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School District 28, Quesnel
Planning Information
(don't use) 1. SD28 Aboriginal Enhancement Agreement
School History
The Aboriginal Education Council (AEC) is a collaboration between the ‘Estilaght’en, Lhoosk’uzt’en, Lhtakot’en, Ndazkhot’en, the North Cariboo Métis Association, the Quesnel Tillicum Society, and School District No. 28 (Quesnel). The AEC acknowledges and honours the special relationship that exists with the First Nations in whose unsurrendered traditional territories we operate. This Aboriginal Education Enhancement Agreement has been developed, and will be implemented, with the guidance and approval of the AEC with the vision and spirit of improving educational outcomes and achieving education equity for all Aboriginal students within the School District’s jurisdiction.
Vision
The purposes of this Enhancement Agreement are:
· to ensure Aboriginal students achieve at least the same social and academic success as the general student population
· to honour and actively support the revitalization of the histories, cultures, governance and languages of the First Nations whose traditional and adopted territories are served by School District No. 28.
Mission Statement
Principles
· Academic performance areas for improvement are those where there is assurance reliable data can be:
-related to Aboriginal student academic achievement and tracked over time; and
-effectively used to implement interventions.
·Social performance areas for improvement are those where there is assurance reliable data can be:
-related to inclusion and social responsibility and tracked over time
-related to Aboriginal student, parent, family, community satisfaction tracked over time; and
-effectively be used to implement interventions.
The Comprehensive Improvement Plan developed by the Aboriginal Education Council and School District No. 28 as well as School Growth Plans for Aboriginal Education will align this Enhancement Agreement and its processes.
The initial improvement targets will be a 3 per-cent annual increase in each academic and social success goal specified. The targets will be re-assessed annually.
The data for assessing the targets will be reported in the School District No. 28 (Quesnel) Annual Report on Aboriginal students.
Values
Implementation Provisions
Provisionally, unless otherwise indicated, a 3 percent annual increase to the baseline will apply as a target. To establish provisional targets for succeeding years, add an additional 3 percent each year, working from the original Aboriginal baseline. The provisional targets set by this process will be reassessed annually by the Aboriginal Education Council to ensure they are: reasonable and attainable, and represent meaningful progress toward equitable achievement outcomes for Aboriginal students.
School Administration Contacts
Keith Spencer, Principal Aboriginal Education
Novalee Humphries, Secretary
School Planning Council Members
Aboriginal Education Council
Alexandria Band - Gloria Jackson
Friendship Centre - Donelda Mitchell
Kluskus Band - Veronica Cassam
Red Bluff Band - TBA
Nazko Band - Laura Boyd
Metis Association - Richard Nault
Director of Instruction - Sue Ellen Miller
Trustee - Caroline Nielsen
Trustee (alternate) - Louis Scott
Keith Spencer - District Principal, Aboriginal Education