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Education Day
The third day of the community engagement workshop
in Poplar Hill was dedicated to education. Participants identified who
was present and who was absent in the education sector, with the aim of
ensuring that those who were away are invited to review and comment on
the workshop results.
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Present
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Absent
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Jim Suggashie
– Band councillor
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Teachers
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Anna Owen –
Mental health trainee
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The Education
board
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Barbara Strang
– Community health representative
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Parents
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Anita Strang –
Computer technician
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Chief and Council
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Salina Strang –
CAP youth worker
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Student rep.
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Howard Comber
– Education director
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Elders
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Teresa Wassaykeesic
– Health Director
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Social services
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Ruth Wassaykeesi
– Pre natal nutrition - educator
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Brian Beaton
(K-Net) provided a brief summary of the SMART and the progress
made to date on the implementation of the SMART Project
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Cards
Once again, participant expressed their expectations
on cards.
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Participants brainstormed
on what contributes to a Quality education in Poplar Hill.
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The diagram allows everyone to "spray"
their ideas on to paper describing:
- the vision or results that the education workers
are working towards (large bubbles),
- the programs they are involved with (in
green),
- the desired programs
(in orange),
- the existing use of technology
(in red),
- the desired use of technology
(in blue),
and
- what to measure to show that the visions or goals
were being reached, or that the programmes were moving ahead (yellow
sticky papers)
At the end, this was the results…
Table of Results, Programs / resources, and indicators
for Quality education in Poplar Hill
The table below is a summary made
from the diagram. Many program outcomes contribute to more than one result.
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Results
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Programs / resources
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Indicators
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Better Infrastructure
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Satellite dishes (T,
P, SS)
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News, news updates, weather
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Airport (T,
P, SS, TR) (
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Air ambulance
Night travel
Better service
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Winter road (SS,
TR, W)
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Lower prices of goods
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Roads (T)
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Safety, awareness, supplies
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Fire hydrants (T)
(TR, SS)
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Emergency fire team
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Running water. (T,
P)
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Cleaner and healthier lifestyle
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Store (P,
PCI, PC, T, SS) (W,
OL)
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Community based shopping mall
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Day care (TR,
SS, T, P, W, VC)
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Community workforce 70%
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Teacherage (P,
T, PC, PCI, SS)
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Teacher retention
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Community education programs
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Ontario curriculum (P,
T, PCI, W, TR)
(VC, OL, TR)
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More graduates
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Radio station (P,
T, SS, TR)
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Communication, news
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Canoe trip (T,
TR)
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Survival skills
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CHR (P,
PCI, T, TR, VC, OL, SS)
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Health living lifestyle
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Distance education (P,
T, W, SS, OL)
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Complete high school diploma
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Wawatay (T,
P) (PC, PCI)
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News
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Driver education
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Responsible and safe drivers
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Adult education (VC,
OL, PC, PCI)
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Post secondary degrees
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Health family training
(SS, TR, T, P,
OL)
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Parenting skill
Family involvement
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Traditional teaching
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Family gathering (P,
T) (PCI, OL, VC,
SS)
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Feasts (P,
T, W, SS)
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Learn to cook wild meet and traditional
food
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Camping (T)
(TR)
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More traditional skills
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Language (P,
T, SS, PC) (PCI,
PC, VC, W)
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Keep language
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Elder support (P,
T) (VC, SS)
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More visual involvement
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First language (P,
T, VC, TR)
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Language is not lost
English remains second language
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Non school settings (T,
TR, P, VC)
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Site established for teaching
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Traditional gathering
& dancing (P,
T, TR, SS, W, PCI)
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More gatherings
More culture
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Cultural documentation
(PC, PCI, T, P,
VC, OL)
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Bigger and better school
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School bus (T)
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Other services
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Land (T)
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Bigger space for school
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Play ground (T)
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Could hear the kids play
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Existing building (P,
PCI, PC, TR, T, OL, W) (VC,
SS)
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Photograph
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Community centre (TR,
P, T) (VC,
PC, PCI)
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More equipment
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Library (P,
PCI, PC, OL, TR, VC)
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Children have more reading material
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Science lab (P,
PCI, PC, T, VC, SS, OL, TR)
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Bigger school bus (TR,
T, P)
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Bigger school bus passing by
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Grade 9 and 10 (TR,
T, VC, PC, PCI, SS)
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Computer lab (P,
PCI, PC, T, VC, SS, OL, TR)
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More computer training
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More space (SS,
OL, T)
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More classrooms
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Resources (W,
PC, PCI, VC, OL, SS, P, T)
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Lots of funding, more resources
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Trained school staff
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Breakfast program (P,
T, SS) (PCI)
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Healthy food
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Vitamin & brushing
teeth (SS, T) (PCI)
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Better hygiene
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K 5,6,7,8 (TR,
SS, P, T, W, OL, PC, PCI)
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Steady student population willing to
learn
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Work experience (T,
W, PC, P) (TR,
SS, T)
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Better program delivery
Less cost to train or upgrade
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Board & principal
training (T, P,
TR, SS)
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Longer work service and better locally
trained LEA/principals
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More graduates
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Pride in the community
Local trained people good models
Goals are reachable
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Guidance councillor (TR,
PCI, PC, SS)
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Staff has been hired
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Funds (T,
P, VC, PCI, TR, SS, W)
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Better education and teacherage program,
and longer staff retention
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Community support (P,
SS, OL, PCI)
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More people get involved
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Training and upgrading
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Better trained and longer on Board
working using their experience
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Impossible
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Legend: video-conferencing (VC), personal
computers with Internet (PCI); training (TR), service support (SS); On-line
services including list serves, chat, discussion forum (OL); websites
(W); (P) phone, (PC) personal computer, and new technology (T)
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