Mission Statement |
|
|
|
Wolf Creek Public Schools exists to: Ensure that each student is a successful learner for a lifetime.
Therefore, Each member of our organization is committed to developing the skills to create learning environments that are respectful of individual needs, nurturing in focus, and centered on exemplary educational practices. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vision |
|
|
|
There are two components to our preferred future: The first is a clearly identified picture of what we will look like in five years. The second is a year-by-year analysis of the goals we must meet to achieve our future statement of reality. |
|
|
|
Our desire is to work in an educational world that contains the following: |
|
|
|
|
Collaborative teams focused on student learning will be the norm in Wolf Creek Public Schools. |
|
|
|
|
An educational environment reflecting the best thinking in terms of assessment practice and instructional design. |
|
|
|
|
All learners enjoying a working environment that encourages innovative thinking in a supportive and caring environment. |
|
|
|
|
All members aspiring to powerful social interaction skills that respect the dignity of all individuals and allow us to learn independently or in collaborative settings. |
|
|
|
|
New technical structures including videoconferencing and document management assisting our efforts in increasing student and organization learning. |
|
|
|
|
All roles in the organization analyzed and realigned to ensure that they have student learning at the centre of their focus. |
|
|
|
A year-by-year breakdown will have the following steps in the five year program: |
|
|
|
|
Creating a Culture of Assessment |
|
|
|
|
Creating Videoconferencing Capability |
|
|
|
|
Creating a Document Management System |
|
|
|
|
Creating Strong Professional Learning Communities |
|
|
|
|
Creating Appropriate Roles for all Stakeholders |
|
|
|
|
Creating Capacity for Leadership |
|
|
|
|
Creating Our Measures of Student Success |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Facts and Figures |
|
|
|
|
Approximately 7200 students, from Kindergarten to Grade 12, attend Wolf Creek Public Schools. |
|
|
|
|
The division employs approximately 475 teachers and 350 support staff. |
|
|
|
|
There are 33 schools in the division: 21 regular schools, 3 outreach schools, 5 Hutterite Colony schools, 2 district school programs for students with psychiatric and/or emotional/behavioral challenges, 1 patients' school located at the Centennial Centre in Ponoka, and 1 school program at the Twin Oaks group home. |
|
|
|
|
Residents of Wolf Creek Public Schools are represented by six trustees on the Board of Trustees. Each trustee represents a ward within the boundaries of the school division. |
|
|
|
|
The division's operating budget for the 2008-2009 school year is $65.2 million. |
|
|
|
|
Approximately 4800 students are transported to and from school on division-owned and contracted buses along 100 rural bus routes and 16 urban routes (Blackfalds, Lacombe, Ponoka). |
|
|
|
|
Wolf Creek Public Schools' high-speed computer network connects to the Alberta SuperNet and the Internet to serve the collaboration, communication, learning, and research needs of Wolf Creek students and staff. |
|
|
|
|
A comprehensive Student Services team assists schools in meeting the needs of all students in Wolf Creek with a special focus on students identified with special education needs. |
|
|
|
|
French Immersion programs are offered in four Town of Lacombe schools and Native Education programs are offered in four Town of Ponoka schools. |
|
|
|
|
Wolf Creek Public Schools covers 5944 square kilometres and is located on both sides of the Queen Elizabeth II Highway (Highway 2) midway between Calgary and Edmonton. The City of Red Deer is our closest urban centre. |
|
|
Home
|
