Focus: What happens when we give students choice, flexible grouping and targeted lessons to address writing skills and development?
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Focus: To include all students and staff members in a whole school inquiry focused on ‘The Sacred Teaching of Respect’.
Focus: To build a deeper understanding of the diversity of Indigenous nations and communities in Canada, through an exploration of traditional and contemporary Indigenous music and musicians.
Focus: In what way will creating an intentional focus on Indigenous learning and our Indigenous students impact students’ sense of belonging and student success?
Focus: What does Reconciliation in Action look like to an Alternate Student?
Focus: For our first year we focused on the development and growth of cultural identity for our Indigenous students, in a new school that hasn’t yet had time to establish a strong sense of community and place.
Focus: On First Peoples Principles of Leaning, goal setting, story-telling and morning meetings.
Focus: Around Math Identity and self-assessment — we have worked to encourage development of student’s positive identities in Math, by exploring how students feel about themselves as Math Learners and by challenging ideas of what Math can be by introducing ideas of Indigenous perspectives to Mathematical thinking and through ongoing reflective assessment.
Focus: How can we make reconciliation more visible at Howe Sound Secondary School?
Focus: To align math programs with new curriculum and our beliefs on how children best learn.
Focus: To engage students in an outdoor classroom, while learning alphabet letters and sounds.
Focus: To continue to implement the Four Questions so that learners are able to use them to self-reflect on their learning and move forward with their learning journey, and to expand the Four Questions beyond the Indigenous student population and introduce the questions into a classroom setting.
Focus: Addressing full learning program for each student, including cultural learning.
Focus: How will the direct teaching of mental and physical health improve student success?
Focus: Creating a tri-lingual community collaborated Indigenous-like story-telling book (French, English, Secwepemc).
Focus: To continue our journey focusing on how increasing Indigenous cultural awareness and understandings at Ballenas contribute to holistic reconciliation and the TRC’s calls to action for education.
Focus: How can we deepen our understanding and appreciation of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ language with our learning spaces and our school communities?
Focus: To support students in finding connections with others and develop a deeper sense of self.
Focus: To begin a journey in becoming more knowledgeable about Aboriginal Education and protocols, while incorporating Aboriginal Education into all areas of the curriculum — with a focus on Social Studies.
Focus: On numeracy, specifically how we can promote flexible and deeper thinking in math.