Election responses outline trustee priorities and experience
The candidate highlights six years as a trustee including three years as board chair and leadership in representing community concerns to provincial leaders. Priorities focus on safe school environments, strong educational opportunities to boost graduation rates, and fiscal responsibility with public funds.
Bruce Francis Aims to Bring Open Minded Education Goals
Bruce Francis outlines priorities as a government allocated trustee focusing on public concerns. He emphasizes Brain Based Learning to tailor instruction and urges empowering educators to try innovative classroom methods for better student outcomes and lifelong learning opportunities.
Horizon School Division trustee candidate statement emphasis
A candidate highlights commitment to children guiding decisions as a trustee. They cite Horizon School Division experience, collaboration with Alberta Education, and focus on pre kindergarten, staffing, and partnerships. Emphasis on safe schools, technology like video conferencing, brain development research, and family partnerships to prepare students for a global society.
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Horizon School Division Trustee Candidate Statement Highlights Education Focus
In a forthcoming term the candidate emphasizes 23 years in teaching and board service, prioritizing early literacy and pre K to grade 3, high school completion and career counselling, stable government funding, and safe school environments. She supports educators, notes Brain Based Learning programs, Science and Fine Arts Boxes, and asserts need for classroom technology and current textbooks amid rapid curriculum changes.
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Horizon
Alberta
Education leadership and governance in Alberta schools
A former principal outlines 32 years in education including roles at D A Ferguson middle school Hutterite Colony schools and Vauxhall Mennonite Alternative Program. He describes strengthening funding advocacy for public schools and for Hutterite and Mennonite students while stressing staff student voice and accountability. The piece stresses innovation and adapting to rapid curricular tech changes and the public trust in trustees to provide guidance.
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Hutterite Colony Schools
Vauxhall Mennonite Alternative Program
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