What does PIAC do?

PIAC's role is to:

• Consult and work with parents, staff, and community to identify issues related to parent engagement for discussion and information
• Discuss and respond to items referred to PIAC by the Board
• Make recommendation or provide recommendations or comments to the board on any parent/education related matter
• Work and support school councils across the board

How can parents GET INVOLVED with PIAC?

• Get elected as a PIAC representative or alternate at your ward meeting or contact your Trustee
• Get involved with TDSBs Community Liaison Groups. 
• Join one of PIACs Working Groups. Working group members are volunteers and are open to all TDSB parents/guardians
• Attend PIAC meetings. TDSB parents/guardians are welcome to attend meetings as observers. For a meeting schedule see the meetings page.

How does PIAC work for parents?

PIAC supports parents/school councils in the following ways:

• Facilitation of Working Groups on an array of issues. To view PIAC working groups, click here.
• Participation on a number of TDSB committees such as: School Calendar; Caring and Safe Committee; TDSB Consultation Committee;
• Organize the annual School Council Appreciation Event
• Collaborate with TDSB to organize the annual Parent Involvement Make a Difference Conference
• Ongoing outreach and support for School Councils

Who is PIAC?

PIAC membership is made up of the following: 

Voting Members

• 1 parent delegate and 1 parent alternate representing each of the 22 Wards, for a total of 22 parent delegates and 22 parent alternates, to be elected at Ward level
• 1 additional parent delegate representing any TDSB Community Liaison Group (CLG) that desires to eb represented (one parent per CLG). Any such member shall be elected ro appointed at CLG level
• Parent or CLG members elected may be employees of the TDSB, but must inform PIAC of the employment at the first meeting they attend and may be asked to excuse themselves from a vote if there is deemed to be a conflict of interest, and
• A maximum of three members representing up to three community agencies chosen by PIAC (one member per community agency, to be put forward by the agency. For clarity, community agency representatives (i) are not required to be parents, and (ii) cannot be members or employees of the TDSB

Non Voting Members

• (e)  The two PIAC Co-Chairs;
• (f)   The Director of Education of the TDSB or his/her designate;
• (g)  A member of the Board of Trustees;
• (h)  A member of the Parent and Community Involvement Office (PCIO), who shall have a term of one year; and
• (i)   A member representing each union and/or professional organization having employees at the TDSB {ETFO (Elementary School Federation of Ontario) OSSTF (Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation), TSAA (Toronto School Administrators' Association), & CUPE (Canadian Union of Public Employees)}, if such bodies choose to be represented.