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New goals will help improve P.E.I. schools, says Education Department

The P.E.I. Department of Education says two ways they will be looking at improving schools is through public confidence and student well being.

'What can we do to ensure that our students are experiencing high levels of well being'

Principals and staff will set goals at schools across P.E.I. to help students. (Laura Chapin/CBC)

Public confidence and student wellbeing are being added to Prince Edward Island educational goals, says the Island's Education Department.

Literacy and numeracy will continue to be priorities, butfeedback from students, parents, teachers, principals and the District Advisory Councils show the need for additional educational opportunities, saysTammyHubley-Little, the department's leadership and learning director.

"Public confidence would include things like community engagement, partnerships with our stakeholders and of course, the all-important communication piece," said Hubley-Little.

We want to see that a student is actually gaining as they go through school.- TammyHubley-Little

"The well-being component would look at character development of our students, executive functioning things like task completion, being able to prioritize, as well as mental health."

Hubley-Little said the departmentheard a lot about mental health from the district advisory councils.

'Focused and strategic'

Tammy Hubley-Little, Director of Leadership and Learning. (Laura Chapin/CBC)
"What we're asking and tasking, I guess, schools to do is to be very focused and strategic in these areas. So in some cases, it's going to be a celebration and a recognition of what's already been happening," said Hubley-Little

"And in other cases, it will be let's take a look at how we can improve, what can we do to ensure that our students are experience high levels of wellbeing. And of course, all of that fits under high-quality education."

Goals for each school

Principals across P.E.I. have also been asked to work with staff to come up with goals for their schools.

"What is different this year is we are asking schools this year to write three-year goals and as the years progress, we'll be monitoring how well they're moving towards those goals and then asking them to adjust their strategies as we get feedback throughout the year."

Hubley-Little said principals and staff will be asked to identify individuals students whoare struggling and assess theirgains.

"Simply doing the same thing year after year, it might keep a student where they are in their achievement but we want to improve that. We want to see that a student is actually gaining as they go through school."

With files from Mainstreet