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Chinook Board of Education Receives Premier's Award

June 04, 2014

MEDIA RELEASE
November 13, 2013
For Immediate Release

On Tuesday, November 12, the Chinook Board of Education received the annual Premier's Board of Education Award for Innovation and Excellence at the Saskatchewan School Boards Association's Fall General Assembly.

The Honourable Don Morgan, Minister of Education, presented the award on behalf of Premier Brad Wall to Chinook Board Chair Randy Beler for the division's "Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI) Program".

"The board feels that the LLI Program at Chinook truly exemplifies the innovative nature of the award. Our teachers use research-based reading improvement strategies that greatly improve learning at the classroom and individual student level, and we have seen the positive impact LLI has had on both teachers and students," said Chinook Board of Education Chair Randy Beler. "We are very proud of the results and have seen incredible success. In the first four years, 291 students who were struggling with reading before entering the program were at or above grade level upon completion."

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Chinook Board members and staff, pictured (left to right): Shawna Wright - Board Trustee, Shane Andrus - Board Trustee, Tim Weinbender - Board Trustee, Elaine Anderson - Board Trustee, Tim Ramage - Board Trustee, Larry Caswell - Board Vice Chair, Heather Carr-Rowe - Leveled Literacy Intervention Coach, Kathy Robson - Curriculum Coordinator (Literacy), Bob Vavra - Superintendent of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment, Liam Choo-Foo - Director of Education, Randy Beler - Board Chair

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Chinook Board Board Chair Randy Beler accepts the Premier's Award from the Honourable Don Morgan, Minister of Education 

 

The $3,000 award is sponsored by Xerox Canada and the award recipient is recommended by a panel that includes representation from the Faculty of Education at the University of Regina, the College of Education at the University of Saskatchewan, the Ministry of Education, the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation, and the League of Educational Administrators, Directors and Superintendents. This year there were eight submissions.

"The Premier's Award is a great way to shine a spotlight on the great work being done by boards of education throughout Saskatchewan to support student achievement," said SSBA President Janet Foord. "Although there is only one recipient of the award, each submission is worthy of recognition. Boards of education and their staffs develop partnerships, engage in innovative educational pursuits and other are involved in a number of other initiatives that advance the goal we all work to achieve, which is improved outcomes for students in Saskatchewan."

For more information, contact:

Scott Sibbald
Saskatchewan School Boards Association
Communications Consultant
Office: (306) 569-0750
Cell: (306) 737-8192
Email: ssibbald@saskschoolboards.ca


Joanne Booth
Communications Coordinator
Chinook School Division
Cell 306-741-8109
Office 306-778-9200 EXT 218
Email: jbooth@chinooksd.ca

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