Effectively Supporting the Professional Development and Growth of Teachers In our role as learning coaches, we have the foundational belief that teachers are professionals who will engage in reflection in order to examine practice and to make instructional decisions and changes to benefit the students they are teaching. “Much of Read more…
Time, Pace, Place: Using Flexible Design and Delivery to Support Learners Reseachers: Frazer Donahue, Cheryl Dunits, Jean Fauchon, Shalen Fox, Carlo Hansen and Ramona Stiller Additional Teacher Participants: Janet Benoit, Anne Crozier, Shelly Fransoo, Tracie Harty, Nate Jurgens, Roxanne StynskyDecember 2017 In August 2015, teachers at John Paul II Collegiate were directed Read more…
The Wuchusk or Muskrat Project Researchers: Renée Carrière and Dr. Tim JardineOctober 2016 The objectives of this project have been established to include but are not limited to the following: To advance the bridging of Indigenous and Western science knowledge. To promote the modelling of land-/place-based teaching pedagogy and practices with science Read more…
Promising Practices for Meaningful Family Engagement Researchers: Carly Robson Gilchrist, Pamela Sawatzky and Amber ThompsonOctober 2020 As three researchers, each from distinct rural communities, we will seek to establish and communicate a host of possible practices that are central to engaging families to support student learning. Our project proposal asks, Read more…
Ē-kiwēyitotamāhk Kitāyisinēwinānāw: Reclaiming Our Cree Language Through Oral Tradition Researchers: Diane Peekeekoot, Charlotte Campbell, Emily Weenoonis and Shaun Sasakamoose. August 2015 What began as a project to revitalize our traditional Cree language in our school became an incredible re-awakening and revitalization of our Cree culture, and formed new bonds with Elders Read more…
Managing Student Stress During COVID-19 Researchers: Brent Keen and Angela Csiki The focus of our project was to discover how effectively we can mitigate students’ stress over the COVID-19 pandemic using strategies that promoted mindfulness. Our objective was to measure how successfully we could reduce students’ stress levels using three different Read more…
Researcher: Seleste EftodaNovember 2023 | Winner of the 2023-24 McDowell Foundation Research Award There is an urgent need to address the teacher wellbeing crisis that is gripping many teachers within the province, across the country and around the globe. Teacher well-being is an urgent concern as the wellbeing of the Read more…
Female Leaders and their Impact on School Culture in Saskatchewan Researchers: Amy Korver and Amy OrthOctober 2021 The purpose of this study is to explore the experiences of women in K-12 school administration and learn from their experiences. By focusing on female leadership in Prairie Spirit School Division and Prairie Read more…
Papal Encyclical Laudato si’ and Critical Pedagogy of Place: Catholic School Teachers Enacting Papal Encyclical Laudato si Researchers: Mel Sysing and Dustin Kasun, Dr. Verna St. Denis. Analysis by Dr. Sheelah McLeanFebruary 2018 This project seeks to understand how the pedagogical practices of Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools teachers in Saskatoon, Canada Read more…
Raquel Bellefleur & Michael Graham Treaty Education has been mandatory for K-12 students in Saskatchewan for over a decade, yet many teachers still struggle with how to best implement it in their classrooms. This action research project will investigate the effect of developing a community of rural educators to take Read more…