Student Growth & Achievement

 

Assurance Framework

Domain Two

Student Growth & Achievement

Goal

Students progress in their learning, relative to identified provincial learning outcomes and consistent with their needs, interests and
aspirations.

Outcomes

  • Students use ongoing assessment feedback to reflect continuously on their progress, identify strengths and areas of need and set new learning goals.
  • Students achieve prescribed provincial learning outcomes, demonstrating strengths in literacy and numeracy.
  • Students are active, healthy and well.
  • Students apply knowledge, understanding and skills in real life contexts and situations.
  • Students advance reconciliation by acquiring and applying foundational knowledge of First Nations, Métis and Inuit experiences.
  • Students demonstrate understanding and respect for the uniqueness of all learners.

Primary Strategies

 
 
  • Providing PD opportunities that highlight current trends and best practices in reading, writing, speaking, listening and numeracy instructional and assessment practices.
  • Creating literacy and numeracy leads within each school to provide instructional strategies and designs within all curricular areas.
  • Inclusive Education Leads and FSLW staff collaborate with wrap around services to provide early intervention strategies aligned to developing learning environments designed to ensure the success of all students.

OnGoing Strategies

 
 
  • Recruiting and hiring certified lead teachers with expertise and passion in specific curriculum areas.
  • Providing the opportunity for teacher collaboration to visit and observe other teachers and their classrooms to expand and enrich specific expectations and programs that highlight literacy and numeracy.
  • Analyze PAT and DIP results to inform best practices and target needs.
  • Implementing formative and summative feedback in a timely manner to inform and enhance student achievement.
  • Utilize student information systems (SIS - PowerSchool, Extranet, IPP - Clevr) to provide relevant and timely updates to inform and guide student achievement progress updates.
  • Identify resources, learning activities and professional development opportunities to support student and staff in the acquisition reconciliation and FNMI knowledge.
  • Provide Dual Credit course delivery through the School Of Hope as a Distance Education program to diversify course offerings.
  • Equip the CTS mobile trailer with program equipment aligned to student interest within each community.
  • Schedule the location of the CTS mobile trailer to align with the programming needs of each community.

Performance Measures

 
 

Domain Two - Local Performance Measures

  • Student Gr 4 - Q8 - I know that my teacher wants me to do my best work. - 99% - Goal - 100%
  • Student Gr 7-12 Q11 How satisfied are you with teachers challenging you to do your best at school? - 91% very satisfied or satisfied - Goal 95%
  • Teachers Q37 - How satisfied are you the school Division is a good place to teach, learn and grow? 90% very satisfied or satisfied - Goal 95%
  • Support Staff - Q23 How satisfied are you the school Division is a good place to teach, to learn and grow? 88% very satisfied or satisfied - Goal 90%
  • Parent Q17 How satisfied are you that your child’s teachers use methods that help your child learn? 91% very satisfied or satisfied - Goal 95%
  • Benchmark testing of F & P for grades 1,2 and 3
  • Learning Loss year end assessments.


Domain Two - Provincial Performance Measures:

  • Student Learning Engagement - 85.6% Province, 86.5% ECCS - Goal 88%
  • Citizenship - 83.2% Province, 86% ECCS - Goal 88%
  • PAT & Diploma Assessments
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