Strategic Plan 2018-2023
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You’ll find us here 570 Johnstone Road, Nelson, British Columbia Canada V1L 6J2 250-352-6681 sd8.bc.ca Strategic Plan 2018-2023 STUDENTS CELEBRATING THE OUTDOORS AT KOOTENAY LAKE • Slocan Valley n • Salmo Crawford Bay • Creston • Kaslo • Nelso SD 8 Kootenay Lake - Strategic Plan 2018-2023 SD 8 Kootenay Lake - Strategic Plan 2018-2023 SD8 Catchment Message from the Board of Education Pass Nicholson £¤95 Parson The Board of Education believes direction or making budget decisions. £¤1 ! ! every child should be supported to Collaboratively we work towards the goals Revelstoke Castledale 19 reach their fullest potential. We strive of Learning, Organizational Excellence, Spillimacheen ! to prepare our students for a world Relationships and Engagement, which we ! Brisco Revelstoke that is changing at an exponential believe will best provide the sustenance Edgewater ! rate. We recognize that children for each student’s success. Radium ! Beaton Hot Springs Kootenay learn in all environments, their Lake Wilmer ! homes, their communities, as well We also believe students can enlighten Windermere 8 Invermere ! ! as, their classrooms. Because of this us in broadening our perspective on how Vernon Panorama ! Gerrard 22 Arrow ! Fairmont understanding, all Board committees: best to support their learning; we intend Lakes Hot Springs ! 10 £¤31 Education, Policy and Governance, to engage them through establishing Toby Creek ! Howser and Finance and Operations, include student trustees, student councils, student Shoreholme ! Canal Flats ! Canal Flats all trustees, district and school voice, and offer as many opportunities ! Argenta Nakusp Premier administrators, parents, teachers, and as possible for them to present and Lake ! support staff. speak to us. We value their voice at ! Skookumchuck our table. School District 8 is proud New Denver Kaslo Burton ! Silverton Ta Ta Creek Wasa Every discussion starts with the student of our accomplishments, embrace our ! ! Rocky Mountain 6 at the forefront. Committee members challenges, and know that together we Ainsworth ! Hot Springs ! Riondel contribute their perspectives resolving will adjust to the ever-changing horizon Edgewood Slocan Kimberley ! Fo ! ! Queens Bay ! Wycliffe recommendations for the Board’s ahead of us to maximize our students’ Perrys ! ! Cranbrook Proctor consideration before determining success. Winlaw ! district policies, resolving educational Taghum ! Southeast Nelson Kootenay ! Kootenay-Columbia £¤31 ! 5 Moyie ! 20 Glade Renata Thrums! Robson! Wynndel Kitchener ! ! Castlegar Salmo ! Boundary ! Yahk Creston Erickson 51 Rossland Fruitvale £¤3 ! ! Kingsgate Rykerts Christina ! Grand Forks ! Lake Trail ey U S A I 0 12.5 25 50 BC Stats:2011 Kilometers We acknowledge, respect and honour the First Nations in whose traditional territories the Kootenay Lake School District operates and all Indigenous people residing within the boundaries of School District #8. • Slocan Valley n • Salmo Crawford Bay • Creston • Kaslo • Nelso 1 42 SD 8 Kootenay Lake - Strategic Plan 2018-2023 SD 8 Kootenay Lake - Strategic Plan 2018-2023 Our Vision First People’s Principles of Learning We focus on excellence for all learners in a Our work is guided by the following principles: nurturing environment. Learning ultimately supports the well-being of the self, the family, the community, the land, the spirits, and the ancestors. Learning is holistic, reflexive, reflective, experiential and relational (focused on connectedness, on reciprocal relationships, and a sense of place). Learning involves recognizing the consequences of one’s actions. CROSS-COUNTRY RUN LAKESIDE PARK Learning involves generational roles and Our Mission responsibilities. Learning recognizes the role of indigenous knowledge. Learning is embedded in memory, history, and story. Learning involves patience and time. Learning requires exploration of one’s identity. Learning involves recognizing that some knowledge is sacred and only shared with permission and/or in certain situations. Focus Learn Excel • Slocan Valley n • Salmo Crawford Bay • Creston • Kaslo • Nelso 3 64 SD 8 Kootenay Lake - Strategic Plan 2018-2023 SD 8 Kootenay Lake - Strategic Plan 2018-2023 OECD* Principles of Learning Goals Our Board of Education is committed to the following goals for all learners in School District #8 Learners at the centre • Learning: Literacy, numeracy, inclusion, indiginenization. • Organizational Excellence: Strategic Plan, Facilities Plan, Financial Plan, Technology Plan. Learning is social • Relationships: Resilience: mental wellness; nurturing students, staff and families to excel. • Engagement: Students first; Students, staff, community participation and leadership - local, provincial, global. Emotions are integral to learning Individual differences matter All students need to be stretched Clear expectations, formative feedback Horizontal connections promote deep understanding *Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development LIFELONG EXPLORATIONS TRAFALGAR MIDDLE SCHOOL • Slocan Valley n • Salmo Crawford Bay • Creston • Kaslo • Nelso 5 86 SD 8 Kootenay Lake - Strategic Plan 2018-2023 SD 8 Kootenay Lake - Strategic Plan 2018-2023 Learning Learning Goal: We provide opportunities for all students to reach the following goals: With a system-wide focus on intellectual, human and social, and career development our schools have a strong focus on academic success with a foundation of literacy, numeracy, and transitions. We support learners from pre-Kindergarten through to post- secondary, providing multiple pathways and a focus for all learners. All learners are welcome and supported in a variety of ways. Understand, critically Understand, respect We ensure that all learners have access to educational programs analyze, and create and respond to the to be successful through our: a variety of communication diverse needs of all of forms, including oral, written, our learners. • Compassionate, highly professional staff, visual, digital, and multimedia. • Responsive learning environments, • Safe and welcoming schools, • Inclusion team, LITERACY INCLUSION • Distance education program, and • Ability to offer voice, choice and flexibility. LEARNING EXCELLENCE NUMERACY INDIGENIZATION RELATIONSHIPS Measures ENGAGEMENT Understand and apply Understand indigenous mathematical concepts, perspectives and knowledge • % of students reading by grade level • Numeracy Assessment processes, and skills as a part of the historical and • Grad Rates • Past provincial exams to solve problems in a contemporary foundation of • Completion Rates (Presentations of learning, variety of contexts. British Columbia and Canada, • Report Cards (Student-led conferences) Portfolios) and that Indigenous content is a • Meeting goals of IEPs • Successful Transitions (Strong part of the learning journey for • Satisfaction Surveys (Academic Start through K-12, 16) all learners. perception questions) • Capstone Projects • Transitions to Post-Secondary & Career • Teacher anecdotal reports • Parent perceptions • Interview data (Grad Trans meetings) • Literacy Assessment • Slocan Valley n • Salmo Crawford Bay • Creston • Kaslo • Nelso 7 108 SD 8 Kootenay Lake - Strategic Plan 2018-2023 SD 8 Kootenay Lake - Strategic Plan 2018-2023 Organizational Excellence Organizational Excellence How our system as a whole supports student learning Goal: Renew and implement Strategic Plan, Facilities Plan, Financial Plan, Technology Plan Board of Education Trustees 9 + Student Trustees & Student Voice Standing Committees Education Committee Finance & Operations Committee Policy & Governance Committee Students 5000 Finance Budget 18/19: approx $65M Operating: $55M Special Purpose: $7M Capital: $3M LEARNING Employees EXCELLENCE Teachers: 346 HC 292 FTE RELATIONSHIPS TTOCs: 148 HC ENGAGEMENT CUPE: 310 HC 241 FTE Measures CUPE Casuals: 86 HC Management/PVP: 13 HC 12.8 FTE Personalized Learning Opportunities • Qualitative Data: photos videos, Exempt: 32 HC 32 FTE Student Voice etc. Total: 935 HC* 578 FTE* Percentage of students who: • District Satisfaction survey - Participate in Visual Arts • Update of and progress reports Operations - Participate in Performing Arts on all plans Maintained: 91,000 m2 - Participate in Media Arts • Alignment of policies to Strategic Number of schools: 23 - Participate in Culturally-based courses Plan, Facilities Plan, Financial - Participate in Language courses Plan, Technology Plan Transportation - Participate in Trades • Update of administrative Minimum kms per day: 4770 - Participate in Work Experience procedures to align with board Size of fleet: 50 buses in total - Participate in Athletics policy 33 bus routes and 17 spare buses - Participate in Extracurricular activities • Engaged employees who are Field Trips: 2000+/year (clubs etc.) proud to work for SD8 • Slocan Valley n • Salmo Crawford Bay • Creston • Kaslo • Nelso *HC = Head count *FTE = Full Time Equivalent 9 1210 SD 8 Kootenay Lake - Strategic Plan 2018-2023 SD 8 Kootenay Lake - Strategic Plan 2018-2023 Relationships Relationships In order to have great relationships we know we need Physical K to 12 exemplars include but are not limited to: to inspire, model, and promote wellness, resilience, grit, • Action Schools! BC Student Leadership confidence, and courage. These initiatives also reflect • BC Fruit and Vegetable Nutrition Program the teachings of the Medicine Wheel, an indigenous • School Based Breakfast Programs perspective that emphasizes balance within the whole • School Based Hot Lunch programs IH Cook it,