Mission Statement:
We believe that trust relationships are the key to effective educational services. These relationships can only be built through honest, effective, respectful and frequent interpersonal contact. The needs of students are best met through a collaborative consultation approach where students and parents have the right to be, and should be, involved in the decision-making process and education of their children. Personal wants must become secondary to the needs of students. Therefore, a team of equal-status educators working in a consensus or majority decision model will likely be most effective.
Learning Assistance Teacher: Suzanne Walry
Learning Assistance is designed to provide:
- learning support to students requiring skill-building practice
- competency-based Individual Education Plans for students requiring further scaffolding or support with learning outcomes at varying grade levels
- enrichment activities for students/teacher to further continued growth and opportunity in interest areas that are open-ended to provide extra challenge to stretch imagination a development of twentieth-century skills
- collaboration with classroom teachers in creating programs in individual classrooms and school-wide to support the development of all students
- collaboration with parents/guardians throughout the school year
- liaison between our school community and itinerant staff such as the Speech Language Pathologist, Auditory/Vision Specialist, Occupational Therapist, School Psychologist, Counselor, Inclusion Teacher and school administrator
English Language Learner (ELL) Teacher: Suzanne Walry
ELL services are designed to provide:
- language development opportunities for students who are English Language Learners
Inclusion Teachers: Kristina John, Christine Vandertoolen, Evan Lundin
Inclusion Teacher services are designed to:
- work collaboratively with the classroom teacher and school teams to co-plan, co-teach, and co-assess so that all students have access to learning within their classroom communities
- assist school administration to coordinate support staff (CEAs)
- participate as a member of the School-Based Team (SBT)
- provide 1:1 and/or small group instruction for students with diverse abilities and disabilities
- case manage
- develop, implement, and oversee Competency Based Individualized Education Plans (CB-IEPs)
- support classroom teachers in the implementation of the student’s CB-IEP by coaching/mentoring support staff
- design, implement and evaluate programming for students with special needs in K-6 educational settings
- collaborate in developing and implementing school-wide Social Emotional Learning (SEL) supports, programming, and initiatives
- work collaboratively with administrators, teachers, parents, students, certified educational assistants, community support personnel and Inclusive Education colleagues
Student Counselling: Kelly Dawson
Counseling services are designed to:
- facilitate students’ understanding and ability to deal with personal and social matters
- provide service to individuals, or groups within the school setting
- involve consultation with parents, teachers and administrators
- offer developmental, remedial and preventative programs and
- provide a referral service for the school community, to specialized resources both in the school or in the larger community
Indigenous Advocate: Michelle Erdman
Speech Language Pathologist: Kelly Farrelly
Certified Educational Assistants
- Certified Educational Assistants (CEA’s) play a key role in many programs for students with diverse abilities and disabilities performing functions which range from personal care to assisting the teacher with instructional programs