Judi Hunter – Ward 5 Trustee
The Board received the Superintendent’s report which highlighted the work that has been achieved with the fourth year of the Rock View Division’s Four plan.
Safe and Caring Learning Environments
Moving in our fourth year of the 4-year plan, all schools are expected to have an in school PBIS Team in place, and to be actively engaged in the implementation of the Positive Behaviour and Interventions. To continue to support this work, this year two Learning Support Specialists shifted their work to PBIS Coaches. The coaches work alongside school-based teams and divisional team members to guide implementation of behaviour support plans and support school teams in ongoing assessment of the effectiveness of identified strategies through review, reflection, and data collection. Administration has also increased professional learning options focused on the importance of an aligned approach and response to addressing behaviour, social emotional learning, and mental health. We are confident all schools will be engaged in initial or full PBIS implementation by the end of June 2023.
Making Learning Visible
MyBlueprint continues to roll out across the district. myBlueprint is a Canadian-based online educational planning tool that provides a platform for students to explore and document their academic and vocational interests, eventually creating a step-by-step roadmap to achieve their goals. Tech for Learning specialists and teachers together to discover new ways of engaging students and assisting them to own and share their learning. The Technology for Learning tech team has been engaged in significant distribution of devices to support this work across the district including 975 chromebooks, 100 teacher MacBooks, 50 projectors, and 75 Wi-Fi access points.
Assessment Practices
Schools are sifting to understand how assessment drives instruction through inclusionary practices. Both large scale assessment, and classroom- based assessment practices are at the forefront of conversations via book clubs, professional learning as well as the High School Assessment Working Group. This shift is connected enhanced inclusion, instructional practices, and student engagement. There has been intentional collaboration of the learning supports, technology for learning, Indigenous learning, and instructional leadership learning specialists to understand each other’s roles work and how they can collaborate to provide stronger service to children and classrooms.
Staff continues with the implementation of the RVS Assessment Schedule and ensuring practices align with student literacy and numeracy needs as evidenced via assessment.
New Curriculum
Staff continues with current new curriculum implementation and plans for next phase of implementation in the fall of 2023 which includes ELAL (English Language Arts and Literacy) grades 4-6, Math grades 4-6, Fine Arts K-3, Science K-3, French Immersion Language Arts and Literature K-3.
Future Directions:
Plans for the second half of the 2022-2023 school year:
- Release and begin implementation of the Instruction and Assessment Practice Guide
- Continue with the implementation of the RVS Assessment Schedule and ensuring practices align with student literacy and numeracy needs as evidenced via assessment
- The RVS Writing Assessment is in development and may be piloted this spring
- Engage with a new vendor to replace the SOS-Q (Student Orientation to School Questionnaire) to capture information and guide supports for student wellness
- Continue with current new curriculum implementation and plan for next phase of implementation in the fall of 2023 which includes ELAL grades 4-6, Math grades 4-6, Fine Arts K-3, Science K-3, French Immersion Language Arts and Literature K-3
- Pilot data collection on student behavior via module in Dossier.
