Walter Scott P.S. is committed to supporting the Board's literacy focus under the three Board focus areas of Quality Schools, Building Family and Community Capacity and Quality Workplaces.
The following is an outline of our School Plan for Continuous Improvement including highlights of some of the strategies to support student achievement.
Our school focus for curriculum implementation and student learning is Literacy with specific emphasis on Reading and Writing. We are committed to providing students with a daily balanced literacy program, determining student achievement through the use of valid assessment and evaluation practices, and increasing our use of technology to support literacy achievement. Through ongoing professional development and participation in the Board’s Literacy Collaborative Project, our staff is committed to achieving the highest level of instruction for our students.
Our school focus for parental and community involvement is to work collaboratively with trained parent and community volunteers to effectively support student achievement. In addition, through receiving regular and relevant information, parents will know how to support their child’s learning. This will include information in school/classroom newsletters, School Council meetings, and presentations at our Friday morning family drop-in centre. The latter provides a place for parents to meet each other and discuss and receive support and information on a wide range of issues pertaining to them and their children; it is organized by our school’s Community Coordinator.
Our school focus for effective schools is to provide an environment where students will demonstrate responsibility by treating others with respect at all times. Daily morning announcements reinforce our expectations regarding respect, and our in-school behavior tracking system allows for direct communication with parents and a means of determining patterns of behavior that need to be addressed. We aim to maintain a balance between pro-active problem solving and appropriate consequences. An additional focus is to increase student time on task through a variety of instructional strategies and recognition of different learning styles, as well as monitoring student attendance and arrival on time – supporting and intervening when necessary.