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Division Priorities
Success of every child in school
Our Division Education Plan reflects the vision, priorities and values of our community and our aspirations for all students to reach their full potential in learning and life. The highest priority for the Division is the success of each and every student we welcome into our schools. “Your Children, Our Students, Everyone’s Future” speaks to our entire community having a vested interest in having a strong and stable public school education system where families have choice in their education. We want our students to discover the possibilities at Red Deer Public Schools.
This year’s Education Plan focuses on expanded priorities that align with the Alberta Education Assurance Domains, which include:
- Student Growth & Achievement
- Teaching & Leading
- Learning Supports
- Governance
- Local and Societal Context
Ensuring students are ready for the future by providing them with access to authentic, hands-on experiential learning in their areas of passion will be a focus for the Division. We want students to get an excellent education, while having the opportunity to pursue their passions. Students can discover many possibilities at Red Deer Public Schools whether it be languages, fine arts, athletics, trade options, robotics, mechanics, welding, clubs, and so much more.
Student Growth & Achievement
Teaching & Leading
Learning Supports
Governance
Land Acknowledgement
Red Deer Public Schools acknowledges Treaty Six territory to the North of the Red Deer River. Treaty Six territory is the ancestral and traditional territory of the Cree, Dene, Blackfoot, Saulteaux (sawl-toh), Nakota Sioux (sue). We also acknowledge Treaty Seven territory to the South of the Red Deer River.
Treaty Seven territory is the ancestral and traditional territory of the Blackfoot Confederacy: Kainai (g-ai-nah), Piikani (pee-kah-nee), Siksika (seeg-see-kah) as well as the Tsuu T’ina (soot-tenna) First Nation and Stoney Nakoda First Nation. We acknowledge the land that Red Deer is now on is also traditional territory of the Metis and we are part of Region Three with Metis Nation of Alberta.
We acknowledge and give thanks to all the many First Nations, Metis and Inuit whose footsteps have marked these lands for centuries. We are grateful for Elders and traditional Knowledge Keepers who are still with us today and those who have gone before. Recognizing and acknowledging the traditional land is an act of reconciliation and a show of gratitude to those whose territory we reside on.
