 The Learning Services Department is dedicated to providing services to assist students to develop the attitudes, skills and knowledge required for them to successfully participate in educational experiences. We provide indirect or direct service to the student and/or the school community. Our collective knowledge, skills, energy, creativity and empathy support and nurture this process. Our mission is shared with administrators, teachers, support staff, parents and the community. Its success is dependent on a common vision of education.
We believe in...
- Collaboration
- Promotion of Excellence for All
- Diverse Ways of Working
- Equity, Respect, and Care for All
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The following beliefs are central to that vision:
• Individual learners have diverse needs and skills. Learning occurs at different rates and in different ways. Our specialized services assist students as they actively engage in the learning process in order to maximize their growth and realize their full potential.
• Each student is unique. Each enters the classroom with a set of cultural, educational, social and family experiences that impacts on successful functioning in the school environment. We support a safe and welcoming environment where diversity is valued.
• Emotional and social development complement intellectual development. Our services are aimed at teaching strategies to encourage and support the student to meet challenges and experience success.
• Educational experiences promote opportunities for students to develop individual and social responsibility.
• Assessment and teaching are interwoven in an ongoing, dynamic information gathering process that creates and supports meaningful learning contexts for the student.
• Decisions regarding student educational programs are best made and implemented through collaborative practices which include parents, students and educators in the process of understanding student strengths and needs, and establishing educational goals.
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