NOTICE OF MEETING Vancouver School Board Secretary-Treasurer’s Office Committee III: December 6, 2013 Ken Clement Cherie Payne Patti Bacchus Fraser Ballantyne Ken Denike Mike Lombardi Allan Wong Sophia Woo Rob Wynen Nick Milum, Student Trustee Steve Cardwell, Superintendent of Schools Dear Sir or Madam: Notice of Meeting A Meeting of the Education and Student Services Committee (Committee III) will be held in Committee Room # 120 of the Education Centre, 1580 West Broadway, Vancouver, British Columbia, on Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at 5:00 pm Yours truly, Rick Krowchuk Secretary-Treasurer Senior Maureen Ciarniello Mark Pearmain Staff: Denise Johnson Catherine Jamieson Brian Kuhn Rob Schindel Lisa Landry Janet Stewart Jim Meschino Ian Wind Reps: Sylvia Metzner, VSTA Alt: Dan Graves, VESTA Jody Polukoshko, VESTA Doug Matear, VASSA Irfan Sheikh, VASSA Deena Kotak, VEPVPA Shannon Burton, VEPVA Cathy Hasley, PASA Ron Bergeron, PASA Stefanie Gajdecki, DPAC Diana Day or Melanie Antweiler, DPAC Warren Williams, CUPE Loc 15 Lois Holmlund, CUPE 15 c/o Tim DeVivo, IUOE John Pesa, Trades Doug Oates, Trades Brent Boyd, CUPE 407 Duva Karunakara, VDSC Others: Secretary-Treasurer’s Office Ed. Centre Engineers District Parents B. Ostrom Kurt Heinrich Rentals Chris Allen Cafeteria Lynda Bonvillain Maisie Louie VANCOUVER SCHOOL BOARD COMMITTEE MEETING COMMITTEE III – EDUCATION AND STUDENT SERVICES Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at 5:00 pm Room 120, VSB Education Centre AGENDA Presentation by Delegation Presenter 1. Prince of Wales Mini Schools Update (5:00 - 5:10pm) Doug Campbell PW Pac Items for Information 2. 2012-2013 CommunityLINK Activity Report Ron Bergeron Christine Macer 3. Strong Start Programs Update Colleen Dickie 4. Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Advisory Committee Lisa Pedrini - Terms of Reference Angela Brown 5. BCSTA Motion Ken Clement Date and Time of Next Meeting January 15, 2014 at 5:00 pm in Room 120 December 6, 2013 TO: Committee III ITEM 2 FROM: Ron Bergeron, District Principal Alternative Programs Community School Teams Christine Macer, Supervisor CommunityLINK and Alternative Programs RE: CommunityLINK Report 2012-2013 A CommunityLINK report is submitted annually to the Ministry of Education in order to provide a full account of the use of CommunityLINK funding. The grant to the district for 2011-12 was $8.761 million. The CommunityLINK Report and the CommunityLINK Activity Report are provided to Committee III for information. We look forward to presenting this information to you at the meeting on December 11, 2013. 2012‐13 CommunityLINK Activity Report Submitted to the Vancouver Board of Education Trustees December 2013 Table of Contents Report Overview ....................................................................................................................................... 3 Purpose of CommunityLINK ...................................................................................................................... 3 VSB Allocation of CommunityLINK funds .................................................................................................. 3 Challenges to implementation of CommunityLINK in 2012‐13 ................................................................ 4 Supervision of CommunityLINK ................................................................................................................ 4 CommunityLINK directions and changes in 2012‐13 ................................................................................ 5 Initiatives Under CommunityLINK ................................................................................................................. 7 Nutrition Programs ................................................................................................................................... 7 Community Schools Teams ....................................................................................................................... 7 CST Teacher ........................................................................................................................................... 9 CST Youth and Family Worker............................................................................................................. 10 CST Community Schools Coordinator ................................................................................................. 12 Partnerships ........................................................................................................................................ 15 Grants and Value in kind ..................................................................................................................... 16 Alternative Program Youth and Family Workers .................................................................................... 17 Small Grants to Schools .......................................................................................................................... 20 School Aged Children and Youth (SACY) for 2012‐2013 ......................................................................... 20 KidSafe .................................................................................................................................................... 22 Moving forward ‐ Plans for 2013‐14 ....................................................................................................... 24 List of Appendices ................................................................................................................................... 27 2 Report Overview This document is an overview of CommunityLINK funded activities for the 2012‐13 school year in the Vancouver Board of Education. The document will be sent to the Ministry of Education to accompany School District 39 2012‐13 CommunityLINK report in December 2012. This document is presented in a similar format as the previous year in order to allow for comparisons to be made. The only significant change the exclusion of the CST Hub Summary pages, which have not been generated at this time. Purpose of CommunityLINK CommunityLINK (Learning Includes Nutrition and Knowledge) provides funding to Boards of Education to support vulnerable students in academic achievement and social functioning. The funding helps school districts provide services such as nutrition programs, community school programs and school‐ based support workers for vulnerable children and youth. The Ministry of Education defines “vulnerable students” as those students who may be at risk in terms of academic achievement and social functioning. These students primarily come from less affluent socio‐ economic backgrounds. (http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/communitylink/). VSB Allocation of CommunityLINK funds CommunityLINK funds in the VBE are allocated to the following areas to support vulnerable students: School Meal Program Community Schools Teams (CST) (12 hub teams: Community Schools Coordinator, Teacher, Youth and Family Worker, and part time Activity Programmers) Alternative Program Youth and Family Workers Small grants to Inner City Schools SACY (1.7 FTE) Parent Connect facilitator (0.1FTE) KidSafe (1.0 FTE Community Schools Coordinator/Executive Director) and meals Reading Recovery Teachers (2.0FTE) Counsellor (Britannia) (1.0FTE) The breadth and depth with which vulnerable students can receive support under this allocation will be described in the appropriate sections below. 3 Challenges to implementation of CommunityLINK in 2012‐13 Reporting on how many vulnerable students exist in the district and how many were served by CommunityLINK funding, as requested by the Ministry of Education, continues to be a challenge in a district this size. The challenge centers on a number of issues including not having a consistent process by which to identify these students and the fact the Community School Teams do receive funding from other sources that require universal programs to be delivered. In addition, it is very difficult to separate CommunityLINK funding from that of other sources. Defining vulnerability is further discussed in the direction and changes 2012‐13 section on the following page. Supervision of CommunityLINK In 2012‐13 the position of Supervisor, CommunityLINK and Alternative Programs has continued to be extremely instrumental in numerous ways including: Representation at various partner /funding tables; Direct support for and supervision of CommunityLINK staff; Alignment of CommunityLINK activities to meet VSB standards in risk management, accounting, and human resources; Orientation for new staff members; Fundraising and district coordination of grants; Development and maintenance of district‐level partnerships; Meeting reporting requirements for major funders; Administering post‐secondary grants on behalf of funders to alternative program students. Implementing professional development and training opportunities for staff under CommunityLINK; Working closely with VBE departments to ensure alignment of service & supports Supporting the District Principal, Alternative Programs & CommunityLINK with administrative duties This is a snapshot of the activities of the Supervisor, CommunityLINK and Alternative Programs and illustrates just how extensive the positive impact of this position has been. 4 CommunityLINK directions and changes in 2012‐13 Work continues to better align CST roles with the CommunityLINK mandate and to best complement support systems already in place in the VBE. In 2012‐13 we continued to emphasize the unique ability of the CST