2010-2013 Catholic School Learning Plan for Pauline Vanier
2010-2011 (Year 1) Progress Report
Pillar
Catholic
Community,
Culture, and
Caring
SMART Goals
Action Plans to Support SMART Goal(s)
By the end of 2013, Pauline Vanier’s
students from K-8 will experience an
increased sense of belonging,
inclusion, connectedness, and safety,
compared to baseline data to be
collected
using
the
Catholic
Community, Culture and Caring
Survey in 2010-2011.
(Year 1 of the CBLP)
Related to Goal A
Youth Faith Ambassadors to
prepare and present a Monthly
Virtues Assembly that is comprised
of prayer, petitions, skits, songs,
and S & L Virtues in Action DVD
vignettes that promotes and
reflects the application of Christian
virtues in the lives of school
children.
Description of the monthly virtue,
prayer and reflection on virtues to
be included in the monthly
newsletter.
Daily PA announcements to align
the liturgical season and/or daily
scripture reading with the virtue of
the month.
Introduction of the use of “Gotcha”
Virtue stickers to acknowledge
children who exemplify the virtue
of the month; and as an incentive
to all children to grow in virtue.
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1 Year Goal A
By the end of 2011, Pauline Vanier
students will be familiar with the ten
virtues (celebrated one per month),
and will know how these virtues are
demonstrated in everyday life.
Students will be able to identify
scripture stories that model Christian
virtues and then apply these biblical
moral imperatives to their own lives.
Completed
On-going
Ongoing
and
moving
towards
success
Comments
Taking Stock
Pauline Vanier community has
honoured its commitment to focus
on one virtue a month through
prayer, reflection, lessons in the
classroom, announcements over the
PA, information in the newsletter, a
monthly Virtue Assemblies
coordinated by the Youth Faith
Ambassadors, and commitment to
social outreach such as Cram-theCruiser, Share Life, The Chalice,
Terry Fox and Jump Rope for Heart.
Looking Ahead
Increased emphasis will be placed
on the Catholic dimension of virtue
as distinct from secular character
development i.e. to explore the
role of grace, prayer, free will and
conscience in cultivating virtue.
A focus on authentic student voice
in morning PA announcements,
linking virtues to daily life.
Heightened emphasis on
acknowledging and affirming
“virtues in action” through the
“continued use of the S & L DVD as a
springboard for classroom
discussion.
On-going commitment to social
justice initiatives with consideration
of the Haiti Milk Bag Program.
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1 Year Goal B
By the end of 2011, staff, parents
and students will have a shared
vision of what constitutes school
safety to be coordinated by the
CCCCAT (Safe School Action Team);
and will be aware of strategies to
recognize and respond appropriately
to
bullying
behaviours
and
inappropriate
actions
and/or
attitudes that potentially undermine
a Christian culture of respect and
care.
Related to Goal B
Student sub-committee of the
CCCAT committee to be formed to
address bullying issues.
Students to brainstorm areas of
concern re: bullying prevention and
response.
Student committee to develop
morning announcements and skits
to teach “what is bullying?” and to
communicate that “bullying hurts.”
All students to participate in a
B.R.A.V.E. workshop where they
learn practical strategies to deal
with bullying behaviours: “walk
away”, “talk away”, “block away.”
Monthly newsletter to remind
parents of the definition of bullying
and pro-social messages to
encourage student reporting of
bullying and discourage anti-social
behaviour.
Staff to review with students the
difference between bullying and
other types of conflict or
disagreements between equals.
DP School Climate Survey to be
completed, as per board policy.
Ongoing
and
moving
towards
success
Taking Stock
The CCCAT committee met four
times this year and included broad
representation from Grade 3-8. The
committee reviewed the many
efforts currently in place to promote
a safe and caring school and mapped
out plans for the future.
The student sub-committee of
CCCAT wrote and presented two
bullying prevention skits schoolwide.
Education and training re: bullying
prevention was provided for all
students Grades 1-8 from B.R.A.V.E.,
police visits/presentations, PA
announcements, classroom lessons.
Looking Ahead
School will highlight “pink day” in
2011-2012.
Teachers will review and rehearse
the B.R.A.V.E. Steps frequently.
On-going commitment to teach
bullying prevention lessons at all
grade levels.
On-going commitment to prayer,
announcements, monthly
assemblies and write-ups in the
newsletter about virtues.
CCCCAT to focus on analysis and
response to 2011 School Climate
Survey.
1st Year Goal C
By the end of 2011, the school will
develop a school nutrition and
healthy lifestyle policy to promote
healthy food choices, exercise and
healthy lifestyle options for all
members of the community.
Related to Goal C
Two staff members and two School
Council members shall attend
workshops/seminars provided by
the board about the Food and
Beverage Policy.
Students will participate in a
Healthy Snack taste test panel. A
Variety of healthy snacks to be
offered for sale every Friday.
Ongoing
and
moving
towards
success
Ongoing
and
moving
towards
success
SERC class to set up a Friday Tuck
Shop for these sales.
School to monitor that the Pizza
vendor for Tuesday “pizza day” is
compliant with the Policy.
School to offer Nutri-lunch (daily
lunches delivered to the classroom)
and Great Canadian Bagel trial in
order to provide nutritious,
convenient and varied alternatives.
All School Bake Sales encouraged to
use recipes in ministry-approved
‘Bake It Up’ Recipe Book for 20112012.
School newsletter to encourage
parents to send in pencils, stickers
and non-food treats for b-days and
special events.
Ongoing
and
moving
towards
success
Ongoing
and
moving
towards
success
Taking Stock
Two staff members and two School
Council members received training
on the new Food and Beverage
Policy.
The Healthy Snack taste testing
panel was introduced. This event
promoted student engagement, and
community interest in healthy food
choices.
The Friday Tuck Shop was
successfully undertaken by students
in the SERC class and served the
dual purpose of service to the
community and an excellent activity
for teaching organizational skills,
data management, banking
(handling money), promotion
(posters/PA announcements), and
nutrition awareness for students.
The school determined that the
Pizza vendor is compliant.
Nutri-lunch and Bagel Days were
piloted and became quite popular.
Other options will be explored next
year to add variety to the offerings.
Parents, students and staff have
tried the ministry cookbook. The
recipes were a hit!
Parents were very co-operative in
substituting food treats with other
favours.
1st Year Goal C cont’d:
Breakfast Club to continue on a
“sign-up” rather than “drop-in”
basis; recess snacks will be available
to Breakfast Club members in the
morning at Breakfast Club.
Ongoing
and
moving
towards
success
Taking Stock cont’d:
50 students signed up for Breakfast
Club with an average of 25 patrons
per day.
More than a dozen staff and parents
volunteered to help with the
Breakfast Club which is a huge
increase over last year.
The Breakfast Club menu has
expanded considerably with a focus
on variety and nutrition.
Looking Ahead
Increased funding provided for next
year will facilitate an “apple a day”
nutrition cart travelling from class to
class (several days a week).
Peel Health Nurse is committed to
working with Pauline Vanier to
develop a “Health and Wellness
Day” with a nutrition focus.
Ongoing
and
moving
towards
success
Breakfast Club will continue to serve
hot breakfast daily.
Nutritious healthy lunch and snack
options will continue to be explored.
Literacy
By June 2013, student performance
in Dufferin-Peel will increase by 5%
on each EQAO assessment of literacy
1st Year Goal A
By June 2011, at least 75% of
students K-3 will meet benchmark.
Related to Goal A
Establish monthly meetings and
monthly divisional meetings with
PD embedded.
With support of the Special
Assignment Teacher, funding from
School Council, and on-going
financial support from the SO, the
school will attempt to:
a) Take an inventory of
independent reading and
levelled reading materials in
both the literacy room and the
classrooms.
b) Order appropriate levelled
texts and boy-friendly
literature for primary
classrooms.
c) Establish guided reading across
the primary division several
days a week
d) Set up independent reading
bins for each child in his/her
classroom
e) Promote accountable talk
With the support of the Primary Literacy
Stream team, Program Department and
the Ministry representative the goal is
to successfully complete 2 TLC at the
Primary K-3 level with these foci:
a) Main idea
b) Point of View
At divisional meetings the goal is to
analyze data including EQAO and PM
Benchmarks; and discuss how the data
should inform instruction.
On-going
and
moving
towards
success
Taking Stock
Pauline Vanier School successfully
completed an inventory of literacy
materials and implementing the 20
day introduction to an independent
reading program at the Primary
Level.
School Council has been very
generous in supporting the
acquisition of literacy materials.
Each student was given an
independent reading box to house
their guided reading materials, just
right texts and high interest books,
along with a student reading log and
a guided reading teacher log.
Guided reading was successfully
implemented at the Primary level.
On-going
and
moving
towards
success
Throughout the year, the balanced
literacy program in primary division
shows consistent use of:
o Success criteria (posted)
o Accountable Talk
Teachers collaborated on the
interpretation of data to inform
instruction.
Looking Ahead
Emphasis on oral communication to
promote phonological awareness
and fluency
Consistent use of guided practice
through interactive writing.
Focus on Word Study in all divisions
On-going commitment to use data
analysis to inform instruction.
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1 Year Goal B
By June 2011, at least 75% of
students will be at Level 3 or Level 4
in CASI.
By June 2013, student performance
in Dufferin-Peel will increase by 5%
on each EQAO assessment of
numeracy
1st Year Goal A
By June 2011, 70% of students
Grades 1-8 will achieve Level 3 or
higher in the final reporting period
for each strand of mathematics.
Related to Goal B
Monthly Divisional and Staff
Meetings to be implemented at
Junior and Intermediate Level.
Introduce “Focus on Five”
Promoted analysis of data-EQAO
and CASI.
Promote rich discussions in the
following areas:
a) Main idea
b) Point of view
c) Inferencing
d) Conventions
e) Editing
The three part math lesson was the
main goal in mathematics school-wide.
All teachers encouraged to
experiment with the 3 part-lesson.
Instructional foci on differentiated
instruction, the benefits of handson manipulatives, the importance
of “accountable talk” in math, the
notion that there is “more than one
way to solve a problem,” and
movement towards deep thinking
about math problems.
On-going
and
moving
towards
success
Taking Stock
Junior and Intermediate teachers
met monthly to analyze data and
discuss student learning.
Focused discussion was undertaken
on high yield strategies.
Looking Ahead
Teachers in Jr/Int will formalize the
TLC process in continuing their
commitment to student learning.
On-going
and
moving
towards
success
Taking Stock
Teachers Gr. 1-8 launched
collaborative inquiry into the three
part math lesson.
Professional discussions on-going
about the challenges and benefits of
the three part math lesson.
Intermediate teachers attended
Program department workshops re:
three part math lesson.
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Pathways and
Transitions
1 Year Goal B
By June 2011, all 5 students selected
for “focus on five” from each
classroom will have moved one level
(e.g. Level 1 to 2, 2 to 3) when
comparing Term 1 to Term 2 results
in mathematics.
Intermediate teachers encouraged
to participate in on-going
professional development.
Ministry webinars on 3-part math
lesson to be shown to staff.
‘Focus on five’ to be introduced as a
useful way to think of clustering
students into differentiated
groupings
By June 2013, the percentage of
Senior
Kindergarten
students
assessed as being ready for school
according to the Early Development
instrument will increase compared
to the results from the 2009-2010
assessment
Balanced literacy program on-going
with renewed focus on reading
readiness skills, phonemic
awareness, guided and shared
reading/writing and “accountable
talk.”
Welcome to Kindergarten evening
Items in the newsletter
encouraging reading readiness.
Support to parents of special needs
children getting ready for school.
By June 2013, the percentage of
Grade 8 students who rank
themselves “very prepared for high
school” will increase according to
targets set after collecting baseline
data from a this same cohort of
students in the 2011-2012 school
year.
Work with secondary schools to
develop a transition plan for
individual students to Grade 9 and
facilitate student participation in
high school retreats at St. Roch and
St. Augustine to prepare for high
school.
Offer Grade 8 Principal’s Retreat to
help students prepare for high
school. Theme: Stepping out in
Faith. Topics: Self-Esteem,
On-going
and
moving
towards
success
Ministry Webinars accessed re:
three part math lesson-positive
feedback from participants.
Looking Ahead
Continued development of the three
part math lesson and “focus on five”
school-wide.
On-going professional development
in mathematics.
Instructional focus on “accountable
talk” across curriculum.
Taking Stock
Many kindergarten children are
reading by the time they arrive in
Grade 1.
Ongoing
and
moving
towards
success
Ongoing
and
moving
towards
success
Pauline Vanier’s Welcome to
Kindergarten night was well
attended and an enormous success;
parents and children rotated
through activity-based centres.
Looking Ahead
Welcome to Kindergarten Night to
continue
Taking Stock
On-going discussion with high school
about transition programming has
been helpful.
Retreat was a huge success.
Facilitated by principal and Religion
Consultant; live Christian music; high
levels of student engagement.
Resiliency, Secular versus Sacred,
Know what you Believe.
Actively encourage students to
attend Grade 7/8 Summer School.
Eight students enrolled in the Grade
7/8 Summer School and 6 students
in St. Augustine Get Ready Program.
Design and pilot a Ready for High
School Survey.
Pilot was administered to the Grade
7 students in spring 2011. To be
revised for fall 2011.
Looking Ahead
Refine Ready for High School
Survey. Administer to new
Grade 7’s to inform instruction
and programming.
Employee
Support and
Training
By the end of 2013 an attendance
support program and system-wide
training protocol will be developed
and fully operational.
1st Year Goals
All school staff will be involved
in collaborative inquiry.
Actively engage staff in Teaching
Learning Cycles
Provide on-going professional
development opportunities
Administration and staff will
receive preliminary training an
information regarding the
attendance support program;
Distribute Attendance Support
brochure to staff
Attend in-service training for
administrators
On-going
and
moving
towards
success
Taking Stock
Pauline Vanier Staff have been
actively involved in professional
learning within the Teaching
learning Cycle Model.
Looking Ahead
Professional learning will continue to
be a top priority at Pauline Vanier
School.
Attended first in-service. Awaiting
others in the fall.
Legislated training for all
employees on Violence and
Harassment in the Workplace;
All staff in-serviced on
emergency procedures (e.g.
Lockdown Drills, Fire Drills,
Pandemic Procedures);
Provide list of dates/times of
scheduled Fire Drills and
Lockdown Drills.
Expanded
Accountability
and
Transparency
By June 2013 all employees,
school and departments, as
appropriate, will demonstrate
compliance with the Catholic
Code of Ethics, supply
management policies, hiring
practices, construction project
tendering procedures and
transportation procedures.
Catholic School Council will
adhere to policy and procedure
regarding collection and
distribution of funds raised.
School Administration will
adhere to STOPR policy and
procedure re transportation of
students.
File copy of staff meeting agenda
and sign-in sheet verifying
completion of the training
requirement ,as per Bill 168
File copy of staff meeting agenda
and weekly bulletins that
communicate reminds of safety and
emergency procedures
On-going
and
moving
towards
success
Complete list of Fire Drills and
Lockdown drills in evidence
portfolio
Reconciled School Budget reports
generated from iRen
Reconciled School Generated Funds
account reports from School
Cash.net system are completed
Communication to parents through
newsletter, website
Policies and procedures are
followed as outlined.
On-going
and
moving
towards
success
We have attempted to begin a Go
Green Newsletter campaign and
have collected e-mail addresses of
those who are interested. The next
step is to get them on a master
mailing list.
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