Livingstone Range School Board adopted a report last week that showcases the results of the past year.
Trustees approved the Annual Education Results report during their November meeting at the G.R. Davis Administration Building in Fort Macleod.
“This particular year was probably unlike any other,” superintendent Darryl Seguin said.
Seguin said the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the education system, bringing with it mandatory masks, grouping students in cohorts, limited extracurricular activities and students moving to and from classrooms to on-line learning.
The Annual Education Results report is required under the government’s Education Act.
Trustees are to use the report as a guide to improve outcomes for students and ensure they can acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes they need to be successful and contributing members of society.
“It’s really great to see the AER,” trustee Lori Hodges said. “In the pandemic we could have chosen not to move ahead with a lot of our initiative, our engagement and everything like that because we weren’t sure where we were, where it was headed, and what was going to happen.”
“It’s really encouraging to see all the great things we were still able to accomplish in the multiple years of the pandemic. I’m excited to share this with the public.”
The province’s new format has the school division reporting in the following five domains:
- Student growth and achievement.
- Teaching and leading.
- Learning supports.
- Governance.
- Local and societal context.
“That’s how this report is structured this year,” Seguin said. “That is certainly a different format than in the past but I’m excited about some of the changes.”
“I think it allows us a little more freedom and flexibility to tell our story.”
Integrated throughout the document are Livingstone Range’s mission, vision and core values.
The mission is: “Livingstone Range inspires excellence through meaningful relationships, innovation and collaboration.”
The vision is “Every student, every day.”
The core values are student-centered; leadership; integrity; wellness; and place-based.
Seguin said stakeholder engagement is a focus in the province’s new assurance model.
“The board of trustees has done an excellent job in trying to engage stakeholders in planning and reporting processes,” Seguin said.
That included seeking input on school calendars and defining student success.
The report outlines the school division’s goals, outcomes and strategies in the areas of leadership, culture and academics.
The report contains the results of the Alberta Education Assurance Measure surveys done last spring.
Livingstone Range School Division’s audited financial statements are part of the report.
There is a budget summary as well as a breakdown of spending in various areas.
There is a summary of capital and facilities projects in Livingstone Range, and notes the modernization of J.T. Foster school in Nanton remains the No. 1 facilities priority.
Seguin praised the division’s staff for the many good things that happened in Livingstone Range during trying times.
“Our staff is so professional,” Seguin said. “They always want what’s best for kids.”
The report is to be posted on the school division’s Web site, www.lrsd.ca.
