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Improving student outcomes |
By June 2024, additional phonemic awareness and decoding strategies will be integrated into the K-2 literacy program to improve student reading and writing skills.
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Sept. 2023 K-3 CTs will attend UFLI training Oct. 18 Grade 1-3 teachers will meet with Literacy Coaches to prepare for implementation Term 2 UFLI will be implemented full time in the Grades 1 and 2 literacy programs Davison School uses a variety of programs to promote student success such as:
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Melissa Ball, Laurie Koval, Tadyn Martinook (Intern), Melanie Kreklewich |
UFLI Manual and website Intervention Resources Magnetic Letters & Cookie Sheets |
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Implementing the "Inspiring Success" Policy. |
Davison School will work to empower our staff and students to become leaders. |
We are working on inspiring success in our staff by doing various PD events.
Davison School will inspire success in our students by promoting the following (all currently running).
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Administrator SCC
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Call to Action document SCC Award Application |
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Developing GSSD leaders. |
By June 2025, Davison Grade 6 students will successfully lead a weekly family pack program engaging all K-6 students in collaborative activities to build school community and sense of belonging during the winter months. |
June 2025 We successful ran student led intramurals until spring - all grades could attend. January 2025 Dog Pack Assembly took place January 20th where we came up with a howl for each team. Intramurals started January 21st, 2025. Little Pups am recess, Big Dogs pm recess. We are continuing with grade 6 mindful minute and team spirit Tuesday. 
November 2024
December Staff Meeting
January-March (With the possibility of starting in December due to weather).
Davison School will continue to celebrate Team Spirit Tuesdays every week. Grade 6 students take turns reading a mindful moment on the announcements. Started October 15, 2024. |
Mrs. Bruce (Grade 6 teacher) Mrs. Kirschman |
Schedule was announced in January. Schedule: to be announced in December |
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Ensuring consistent practices across GSSD schools. |
Davison School Value Award Assemblies will include student led sharing of stories and resources to provide a consistent message of the next month's focus value. Each assembly will also celebrate students accomplishments and promote/acknowledge school activities. We would like approach staff to add a “Monthly Highlight Reel” video to our assemblies which could include things like athletics, classroom celebrations, value award winners or caught doing values, field trip pictures. This could also be a leadership role potentially later on. This would play as student are entering and exiting the gym to help with assembly transition and total time. Potentially teachers would be asked to submit approx. 3 pictures per month to add to this slideshow. The “Golden Duster” award will continue to celebrate a classroom’s commitment to respecting their space, keeping it clean and showing appreciation for our school. Miss Nashiem will select a monthly class winner and present them with the “Golden Duster” to display in the classroom until the next assembly. We have extended the responsibility of cleaning up the playground equipment to include all students instead of a Grade 6 leadership role. We all belong on the playground and all share the responsibility to clean it up and show respect. |
Davison School Value awards assemblies will include student led sharing of stories and resources to provide a consistent message of the next month’s focus value. We will continue to take pictures of monthly award winners and teams & groups to display in the Hall of Fame. There is a Highlight reel video that is posted on Davison School Edsby. 
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Administrator Classroom Teachers |
Golden Duster Award Monthly Awards Highlight Reel (Video) |
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Delivering high-quality teaching and learning resources. |
Davison School is committed to delivering high quality teaching and learning resources. |
Davison will use resources recommended by the GSSD such as Under One Sun and Truth and Reconciliation kits. We will be doing our One Book, One School initiative in March 2025.  The library is consistently filtering books in and out of the library, buying new resources and adding diversity to our selection using money from the Resource Centre materials budget. |
Grade 1 and 2 teachers One Book, One School committee Library Tech Administrator |
Under One Sun Truth and Reconcilation kits Library Books One Book, One School book |
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Enhancing mental health and well-being for students and staff. |
1. All staff will be aware of trauma inducing spaces and practices. We have had one training on trauma informed practices. 2. At a staff meeting we will be revisiting the TERT protocol and be informed as a staff on steps necessary in a situation. As of January 31st. 2025 we are still waiting on the updated TERT protocol in order to revisit it as a staff. 3. By June 2025 Davison School will incorporate mindfulness strategies into their classroom plan/routine. All classroom teachers incorporate some type of mindfulness into their classroom routine. 4. By June 2025 Davison School will have awards for each classroom according to the Circle of Courage model. The Circle of Courage is under review at this time so we will wait to move forward with this. Once this is completed, we will use this new information to help inform how we create our awards. 5. By September 2025, Davison School may be training teachers, SST and principal in using mindful language. More information will be shared as it becomes available.
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Classroom mindfulness moments shared with staff at staff meetings. As a staff we can compile the data to record our school's Mindfulness Strategies. All staff are encouraged to be trained in Mental Health Literacy from Alberta Health (Dr. Kutcher) to create consistent language and practice in our school community. Currently we have 2 staff members trained. How can your approach be more holistic?
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Sharing Mindfulness Strategies at Staff Meetings: Create a schedule in Edsby for staff meeting sharing (10 minutes max) - Shaelyn/Anna Staff - submit staff meeting time to present on Edsby Mental health committee note taking: 1 each staff meeting scheduled/sign up sheet in Edsby Google Doc created to summarize each staff members presentation. There were two people who shared School Counsellor: TERT
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Posting strategies in Edsby (Staff Room) as a collective. Once a month a member of the Mental Health group will post a resource, strategy or link. Staff trained in NVCI. Mindfulschools.org Mentalhealthliteracy.org FRIENDS curriculum (Grades 1, 4 and 6) https://virtualcalmingroom.net/ (newly added) |
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Offering safe and inviting facilities. |
By February 2025, Davison school will participate in Bell Let’s Talk Day. By January 2026, the expanding mental health and wellness group will ensure that a folder with resources is shared at the January staff meeting to support teachers in highlighting this day. |
Davison School is committed to making our school and playground an inviting and safe place to be. In October 2023 we had a fence area installed for our PreK students. This will give students a safe place to play as well an opportunity to be outside more often. It will also serve as a drop off and pick up location for parents. In August 2024 we had a cement sidewalk poured to access more of the playground in a safe and equitable manner. All students at Davison school can now access many areas of the playground without mobility barriers. When we talk it is a safe place to share. We build capacity to promote equity/inclusion through “spaces” acknowledging their importance. January 2025 we will participate in Bell Let’s Talk Day by being open to talking about our story. By February 2025 there will be visual representation throughout the school environment to show that we have participated in Bell's Let's Talk Day
Visual representation in hallways, library, entrances, etc. Sharing mindful strategies with families on our website and through the school newsletter, communicating with SCC on said strategies and spaces to promote our Mental Health Literacy.
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All Staff School Counsellor Collaboration with SCC
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Bell Let's Talk resources available on website Books on Mindfulness
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Promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion. |
Combine with Mental Health Plan. |
Approach Robert Severight, Indigenous Worker, to come into our school to give knowledge on equity and inclusion. |
Contact GSSD office for Indigenous Worker: Lisa Marie emailed on Nov. 8, 2024 an invitation for a virtual/in person sharing session. |
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Upholding clear, high-quality Board of Education Policies |
GSSD Board Policies will be reviewed at each regular board meeting. Updates and revisions will be tracked, and the newly revised policies will be communicated to the sector using the From the Board Report.
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It is important that all GSSD staff are kept up to date with changes within the division. The principal will share any new APs (or updates on APs) and division communication with Davison School staff. |
Administration |
Communications from GSSD |
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Focusing on educational approaches that prioritize student success. |
Davison School staff will commit to making sure all students at our school feel safe and respected and are able to succeed. By June 2025, we will have implemented the K-3 structured literacy program and 4-6 will have implemented blended learning. |
 January 2025 - Grade 1-3 Used the Lens & CC3 assessment to assess all students. We have now placed students in specific intervention groups to follow Dr. George G.'s intervention plan. Grade 1 -3 is using daily vocabulary, decodables, phonemic awareness, word ladders. Daily in the classroom grade 1 and 2 are using UFLI and grade 3 is using phonics companion to assist whole class instruction and daily phonics instruction. Grade 4-6 - Grade 4 is doing blended learning pop ups and a flipped science classroom. Grade 5 is doing coding and working with Michelle Morley with the Dash Robots (Logics? Academy). Grade 6 is doing Math Up! with math matters pop up sessions. September 2024 - Grade 1-3 attended 3 half day learning sessions with Dr. George G. They will be implementing a Structured Literacy Framework including these three strands of the Literacy Arch: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Vocabulary. Fluency and Reading Comprehension will be to follow naturally after.
Davison School is committed to learning about Trauma and becoming a Trauma Integrated school. |
All Davison Staff Mrs. Ball (K) Mrs. Koval (Grade 1) & Mrs. Kreklewich (Grade 2) & Ms. Kemp (Grade 3). Mrs. Kirschman (Grade 4), Ms. Senyk (Grade 5) & Mrs. Bruce (Grade 6). |
Phonics Companion Heggerty Bug Club Decodables (Spark) UFLI Resources Trauma Resources Blended Learning PLC and resources provided by Michelle and Shawn Access to Logics Academy Minecraft Education and AI Dr. George G. |
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Allocating resources to improve experiences for students, staff, and the community. |
Davison School will allocate money for resources to support student success. |
Davison School administrator will allocate funds for programs such as Heggerty, UFLI, Rime Magic, LLI and Precision Reading to promote student success.
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Administrator |
Heggerty Rime Magic kits UFLI Manual & Resources |
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Fostering connections and supporting transitions |
Aug 30, 2024 - The sign board outside the school will have a welcoming and encouraging message to welcome students and families to the school and into the transition of a new school year and grade. Ongoing - When new families are interested in registering students at Davison, CT will be the opportunity to lead the school tour. Admin will cover the classroom supervision if needed. When a family registers online (without notice to the school) we will make sure we send an email letting the family know we received the registration as well as welcoming them to Davison School. Pre-K families will receive a phone call. Monthly: Pre-K will invite families to attend family engagement days both at the school and in the community. September 26, 2024: families are invited to take part in the Terry Fox Walk with students. October 10: Kindergarten will host a family engagement activity focusing on the EYE. Cross country: families will be invited to cheer on and celebrate their athletes. Halloween Parade: families invited to celebrate Halloween with the school. November 2024 - Term 1 conferences will give teachers in K-6 a chance to engage with parents either in person or by phone. Pre-K: will host one night of conferences to invite families to take part in the ASQ survey. The ASQ suvery is a developmental screening tool that relies on parents as experts and helps to catch delays celebrate milestones. The second night will be a family engagement open to all families. Grade 2 visits St. Paul Luthern Home. December 2024: families and the Mills players will be invited to take part in Winter Wonderland with their children. Grinch Lunch put on by parents and SCC January 24, 2025: Kindergarten will host a family engagement day focusing on connecting families together. School Skating: families will come together to help and support students March 2025- Term 2 conferences will be held giving students and their families a chance to engage with teachers and witness show what you know conferences. May 2025: families of 3 and 4 year olds will be invited to IMPACT. June 2025 - We Learn Day (families will be asked to share their gifts and talents with students. Students will have choices as to what to sign up for. Each classroom teacher will be responsible to make a plan to help transition their class to the next grade level (classroom tour, meet the teacher, boot room/door to be used etc.). This can be a short visit to ease student anxiety with transitions.
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We acknowledge the fact that the sign out front of the school is a place that's highly visible to our community and families. It is a place where families take pictures and provides representation of our school on social media. The communication from the school on the board should be informative but also very welcoming and current.
At this point we have a Meet the Family event at the start of the year. Currently Admin or Admin Assistants are leading the tour. For families who register after the start of the school year, the CT doesn’t always get the chance to meet families or begin building a trusting relationship with them in an informal setting. The opportunity to lead the tour provides a face to face meeting with the families and the opportunity to begin building a trusting relationship. At this time the school has not had a big event where the community has been invited in. The concert is a way for the community to come in and reconnect. For the We Learn Day the Engagement SLP groups will organize the initial logistics of this event. We will request that some time be given during a staff meeting to discuss how this event would come to fruition (ie: time/dayk buses, groupings, etc.). There would be K-3 options and Grade 4-6 options. Davison School will promote transitions with our Grade 6 students moving to MCS next year with the following events:
Kindergarten CT joins Pre-K CT on spring home visits as a way to transition from Pre-K to K. Kindergarten families are invited to Kindergarten Orientation in May. Currently other grades excluding the Pre-K to K and the Grade 6 to Grade 7 don't have a planned time transition from one grade to the next and explore the next year's classroom. Families joined our assembly and walked alongside students to raise money for Terry Fox. 
Pre-K kicked their monthly family engagment activities off with a scrapbooking event. 
Halloween was celebrated with families during our annual Halloween Parade.  Families came to the school to read with flashlights and enjoy granola bars together during our Books and Bars event to celebrate Education Week. 
Families attended a school wide dance to raise money for one of our own Davison Dogs to help support Austin Strong. 
Parents and SCC members prepared Grinch Lunch for our staff and students. 
Families as well as the Melville Millionaires came together at the school for Winter Wonderland to celebrate a festive night in December.  Parents guided their children through making grilled cheese using visual prompting and then played board games with their own children and other families during Kindergarten's winter Family Engagment Event. 
Skates were tied, hands were held and words of encouragment were given by the families able to attend school skating.  |
Admin Assistant with ideas from engagement group. Family Engagement SLP Group Miller and MCS Admin Classroom teachers |
School Sign |
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Valuing input from students, families, staff, and the community. |
April 2024 - an email will be sent from the office with a Google Form surveying families for ways they can contribute to our We Learn Day. This information will help to plan our June We Learn event utilizing the knowledge of our families.
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We want families to feel welcome to contribute towards student learning. In the past when general invitations were offered there was little response. We would like to give families specific ideas of ways they can contribute to their child's learning and environment. |
SLP group will make the form.
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Forms to be emailed from the office |
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Communicating openly and clearly. |
By December 2024 the SCC will support this goal by assisting classrooms and the school by sharing weekly posts and school activities. Staff will be asked to share photos and a short explanation of the photo to davisonscc@gmail.com. We encourage staff to share at least one photo per month with the SCC. By November 2024 there will be an introduction of each staff member which will include their name, role in the building, their family, a "if I wasn't at school I would be…" and share their why for being an educator. A natural picture of each staff member will be included. Ongoing families will be invited to join the school for their monthly awards assemblies. Families will be notified in advance of the sembly value and the date. |
Since Covid families still aren't sure if they are welcome in the school past the office. We want all families to know that they are welcome in their child's learning and environment. Our marginalized families aren't alway accessing Edsby and we feel like there needs to be a way to bridge the communication gap between families and the school. Social media is a less formal and approachable platform for families to learn more about what is happening within the school and who their child/children is working with. Signs have been added to the outside doors to show families that even though our doors are locked they are welcome.
A bulletin board has been designed with a poster for each staff member. Families can learn more about staff members through the bulletin board in approachable way. 
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Engagement PLC Group Administtrator emailing the Meet the Staff form in the WAG. Robyn: will collect responses and email a digital version to the SCC for them to share. SCC: will post the Meet the Staff to their Facebook site Admin Assistant will ensure the newsletter contains the date of upcoming assemblies.
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Davison Newsletter SCC Facebook site |
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Forming partnerships to support GSSD’s priority areas. |
Any concerns that the staff have about students will be communicated with the principal. The principal will ensure the concerns the staff are expressing are communicated to the ICW. |
Admin Davison School Staff |
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Starting in October the Grade 2 class has made connections in the community by going to St. Paul's Luthern Home once a month.