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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Currently, there are a couple programs that we're running. First one is the Skills for Healthy Relationships program, that are targeted to grade seven to 12, the WITS Program which was mentioned earlier in the Member’s statement, and that's targeted from kindergarten to grade six. And then the other ones that we're having is Positive Behaviour Supports targeted from kindergarten right through to grade 12, as well as online resources, and obviously the Kids Help Line is another way that we can do that. Plus things that we do as well here, as we did in the Great Hall...
This bill in particular was very unique in that it involved a lot of our students across the Northwest Territories. In each of the communities that the standing committee travelled to in the last government, they did not only interact with adults and partnerships with the schools, but they involved some of the students in the grades. What was really neat was, I know up in Inuvik they utilized the e-learning program where they're able to speak to students in Tuktoyaktuk from Inuvik, and here in Yellowknife, they did go to Sir John School and got a lot of feedback from the schools as well as...
Thank you, Mr. Chair. It is time, and I think that's what the 17th Legislative Assembly did with some of the motions that passed, as well as some of the development of the action plans Right From the Start where we just developed them and we're trying to put some resources to those so we can have quality-educated people to run those facilities. However, with the motion before us, universal daycare may be an admirable goal, but it is important that we include items in our mandate that are achievable. The Feasibility Study on Universal Daycare done during the 17th Assembly showed there would...
Mr. Speaker, this is Education Week. It is a time to focus on how our education system supports our students to gain the knowledge and skills required to live productive lives and recognize the teachers that help them achieve help them achieve their personal, academic, and career goals. We are mindful of the priorities set by the 18th Legislative Assembly and, in particular, the need to deliver effective education and training programs to improve opportunities for student success. Through the ten-year Education Renewal Framework: Directions for Change, we will target initiatives which will...
There are many ways. As I mentioned to a Member earlier, we have the Skills for Healthy Relationships program, grades 7 to 12; the WITS program, kindergarten to grade 6; and the Positive Behaviour Support, kindergarten to grade 12. We also encourage students to talk to their parents, talk to their teachers, their peers, or a trusting adult. We are also working with other organizations where they are implementing some of their own anti-bullying programs. I believe through the Red Cross, we're looking and exploring ways at using their RespectED program. We are looking at that right now, to see...
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I don't mind the picking-on today. In terms of DEAs, DECs, as I mentioned, we have developed a handbook. We are providing orientation workshops to newly elected members. Other things we are doing are these bullying prevention and intervention strategies and resources that were developed by national experts that are available, and also ensuring that when we develop this Territorial School Code of Conduct, as well as the Safe and Caring Schools Regulations that all visitors have to abide by those rules. The department will continue to support ongoing professional...
The department will look at reviewing this option and bring back those options to the Member.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In this case, with universal daycare, it is just a feasibility study at this time that was tabled during life of the 17th Legislative Assembly. The department is looking at the study itself and seeing what options we can develop moving forward within the 18th Assembly. We are implementing the Right from the Start Early Childhood Development Framework and creating an action plan associated with it. At this time, we're looking at putting our efforts into the work that was done in partnership with Health and Social Services during the 17th Legislative Assembly, and...
Obviously, we've been having some very successful results with the e-learning program that we have. We’ve brought it down now into some of the southern parts of the Northwest Territories. That's one option. Other options that the Member might want to look at when he's speaking in the community, or when the parents are speaking with the DEC and the superintendent, is possibly busing students to Fort McPherson, which is closer than going to Inuvik, and keeping them in their communities.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to say that the department is committed to work with all of our communities to provide quality education programming for communities if they wish to do so from grades 10 to 12. In the case of Tsiigehtchic, the Members and myself would like to see the youth and the children stay in the community to get their education. What I would encourage the Member to do is to speak with the District Education Council, as well as the superintendent, to invite the superintendent into the communities to develop options into how we get grades 10 to 12 in the community of...