SD8 Strategic Plan

After reading input from some others, I would have to agree that Creston youth would greatly benefit from a middle school.

More teachers and support staff.

Return some form of "Alternate" education to schools.

The standard school model does not fit all students. An alternative educational delivery system is a great benefit and it's cessation has been a loss. KLTF member

Grow a culture where appreciation, curiosity, creativity and capacity support is what admin, staff and students feel, breathe, embody.

There are many social innovations for creating learning organizations - teal leadership, liberating structures, presencing/theory U... It needs to be authentic and with trust.

Increase EA's in all schools. EA have been reduced over the past three years but the need is increasing with undiagnosed students.

There are many reasons EA's are needed but only Autism diagnosis are provided the support in the classroom. Students are behind due to the pandemic. Extra supports are needed for students to be successful yet SD8 has reduced the number of EA's in schools. Wildflower in particular has more than average higher needs students and they have lost an EA position from 5 in 2020, 4 in 2021 and now 3 in 2022.

Investing MUCH more money into technology. Hiring more IT staff.

DRAMA Classes & THEATRE!

Enable more self-directed learning to occur. I would love to see more opportunities to celebrate personal initiatives.

Allow more outdoor, community and environmental learning.

What better way to increase students' sense of well being and self-worth than by bringing them OUT of the classroom to experience themselves in the context of their environment and their communities? This needs to be fostered and made simple for staff and teachers, rather than discouraged through hyper risk-management policies and paperwork.

teach the 4 directions of the Medicine Wheel *(Mental, Emotional, Physical, Spiritual)

Community member

How can you talk about reconciliation when you are excluding Autonomous Sinixt?

I feel like SD8 is doing a great job at this now.

avoid repeating colonial violence: mitigate infectious disease transmission to keep schools accessible even for the most vulnerable students

infectious disease transmission is colonial violence

teach the medicine wheel to all students (Mental, emotional, physical, spiritual)

community member

Lead by example. Less hierarchy in Sd8 would be a start.

Create opportunities for administrators to learn from teachers how needs in their schools could be met. This would require open, authentic communication.

Privatize bussing. A company can come and rent sd8 busses. Far less expensive than paying for drivers and upkeep.

Use data to demonstrate how positions focused on improving learning are actually doing that.

There has been an increase in district staffing: Is student learning improving as a result through enhanced quality of teaching and learning?

Less management more staff to actually carry out the plans. So much management doing so much planning that doing never seems to happen.

Staff Morale

Reduce costs associated with medical leaves and attrition/retraining by dealing with the deplorable worker (teachers and CUPE) morale in SD8. The district has a province-wide reputation. More and more staff are leaving for better treatment and working conditions in neighbouring districts resulting in critical staff shortages in schools.

Less management and more staff in schools. We need more people supporting students on a day-to-day basis.