Anderson and Kiliwnik, the two professional leaders, tag-teamed the offering as they explored the data and charts that were offered online to bolster their verbal report. Kiliwnik said educational support was offered on three tiers that included core, targeted or intensive. She said 80 per cent of the general student population responds positively to Tier 1 supports while five per cent require intensive support. Anderson noted teachers in all of the division’s 38 schools and online services support the strategy and research for early intervention, which they suggested was a key to success since intentional planning can then take place and the type of intervention required is sorted out more immediately and total learning needs of all students are then known.
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The wonderful, dedicated people who work at Regina’s women’s shelters make it their mission to assist those who are in need, often desperately so.
But while tending to critical situations faced by others, employees must also be cognizant of their own well-being.
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“We have a sign at SOFIA House that says, ‘You can’t pour from an empty cup. Help yourself first,’ ” says the shelter’s executive director, Tmira Marchment.
ECS played a big role in preparing those meals. “The school division tried to help out where they could. Myself at ECS and Ardell (Pearson) in Weyburn offered to help out by making some of the meals for families that could use that assistance,” said Curtis Hack, the chef instructor and technical education department head at ECS. Each meal was sufficient to feed a family of five. The schools were so cost-efficient with their expenses that they still had money left over from the spring, and they decided to prepare more meals in December. “The menus seemed to be positive last spring, so we did the same thing this fall. People were very grateful. We had lots of compliments from people and we got lots of thank yous from school division people,” said Hack.