High-Quality Teaching and Learning

Division Priorities	School Level Work Plan(s)	Tell Your Story	Most Responsible Person/People
Implementing the "Inspiring Success" Policy	Saltcoats School will celebrate the achievements of our students, both past and present. Speakers who have achieved success will be invited to share their story with students. We will also encourage students to make goals and work towards their own success.	Our use of external speakers this year did not work as planned. We will be carrying that over to next year.	All staff.
Developing GSSD leaders	Saltcoats School includes a Mustang Student Leadership Council that's purpose is to improve the school experience of all Mustangs. They will have a role in planning and proposing special activities and events that engage and benefit everyone.	The Mustang Student Leadership Council was a huge success. They planned the Halloween Haunted House, the Christmas Stocking Fundraiser, The Cancer Benefit, The Literacy Week Pinatas, and other spirit days. They did a phenomenal job of raising a school spirit and belonging.	Mr. Gillis and the Mustang Leadership Council
Ensuring consistent practices across GSSD schools	Saltcoats School Staff will participate and promote all GSSD initiatives and professional development initiatives. Teachers will use division approved resources and interventions to help students achieve their curricular outcomes.	The staff of Saltcoats School took part in PD on Mindfulness, Literacy, Math and Blended Learning.	Mr. Gillis
Delivering high-quality teaching and learning resources	Saltcoats Staff will continue to use research based practices and resources. We will also continue to use reflective practices.	as above	Mr. Gillis

Healthy, Sustainable Physical and Social Environments

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	Student and staff well being is a priority at Saltcoats School. This year we are going to use the resources at our disposal to enhance overall well-being. We will use the outdoor facilities available to us as often as possible. Use of the lake for canoeing, the park for outdoor activities, the rinks for skating and curling as well as the trails for both hiking and cross-country skiing. These healthy activities as well as focusing on mental well-being will be strategies used to improve wellness, and reduce levels of anxiety and depression.	Saltcoats school continued our traditions of student focussed activities or overall health. Using our aforementioned strategies as well as giving power to our Mustang Leadership Group, we have increased Positive Relationships by 6%, our self reported effort by 8% and reduced anxiety by 9%. OurSchool Data shows that students in grades seven and eight have Anxiety rates at 21% which is 11% lower than the national average and Depression Rates of 17%, which again, is 11% below the national average. Our grades 4, 5, and 6 show rates of Anxiety of being 19%, which is 10% lower than the national average.	Mr. Gillis	Regional Park Anderson Lake Saltcoats Rink Saltcoats Curling Rink Community Resources Wellness initiatives. Outdoor Volleyball
Offering safe and inviting facilities	Saltcoats School seeks to be responsive and safe school where all children feel safe and that their voice is being heard. Our school is going to develop a multi-cultural welcome to Saltcoats School that will include all available languages from the heritages of our Mustang family.	90% of all student reported an understanding of Cultural awareness and 8% of middle school student reported an increased understanding of their own culture.	Mr. Gillis
Promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion	As above.	Thanks to our efforts, 90% of all students report cultural awareness.	Mr. Gillis

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

Student and staff well being is a priority at Saltcoats School. This year we are going to use the resources at our disposal to enhance overall well-being. We will use the outdoor facilities available to us as often as possible. Use of the lake for canoeing, the park for outdoor activities, the rinks for skating and curling as well as the trails for both hiking and cross-country skiing. These healthy activities as well as focusing on mental well-being will be strategies used to improve wellness, and reduce levels of anxiety and depression.

Saltcoats school continued our traditions of student focussed activities or overall health. Using our aforementioned strategies as well as giving power to our Mustang Leadership Group, we have increased Positive Relationships by 6%, our self reported effort by 8% and reduced anxiety by 9%.

OurSchool Data shows that students in grades seven and eight have Anxiety rates at 21% which is 11% lower than the national average and Depression Rates of 17%, which again, is 11% below the national average. Our grades 4, 5, and 6 show rates of Anxiety of being 19%, which is 10% lower than the national average.

Mr. Gillis

Regional Park

Anderson Lake

Saltcoats Rink

Saltcoats Curling Rink

Community Resources

Wellness initiatives.

Outdoor Volleyball

Offering safe and inviting facilities

Saltcoats School seeks to be responsive and safe school where all children feel safe and that their voice is being heard. Our school is going to develop a multi-cultural welcome to Saltcoats School that will include all available languages from the heritages of our Mustang family.

90% of all student reported an understanding of Cultural awareness and 8% of middle school student reported an increased understanding of their own culture.

Mr. Gillis

Promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion

As above.

Thanks to our efforts, 90% of all students report cultural awareness.

Mr. Gillis

Effective Policies and Procedures

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.	This is my story
Focusing on educational approaches that prioritize student success	Saltcoats School uses research based, division and ministry approved resources and strategies. We assess for learning. This Year we are investing The Science of Reading and Math Up. Teachers have already had multiple days of PD in these as well as our teachers from grades 5-8 being given technology in Blended Learning. This year we would like to reach 85% of Numeracy Outcomes and Writing Outcomes being met or exceeded. Our Perpetual Literacy goal is for students to grow one year in their literacy scores and to have grade 3 students exiting at grade level.	Saltcoats school uses division and ministry approved resources and strategies. We assess for learning to provide strong tier one instruction, deliver RTI with targeted interventions and allow students to demonstrate their mastery in a variety of ways. In the Spring term 23/ 41 numeracy outcomes had 80% or higher of the students meeting or exceeding them. Only two outcomes of the 41 had students in the red. In the Spring Term 77 students from grade 1-8 were meeting or exceeding their writing Outcomes, 22 were approaching and 5 students were in the red.	Mr. Gillis and all teaching staff.	Division Math Screeners, Sask Common Math Assessments, Division Writing Rubrics, Reflex Math, Learning A-Z, RAZ KIDS. Our new primary literacy assessment is the LeNZ and CC3.
Allocating resources to improve experiences for students, staff, and the community	Saltcoats School focusses it's PD budget on division approved initiatives that support student achievement. We utalize our local budget to enhance students experiences and access to learning opportunities. We also purchase resources and supplies that also enhance student achievement and increase their joy in their educational experience.	Saltcoats school continued our commitment to wellness and engagement. We had staff continue their professional development in Mindfulness and added to it. We had teachers take division directed PD in areas of instruction and we invested in our Mustang Leadership Group, who led our school spirit initiatives. We had some of our biggest Student led events ever, highlighted by our LIteracy Week Piñatas.	All staff, supported by the SCC.
Improving student outcomes	All kindergarten students will exit in June testing green on the EYE. All Mustangs who are assessed with F and P tesing will grow one grade level. All Mustangs will achieve a minimum of 80% of all nemeracy outcomes for their grade level. All Mustangs will achieve 80% of their writing outcomes for their grade level. All grade 3 students will exit reading at grade level.	All Kindergarten students existed testing green. 60% of all students who were tested on F and P were met or surpassed their grade level. 22% tested approaching. Our school wide percentage on Numeracy surpassed 80%. Our Writing Outcomes narrowly missed the 80% and came in at 77%. 2024: Our Preliminary Early Literacy Data has 28 students assessed. 2 not meeting. 13 approaching, 13 meeting or exceeding.	All staff is responsible for the results. Mr. Gillis will be responsible for tallying the outcomes and percentages.	The Early Literacy assessments for grades 1-3 are the LeNZ and the CC3. We will still assess students in grades 4-6 using F and P if they had previously not met grade level. Our teachers have received and are getting ongoing PD in Structured Literacy, Blended Learning and Math Up. I will have a Data review session scheduled with Dr. Georgio and Dr. Kierstead to plan the best response to our results.

Engagement of All Students, Families, and Communities

Division Priorities	School Level Work Plan(s)	Tell Your Story	Most Responsible Person/People
Fostering connections and supporting transitions	Saltcoats School tries to stay connected to our Mustang Raiders and we work to make sure that the grade 8 students leave feeling like they will remain connected and have a place to return to.	All of our grade 8's were supported in raider for a day. We have maintained a connection to our students that should make them feel connected when they go to the regional. * OurSchool Survey show our grade 7 and 8 students surpass the National Average in Sense of Belonging and Positive relationships. They also surpass the national averages in all categories for Drivers of Student Outcomes.	All staff.
Valuing input from students, families, staff, and the community	Saltcoats School has the Mustang Leadership Council to incorporate and encourage student voice. Our staff is blessed to have a strong representation from the community so that when we plan as a collective, we have a sense of community and its' aspirations along the way. We also have an open-door policy, allowing parents to see what is going on with their children and provide feedback.	This year we had great support from our parents during sanctions. We had a successful open house. Good attendance at our Literacy support. We had input from our parents and had many compliments from them. * We had an Open House during Education Week where families took a writing journey. We had 70+ attendees.	Mr. Gillis and all staff.
Communicating openly and clearly	Communication was an issue last year. Edsby proved frustrating for both parents and staff. Communication is important because it is essential to trust. Our staff communicates daily through a morning briefing. We are incorporating more Edsby groups to help parents stay in the know with their students' activities. This also is a venue for parents to express their own views and provide input.	At our first Open House, Michelle Morley came out and helped both parents and staff connect with Edsby.	All staff.
Forming partnerships to support GSSD’s priority areas	Saltcoats School has wonderful partnerships within the communities of Saltcoats and Bredenbury. Within our communities we utalize the resources to keep our student active and connected. We also are continuing our partnerships with Kakisiwew School on Ochapowace.	We missed the Ochapowace Pow Wow. We did get to the TTC National Indigenous Persons' day. We have continues our relationship with the Care Home. We have utilized our partnerships our local communities, using the Regional Park, the Library, the rinks and recreation facilities.	All Staff

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".