Premier Award for School Board Innovation (sponsored by Xerox Canada)

Background:

The Premier Award for School Board Innovation recognizes educational innovations and improvements that have been advanced or directed by school boards, with a focus on improved student achievement. A panel of judges determines the award recipient based on the following criteria:

• innovative nature;• sustainability within the present system or school;• transferability to other systems or schools;• costrelativetobenefitsachieved;• client support; and• evidence of improved student achievement.

Premier Award for School Board Innovation (sponsored by Xerox Canada)

The Transitions for Success Program to Support the SELF (Social Emotional Learning Framework) for Students, Louis Riel School Division

The Transitions for Success program strives to support the dignity of all students, and supports provincial stay-in-school legislation. It strengthens positive connections between the school and the home, and builds capacity in the home school to support a long term in-school response to intervention.

The Transitions for Success program is designed to meet the needs of senior years students who require supportive intervention to maintain placement in their home schools. The program has recently been expanded to middle years students with similar needs, and new programs are being piloted that focus on school refusal, substance abuse, mental health needs, and problematic relationships.

(left to right): Wayne Ruff, Trustee; Tom Parker, Trustee; Louise Johnston, Trustee; Christian Michalik, Assistant Superintendent; Sandy Nemeth, Trustee