Patricia Waters, MEd., Parenting Educator
Pat Waters was the President of the Canadian Home and School Federation (CHSF) from 2000-02; President of the Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) from 1995-97; Chairman of the Lakeshore
School Board Regional Council of Home and School Associations from
1990-94, and President of Ecole Primaire Beaconsfield Home and School
Association from 1989-92. Pat is a Queen's University graduate and a certified teacher in Quebec. She has been a PALS (Parents Assist Learning and Schooling) Master Trainer and Workshop Facilitator since 1994 and has done over 200 Workshop presentations. She earned her Masters in Educational Psychology and Counselling from McGill University in 2000 and has researched and developed many new parenting workshops. She was honoured in 2002 with the Leslie N. Buzzell Award for outstanding service to the QFHSA and in 2003 with both a CHSF Life Member Award and the National Volunteer Recognition Award. Pat has been on the Advisory Board for Family Services Canada, Families and Schools Together (F&ST) Program and has done trainings and workshops for their parent workshop facilitators all over Canada.
Cost of a Workshop
Non-member schools and organizations:
One 2-hour workshop is $200.00 (plus travel expenses if it is out of the Montreal area.)
Member schools of the Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations:
The first workshop is free and any 2-hour workshop is $100.00 each or 3 for $250.00
List of Clients 1995-2007
Ishmali Community Education Board, T.M.R., February 2007
McGill Centre for Educational Leadership, Anti-Bullying Institute, March 2006
Family Services Canada, F&ST Program Workshop training, February 2005, March 2006
Nova Scotia Federation of Home and School Associations (NSFHSA), October, 2004
Saskatchewan Association of School Councils (SASC), April, 2004, 2006
Kitigan Zibi Education Council, Maniwaki, 2004, 2005
West Island Women’s Centre, Pte. Claire, September – November, 2003
Manitoba Association of Parent Councils (MAPC), May, 2003
Western Quebec Regional Home & School Parenting Conference, 2003, 2004
Insight Conference-"Education Accountability and Performance Improvement", Ottawa, 2002
Canadian Home and School Federation (CHSF) Mid-term Board of Directors, Ottawa, 2002
Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations Fall Conferences & AGM 2002, 2005, 2006
Quebec Federation of Parent Committees (FCPPQ) Conference, Quebec City, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2006
Quebec Provincial Association of Teachers (QPAT) Convention, Montreal, 2000, 2003
Ecole Primaire Beaconsfield, Beaconsfield Valois Park Elem., Pte. Claire
William Latter School, Chambly Ecole des Grands Chenes, Pfds
MacDonald H.S., Ste. Anne de Bellevue Lindsay Place H.S., Pte Claire
Kahnawake Community Services, Kahnawake Beaconsfield H.S., Beaconsfield
Quebec Learning Consortia, Bishop's University Mt Pleasant Elementary, Hudson
MOPS (Moms of Preschoolers), Greenfield Park Dr. Percival School, Shawville
Shigawake, Port Daniel Christmas Park, Beaconsfield
Arundel Elementary School, Arundel Edgewater Elementary, Pincourt
Mothering Matters, Pincourt Aylmer Elementary, Aylmer
Royal Vale Elementary & H.S., Montreal Allancroft Elem., Beaconsfield.
Winderemere Elementary, Beaconsfield St. John Fisher Elem., Pte Claire
St. Paul School, Beaconsfield John Rennie H.S., Pte Claire
North Hatley Elementary Beaconhill Creative Nursery
Arvida Elementary, Arvida Baie Comeau H.S.
Northview Elem., Pte. Claire Shawinigan, H.S., Shawinigan
Genesis Elementary, Laval Chelsea Elementary, Chelsea
Connaught Elementary, Ottawa, ON Honore Mercier School, Mtl
Easthill Elementary, Mtl Tyndale St. Georges Community Centre, Mtl.
Patricia M. Waters, MEd. (514) 695-1734 pwaters@vl.videotron.ca
"Working with the Home and School"
Parenting
Workshops:
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"PARENTING WITH CONFIDENCE"
