Red Deer Public School District

Student Success & Completion

Definition:

School is about the successful journey students experience from early learning, through all grades, to high school completion, and beyond.

Outcomes:

  • Children have an excellent start to their learning journey in Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten.
  • Students at elementary and middle schools have a strong foundation in literacy and numeracy.
  • Students experience effective transitions between grades and between schools.
  • Students experience character education programming in Grades 1-9.
  • Students in high school will be engaged in personalized and flexible learning environments while being supported by meaningful relationships in the school.

Strategies:

  • Develop common practices across the district to create a literacy-rich environment that includes: strong emphasis on oral language, phonological awareness, alphabet knowledge, and print awareness.
  • Develop common practices across the district to create learning environments that focus on exploration, play, and inquiry.
  • Strategies as outlined in the priority of Literacy & Numeracy.
  • Develop a task force for successful transitions (by grade and school).
  • Monitor and respond to student progress throughout each reporting period.
  • Continue, and refine, the district’s attendance tracking process and increase the focus of the school-based Learning Team to support improved attendance.
  • Provide transition support for First Nations, Métis, and Inuit students.
  • Highlight and promote the character education programming in district schools.
  • Continue the implementation of the Moving Forward with High School Redesign project.
  • Increase the use of My Blueprint at all high schools to support career exploration and development activities.
  • Continue to monitor student academic progress and respond appropriately.

Performance Measures:

  • Data from the Kindergarten Early Years Evaluation - Teacher Assessment (EYE-TA).
  • Overall satisfaction with the quality of basic education. (AE)
  • High school completion rate of students within three, four, and five  years of entering Grade 10. (AE)
  • High school to post-secondary transition rate of students within six years of entering Grade 10. (AE)
  • Students identified with attendance issues. (RDP)
  • Overall agreement that students model the characteristics of active citizenship. (AE)
  • Overall satisfaction with the opportunity for students to receive a broad program of studies, including fine arts, career, technology, health and physical education. (AE)
  • Overall percentage of students and parents who feel students are prepared for the next grade level, who feel students will complete high school, and who feel students have a plan for life beyond high school. (RDP)