- Recognizing staff, students and families during Education Week April 11, 2021The pandemic has presented many challenges for everyone in B.C’.s school system as it continues to face unprecedented times.
- Another new school coming for Surrey students, families April 8, 2021A new, energy-efficient elementary school is coming to the South Newton neighbourhood, giving hundreds of Surrey students a modern place to go to school as more education investments are made to support one of B.C.’s fastest-growing cities.
- Stride Avenue students will learn in new, energy efficient school April 8, 2021A new, seismically safe Stride Avenue Community school will give hundreds of students in Burnaby a better learning experience for generations to come and contribute to a reduction in B.C. greenhouse gases.
- More classroom space for students in Pouce Coupe April 7, 2021To meet future growth demand and to get students out of portables, a two-classroom addition with space for 45 students at Pouce Coupe Elementary has been approved.
For your information … we share a link to the Superintendent’s Report to the Board as prepared by our Superintendent of Schools, Janet Meyer and presented at the virtual Regular (Public) Board of Education Meeting held on Wednesday, February 24:
CMSD82 Superintendent’s Report to the Board – February 24, 2021
The theme for this month’s report is “Professional Development”. In the spring of 2020, the school district conducted a CMSD82 Workplace Environmental Scan. Some of the results of that scan related to the satisfaction of our employees pertaining to their professional development opportunities indicate:
- 63% of employees feel the school district supports their work-related learning and development,
- 47% feel the quality of training and development they received is satisfactory, and
- 55% agree they have adequate opportunities to develop their skill.
Given the results of the Workplace Scan, the school district is trying to establish the actions that can be taken to further enhance the professional development opportunities for employees.
The Superintendent’s Report highlights the following good news stories entitled, CMSD82 Schools Welcome Teacher Candidates, International Student from Uganda attends MEMSS, Cassie Hall Elementary School Connecting the Curriculum to the Land and Pink Shirt Day Across CMSD82 … February 24.
There is also an 101 informational story on, What Is a Thoughtexchange?. To that end employees are welcome to participate in a Professional Development Thoughexchange detailed on page 3 of the Superintendent’s Report. Feedback is welcome by March 5.
A friendly reminder … if you have specific questions related to COVID-19, please do not hesitate to forward your questions to covid@cmsd.bc.ca, which comes directly to the Superintendent’s email inbox. If District staff cannot answer your questions, we will reach out to other organizations to secure the answer and respond to you.
Should you have questions regarding the December 16 Superintendent’s Monthly Report to the Board, please do not hesitate to contact Carole Gagnon, Executive Assistant at the Board of Education Office at (250) 638-4401 for assistance.
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