Indigenous Education Action Plan 2017-2018

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Indigenous Education
Action Plan 2017-2018
Indigenous Education Action Plan 2017-2018

GROUP         STRATEGY                         ACTION                                               Date        EVIDENCE

PARENTS AND   Increase knowledge and           Create Message Map for Principals for Self I’d       June 2018   Comparison of number of Self I’d
COMMUNITY     awareness for parents and        Create new messaging around Self I’d by way of                   students between June 2017
              community members regarding      pamphlets, newsletter inserts, other board                       (376) and June 2018
              Self I’d                         materials, explore ways for school councils to
                                               promote, focus on Truth and Reconciliation
                                               Commissions Recommendations for community
                                               members.

                                               Implement visible banners in each of our
                                               secondary schools.

              Increase knowledge and           FNMI Parent and Community Cultural Evenings          2017        Number of requests, session
              awareness of parents and         Host multi-evening community cultural events                     feedback
              community members regarding      Respond to invitations to present to community                   Number of attendees at events
              FNMI history, culture and        groups in TLDSB regarding board work in the area
              traditions                       of FNMI education

              Increase the presence of FNMI    Elders in Residence Initiative                                   Number of elders regularly
              Elders/traditional knowledge     Connect with community members to involve                        offering their teachings at TLDSB
              keepers in TLDSB schools on an   them in ongoing authentic teaching and learning                  schools
              ongoing basis                    in TLDSB schools, the goal being one full day in 5
                                               schools as a pilot this year
                                               Emphasis to be placed on a “southern”
                                               connection with Curve Lake and a further
                                               development of the relation between Curve Lake
                                               and IE Weldon

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Indigenous Education Action Plan 2017-2018

           Increase knowledge and         Investigate a possible partnership with Town of      Fall 2017   Successful outcomes to the
           awareness of parents and       Huntsville on the offering of an Indigenous                      partnership investigation
           community members regarding    Symposium
           FNMI history, culture and
           traditions

           Increase knowledge and         Social Media Strategy development with               Fall 2017   Analysis of communication tools
           awareness of parents and       Communications Department                                        used, number of hits, likes etc.
           community members regarding                                                                     and any feedback responses
           FNMI history, culture and
           traditions

STAFF      Encourage deeper               Develop an FNMI 2.0 continued reboot with                        Number of administrators
           understanding that FNMI        administrators                                                   accessing and presenting the
           education is part of the       Provide resources to build capacity for school                   resources provided
           teaching and learning, not a   leaders (ie Self ID numbers per feeder school area
           separate entity                and per school, new Self ID communication tools,
                                          Truth and Reconciliation Recommendations
                                          handout)

                                          Offer support to NTIP to ensure knowledge and                    After session feedback form
                                          awareness around Indigenous education

                                          Support of Native Studies and other secondary                    An increase of the number of
                                          classroom work                                                   students enrolled in Native
                                          (ie. authentic presenters, field trips, reference                Studies Courses
                                          materials)

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                           Support of Elementary classroom work (ie.                       Number of requests for support,
                           authentic presenters, field trips, reference                    evidence of implementation in
                           material)                                                       classrooms

                           Development of Grade resources to empower           2017-2018   2017-2018 ongoing
                           teachers to be culturally proficient with meeting
                           the needs of the curriculum
                           Allows FNMI students to see themselves
                           represented in their schools and their classrooms
                           in an authentic way

                           Development of TLDSB Protocol Guide for system      2017-2018   2017-2018 ongoing

                           FNMI Promising Practices Session self- selected     2017-2018   Number of attendees, feedback
                           opportunity to be held north and south or                       forms, evidence of
                           investigate adobe opportunity                                   implementation in classrooms

                           Four after school opportunites for staff            2017        Number of attendees, feedback
                           knowledge building around Truth and                             forms, evidence of
                           Reconcilation report, Treaties, Residential                     implementation in classrooms
                           Schools, the importance of being an ally.

                           Be explicit about the alignment of FNMI, Eco,       Ongoing     Number of connections and
                           Character Development, Equity and Feed All Four                 presentations made that include
                           in all work with stakeholders                                   FNMI, Eco, Character
                           Connect with Curriculum Consultants to expand                   Development and Feed All Four
                           opportunities to link with Adobe Connects and
                           other presentations across the system

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           Investigate the opportunity and     Design and implement a retreat for TLDSB staff      2018        Feedback from Staff
           feasibility of offering a
           weekend retreat in partnership
           with elders of Wahta for
           interested staff on the delivery
           of Indigenous Education
           teachings

           Cultivating relationships in the    Collaborative Inquiry Project (Ministry of          2017-2018   Number of staff involved and
           service of Aboriginal Student       Education) continuing                                           evidence of implementation of
           Wellbeing and Success               At Glen Orchard and investigation of potential of               the work within schools
                                               additional schools

STUDENTS   Increase knowledge and              Imagine Canada Project with Me to We to be          2017-2018   Number of attendees
           awareness of students               offered twice this year with schools in the north               Action plans carried out by
           regarding FNMI history, culture     and south of TLDSB.                                             participants
           and traditions
           Allows FNMI students to see
           themselves represented in their
           schools and their classrooms in
           an authentic way
           Increase the understanding of
           the importance of active
           citizenship for all students with
           regards to the Truth and
           Reconciliation Calls to Action

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           Increase Student Voice at FNMI    Meetings Invite student representation (1) as a      Fall 2017   Student attends meetings
           Advisory Committee                committee member

           Increase knowledge and            Arctic Winter Games Event for Grades 6-8 at          2018        Number of students who attend
           awareness of students             Camp Wanakita                                                    Feedback forms
           regarding FNMI history, culture   Authentic activities that highlight the Arctic
           and traditions                    Winter Games                                                     Functional Fitness Charts
           Allows FNMI students to see       Align with Healthy Active Living Consultant and                  developed along with the
           themselves represented in their   others                                                           Healthy Active Living Consultant
           schools and their classrooms in
           an authentic way

           Increase knowledge and            Arts Consultants to work with groups of students     2017-2018   Number of students who attend
           awareness of students             to increase the awareness of the rich cultural                   and participate in program
           regarding FNMI history, culture   history of the Indigenous population.                            offerings
           and traditions                                                                                     Feedback forms
           Allows FNMI students to see       Offer opportunities for students to participate in
           themselves represented in their   Indigenous cultural activities at TLAC
           schools and their classrooms in
           an authentic way

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                Increase knowledge and            Align with #ReconciliACTION campaign and         Ongoing   Number of tweets and
                awareness of students             #WeStandTogether campaign                                  submissions
                regarding FNMI history, culture
                and traditions
                Allows FNMI students to see
                themselves represented in their
                schools and their classrooms in
                an authentic way

OUTSIDE TLDSB   Increase the knowledge and        Make resources available on the website          Ongoing   Number of hits/requests
                awareness of what TLDSB is        Continue to develop and share resources
                currently doing in the area of
                FNMI education

                                                  Respond to invitations to share resources and    Ongoing   Number of requests, session
                                                  present across the province                                feedback
                                                  Explore opportunities to highlight the work in
                                                  TLDSB by showcasing TLDSB staff and/or
                                                  community partners’ promising practices when
                                                  responding to presentation invitations.

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