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Bimose Tribal CouncilFirst Nation student success program
Our Staff Jim Green-Education Advisor for Bimose Andy Graham-Education Coordinator Eva Graham-Literacy Specialist Donna Babiachuk-Student Success/Student Retention Specialist Ray Petiquan-Information Service and System Technician Bob Thompson-Data Management Technician Fay Zoccole-Student Behavior Support Specialist-New Path
Timelines May-July 2010-The FNSSP Workplan was Developed and Approved by INAC August 2010-Program Coordinator was hired by the Advisory Committee September 2010-Literacy and Student Success/Student Retention Specialists were hired December 2010-Data Management and Information System and Service Technicians were hired
Timeline January 2011-Student Behaviour Support Specialist was hired through New Paths program
Organization and Governance We currently have 5 communities involved in our program, with a 6th community joining as of April 1st, 2011
Organization and Goverance Our schools are all within a 1.5 hour drive from our central office in Kenora Most of our professional development sessions are in Kenora Currently Bimose Tribal Council has 9 member communities with 5 schools
Organization and Governance Advisory Committee  Our Advisory Committee consists of one member for each community and one member from the Bimose Tribal Council Board of Directors The Committee meets once a month. There role includes: Budget development and approval Hiring of all staff Approval of new programs/program changes Review all new proposals
Organization and Governance Advisory Committee The committee has completed a Draft Terms of Reference to ensure consistency and define and authority of the group The committee also has a Chair and Vice Chair, with plans to establish various working committee (i.e. finance and Human Resource) The Draft Terms of Reference also outlined the ways the committee could move into more aggregate of services (i.e. New Paths proposals)
Organization and Governance Development of an RMO Our advisory committee and tribal council is looking into the possibility of creating a RMO or Education aggregate The advisory committee agrees that shared 2nd level services would be of great benefit to their schools but do not wish to see direct administration of the schools   Focusing in developing and implementing 2nd level shared services and enhancing partnerships is key
Policy Monitoring Program Areas: Regular reporting to the Advisory Committee and our Education Authorities Developing implementation scheduling in consultation with the schools Developing common reporting dates and timelines Almost all of the implementation of the program components are centrally administered Creation of District Reviews in our schools
Policy Performance Indicators PM Benchmarks (K-4) and Fountas and Pinnell Benchmarks (4-12) (Completed) EQAO Grade 3 and 6/OSSLT (All Schools) Student Surveys (Completed in Nov 2010)  At-Risk Student Interviews Provincial Student Success Indicators (i.e. Graduation Rates)
Policy Future Performance Indicators Report Card Data CAT 4 Tests (Yearly Implementation) Project/Planning Data Teacher Surveys Student Success Transition Data Numeracy Data Ontario Writing Assessment Oral Language Assessment Classroom Environmental Scans
Policy Supporting Performance Measure Implementation of the Trillium Data System Creating a secure IT infrastructure/server Creation of common reporting templates (i.e. Student Success Indicator Sheet, Benchmarking Sheets, Common Kindergarten Report) We are moving to support a paperless data environment
Policy
Policy December 2010: External Network Configuration Overview As of December 2010 all the schools involved with FNSSP were standalone networks accessing the Internet through their respective ISP’s· All firewalls were basic wide open “firewalls”, very limited security features· No secure connections to any other site
Policy
Policy March 2011: External Network Configuration Overview Bimose Tribal Council and Shoal Lake 39 School firewalls have been upgraded to higher-end feature rich units Bimose Tribal Council’s internal network switch equipment is being upgraded to higher-end units, the upgrade is 80% complete Configuration of a site-to-site VPN has been configured from Shoal Lake 39 School to Bimose Tribal Council The VPN connection is part of the Trillium report card system implementation. All Trillium network traffic will go over this connection to the Trillium database at BTC
Policy
March 2011: Bimose Tribal Council Internal Network Overview Bimose Tribal Council has totally redesigned its internal network into segmented traffic groups based on device rolls Notable Infrastructure Improvements Complete network and server redesign Nighty backup to secure network storage Complete environmental and network monitoring Monitoring alerts sent to IT cell phones 9 hour UPS backup power for network and servers  Policy
Policy
Policy Student Management Planning: Trillium Network Setup This is the planned Trillium setup for the schools. Each school has a secure VPN connection back to Bimose Tribal Council· Only approved Trillium clients will be allowed access to the database· All logical security to the database will be setup as required All non Trillium traffic will be sent over the Internet
Policy Supporting Performance Measures Professional Development for all Staff Debbie Diller-December and May Nelson Canada EQAO/CAT4 Testing Sue Johnson-January and June  David Booth Handwriting Without Tears Lion’s Quest Lab Classrooms
Policy Supporting Performance Measures Central Program Support Regular scheduling of visits by program staff Focused common program implementation (i.e. Literacy Rooms and Coop Programs) Purchasing of common resources in each school.
Policy Performance Measurement More networking and the establishment of functioning PLCs and TCLPs Enhanced data collection and interpretation tools Refinement of our District Review process and closely tying it to our school effectiveness plans
Program Current Timeline: To date, we have met all of our timelines and program goals (all timelines have been met on time or ahead of schedule) with the exception of the final implementation of our data collection system. Our Trillium system will be up and running by mid-May
Program Literacy Completed a literacy resource inventory in all schools to determine specific needs.  Establishment of literacy libraries in each school Purchased the Nelson Literacy Program from JK-Grade 10 for each school. Completed a 2 day professional development session on Balanced Literacy and Guided Reading. Completed a 2 Day professional development session to support the Nelson Literacy Program and the EQAO Testing. Completed a 1 day professional development session on Literacy Best Practices
Program Literacy Purchased all materials and equipment to set-up Literacy Centres in all JK-Grade 3 classrooms. Worked with teachers to establish Guided Reading and Literacy Centres in their classrooms. Implemented the PM and Fountasand PinnellBenchmarks in all schools. Purchased First Nation books and Literacy resources for all of our schools Beatrice Culleton, author of ‘April Raintree’ will be visiting our schools in May Writing Anthology for our schools Authors’ Workshop for the Fall
Program Literacy Welcome to Kindergarten Online Language Dictionary School Twinning in Southern Ontario Parent support sessions in each community Benchmarks Home reading program Tips to support students
Program
Program
Program
Program
Program
Program Student Success/Student Retention Established a Co-op Program at the two High Schools. Completed a student survey of all Grades 4-12 Students. Organized a professional development session for the Education Counsellors. Organized a parent survey for each school. Organized a detailed interview process for students at the two High Schools who have dropped out of school. Organized a High School Teacher’s meetings to discuss secondary issues.
Program Student Success/Student Retention Began the establishment of a Fiddling Program at each school. Organize Student Success Teams in our two High Schools Organized 2 professional development sessions for our Ojibway Teachers in conjunction with Keewatin-Patricia District School Board. Began the process of entry the two High Schools into NorWASSA Sports Competition Supported a student language session at Shoal Lake 39 to discuss language retention
Program Data Management and Information Technology Began the set-up of the Trillium Student Data Software on the server and at each school. Purchased and set-up 12 SMART Boards. Purchased and set-up new administration computers for each school. Purchased and set-up a new server to store student data. Investigated the set-up of LIVE@EDU in all of our schools.
Program Data Management and Information Technology Completed an inventory and analysis of all of the computer systems in each school. Established a remote link to each school server. Addressed any maintenance issues as they have arisen.
Program
Program
Program Student Behaviour Support Organized Professional Development for ‘Handwriting Without Tears’, Lion’s Quest and Anti-Bullying with Barbara Colloroso. Completed a training session with staffs on fine/gross motor skills. Met with all special education teachers and most classroom teachers to review any students with behaviour issues and suggestions for professional development. Continuing Learning Lunches/ Teacher Workshops on a variety of topics. Developed a common Special Education handbook for our schools with IEP templates
Program School Effectiveness Plans Our initial school plans involved a needs assessment and identification of common practices/materials for each school. Our next step will be the be the implementation of the provincial School Effectiveness Framework planning process in our schools
Program School Effectiveness Framework The framework is a continual planning process that focuses on 4 key areas-Literacy, Numeracy, Pathways and Culture, Community and Caring The schools will be involved in annual District Reviews that look at the success of their plan Some funding will be flowed to the school to support their plans PLCs and TCLPs will also support their plans
Partnerships Partnerships with Local School Boards Currently we do not share services agreements with our 2 local school boards We have been invited to participate in KPDSB’s Native Language PD sessions The two local boards have sent representatives to our PD sessions Our secondary students have participated in a Secondary Health and Wellness Forum.
Partnerships Future Partnerships Development of a Evening Fiddling Program in the Kenora area The development of a high skills major type of program that would be run at our two high schools and at the two public secondary schools based on Environmental Studies More formalized PD planning (i.e. use of common PD days)
Partnerships Provincial Level We currently receive no provincial funding Regionally, we have been invited to participate in all NOEL (Northern Ontario Education Leaders) projects and initiatives, but we have not been allowed to participate in the Directors meetings yet. We are in the process of becoming a member of the regional data warehouse through Compass to Success (Cognos)
Partnerships Provincial Level Cont. The LNS as allowed our teachers to participate in all initiatives and projects (i.e. Schools in the Middle) The regional office of the MOE has also invited all of our program staff to any regional meetings.
Partnerships Future Provincial Partnerships NorWASSA membership for our schools We applying to a number of provincial programs for funding to support our schools and program NOHF-Emerging Technology Fund NOHF-Youth Internship program
Partnerships Other Partnerships Common Ground Initiative University of Manitoba/Confederation College/AKRC Post Secondary Program Apple Canada/Smart Canada Welcome to Kindergarten program though The Learning Partnership
What Makes the Bimose Tribal Council FNSSP Great Strong community and staff support A focus on technology to promote learning (i.e. IPADS in all of our classrooms) A strong focus on best practices instead of using a set program   Strong partnerships Strong planning process Getting the best of the best for our schools, staff and students Common spirit of success  A willingness to think ‘outside the box’
MiigwetchFrom the Staffs and Students of the Bimose Tribal Council FNSSP

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First Nation Student Success Planning

  • 1. Bimose Tribal CouncilFirst Nation student success program
  • 2. Our Staff Jim Green-Education Advisor for Bimose Andy Graham-Education Coordinator Eva Graham-Literacy Specialist Donna Babiachuk-Student Success/Student Retention Specialist Ray Petiquan-Information Service and System Technician Bob Thompson-Data Management Technician Fay Zoccole-Student Behavior Support Specialist-New Path
  • 3. Timelines May-July 2010-The FNSSP Workplan was Developed and Approved by INAC August 2010-Program Coordinator was hired by the Advisory Committee September 2010-Literacy and Student Success/Student Retention Specialists were hired December 2010-Data Management and Information System and Service Technicians were hired
  • 4. Timeline January 2011-Student Behaviour Support Specialist was hired through New Paths program
  • 5. Organization and Governance We currently have 5 communities involved in our program, with a 6th community joining as of April 1st, 2011
  • 6. Organization and Goverance Our schools are all within a 1.5 hour drive from our central office in Kenora Most of our professional development sessions are in Kenora Currently Bimose Tribal Council has 9 member communities with 5 schools
  • 7. Organization and Governance Advisory Committee Our Advisory Committee consists of one member for each community and one member from the Bimose Tribal Council Board of Directors The Committee meets once a month. There role includes: Budget development and approval Hiring of all staff Approval of new programs/program changes Review all new proposals
  • 8. Organization and Governance Advisory Committee The committee has completed a Draft Terms of Reference to ensure consistency and define and authority of the group The committee also has a Chair and Vice Chair, with plans to establish various working committee (i.e. finance and Human Resource) The Draft Terms of Reference also outlined the ways the committee could move into more aggregate of services (i.e. New Paths proposals)
  • 9. Organization and Governance Development of an RMO Our advisory committee and tribal council is looking into the possibility of creating a RMO or Education aggregate The advisory committee agrees that shared 2nd level services would be of great benefit to their schools but do not wish to see direct administration of the schools Focusing in developing and implementing 2nd level shared services and enhancing partnerships is key
  • 10. Policy Monitoring Program Areas: Regular reporting to the Advisory Committee and our Education Authorities Developing implementation scheduling in consultation with the schools Developing common reporting dates and timelines Almost all of the implementation of the program components are centrally administered Creation of District Reviews in our schools
  • 11. Policy Performance Indicators PM Benchmarks (K-4) and Fountas and Pinnell Benchmarks (4-12) (Completed) EQAO Grade 3 and 6/OSSLT (All Schools) Student Surveys (Completed in Nov 2010) At-Risk Student Interviews Provincial Student Success Indicators (i.e. Graduation Rates)
  • 12. Policy Future Performance Indicators Report Card Data CAT 4 Tests (Yearly Implementation) Project/Planning Data Teacher Surveys Student Success Transition Data Numeracy Data Ontario Writing Assessment Oral Language Assessment Classroom Environmental Scans
  • 13. Policy Supporting Performance Measure Implementation of the Trillium Data System Creating a secure IT infrastructure/server Creation of common reporting templates (i.e. Student Success Indicator Sheet, Benchmarking Sheets, Common Kindergarten Report) We are moving to support a paperless data environment
  • 15. Policy December 2010: External Network Configuration Overview As of December 2010 all the schools involved with FNSSP were standalone networks accessing the Internet through their respective ISP’s· All firewalls were basic wide open “firewalls”, very limited security features· No secure connections to any other site
  • 17. Policy March 2011: External Network Configuration Overview Bimose Tribal Council and Shoal Lake 39 School firewalls have been upgraded to higher-end feature rich units Bimose Tribal Council’s internal network switch equipment is being upgraded to higher-end units, the upgrade is 80% complete Configuration of a site-to-site VPN has been configured from Shoal Lake 39 School to Bimose Tribal Council The VPN connection is part of the Trillium report card system implementation. All Trillium network traffic will go over this connection to the Trillium database at BTC
  • 19. March 2011: Bimose Tribal Council Internal Network Overview Bimose Tribal Council has totally redesigned its internal network into segmented traffic groups based on device rolls Notable Infrastructure Improvements Complete network and server redesign Nighty backup to secure network storage Complete environmental and network monitoring Monitoring alerts sent to IT cell phones 9 hour UPS backup power for network and servers Policy
  • 21. Policy Student Management Planning: Trillium Network Setup This is the planned Trillium setup for the schools. Each school has a secure VPN connection back to Bimose Tribal Council· Only approved Trillium clients will be allowed access to the database· All logical security to the database will be setup as required All non Trillium traffic will be sent over the Internet
  • 22. Policy Supporting Performance Measures Professional Development for all Staff Debbie Diller-December and May Nelson Canada EQAO/CAT4 Testing Sue Johnson-January and June David Booth Handwriting Without Tears Lion’s Quest Lab Classrooms
  • 23. Policy Supporting Performance Measures Central Program Support Regular scheduling of visits by program staff Focused common program implementation (i.e. Literacy Rooms and Coop Programs) Purchasing of common resources in each school.
  • 24. Policy Performance Measurement More networking and the establishment of functioning PLCs and TCLPs Enhanced data collection and interpretation tools Refinement of our District Review process and closely tying it to our school effectiveness plans
  • 25. Program Current Timeline: To date, we have met all of our timelines and program goals (all timelines have been met on time or ahead of schedule) with the exception of the final implementation of our data collection system. Our Trillium system will be up and running by mid-May
  • 26. Program Literacy Completed a literacy resource inventory in all schools to determine specific needs. Establishment of literacy libraries in each school Purchased the Nelson Literacy Program from JK-Grade 10 for each school. Completed a 2 day professional development session on Balanced Literacy and Guided Reading. Completed a 2 Day professional development session to support the Nelson Literacy Program and the EQAO Testing. Completed a 1 day professional development session on Literacy Best Practices
  • 27. Program Literacy Purchased all materials and equipment to set-up Literacy Centres in all JK-Grade 3 classrooms. Worked with teachers to establish Guided Reading and Literacy Centres in their classrooms. Implemented the PM and Fountasand PinnellBenchmarks in all schools. Purchased First Nation books and Literacy resources for all of our schools Beatrice Culleton, author of ‘April Raintree’ will be visiting our schools in May Writing Anthology for our schools Authors’ Workshop for the Fall
  • 28. Program Literacy Welcome to Kindergarten Online Language Dictionary School Twinning in Southern Ontario Parent support sessions in each community Benchmarks Home reading program Tips to support students
  • 34. Program Student Success/Student Retention Established a Co-op Program at the two High Schools. Completed a student survey of all Grades 4-12 Students. Organized a professional development session for the Education Counsellors. Organized a parent survey for each school. Organized a detailed interview process for students at the two High Schools who have dropped out of school. Organized a High School Teacher’s meetings to discuss secondary issues.
  • 35. Program Student Success/Student Retention Began the establishment of a Fiddling Program at each school. Organize Student Success Teams in our two High Schools Organized 2 professional development sessions for our Ojibway Teachers in conjunction with Keewatin-Patricia District School Board. Began the process of entry the two High Schools into NorWASSA Sports Competition Supported a student language session at Shoal Lake 39 to discuss language retention
  • 36. Program Data Management and Information Technology Began the set-up of the Trillium Student Data Software on the server and at each school. Purchased and set-up 12 SMART Boards. Purchased and set-up new administration computers for each school. Purchased and set-up a new server to store student data. Investigated the set-up of LIVE@EDU in all of our schools.
  • 37. Program Data Management and Information Technology Completed an inventory and analysis of all of the computer systems in each school. Established a remote link to each school server. Addressed any maintenance issues as they have arisen.
  • 40. Program Student Behaviour Support Organized Professional Development for ‘Handwriting Without Tears’, Lion’s Quest and Anti-Bullying with Barbara Colloroso. Completed a training session with staffs on fine/gross motor skills. Met with all special education teachers and most classroom teachers to review any students with behaviour issues and suggestions for professional development. Continuing Learning Lunches/ Teacher Workshops on a variety of topics. Developed a common Special Education handbook for our schools with IEP templates
  • 41. Program School Effectiveness Plans Our initial school plans involved a needs assessment and identification of common practices/materials for each school. Our next step will be the be the implementation of the provincial School Effectiveness Framework planning process in our schools
  • 42. Program School Effectiveness Framework The framework is a continual planning process that focuses on 4 key areas-Literacy, Numeracy, Pathways and Culture, Community and Caring The schools will be involved in annual District Reviews that look at the success of their plan Some funding will be flowed to the school to support their plans PLCs and TCLPs will also support their plans
  • 43. Partnerships Partnerships with Local School Boards Currently we do not share services agreements with our 2 local school boards We have been invited to participate in KPDSB’s Native Language PD sessions The two local boards have sent representatives to our PD sessions Our secondary students have participated in a Secondary Health and Wellness Forum.
  • 44. Partnerships Future Partnerships Development of a Evening Fiddling Program in the Kenora area The development of a high skills major type of program that would be run at our two high schools and at the two public secondary schools based on Environmental Studies More formalized PD planning (i.e. use of common PD days)
  • 45. Partnerships Provincial Level We currently receive no provincial funding Regionally, we have been invited to participate in all NOEL (Northern Ontario Education Leaders) projects and initiatives, but we have not been allowed to participate in the Directors meetings yet. We are in the process of becoming a member of the regional data warehouse through Compass to Success (Cognos)
  • 46. Partnerships Provincial Level Cont. The LNS as allowed our teachers to participate in all initiatives and projects (i.e. Schools in the Middle) The regional office of the MOE has also invited all of our program staff to any regional meetings.
  • 47. Partnerships Future Provincial Partnerships NorWASSA membership for our schools We applying to a number of provincial programs for funding to support our schools and program NOHF-Emerging Technology Fund NOHF-Youth Internship program
  • 48. Partnerships Other Partnerships Common Ground Initiative University of Manitoba/Confederation College/AKRC Post Secondary Program Apple Canada/Smart Canada Welcome to Kindergarten program though The Learning Partnership
  • 49. What Makes the Bimose Tribal Council FNSSP Great Strong community and staff support A focus on technology to promote learning (i.e. IPADS in all of our classrooms) A strong focus on best practices instead of using a set program Strong partnerships Strong planning process Getting the best of the best for our schools, staff and students Common spirit of success A willingness to think ‘outside the box’
  • 50. MiigwetchFrom the Staffs and Students of the Bimose Tribal Council FNSSP