High-Quality Teaching and Learning

Division Priorities	School Level Work Plan(s)	Tell Your Story	Most Responsible Person/People	Resources
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.	I will read and review School Board Minutes as shared with me. I will familiarize myself with Board Policies and remain updated with revisions.	Tracey Fedorchuk	GSSD Policy Handbook
Focusing on educational approaches that prioritize student success	attend SHEA, October 2024 attend appropriate and necessary PD to support best practice in instructional methods research and implement teaching strategies to support individual student needs continue to network with GSSD Hutterian teachers *access GSSD Consultants, especially for ELA		Tracey Fedorchuk	SHEA Conference GSSD Consultants Heather Mund, Wendy Shabatoski
Allocating resources to improve experiences for students, staff, and the community	ensuring library books are appropriate and engaging for Hutterian children budgetting for field trips and guest speakers to support curricular outcomes *prioritizing quality educational materials to support educational outcomes		Tracey Fedorchuk	GSEC Library/Sheila Tillman Ag in the Classroom Virtual Farm Tour Health Nurses

Division Priorities

School Level Work Plan(s)

Tell Your Story

Most Responsible Person/People

Resources

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.

I will read and review School Board Minutes as shared with me.

I will familiarize myself with Board Policies and remain updated with revisions.

Tracey Fedorchuk

GSSD Policy Handbook

Focusing on educational approaches that prioritize student success

*attend SHEA, October 2024

*attend appropriate and necessary PD to support best practice in instructional methods

*research and implement teaching strategies to support individual student needs

*continue to network with GSSD Hutterian teachers

*access GSSD Consultants, especially for ELA

Tracey Fedorchuk

SHEA Conference

GSSD Consultants

Heather Mund, Wendy Shabatoski

Allocating resources to improve experiences for students, staff, and the community

*ensuring library books are appropriate and engaging for Hutterian children

*budgetting for field trips and guest speakers to support curricular outcomes

*prioritizing quality educational materials to support educational outcomes

Tracey Fedorchuk

*GSEC Library/Sheila Tillman

*Ag in the Classroom

*Virtual Farm Tour

*Health Nurses

Healthy, Sustainable Physical and Social Environments

Division Priorities	School Level Work Plan(s)	Most Responsible Person/People	Resources
Enhancing mental health and well-being for students and staff	integrating mindfullness activities to daily activities (ie. calming activities) utilizing Social Emotional strategies to teach regulation, social skills teaching different options for self-expression integrating land based learning activities		Craig Folk
Offering safe and inviting facilities	ensuring an environment where students feel accepted, calm, comfortable, and safe ensuring safety issues within the school are dealt with in a timely manner *creating an organized instructional space that meets the needs for both English and German instruction within the new classroom environment.	Tracey Fedorchuk	*Colony contact
Promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion	*ensuring all students feel welcome, included, and capeable of success in all activities	Tracey Fedorchuk

Division Priorities

School Level Work Plan(s)

Tell Your Story

Most Responsible Person/People

Resources

Enhancing mental health and well-being for students and staff

*integrating mindfullness activities to daily activities (ie. calming activities)

*utilizing Social Emotional strategies to teach regulation, social skills

*teaching different options for self-expression

*integrating land based learning activities

Craig Folk

Offering safe and inviting facilities

*ensuring an environment where students feel accepted, calm, comfortable, and safe

*ensuring safety issues within the school are dealt with in a timely manner

*creating an organized instructional space that meets the needs for both English and German instruction within the new classroom environment.

Tracey Fedorchuk

*Colony contact

Promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion

*ensuring all students feel welcome, included, and capeable of success in all activities

Tracey Fedorchuk

Effective Policies and Procedures

Division Priorities	School Level Work Plan(s)	Tell Your Story	Most Responsible Person/People	Resources
Improving student outcomes	providing individualized instruction in ELA to foster utilizing GSSD assessment strategies to guide instruction and remediation in ELA, and Math *ensuring that students experience a minimum of 8 months of reading progress as assessed by the F&P		Tracey Fedorchuk	F&P Math Screeners Saskatchewan Common Math Assessments Wholistic Writing and Math GSSD Portal GSSD Consultants GSSD Rubrics for Math and Writing
Implementing the "Inspiring Success" Policy
Developing GSSD leaders
Ensuring consistent practices across GSSD schools	*networking with Hutterian teachers within the school division and province to share resources and strategies strategies	*September 28, 2023 - GSEC Networking Session with Bear Stream and Silver Stream- co-constructed School Level Plans for 2023-24	Tracey Fedorchuk	Hutterian Teachers
Delivering high-quality teaching and learning resources	sharing resource ideas with GSSD Hutterian Teachers utilizing GSSD resources and personnel		Tracey Fedorchuk	GSSD Centralized Library Consultants Hutterian Teachers Online platforms for instruction (Spark, Mathology, StepsWeb, Xtra Math, Khan Academy, and other apps proved by GSSD Tech Services

Engagement of All Students, Families, and Communities

Division Priorities	School Level Work Plan(s)	Most Responsible Person/People	Resources
Fostering connections and supporting transitions	preteaching technological literacy to prepare students for Distance Learning in Grade 10 connect to Norquay School for access to library resources *connect to Hutterian Community through Christmas Concert, sharing meals, special events, field day, attending Colony events	Tracey Fedorchuk	Tech Services Devices Internet Services Norquay School Library, Sandra Turta, librarian
Valuing input from students, families, staff, and the community	consulting with the German Teacher and other community member when planning events and activities to ensure they are appropriate regularily discussing student progress with German teacher to ensure consistency between the two "schools" *
Communicating openly and clearly	keeping an open line of communication with the German Teacher, Minister, and families being sensitive and responsive to community events and needs serve as a conduit between the Colony and GSSD	Tracey Fedorchuk	GSSD email
Forming partnerships to support GSSD’s priority areas	networking with Hutterian teachers and other GSSD Consultants and personnel partnering with Norquay School to access library services	Tracey Fedorchuk	Hutterian Teachers

Motto	Students Come First
Mission	“Building Strong Foundations to Create Bright Futures”
Vision	“Learning Without Limits ... Achievement for All"
Values	Belonging, Diversity, Learning, Perseverance, Responsibility
Aspiration Statements	High Quality Teaching and Learning, Engagement of All Students, Families, and Communities, Effective Policy Healthy, Sustainable Physical and Social Environments

Mission	To provide a safe and caring learning environment which supports the successful development of all.
Vision	Creating a Culture of Kindness and Positive Energy

We Respect	Our classroom celebrates fairness, respect, and responsibility. We respect each other, our belongings, and values.
We are Responsible	Each of us is responsible for our actions. To get the best education possible we must be accountable for our actions.
We Learn	We are a classroom where we learn from each other. We are all learners and teachers; all our daily interactions are going to develop special life experiences.
We Nurture	We promote intellectual, physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being within our classroom. The leaders of tomorrow are in our schools today!
We Belong	A sense of belonging is a team effort. Our classroom is a safe learning environment where we connect and learn from one another, regardless of who we are or where we come from.
We Persevere	Success today and tomorrow requires "grit".