Student Success Strategies

Student Success is based upon the four pillars:

  • Literacy

    • Board Literacy Committee
    • School Based Literacy Teams
    • Literacy Leadership and Professional Development
    • Tracking Student Literacy
    • Literacy Data Analysis and Teacher Training in Data Collection
    • Think Literacy Subject Specific Training / Resources
    • Literacy Resources – Teacher Developed and Trade Book
    • Student/Parent Think Literacy Tool Kit
    • OSSLC / LDCC Teacher Training
    • OSSLC Program Resources
    • OSSLT Student Preparation
    • OSSLT Information Pamphlet & Posters
    • OSSLT NCDSB Common Resource for High Schools
    • Exercise, Nutrition and Hydration OSSLT Preparation
    • PA Day Literacy Conference
    • Student / Parent Literacy Tool Kit
    • DRA – Dissemination of DRA Statistics or Data for grade 9 teachers
    • Demonstration Classroom for Grades 7, 8 and 9 Teachers
    • DEAR Resources Grades 7 to 12
    • Literacy Motivational Sessions
    • Student Success Provincial Literacy Conference
    • P3 Literacy Support
    • Literacy Tutors in the Classrooms
    • Literacy Data Analysis

  • Numeracy

    • Board Numeracy Committee
    • School Numeracy Committee
    • Professional Learning
    • Track Math Results and Support At Risk Students
    • Math Communications Pamphlet for Students and Parents
    • EQAO Pamphlet and Posters
    • Professional Development on Assessment Strategies
    • Purchase and In-service TIPS Manipulative
    • Manipulative Inventory
    • Improve Classroom Resources
    • Run LDCC Math in all High Schools
    • Provide Access to Professional Learning Communities for Teachers
    • Spring-Teacher Professional Development Conference
    • Student Success Ministry Numeracy Symposium
    • Math Data Collection, Analysis and Decision Making
    • NCDSB Numeracy Conference for Grades 7, 8 and 9
    • CTC – Catholic Teachers Communicating – Grades 7 and 8
    • TIPs Textbook Alignment
    • EQAO Student Preparation Package
    • P3 Support for Numeracy
    • Mathematical Literacy Data Analysis

  • Pathways

    • Success Strategies for Students Board Steering Committee
    • Board Pathways Advisory Committee
    • Family of Schools Student Success Advisory Groups
    • Student Success Teachers
    • SSCP Student Success Communication Process
    • Data Collection, Analysis and Decision Making
    • Certification Programs
    • Technological Studies Improvement
    • Expansion of APC – Apprenticeship Preparation Courses
    • OYAP – Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program
    • Cooperative Education Expansion
    • SUCCESS Program – Alternative Education
    • Credit Recovery Program
    • Alternative Pathways – Online Learning
    • Choices into Action Supports
    • Regional School to College to Work Initiative Program – C3
    • Pathway Development Communication and Promotion
    • Administrators’ Data Decision Making Training
    • LDC/Workplace Course Development and Teacher Training
    • Pathway Professional Development
    • P3 – Pathways Preparation Program
    • Sustaining Technology Education Labs
    • Transportation for Co-op and APC Students
    • Success Strategies for Students School Pilot Programs
    • Professional Learning – Cost Sharing Co-op AQ
    • Credit Recovery Manual
    • Lighthouse Projects: Jr. Success, HEROS, Mentor Connector
    • www.onmyway.ca
    • SHSM – Specialist High Skill Major
    • Hospitality Travel & Tourism
    • Transportation and Technology
    • Horticulture and Landacape
    • Student Success Team E-Manual
    • PPLP Program Writer
    • Blueprint Marketing and Communication & Branding
    • Restructuring and Reculturing of Guidance Departments Across the Board
    • Transition Development & Training
    • Student Success 9 Indicators of Success

  • Community, Culture and Caring.

    • Community Partnership Programs with BEC, NTAB, Niagara College and Brock University
    • Community/Career Awareness Programs
    • Tutors in the Classroom Training
    • Brock Partnership Mentoring and Tutoring Program
    • Student Success Camps, Grade 7 and 8
    • Student Success Destination Conference
    • Speakers Bureau
    • Parent Conference Mission Possible
    • Take Our Kids to Work Day
    • Teen Esteem
    • Teacher Internship
    • Employer Appreciation
    • Career / Job Fair for Workplace Graduates
    • Workplace Community Liaison Teacher
    • Professional Development – Special Education Part 1
    • Girls Talk & Building Buddies
    • Professional Learning Team – Differentiated Instruction
    • Building Buddies
    • TV, Radio and Newspaper Advertising & Promoting
    • Student Success Teachers Committees / Meetings
    • Sustaining Capacity with Support Staff
    • Health Camp (March Break)

Special programs in each of these areas are in place to support student success.