Sunday, March 14
ADVOCATING FOR OUR CHILDREN, OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR COMMUNITIES
1:00-4:30 p.m.
Pasqua Neighbourhood Centre, Regina
263 Lewvan Dr (off Wascana)

Successful Advocacy: led by Jacqui Strachan of the Ontario lobby group People for Education
Roundtable discussion leaders:
Aboriginal/First Nations issues and ideas
- Dr. Eber Hampton
- Dr. Rick Hesch
- Dr. Rick Sawa
Rural issues and ideas
- Tracy Briss and Dawn Reich of SOS Saskatchewan
Urban issues and ideas
- Rene Dumont and Trish Elliott of RealRenewal
Sask Assoc of School Councils presentation:
- Sally Cleland

...and YOU. The format is very discussion-focussed.

Monday, March 15
STANDARDIZED EVALUATION: WHO IS BEING SERVED?
7:00-9:00 p.m.
La Bodega Restaurant
2228 Albert St - Upstairs Dining Room

Are all the required tests, grids and reports helping teachers teach and students learn? What are the alternatives?
- Jacqui Strachan, People for Education
- Rick Sawa, teaching services consultant for the Prince Albert Grand Council and editor of Assessing Students' Ways of Knowing.
Free finger food, cash bar.

The full agenda, directions, info and online registration form are at http://www.realrenewal.org
Sponsors: Faculty of Education, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, CUPE, Regina Public Interest Research Group, RDLC, with participating organizations RealRenewal, SOS Saskatchewan, and Sask Assoc of School Councils