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DPAC Presentation 2018-19 September 26, 2018 Dr. Christine Perkins

Acknowledgement of Indigenous Territory We acknowledge, respect, and honour, the First Nations in whose traditional territories the Kootenay Lake School District operates and all Aboriginal people residing within the boundaries of School District #8.

Mission We focus on excellence for all learners in a nurturing environment.

Vision Focus. Learn. Excel.

Goals • Learning • Organizational Excellence • Engagement • Relationships

Ministry and our goals: • Focus on Achievement – Policy for Student Success – Implementing new policies and programs • Curriculum • Assessments • Graduation Requirements • Learning Resources • Early Years (Child-Care)

On-Going Policy Enhancements • Reporting Policy (K to 9) • Distributed Learning Policy • Special Education / Inclusive Education • International Education Programs • Indigenous Education (TEFA 2) • Mental Health • Career Pathways

Additional Initiatives • Update Funding Model (by March) • Bargaining (CUPE/BCTF) • Trustee Elections – October 20th • Capital Acceleration • Streamlining • Sector Communications • Recognition Programs • OECD Conference

Year 1 – Building Reflection on 2017-2018 • New Superintendent – Listening, engagement, and design – Improved communication, transparency – Want their children to love coming to school – Improved technology – Some Admin. wanted new roles – Teachers wanted professional learning in areas of: Literacy, Numeracy, Indigenization, and Inclusion – All asked for a visible, engaged Superintendent

More Building… leading into Year 2 • Half of District Leadership Team is new – Secretary Treasurer – Michael Price McLellan – Director of Information Technology – Nick Howald – Acting Director of Innovative Learning – Naomi Ross – District Principal of Aboriginal Education – Gail Higginbottom – District Principal of Digital Learning – Rob Simpson

More new… • New PVPs – Erin Gibbs (Crawford Bay) – Jann Schmidt (Salmo Elementary) • Acting roles (hired after June 30) – Paul Luck (Principal of TMS) – Dawn Snell (Vice-Principal of TMS) – Lindsay Mackay (continues as Principal of Blewett) • Welcome back – Kim Jones – Principal of South Nelson

Year 2 - New Facilities – DESK Move Clerical – Deb Van Zanden

New Facilities – DESK at LVR New Principal – Rob Simpson

Year 2 - New Facilities Wildflower Classroom at PCSS – Teacher Linda Farynowski

Year 2 - New Facilities – more Wildflower at PCSS New teacher – Juliet Band

Year 2 - New Grounds work Fields at PCSS – Thank you to our summer crews!

New School year 2018-2019 800 plus staff and students at LVR Best opening ever!

Year 2 - New Facilities Tennis Courts, B-ball courts, and Pickle Ball at LVR Private/Public Partnership that came to us! Opens September 22 at 2 p.m.

Year 2 • New logo – digital image • New website – Strategic Plan – Unique Programs – Kindergarten brochure • New SWAG

Year 2 continued… • New Administration Manual – Huge thank you to Brent Cross and Samara Shaw • Policy Revision – all will be updated to 2018- 2019 by December (Thank you BoE) • Admin Procedures and connection to District Forms • New School Websites in the works

Year 2 continued • New Technology goals • New Financial goals • New Operations, Maintenance, Transportation goals • New HR goals • New Inclusive Learning goals

• New Innovative Learning goals • New Aboriginal Ed goals • New Digital Learning goals • New Early Education goals • New International Education goals • New Mental Health goals • New Career Ed goals • New Reporting goals

Where are you in all of this? You matter. • Board Office is here for you • Directors and PVPs are there for you • Parent Advocates are there for you • Thanks to Board of Education – Policy is there for you

• Policy 310 – Updated Code of Conduct • It is the shared responsibility of students, staff, parents/guardians and the broader community (school community), to demonstrate positive conduct while attending any school or District related activity, at any location.

• All members of the school community have an obligation to: • Support learning • Promote Safety • Respect property, environment, personal space and privacy • Model courtesy, compassion and respect.

All members of the school community must refrain from engaging in any in-person or digital communication or behavior that is considered to be: - Interfering with the learning and working of others; - Bullying, harassing, intimidating, retaliating, discriminating or violence; - Unsafe or illegal including the possession, use or distribution of illegal or restricted substances, or the possession of weapons or replicas.

Samples of inappropriate behaviour include but are not limited to: – Expecting and/or demanding teachers to change a students mark unnecessarily – Writing abrupt and rude emails – Raising a voice in anger – Any violent interaction including intimidation and threats – verbal, written, physical, and psychological – Undermining teacher professionalism – Bad-mouthing a school and/or teacher

We have an excellent process for positive communication and non-violent ways of handling conflict. Brochure is available online. https://www.sd8.bc.ca/node/36728

You are not alone. We are here to support you.

Need your support too… • Especially, for our most vulnerable students • Achievement Gap • Reframe – Opportunity Gap • Need to close our completion rates and need to ensure every child succeeds • Need to ensure all students have the “opportunity” to succeed

Most important goal … Improve achievement for all our children

Literacy • The ability to read and write AND • The ability to have subject knowledge – Computer Literate – Financially Literate – Language Literate – Media Literate – Mental Health Literate – Fine Arts or Trades Literate

Numeracy • We need to help our students develop the ability, confidence and willingness to engage with quantitative and spatial information to make informed decisions in all aspects of daily living.

Indigenization • We need to embrace our local, provincial, and national indigenous peoples, their histories, and their ways of knowing • We need to access language entry points and develop cultural appropriate curricula • We need to be courageous and lead the way for future generations

Inclusion • We need to ensure we create authentic spaces for belonging no matter who someone is or how long they have been here

Let’s • Focus • Learn • Excel Together!

Looking forward to a great year. 2018-2019 Thank you. Dr. Christine Perkins Superintendent/Chief Executive Officer Board of Education, School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) 570 Johnstone Road, Nelson, B.C. V1L 6J2 Cell: 250-505-9625 Email: christine.perkins@sd8.bc.ca Web: www.sd8.bc.ca