japan is proving te a model in its area of maths and sciences.- Canada is holding Germany as a model for its appienticeship program s. Change in the education systcm bas become a world-wide phenomenen. Again we hear that numeracy and literacy are making a return. As weli, a number of new skifls arc being learned that wrnl take us into Uic future. The curriculum is currently evolving fromn a multi-faceted one te a curriculum with four core areas. These areas are languages, arts, self-and society, and math, science and tecbnolegy. We are aise meving towards heterogeneous greupings in kindergarten through te grade nine. This provides equity of access, an equal epportunity in the classroemn regardless of wvhile Jim Maye was presented with the Best Cub of the Year award. T 'he twe scouters are pictured with David Webb, section Cub leader and Tim Bradley, section Scout leader. gender, race or ethnicity. It also signifies an era of inclusion not exclusion. Tlhe curriculum is also meving toward an outcomc-based system. The student must accomplish a task by a given criteria. Specific criteria must be met before the student is given their credit. The common curriculum will also sec a shift in the marking pattern. The students will be evaluated in a number of areas. Standardized testing is also soon te make an entry. The Board is The Bowmanvifle Business and Prefessional Womens Club ushered in Spring with their April meeting. Discussions were held on the resolutions and aniendments to the rules of procedure being brought forward at the Provincial Conference. The 47th Annual Conference is being held May 28- 30 at the Holiday Inn, Oshawa. There was a diverse group of resolutions on womcn's issues with topics such as common-law property ownership, pay equity, female circumsien, and sexual abuse of patients. Club members related their views and ideas and decided which reselutiens the appointed delegates would support at the convention.. . Bowmanville B.P.W. Club hosted a Myers-Briggs Personal Development Seminar April 17th that was- well attended and very enlightening for ail the participants. The seminar showed participants bý_?w to better communicate with others andý understand différent personality types. The B.P.W. Clu b welcomes working women from ail walks of life to be potential members. Some of the activities you may find currently involved in a pilot preject that makes use of an international assessment, a Canada-wide assessment, provincial assessments and provincial reviews. Debbie Nowlan, backcd up Trudie Lumm's comments in discussing the future direction of education. Nowl an, too told parents that children are now being taught for a global environment. yourself involved in as a mnember of the club are: - attending programns to keep informed and involved i public affairs, legisiation, education and employment practices; - sponsoring workshops, seminars and educational programs for advancement in careers, leadership and self- iinprovement. The club is a non-sectari4n, non-profit and non-partisan organization which provides working women with support and works to achieve equality of opportunity and economnic security for all women. The next meeting of the club wiil be held on May 20th when a Durham Region Police Officer wiil be addressing the club about womnen's safety issues. This will also be the Annual Meeting of the club with reports from Committee Chairs following the lecture. Anyone interested in a buffet dinner at the Port Darlingion Marina Hotel followed by a guest lecture, please cail Helen Devint at 623-3915 by Monday, May l7th for reservations. Dinner tickets are $18.00. Social hour begins at 6 p.m. followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. by Carol Alder