Annual Report for the 2018-2019 School Year
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Annual2018-2019 report RIVERSIDE SCHOOL BOARD RiversideOur Schoolmission Board is committed to providing a stimulating and caring environment, which enables all students to achieve personal success. 2 AtVision Riverside School Board, we are RValuesESPECT for diversity, individual passionate about our commitment to differences and the environment. graduate and qualify students who are SUCCESS in fostering engagement, critical thinkers, proficient in English and collaboration, lifelong learning. French, equipped both academically and ELONGING with pride to a safe, caring, socially to fulfill their highest potential B stimulating and inclusive community. and prepared to be contributing, engaged citizens. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Report from the Chair & the Director General . 5 Our Schools. 24 Educational Services. 6 Our Year in Stories �������������������������������������������������������������������������34 Complementary Services. 8 Student Ombudsman’s Report 2018-2019. 42 Adult General Education (AGE) . 10 Report on Riverside’s Commitment to Maintain a Bullying Free and Violence Free Environment . 46 Vocational Education ���������������������������������������������������������������������� 11 Ethics Officer’s Report . 48 Community Learning Centres (CLCs) . .12 Law 17 - Act Respecting Workforce Management and International Students ��������������������������������������������������������������������14 Control (LGCE). 49 Human Resources ����������������������������������������������������������������������������15 Auditor’s Letter �������������������������������������������������������������������������������50 Technology ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������16 Distribution of Revenues . .51 Material Resources ��������������������������������������������������������������������������17 Distribution of Expenditures. 52 Other Important Topics ������������������������������������������������������������������18 School Transportation �������������������������������������������������������������������53 Council of Commissioners . 20 Reporting on the Commitment-To-Success Organigram . 22 Plan 2018-2019 . 54 4 REPORT FROM THE CHAIR & the director general We are pleased to present Riverside School Board’s Annual Report for the 2018-2019 school year. It contains important information about our school board’s operations ranging from a report on our Commitment-to-Success Plan, our situation with regards to our commitment to maintain a bully-free and violence- free environment, our financial statement, the Ombudsman report and many more. But first, here is a brief summary of our services and departments’ highlights. DAN LAMOUREUX Chairman Riverside School Board 1 For information related to one of our schools, please refer to the school’s Governing Board Activity Report. 5 EDUCATIONAL and other staff members working together for enhanced student success. In 2018-2019, these teams were instrumental in steering the services development of the Educational Project and Action Plan within each school. More than ever, School Success Teams were required to find ways to consult and extend collaboration with other stakeholders in their schools. The Educational Services Department offers direct and indirect In 2018-2019, in collaboration with the Technology department and support to school teams, administrators, teachers, students and the adult education provincial RÉCIT, Educational Services also parents in a variety of areas. Some of the key dossiers for which the brought together school and centre teams board-wide through the department is responsible include curriculum, teaching and learning, Technology Planning Committee, this in support of the Digital Action the pedagogical integration of technology and library services, school Plan. Through regular meetings in cohorts of multiple school and daycare programs, the certification of studies, registration, student centre teams at a time, administrators and teachers from all Riverside placement, eligibility and archives. schools and centres reflected collaboratively on the value of the pedagogical integration of technology to support learning. Within the Educational Services Department, the Curriculum Team is essential to the ongoing support of schools through the fostering of The work of Educational Services extends beyond the regular school strong professional collaboration centered on student success. The schedule. Daycare services are offered in 18 of our schools and to all curriculum consultants provide professional development aligned of our elementary clientele. Workshops are offered to the daycare with the Commitment-to-Success Plan, the Educational Projects staff throughout the year in order to ensure the most relevant and the needs specified by the schools. This includes workshops, practices are explored and shared. A full summer school program presentations, small group and one-on-one support, collective is available to serve a wide variety of student needs such as standardization, marking centres, special focus sessions as well as the reinforcement of learning, the opportunity to succeed in school-based and board-wide initiatives. Ongoing partnerships courses not passed during the regular school year, increased with the MEES and universities promote pedagogical practice that levels of success in the subject the following year, timely is reflective and based on current research. A strong collaboration promotion, optimal program or course placement and the among the RÉCIT, librarian and curriculum consultants reflects a deep achievement of academic and personal goals. commitment to the integration of a range of literacy and technology resources and effective practices in the classroom within a rich cultural context. The year 2018-2019 marked the growing strength of the School Success Teams, a board-wide, long-term professional collaboration endeavour involving all elementary and high schools. These teams, one per school, are comprised of the administrator(s), teachers 6 These teams, one per school, are comprised of the administrator(s), teachers and other staff members working together for enhanced student success. working together 7 COMPLEMENTARY plans; helping anxiety in children with autism; how to address sexuality and anxiety with teenagers; anti-violence anti-bullying; and Non- services Violent Crisis Intervention (CPI). Two continuums were developed to help school teams reduce the frequency, intensity and duration of challenging situations within their schools. They provide a wide scope overview of best practices when looking at intervention in schools aimed to support students During the 2018-2019 school year, the Complementary Services Team, presenting with behavioural difficulties. The Intervention Continuum in collaboration with school administrators, teachers and support staff, focusses primarily on structured times, whereas the Preventive continued to address the increasing number of students with various Strategies for Transitions Times continuum focusses on unstructured exceptionalities in all spheres of school life including academic and and transition times. It is recommended that both continuums be used social/emotional growth and well-being. in tandem to help support school teams. Phase two will be to present the resources, and to support with its implementation in our schools. Supporting teacher proficiency in the area of language development continued to be an area of focus. Speech and Language Pathologists Training for the Sexuality Health Education program (SHE) was (SLP) developed and presented a new intervention model to all provided to all elementary school teachers. A parent session and elementary schools in preparation for the 2019-2020 school year. The parent videos were also created to support parent understanding objective was to provide professional development to teachers, and of the program. The implementation and training will continue to provide to as many students as possible, research based prevention throughout the 2019-2020 school year. models and intervention strategies. The model will be implemented in the 2019-2020 school year. The Complementary Services team also continued to work closely with the Centres of Excellence, which serve the English educational The Special Education Consultant team developed a new community in Québec. This close collaboration ensured that Riverside Individualized Education Plan (IEP). Sixteen of our elementary schools School Board professionals are knowledgeable about current research piloted the new IEP. Feedback from our schools was positive and the and best practices related to special needs. This contributed to implementation will continue throughout the 2019-2020 school year the sustained delivery of quality support and training to Riverside in both the elementary and high school sectors. students and staff. Ongoing training on the following topics were offered to teachers: Developmental Literacy Continuum, Daily 5 and SoundPrints. Special Supporting teacher Education Consultants were also available to support teachers in the establishment of adaptations and modified programs. Professional proficiency in the area development sessions were specifically planned for Attendants and Special Education Technicians on the following topics to support of language development students with a diagnosis: Supporting students with IEPS and action continued to be an area of focus. 8 supporting students 9 ADULT GENERAL EDUCATION (AGE) Our SARCA agent (Services d’accueil, de référence,