PARKLAND SCHOOL DIVISION  

 

 

Educational Research

 

Parkland's main focus for educational research falls under the Alberta Initiative for School Improvement (AISI). The goal of AISI is to improve student learning and performance by fostering initiatives that reflect the unique needs and circumstances within school jurisdictions. AISI initiatives fall under one of three streams in our jurisdiction:

Collaborative Inquiry for Student Success (CISS)
This project involves the creation of collaborative teams within the school, or within the division. These teams focus their efforts on one or more of the following areas:


1. Achieving Parkland's Standards for Quality Programming in Special Education, Learning Disabilities, SWOC, etc.
2. Student evaluation, assessment and reporting.
3. Using technology to enhance teaching and learning.
 

All schools within Parkland School Division are participating in this project.


Enhanced Learning for School Success (ELSS)
This project provides the opportunity for schools to develop strategies that focus on increasing K-6 student success in literacy and numeracy. Primarily the projects focus on:


1. Helping teachers develop strategies to better accommodate students? individual differences.
2. Collaborating with parents and community partners to focus on early intervention, literacy, numeracy, and special needs programming.


The focus is on Grades K - 6, and involves 19 schools in Parkland School Division.
 

Success for Secondary Students (Tri-S)
This project provides schools the opportunity to initiate projects that address the identification and removal of barriers to high school completion. The focus is on:
 

1. Increasing Parkland's student high school completion rates.
2. Ensuring that Parkland students have the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to advance with confidence towards their next life steps.
3. Encouraging parents to become active partners in the development of a plan for success for their child.
 

The target population for this project is grades 7 - 12, and involves 17 schools within Parkland School Division.

 

For More Information:

For more information on our AISI Projects, contact Parkland's Learning Services Department at (780) 963-8422. Email:  learningservices@psd70.ab.ca.