S upporting International S tudents S urrey S chool District - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
S upporting International S tudents S urrey S chool District - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
S upporting International S tudents S urrey S chool District Largest school board in British Columbia 73,000+ students 20 secondary schools & 104 elementary schools 1,100+ IS P students We do not provide custodianship
S urrey S chool District
- Largest school board in British Columbia
- 73,000+ students
- 20 secondary schools & 104 elementary schools
- 1,100+ IS
P students
- We do not provide custodianship or homestay
- 47%
- f IS
P students live with a parent
Our IS P Team…
- Angela Olson- Manager
- Danielle Warren- Associate Manager
- S
hannon S pencer- IS P Teacher
- International S
tudent Advocate Teachers (IS A) x9
- Clerical support staff x5
- Multi-cultural Workers
Role of the International Education Advocate Teacher
- Admissions- transcript, credit, graduation
review
- English language assessment
- Resource and support for IS
As, staff and students
- Professional development for IS
As
- Triaging True North Incident Reports
International S tudent Advocate (IS A) Teachers
- Main point of contact in the school for IS
P students and our department
- Foster awareness of the IS
P program & sense of belonging for IS P students (host events)
- Connect students with school events, teams,
activities
- Monitor adj ustment and progress (academic and
behavioural)and graduation status; enter Incident Reports in True North
- Determine student intervention support
When students struggle to engage in school and have…
- chronic attendance issues
- low achievement
- slow progress
- poor effort, attitude, behaviour
What supports do we provide them?
S tudent S upport Intervention Plan
Level 1- S chool-based interventions, homework/ attendance trackers, Academic Probation Level 2- S chool-based Contract Level 3- District-based Contract
Level 1 Intervention (S chool-based)
- IS
A connects with the student
- Classroom teachers or IS
As contact parent/ custodian to express concerns
- Meet with parent/ custodian
- Homework or attendance tracker monitored by the
IS A
- Language Reassessment
- Place on Academic Probation
Academic Probation (AP)
Admissions
S tudents may be placed on AP as a condition of their acceptance
S chool-level
IS As will place students on AP if other level 1 school- based interventions are not working
Level 2- S chool-based Contract
- IS
A consults with school team (administrator, counselor, classroom teachers)
- Meeting is held with student, IS
A, admin, custodian and Multicultural worker
- Custodian & MCW communicate with parents in
home country to ensure everyone is aware (no surprises)
Level 3- District Contract
- All school-based supports and interventions
have been exhausted
- Final meeting with school team, custodian &
IS P manager
- No improvement = not invited to return the
following semester/ school year
How has this helped…
- Consistent and transparent practice
- Training new IS
As/ admin
- Encourage communication between our schools
and our Dept (letting us know that issues are escalating)
- Documentation of escalation (paper trail)
- Provides opportunity to improve
- The student knows that they are cared for
Contact Information
Angela Olson, IS P Manager
- lson_angela@
surreyschools.ca 778-772-4743 S hannon S pencer, IS P Teacher Advocate spencer_s@ surreyschools.ca 604-595-6043
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- 7th largest in BC
- 22,000 students total
- 30 Elementary Schools
- 4 Middle Schools
- 8 High Schools
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Who are we?
Mark Leiper DISTRICT PRINCIPAL Marketing, Admissions, Academics Lorna Goulet DISTRICT TEACHER COORDINATOR Student Services Kim Luteijn DISTRICT VICE-PRINCIPAL Homestay, Marketing, Short Term Programs Vanessa Sanchez-Erickson Viv Krutz Kim McDermand Nicole Wormald HOMESTAY COORDINATORS Dee Dee Wall BUDGET OFFICER Bowie Wong ADMISSIONS CLERK Miky Hohng MULTICULTURAL WORKER – Korean Sunny He PROGRAM ASSISTANT – Chinese Fusae Harada PROGRAM ASSISTANT - Japanese
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Delivery Model
COORDINATOR TIME: 1 BASE BLOCK PER SCHOOL PLUS: 1 coordinator block for every 25 FTE ISP students 1-25: 1 block + base block = 2 blocks 26-50: 2 blocks + base block = 3 blocks 51-75: 3 blocks + base block = 4 blocks 76- 100: 4 blocks + base block = 5 blocks 101 – 125 : 5 blocks + base block = 6 blocks 125+ : 6 blocks + base block = 7 blocks
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EA TIME
1 - 25 = 18 hrs/week (EA1) 26 – 40 = 24 hrs/week (EA1) 41 – 55 = 30 hrs/week (EA1) 56 – 80 = 35 hrs/week (EA1) 80+ = 35 hours/week (EA1) 30 hours/week (EA2)
Delivery Model
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Delivery Model
SUPPLIES (ISP) 1 – 20 = $ 2000 21 – 40 = $ 4000 41 – 60 = $ 6000 61 – 80 = $ 8000 81 – 100 = $ 10000
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ISP / ESL TEACHING BLOCKS 1 – 25 = 4 blocks 26 – 40 = 5 blocks 41 – 55 = 7 blocks 56 – 75 = 9 blocks 76 – 100 = 11 blocks 100 – 125 = 13 blocks 126 + = 15 blocks
Delivery Model
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TOC/ SEAOC / MISCELLANEOUS To cover for school functions, District trips, short term programs, District orientation days, etc. Held at the school. 0 – 40 = 6 TTOC days 41 – 50 = 8 TTOC days 51 – 60 = 10 TTOC days 60 + = 12 TTOC days
Delivery Model
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Surrey and Langley share the same process for Student Support Intervention Level 1 – School-based interventions Level 2 – School-based contract Level 3 – District-based contract
Student Support Intervention
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- English language assessment
- Resource and support for
School Coordinators
- Professional development for
School Coordinators
- Deal with Incident Reports in
True North from School Coordinators and Homestay Coordinators
Role of the District Teacher Coordinator
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- International Student Coordinator at each
High School
- School orientation
- Help students with
documentation/paperwork
- Course Planning – graduation program
- Extracurricular activities
- Academic / University / College advising
- Homestay issues
- Help students with any difficulties
- Multi-cultural Workers
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Student Support
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- District Homestay Program (in-house)
- Canadian Homestays
- Carefully selected
- Home inspection
- Police criminal record check
- Follow-up interviews
- International Student Coordinators
- Students improve English in a family
environment and appreciate the Canadian way of life
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Student Support: Homestay
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