Michael Schmitt

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  David Catholic Secondary School - 4 High Street Waterloo - Phone (519) 885-1340 Principal - Michael Schmitt

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  Give students extra math help | The Record.com - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/10/2001    Last Visited: 12/10/2001  

  Michael Schmitt, a superintendent with the Catholic board, made a similar point when he said that plans are in place to make math a system priority.
  
  Surely parents expect educators to ensure that core subjects are emphasized, which does not mean that other subjects should be ignored but only that students must have the basics of math and English if they are to compete in the global environment of the future.
  
  The Grade 9 math test, imperfect though any test is, will have served its purpose if it focuses the minds of teachers and students on those basics.
  
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  Harris legacy | The Record.com - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/1/2002    Last Visited: 4/1/2002  

  "What the Harris government will be known for is putting the levers in place to make the system far more accountable," said Michael Schmitt, superintendent for the Waterloo Catholic District School Board.
  
  However flawed the provincewide tests may be, they are an objective measure by which every student can see how he or she is doing, he said.And "that's forcing a whole new set of conversations in schools," Schmitt said.
  
  "Before, good schools were measured simply on how well they operated.Was there good communication?Were the children happy?Was there a school play?Were there teams?Was there a good community feel?
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  There's really nothing revolutionary about provincewide testing, Schmitt added."We are just simply implementing what everyone in the world's been doing.
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  "The reform was so hurried that there were pieces of it that weren't thought out clearly," Schmitt said.
  
  New curricula would be unveiled in June, and teachers would be expected to teach it in September.School boards would be told to negotiate contracts with teacher unions, but would not know how much money they'd be able to offer them.
  
  And the new high school curriculum left out a whole group of students who formerly were in basic education and headed straight for the workplace.In the early years of high school, almost every course is too difficult, Schmitt said.
  
  That same judgment could also be made of another Tory education reform, ending the fifth year of high school.The change means that a year from now, Grade 12 and OAC will graduate together in a massive double load of students that is expected to flood colleges and universities with applications.

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  In the News - News Releases 2004 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/1/2004    Last Visited: 6/25/2008  

  Michael Schmitt Elected President of Ontario Catholic Supervisory Officers' Association

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  Literacy for Learning – The Report of the Expert... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/15/2004    Last Visited: 12/25/2005  

  Michael SchmittSuperintendent, Program and StudentServicesWaterloo Catholic District School Board

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  Math results rank poorly | The Record.com - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/28/2002    Last Visited: 1/28/2002  

  And across the Catholic board, teachers in elementary and secondary schools are looking at the Grade 8 and Grade 9 math programs to see if there are any gaps between what the students need to know and what they are learning in class, superintendent Michael Schmitt said.
  
  Also, there will be lots of discussion about other issues, he added.
  
  "What the data raises are a lot of questions," he said."What's good about these external tests is, it forces us to have some discussions.I look at this as a baseline."
  
  Adults in Cambridge traditionally have lower education levels than in the rest of the region, according to Statistics Canada surveys.

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  Needs versus resources | The Record.com - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/9/2002    Last Visited: 12/10/2002  

  "There's an increase in behaviour difficulties," agreed Michael Schmitt, special education superintendent at the Waterloo Catholic District School Board."And we're seeing more of them at an earlier age."
  
  Ryan's mom knows schools are having trouble coping.
  
  She says she had to fight for it, but she's now satisfied with the 20 hours of an educational assistant's time that Ryan gets at Southwood Secondary School each week.

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  Nov/Dec 2003 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/1/2003    Last Visited: 11/6/2006  

  The Catholic School SEAC continues to meet on the first Wednesday of every month and Michael Schmitt remains the Superintendent of Program and Student Services.

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  ONTARIO CATHOLIC SUPERVISORY OFFICER - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/15/2002    Last Visited: 12/2/2006  

  Inquiries can be directed to: Michael Schmitt, President

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  Region's Grade 3, 6 students rate average in Ontario... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/7/2001    Last Visited: 11/7/2001  

  Catholic superintendent Michael Schmitt said by this time next year he hopes to see test results improved through initiatives like Jolly Phonics and First Steps reading programs , which teachers at the board have been trained to deliver.Already , the board has seen a significant increase in the number of special education students reaching or beating the provincial standard.
  
  But there is still work to be done , Schmitt said.More attention needs to be paid to the fact that boys continue do less well in the provincial assessments.Provincially and locally , average results for boys were 12 to 19 per cent lower than for their female classmates in writing and reading.Math scores were closer , but girls still led the pack by about three per cent..
  
  Additional data , comparing issues like socio-economic factors , school leadership and availability of preschool programs , is expected to be released in December.The information should provide school boards with more ways to help improve student achievement , Schmitt said.Results for individual schools will be made public at about the same time.
  
  But real success requires adequate support , Schmitt said.Asked if he could see a day when 75 per cent of students met or beat the provincial standard , Schmitt smiled.
  
  If you're going to provide training , going to provide support , going to put resources in our libraries . . . it's attainable for sure , he said.You can set the bar as high as you want.If you've got the right balance of pressure and support , you can go anywhere..
  
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