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Education services agreements standards : fact sheet

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Education Services Agreement (ESA) standards support the development of comprehensive, transparent, fair and accountable ESAs between provincial school boards and First Nations (or Canada). They... More ≫

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Education Services Agreement (ESA) standards support the development of comprehensive, transparent, fair and accountable ESAs between provincial school boards and First Nations (or Canada). They provide guidance for school boards and First Nations during ESA discussions, as well as an opportunity to explore and discuss programming and relationships that focus on student success.

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Memorandum of understanding for collaboration on education objectives in Fort Chipewyan

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The memorandum of understanding (MOU), signed by the Alberta government, the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, the Mikisew Cree First Nation and the Fort Chipewyan Métis, solidifies a commitment... More ≫

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The memorandum of understanding (MOU), signed by the Alberta government, the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, the Mikisew Cree First Nation and the Fort Chipewyan Métis, solidifies a commitment to work towards establishing a community-based education authority that incorporates Indigenous knowledge, wisdom, tradition and culture directly into the school curriculum.

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Indigenous education and reconciliation circle

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Fact sheet on the Indigenous Education and Reconciliation Circle, which provides a forum for education stakeholders and Alberta Education to collaborate in a meaningful way on matters and issues... More ≫

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Fact sheet on the Indigenous Education and Reconciliation Circle, which provides a forum for education stakeholders and Alberta Education to collaborate in a meaningful way on matters and issues related to Indigenous education and advancing truth and reconciliation.

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Education funding in Alberta : kindergarten to Grade 12

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This booklet is an overview of funding provided by the Government of Alberta for Kindergarten to Grade 12 education. Funding is provided for children as young as two years old and students up to... More ≫

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This booklet is an overview of funding provided by the Government of Alberta for Kindergarten to Grade 12 education. Funding is provided for children as young as two years old and students up to and including age 19.

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Aboriginal student self-identification : information for parents and guardians

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Explains the purpose of Aboriginal self-identification on school registration forms. This confidential data collection helps support policy and funding decisions, measure program effectiveness,... More ≫

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Explains the purpose of Aboriginal self-identification on school registration forms. This confidential data collection helps support policy and funding decisions, measure program effectiveness, identify promising practices supporting First Nation, Métis and Inuit student success, and inform provincial reporting on First Nations, Métis and Inuit student achievement in provincial schools.

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Aboriginal student self-identification : information for school authorities

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Explains the purpose of Aboriginal self-identification on school registration forms. This confidential data collection helps support policy and funding decisions, measure program effectiveness,... More ≫

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Explains the purpose of Aboriginal self-identification on school registration forms. This confidential data collection helps support policy and funding decisions, measure program effectiveness, identify promising practices supporting First Nation, Métis and Inuit student success, and inform provincial reporting on First Nations, Métis and Inuit student achievement in provincial schools.

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Indigenous Languages in Education

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Describes the Indigenous Languages in Education grant program, which was established to support Alberta Education's goal to develop and implement provincial strategies to support kindergarten to... More ≫

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Describes the Indigenous Languages in Education grant program, which was established to support Alberta Education's goal to develop and implement provincial strategies to support kindergarten to Grade 12 Indigenous language and culture programming. The program's two streams aim to increase opportunities for pedagogical training in Indigenous languages, and to increase the number of early childhood education and K-12 teaching/learning resources in Alberta's Indigenous languages.

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Innovation in First Nations education : grant program guidelines

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The Innovation in First Nations Education Grant program is designed to increase opportunities for First Nations students to receive coordinated education supports and services that are responsive... More ≫

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The Innovation in First Nations Education Grant program is designed to increase opportunities for First Nations students to receive coordinated education supports and services that are responsive to their needs by innovatively building collaboration, coordination and capacity throughout the provincial and First Nations education systems.

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Wabasca Community Stewardship Project : what would it look like if community co-created curriculum?

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The Wabasca Community Stewardship Project is a collaborative co-creative partnership between Northland School Division and Bigstone Cree Nation Education Authority facilitated by Alberta... More ≫

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The Wabasca Community Stewardship Project is a collaborative co-creative partnership between Northland School Division and Bigstone Cree Nation Education Authority facilitated by Alberta Education. The goals of this partnership are twofold. Northland School Division and Bigstone Cree Nation Education Authority collaboratively co-created a digitally based learning and teaching resource focused on Learning from Place within the Bigstone Cree traditional territories. Alberta Education recorded the development process so that a curriculum development model that engages students, educators and community stakeholders incorporating local traditional knowledge and expertise can be used by other jurisdictions for similar undertakings. This report chronicles the process undertaken in the development of the Wabasca Community Stewardship Project, and identifies learnings to carry forward to future collaborative community curriculum development activities.

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First Nations, Métis and Inuit education : promising practices in Fort McMurray

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Provincial 2012 accountability reporting showed that First Nations, Métis and Inuit (FNMI) students in Fort McMurray Catholic Separate School District and Fort McMurray Public School District are... More ≫

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Provincial 2012 accountability reporting showed that First Nations, Métis and Inuit (FNMI) students in Fort McMurray Catholic Separate School District and Fort McMurray Public School District are doing well FNMI students in the rest of the province. As a result, four FNMI and Field Services managers from Alberta Education went to Fort McMurray to uncover promising practices that could be shared with the rest of the province.

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