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Successful Partnerships in Education: Brief Summaries to Inspire Further Action presented by The Education Sector Strategic Plan First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Student Engagement and Graduation Rates Team December 2019 Linda Stanviloff and Coralee Pringle-Nelson SELU Consultants CONTENTS Description of the Project ............................................................................................................................. 1 Background and Overview ............................................................................................................................ 1 Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................................................... 1 Successful Partnership Summaries ............................................................................................................... 2 Christ the Teacher Catholic Schools and the Society for the Involvement of Good Neighbours: Intensive Integrated Services Partnership .................................................................. 2 Creighton School Division and the Flin Flon Aboriginal Friendship Centre: In-house Elder Program at Creighton School .................................................................................. 5 Good Spirit School Division (GSSD), Cote First Nation, and Keeseekoose First Nation: GSSD and the Yorkton Tribal Council (YTC) Partnership .................................................................. 7 Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools and the Central Urban Métis Federation Inc.: Métis Education Alliance ............................................................................................................... 10 Light of Christ Catholic Schools and Living Sky School Division: Battlefords Better Together Team ................................................................................................. 13 Lloydminster Public School Division and the Lloydminster Cultural Science Centre: sōhkāskohtā kimēskanās“Strengthening Your Path" ..................................................................... 17 North East School Division, Kinistin Saulteaux First Nation, and the Saskatoon Tribal Council: Kinawind Partnership ........................................................................... 20 Prairie South School Division and the Wakamow Aboriginal Community Association: Indigenous Advisory Committee .................................................................................................... 23 Prairie Spirit School Division: Prairie Rivers Reconciliation Committee ........................................ 25 Prairie Valley School Division and Cowessess First Nation Community Education Centre: Partnership Agreement .................................................................................... 32 Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division and Muskoday First Nation: Kisēwātotātowin Partnership ........................................................................................................ 34 i | P a g e Saskatoon Public School Division and Whitecap Dakota First Nation: Alliance Agreement ......... 37 Southeast Cornerstone Public School Division, SECPSD Regional Kids First, and the Aboriginal HeadStart Program at Ocean Man, Pheasant Rump, and White Bear First Nations communities: Grandmothers and Grandfathers' Story Circles ................................ 39 Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................... 41 Appendix A .................................................................................................................................... 42 ii | P a g e iii | P a g e DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT The Saskatchewan Ministry of Education and the education sector have articulated goals, actions, and deliverables in the Education Sector Strategic Plan (ESSP) that are designed to improve First Nations, Métis, and Inuit student outcomes. The project goals are to gather information provided by provincial school divisions and First Nations education authorities that describe successful educational partnerships and strategies that support improved achievement for Métis, Inuit, and First Nations learners and to summarize this information into a report that can be disseminated to First Nations education authorities and provincial school divisions. BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW This document is a collaborative effort by school divisions and partners in Saskatchewan that was facilitated by Mr. Robert Bratvold, Director of Education, Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division, on behalf of the ESSP’s First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Student Engagement and Graduation Team. The Saskatchewan Educational Leadership Unit (SELU) provided support for the project. The main section of the document presents information provided directly from school divisions. Divisions utilized a template (Appendix A) to describe in a short summary their best, or evolving practices for enhancing education to improve First Nations, Métis, and Inuit student engagement and graduation rates. These summaries are alphabetically organized by school division for the reader’s convenience. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This work on partnerships flows from the Education Sector Strategic Plan and is one part of the outcome work focused on enhancing education systems to improve First Nations, Métis, and Inuit student engagement and graduation rates. The membership of the outcome team leading this work includes Robert Bratvold, Ken Okanee, Maureen Johns, Barry MacDougall, Brenda Vickers, Sandy Pinay- Schindler, Domenic Scuglia, Tim Caleval, Pat Bugler, Susan Nedelcov-Anderson, and Angella Pinay. The team expresses its appreciation to each of the school divisions and First Nations education authorities that submitted partnership summaries and to the individuals at the Saskatchewan Education Leadership Unit that together made this publication possible. 1 | P a g e SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP TEMPLATES Name of Partnership Project & Partners Involved: Christ the Teacher Catholic Schools and the Society for the Involvement of Good Neighbours Intensive Integrated Services Partnership (IISP) Two to Three Word Descriptor/Category: Integrated Family Supports Description of Partnership Project: Vision Statement: A partnership that strengthens the well-being and safety of families using an integrated services delivery approach. The intensive integrated services model was enacted in 2012 by the Society for the Involvement of Good Neighbours (SIGN) with the hiring of a program manager, the securing of Ministry of Social Services funding, and the formation of an interagency partnership focusing specifically on supports for at-risk children, youth, and their families. This partnership has resulted in a continuum of services that includes: Respite child care Intensive in-home support programs A Community Care Team that supports the assessment of needs and a working together approach to find service solutions for children and their families Parenting programs for parent skill development and peer supports In-home family support programs In addition, the partnership collaboratively focuses to identify service gaps and the impact of these gaps on a per client basis. As such, initiatives such as parent education, front-line staff education, respite coordination, complex needs service coordination, and immediate risk management processes have evolved in our region through this partnership. The partnership meets as a management committee at least annually, but sub- committees of the partnership work formally together a minimum of every 3 weeks. The partners include Society for the Involvement of Good Neighbors (SIGN); Ministry of Social Services (MSS); Ministry of Education, Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC); SK Health Authority Yorkton – Primary Health and Mental Health and Addiction Services; KidsFirst Program Yorkton; Good Spirit School Division; Christ The Teacher Catholic School Division; Kamkids Daycare Inc.; Parkland Early Childhood Intervention Program (PECIP), and SaskAbilities. Outcomes of the Project Families achieve a community standard of safety and well-being while providing an environment suitable for children to remain in the family home The family unit is maintained, and the children/youth are no longer at risk of being placed in the care of MSS The community demonstrates increased opportunities and solutions to provide children and youth with what they need for optimal development 2 | P a g e Individuals and families participate in programs that support their development as healthy individuals, improve their futures, provide learning experiences and increase their opportunities to be involved positively in community supports and activities Individuals and families have improved access to community supports and services that increase their developmental opportunities and enhance quality of life Children, youth and their families identify and use a support system that relies less on intensive human services Parents have increased self-confidence in parenting skills and successfully use practiced positive parenting skills and strategies Parents have improved knowledge of child development and interact with their children in ways that enhance children’s development and early learning Families have opportunities to access respite services with qualified care providers managed by an agency within the partnership Protocol are developed and implemented for partnership