Catholic School Learning Plan for St. Joachim Elementary School
Annual Progress Report
Shared Priorities:
Creating Catholic Conditions for Well-Being, Learning and Leading
Outcomes:
1.0 By the end of 2016, there will be an increase in proportion of students indicating that
they feel accepted by the students in the school as demonstrated by the CCCC School
Climate Survey.
Outcome Progress Comments
6/5/2015: 1.0 Our Catholic Community Culture and Caring Action Team is in place to develop programs for creating
Catholic conditions: WITS (walk away, ignore, talk it out, seek help), THINK before you speak (is it thoughtful,
helpful, inspiring, necessary, kind), Peel Police presentations, PALS, Peacemakers, Boys Night In, Girls Night In.
Parents and students are also invited to attend PACT evenings run by our School Social Worker and Peel Children's
Centre. We are continuing to run our Breakfast Program and monthly virtues program. We listen to the voice of
staff, students and parents when planning for our school community. We continue to use Jesus as our guide.
Shared Priorities:
Building Collaborative Practices Through Inquiry
Outcomes:
2.0 By the end of 2016, there will be an increase in the number of students who have
demonstrated improvement on the learning skill and work habit of collaboration.
Outcome Progress Comments
6/5/2015: 2.0 Our school inquiry: If we co-create with students the learning skills success criteria in Math and focus
on student engagement, student achievement will increase.
Students and staff have co-created the learning skills for Math and have focused on student engagement. We are
noticing that by explicitly teaching the learning skills, contributes to improvement in student engagement.
Shared Priorities:
Enhancing Transitional Practices
Outcomes:
3.0 By the end of 2016 there will be an increase in the proportion of students who have
demonstrated improvement on the learning and work habit of self-regulation as they
prepare for Secondary School.
Outcome Progress Comments
6/4/2015: 3.0 Our school inquiry focused on learning skills. These skills will help students with their transition as
they prepare for secondary school. We are continuing to support students through effective student transitions.
We are facilitating ongoing communication between home and Notre Dame Secondary School to support student
transitions to the secondary panel. All students are supported with appropriate transition strategies. We have
ensured all students with an IEP have an effective transition plan aligning with PPM 156.
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Catholic School Learning Plan for St. Joachim Elementary School
Annual Progress Report
Shared Priorities:
Knowing the Learner through Assessment
Outcomes:
4.0 By the end of 2016 there will be an increase in the proportion of students who have
demonstrated improvement on the learning skill and work habit of self-regulation.
Outcome Progress Comments
6/5/2015: 4.0 We are continuing our quarterly Student Intervention meetings with our staff to ensure that we
understand and responsive to the students in our school community. This, along with our school inquiry focused on
learning skills, has led to an improvement in student the learning skills and achievement.
Shared Priorities:
Responding through Effective Instruction
Outcomes:
5.0 By the end of 2016, there will be an increase in the proportion of students improving
their EQAO achievement level between assessment years.
Outcome Progress Comments
6/4/2015: We are listening to the voice of all learners and ensuring all students have an entry point in the learning.
Staff were offered opportunities to co-plan and are providing descriptive feedback and rubric assessments to
support student understanding of their own personal next steps. Staff are continuing to investigate student inquiry
to improve student achievement and engagement.
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