Corresponding Peace Wapiti School Board Goals:

• Improve instructional services and support for teaching staff.
• Provide and promote professional growth and development.

Satisfaction with Teacher Support to Students

Both parents (72.1% in 2002 compared to 72% in 2001 and 71.1% in 2000) and grade 12 students (83.1% in 2002 compared to 73.7% in 2001 and  77.5% in 2000) expressed satisfaction with the amount of help and support teachers provide students.  Click here to see complete survey results for students and parents.
 

How satisfied are parents with:	Very Satisfied	Satisfied	Dissatisfied	Very Dissatisfied
The amount of help and support provided to their child by teachers	18.7%	53.4%	21.4%	6.5%
How satisfied are grade 12 students with:
Teachers give the help and support needed to help learning	24.0%	59.1%	14.9%	2.0%
Teachers encourage students to do well and get good grades	27.5%	61.4%	7.8%	3.3%
Teachers use a variety of approaches to meet individual learning needs	16.2%	55.2%	22.1%	6.5%

Instructional Improvement Projects

A joint project between the school board and the Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) is helping teachers improve communication skills when working with colleagues, parents and the community. 

Through the pilot program called the Healthy Interactions Project, teachers are "learning to listen so that parents feel they have been listened to." Each school has a trained facilitator who leads workshops with teachers, giving them new skills to resolve issues before they become major conflicts. The on-going program aims at creating partnerships between teachers and parents.

The 2Learn ICT Workshop Program is in its fifth year in PWSB. Its purpose is to assist teachers with the task of integrating technology into classroom instruction and implementing Information & Communication Technology curriculum.   AISI funding has been used to provide Information and Communication Technology support. An additional staff allocation allows time for lead teachers to in-service staff.  The goals include assisting schools with the implementation of the ICT curriculum and providing teachers with the necessary continuous inservice.  Continuing and creative Professional Development are proving to be of great value and benefit to teachers.  A Teaching Assistant Technology Support  component has been added and is proving to be a great benefit to the schools.

AiSI funding also have been used to support curriculum implementation. Lead teachers are assigned to mentor math and Physical Education teachers in the jurisdiction.  The goal is to assist all schools with the implementation of the new curriculum.  The physical education component was completed after year 2.  Both aspects of the project created positive results in the areas of teachers professional development and PAT scores in math at the grades six and nine levels.