Kingsview Village Junior School
Our School Improvement Plan
Literacy
Our school wide focus in Literacy is on instructional strategies, leading to the development of higher order thinking skills in cross-curricular contexts. Teachers are engaged in professional development opportunities provided by our Professional Learning Communities. Support for students may be provided through collaboration between regular programs and resource staff. We offer Reading Recovery (TM) teachers to support the Grade One programs. New materials are purchased to support differentiated learning centres for classrooms. Within a balanced/comprehensive literacy program, teachers integrate reading, writing, oral language and media literacy skills, working collaboratively with all staff in achieving our literacy goals.
Numeracy
Teachers continue to participate in professional development in the area of Mathematics by focusing on integrating technology, literacy and problem-solving in all math strands and incorporating differentiated instruction (e.g., S.T.E.M). We continue to upgrade our math resources and manipulatives for classrooms and our Literacy/Math Lounge - a lending, resource library for staff. We continue to encourage students to prove and explain their answers, and to link mathematics to the "big idea". We are excited about our students' successes in using Mathletics.
Pathways
Using current data to identify student need: curriculum expectations are chosen; cross curricular connections developed; differentiated and high yield strategies applied; success criteria, descriptive feedback and assessment for, as, and of learning - are collaboratively designed. The Pathways (TLCP) include pre-assessment tasks, sub-tasks, and culminating tasks. Teachers engage in moderated marking of student work.Student progress is tracked/monitored for continuous improvement. Engaging our students in critical literacy supports the growth of effective questioning, inclusion of multiple perspectives, developing students' skills/abilities to make meaningful connections and inferences, and the development/growth of deeper understanding.
Community, Culture & Caring
Our school provides opportunities for students to learn about their own and each others' cultures through culturally responsive and relevant pedagogy, teaching strategies and school-wide use of resources such as the "Equity Continuum". Our Community Support Worker strengthens our partnerships with our dedicated and supportive community of parents. Together, we work collaboratively to promote excellence in student achievement and parent engagement. The School Council, A.T.P. Committees of Parents and staff, Parenting and Family Literacy Centre, monthly parent programs and focused parent workshops with guest speakers - focus on encouraging parent and community engagement.