First Nation Student Success Program
Kitaskinaw School-Year 1-2010-2011
Enoch, Alberta
Kitaskinaw School received their grant allocation from the
Department of Indian & Northern Affairs for the 20102011 school term. In that timeframe, a team of
educators held workshops with the staff to determine
priorities within the school program as foundation to
what Kitaskinaw School intended to accomplish during
the school term. As a result, there were 13 projects
identified and focused on during the school term.
•Reading Recovery – Selected staff were trained to address literacy
in Division 1. Each week the teachers were released and attended
training sessions for this program. Resources were also purchased
to supplement this program.
•Reading Support Materials – Leveled reading books, listening
centers, horseshoe tables and Fontas & Pinnell assessment kits
were purchased.
•Middle Year Literacy Intervention (MILI)– Training was provided
for Div 11 teachers to implement this program at Kitaskinaw
School.
•MILI Resources were purchased.
•Balanced Literacy – Teachers in all Divisions were trained in
Balanced Literacy. Each teacher may be in either Year 1 or Year 2 of
the Program.
•DEAR – Drop Everything and Read Program – is a school wide
initiative were staff and students read on their own in whatever
class or program that they are in at the beginning and at the end of
the day.
•Professional Development – Teachers and teacher assistants
participated in training specific to their job placements.
•Math Manipulatives – Kitaskinaw School secured the services of a
math consultant to review with the staff manipulatives and other
resources that would best serve the students.
•Math Resources – Math resources were purchased in alignment with
the prescribed Alberta Education math curriculum.
•Math Instruction – this aspect of the program involved a math
consultant working with the entire staff to define best practices, refine
teaching techniques and assessments in math programming for
students.
•Math textbooks and consumables were purchased.
•Phone Master – software was purchased to track student attendance.
SIRS was also updated to meet the needs of the school to track literacy
and numeracy data.
•Administrators – were secured to assist in the training, working of the
documents, data collection and further development of the FNSSP.
FNSSP developments 2010- 11
Grade 8 students working on
BALANCED LITERACY writing
assignment: revision and altering
paragraphs and substitution writing.
Telephones that our school received as
a much needed means of communication for
outside
resources as well as in school communication.
Shared Reading:
Balanced Literacy – put to
work in the classroom
Working with the smart
board teaching balanced
literacy lesson during a
coaching visit.
Mrs. Halladay, reading a book purchased with the FNSSP
Balance Literacy Project in the library story corner.
Mrs. Halladay, reading a book to division 2 students
purchased with the FNSSP Balance Literacy Project.
Math resources purchased with FNSSP Math
Literacy Project.
Math & Science resources purchased with FNSSP
Grant.
Balanced Literacy Resources and Classroom
Libraries purchased with FNSSP Grant.
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Math Consultant
Math Consultant
Using the classroom phones to contact home for attendance checks, to discuss
student successes, and to talk about student progress. It is GREAT to be able to
contact parents to share stories about when kids do something fantastic in
class!
The use of Smart boards has changed the way our classroom works. The Smart
board in-services were very beneficial in helping us get the most out of our
Smart boards and in making our teaching much more interesting and
meaningful.
Grade 5 students using the Smart Board to
record the daily weather for Science.
Grade 5 students reading using Independent
Classroom Library Books that are leveled for
students reading level.
Teacher’s attending professional
development based on “Best Practices”
In-service
Reading program to
help increase our
literacy levels in all
grades. Each day at
the same time all
grades will Drop
Everything And Read.
The library is full of
books for all levels.
Each week the
students will return a
book and get another
one.
•The interactive
electronic whiteboard
is great for
demonstrations....
•The board can
accommodate
different learning
styles...
•All students respond
favorably to board
use...
Manipulatives can be
used in teaching a wide
variety of topics in
mathematics.
• Some students learn
better while using
manipulatives, some
students have fun.
• Manipulatives can
increase engagement,
motivation and selfconfidence.
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Reading
Reading
Reading
Reading Centre
Listening Centre
Reading Centre