REGULATION 6142.04

FIRST NATIONS EDUCATION

In order to create an environment in which First Nations students can achieve their emotional, intellectual, physical and spiritual objectives, the District will:

• work to increase First Nations retention and graduation rate by:
  • having administration encourage active participation of parents of  First Nations students within the school’s Parent Advisory Councils and other school committees
  • having administrators, teachers, teachers on-call, teacher assistants and counsellors as role models and support for First Nations students
  • creating First Nations classrooms that reflect the cultural heritage of students
  • encouraging the use of First Nations resources and curriculum that reflect the history of First Nations people
  • recognizing academic excellence for students in Grade 7, Grade 10 and Grade 12 through bursaries
  • supporting language skill development, math, reading and writing for First Nations students in the primary, early and late intermediate grades
  • encouraging professional development activities at the school and District level that address the needs of First Nations students
  • paying particular attention to First Nations students during their transitional years

• acknowledge participation of the First Nations people in the overall school community by consulting with:
  • Songhees and Esquimalt Nation Education Liaison workers and their Education Committees
  • District First Nations Parent Advisory Council
  • First Nations community cultural resource people
  • First Nations Education Curriculum Committee
  • Local First Nations community boards and organizations

• ensure that teachers of First Nations students shall be provided with the opportunity to become familiar with First Nations culture and contemporary issues

• support First Nations students by encouraging them to develop a strong personal identity and pride in their heritage

• ensure that all schools reflect the cultural heritage of First Nations people through connection with First Nations art work, library resource materials, and cultural presentations

• offer classes and courses that include the history and traditions of First Nations people

• continue support of First Nations cultural awareness activities and programs at the school level

• continue support of the distribution of the FNED newsletter

• actively recruit First Nations people for administrative positions through First Nations programs at Universities, First Nations newspapers, provincially sponsored Listservs for First Nations educators

 

Greater Victoria School District

• Approved:     May 25, 1999