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Border Land School Division Trustees have made it a priority to interact more with educational stakeholders. On April 28, 2010 parents, students, community members and teachers from Sprague had an opportunity to provide the Board with feedback on two key questions.
- What is the school system doing well?
- What are things that we should be doing to improve the school system.
The following is the information that was compiled from this event. This information will be used for future planning purposes.
Thanks to all that participated.
Question #1: What is the school system doing well?
Group 1
- Getting parents involved "What I say is important"
- Enrichment programs - Inclusive Education ( tailor learning to students needs)
- Special needs students included
- Assessment for Learning
- Report cards, language is consistent
- Communication between students, teachers, parents
- Teachers are learning
- 3-way conferences-students reflections on their learning
- Recess
- Programs - Letter Land (learning letters)
- Choices for students
- Teaching to many levels
- Teachers let us know when we're doing well
- Comfort between all levels of the division (Students, Staff, Parents, Board, Community)
- Teacher P.D. is very important
- Board meets directly with parents
- ICT - teaching us how to use computers and technology
- Students being taught to use technology for LEARNING
Group 2
- Inclusion (everyone gets a chance)
- The play
- Sports
- Basketball
- Special needs children
- Good student to teacher ratio
- Personal interaction
-Informal breakfast program
-Community spirit (rural)
- Striving for equal programming- World issue (web based)
- Technology available and used
- No Bullying Policy - Safe Schools
- Vocational Courses Available
Group 3
- Provide a safe learning environment
- Most classes are engaging
- Exposure to future career choices
- Promotes healthy sports competition with good sportsmanship as prime aim
- Very accepting to new arrivals/special needs/etc.
- Keeping up with technology advances - meeting our needs.
Students feel comfortable using technology
- Staff is very involved - family atmosphere
- Graduating literate students - most have basics for future success
- Students are caring and willing to participate in community events and volunteer
Group 4
- more attention on the individual
- Kids seem/are happy
- Safe
- Leadership opportunities - in sports, student council, class, school play
- Inclusiveness - special needs
- New courses to meet needs - Electronics 9/10 (every 2nd year)
- Artists in School
- Access to First Nation AAA Grant - Federal
- Nursery School
- Partnership
- Transport
- Early Childhood Development Grant
- Net Books
- New Music Teacher Hired
- Sports
Group 5
- Offering quality education
- Strong basics
- Caring
- Small numbers
- Sports, Classroom, School plays
- Intervention programs (early years)
- Using technology
- Adapting to society's needs (curriculum)
- Clear reporting to parents and students
- Offer help/communicate with parents and students
- Virtue program
- Teachers going the extra mile to help students
- Extra-curricular
- Support for special needs students
- Home/school connections - book bags
- Nursery school creating readiness
Question #2: What are things that we should be doing to improve the school system?
Group 1
- Music and arts programs
- Senior Years:
- grades given mean the student is done with that learning, rather than being
supported by the teacher to learn as much as they can
- Percentage age mark doesn't show as much caring or challenge
- Elementary students are more passionate about their learning?
- Awards/rewards for doing well
- Intrinsic motivation - how can senior years students be more like early years
students? How to get "back" to "I like to learn"
-Choose
- Exemptions?
- Support more students to be successful beyond high school
- Open up the system to create opportunities for students to learn more, including PRACTICAL life skills and academics - is there a way to create more cross-curricular learning?
Group 2
- Breakfast Program ($1,000)
- Swimming Lessons - Global
- Communicate programming
- Music Program
- Improve the water-testing?
- Consistency of programming and grading
- Student in one area A in another C?
- Communication re: Assessment
- Baseline literacy by end of Gr. 12
- Enrichment programming for students
- Better prepare student for University
- More guidance from Gr. 9-12
Group 3
- Advanced placement
- Specialized courses
- Vocational programs
- Focus on basics in middle/high school
- Spelling
- Math
- More exposure to multiculturalism
- More extra-curricular options
- Supports for distance education
- Challenging students at all levels
- More information about various options
Group 4
- Physical Plant needs air conditioning/proper heat control
- More community/school programs - volunteer/community/service/mentoring/working with seniors
- More autonomy for schools ex. Weather, etc
- More arts programs for smaller schools - music/art/languages/dance
- Keep updating technology
- Lobby government for equal access to high speed internet within the community
- Nutrition programs where needed
- Provide sufficient facilities to promote daily physical education
- Give students more voice in school matters
- Sufficient funds for a broad variety of learning materials eg. Books, magazines, etc.
Group 5
- More course selection for high schools
- Delivery of distance education options for Psychology, US History, Calculus,
World Issues, World History
- Supervision of Independents
- Keep on cutting edge of technology
- Ex Smart Board use and training
- Music/Fine Arts
- More up to date textbooks? Or Transition to more Netbook online resources
- Online licensing for texts from Amazon Kindle or Sony
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