Inclusive Education Program

EA Support COVID-19 Safety Protocols

Due to COVID-19 being with us for the foreseeable future, we will be working in a unique environment for the 2020-21 school year. Public health officials are encouraging each of us to do our part to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 where we work, live and play by following these health and safety guidelines: 

During COVID-19, online learning is the preferred method and should be considered. If online learning is not feasible, HCOS is preparing to provide in-person EA support to students/families in September with the following safety protocols in place. You will be notified of any modifications to the protocols below, should directives via Public Health and the Ministry of Education change.

Safety Measures for In-Person EA Support:

Other Recommendations: 

EAs Working at Community Connections:

Teachers will encourage their IE families to have disinfecting wipes/sprays available for use for high touch areas and workspaces. EAs are also encouraged to carry their own supply.

If you have concerns about possible exposure to COVID-19, call 811and monitor for symptoms. Please contact your IE teacher immediately. 

Thank you in advance for your part in helping to ensure that HCOS provides a healthy learning environment for students and Education Assistants.

Education Assistants (EAs)

The Ministry of Education has provided funds to the Inclusive Education program of HCOS for your child. It is a privilege to have an Education Assistant (EA) working in your home. HCOS values the commitment that EAs make to students/families.

Expectations of Parent/Guardian
Education Assistants - Scope of Work

The Education Assistant is contracted to provide the following services, as requested by HCOS:

Cancelled Sessions

It is vital that we are good stewards of the resources and people that are in place to assist in the education and support of students.

The following policies are in place around cancelled sessions. 

If there is a consistent pattern of cancelled EA sessions by the parent/guardian, this may result in the reduction or cancellation of EA services.

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Inclusive Education

Inclusive Education (IE) Program

Our IE Program works with students who receive additional funding to help build specialized programs that aid in their success as learners. Our diverse and robust program is made up of British Columbia certified teachers who specialize in IE education, Education Assistants (EAs) who work directly with students in home, an experienced office support team, and a wide variety of community-based support services throughout the province. If you would like more information on our IE Program, please visit this page: Inclusive Education.

Learning Support (LS) Program

We also offer an LS Program for students who are not designated IE students but would benefit from specialized planning and, where possible, some additional support. Some students may have learning challenges that are outside of IE designations; these include but are not limited to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), dyslexia, speech difficulties, giftedness, and written output delays. If you suspect your child would benefit from extra help and are seeking advice with regard to their learning, please contact your support teacher with your concerns. The support teacher will then contact our LS Team to discuss how best to offer support. For more information on our LS Program, please see this page: LS Program.

Individual Education Plan

In addition to a Student Learning Plan (SLP), which all students receive, students in our IE Division and some LS supported students also have an Individual Education Plan (IEP) that outlines specifically how their education program will be adapted to help them succeed. Teachers work closely with parents and other support team members to write the IEP.

Seed Grades 5-9 Program

Seed Information Session Recording 2024

SlideDeck

Overview

Seed Facilitates a group experience in a creative environment under the guidance and direction of a HCOS Seed teacher. The Seed program brings students together with Google Workspace, including Google Classroom and many other digital resources, allowing EA or parent support to be given easily. The exciting and innovative virtual tools create expectations that encourage students to strive to reach their potential. Seed successfully captivates students, allowing them to learn at their own pace and through their personal interests. The virtual aspect allows pacing, technology in the place of handwriting, and robust support through EA and/or parents in the home.

Success

A high percentage of students move on from Seed to a Dogwood or Adult Dogwood, when it wasn't part of the original planning earlier in their academic schooling. Seed focus on building the core competencies, building on a student's strengths and teaching students how to self-advocate for support. Seed also helps students who want academic programs when Dogwood isn't the focus. Most students end up doing 2-3 years of the Seed program due to their huge growth, an increase of self-confidence, social skills, and even taking on leadership within the small group synchronous classes.

Vision Statement

In Seed, the goal is that all learning is planted deeply and given the opportunity to be rooted and grounded with solid comprehension. By fully experiencing learning practically and personally with authentic and meaningful projects wherein choice, collaboration, critical thinking, communication, and creativity are a part of the teaching pedagogy, students’ educational experiences will far surpass mere knowledge without experience. Learners will be filled up with the richest of opportunities to grow and blossom into who God has created them to be, and also be provided with meaningful interactions and experiences with the world around them as followers of our amazing, loving God.

Ephesians 3: 16-19 Amp.
May He grant you out of the riches of His glory, to be strengthened and spiritually energized with power through His Spirit in your inner self, [indwelling your innermost being and personality], 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through your faith. And may you, having been [deeply] rooted and [securely] grounded in love, 18 be fully capable of comprehending with all the saints (God’s people) the width and length and height and depth of His love [fully experiencing that amazing, endless love]; 19 and [that you may come] to know [practically, through personal experience] the love of Christ which far surpasses [mere] knowledge [without experience], that you may be filled up [throughout your being] to all the fullness of God [so that you may have the richest experience of God’s presence in your lives, completely filled and flooded with God Himself].


2024/2025 Seed Course Offerings

ALL Seed classes follow Ministry Requirements and build towards Graduation

Seed Math grades 7-9

ALL Seed classes follow Ministry Requirements and build towards Graduation

Benefits

The heart and soul of the Seed Program and the Seed Teachers is to love, care, and guide each individual student along their own path, fulfilling the academic and social goals of BC’s Modernized Curriculum. Through the guidance, inspiration, and support of the Holy Spirit, we, the Seed teachers, hope that the students will experience the knowledge of God’s love for themselves. Benefits of the program include:

Student Tasks

Class Connections

Dates

Class Schedule 

Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
9-10 am Seed Math 8&9 Open Office Hours
Seed Lite ADST Module (Starting Feb 2025) Seed (Christian Studies, English, Science, Socials and ADST) 5-7
10-11 am
Seed Math 7

Seed Math 8
Seed Math 7

Seed Math 8
Seed (Christian Studies, English, Science, Socials and ADST) 8-9
11-12




12-1 pm          
1-2 pm
Seed Math 9
Seed Math 9

Technology & Resources Needed and Utilized

Student Admittance Process

  1. Only available to Inclusive Education or Learning Services designated students or recommended by Learning Services/Learning Coach. If you are unsure, please contact your case manager teacher to ask more about admittance.
  2. The application form is completed by IE Case Manager or Learning Support.
  3. HCOS considers the privacy and protection of student information of utmost importance. We also hold the value of community and the relationship between students and teachers to be paramount. In an online learning environment, this is achieved primarily through the use of technology including, but not limited to: Zoom, Google Workplace, Google Classroom, and FlipGrid.

    These services, and others, allow our teachers and students to share information, share recorded class sessions and interact with each other at a distance. As such student names and faces may be visible in recordings shared with students and parents.

    Prior to participating in a class that may involve some form of recorded student presence, we ask that you review our online session recordings policy and complete the question below.
    Online Recording Policy
    Please let you IE Casemanager or LSC know that you agree with this policy for acceptance into Seed.

  4. Please note that the coursework is managed through Google Classroom.  Family and students must be comfortable with having a student account with Google. Legal Guardians must sign the school forms on the Google Student Policy as part of the admittance process.
  5. Students and Family/Guardian will be emailed a "Get to know you form" in September to gather further information and best ensure success/support within Seed.
  6. Seed is a 10-month synchronous program (September to June). We require a commitment for the 10 months from a family, student, IE Teacher and EAs to ensure success. Students sometimes hit the "proverbial wall" and may require extra effort from the entire team to climb over and proceed to success in the program. We have seen students who remain committed to a whole school year are successful and return for 2-3 more years in the Seed program. These are celebrated moments of growth.  


Seed Lite

Seed Lite is a small taste of the Seed program. It is an ADST module available for Grades 4-8 students in LS and IE and is a great way for a student, family, and teacher to experience the additional support for student success that is at the heart of Seed.

Click here to learn more about the vision and overview of the Seed program.

Seed Lite students use tools such as Google Workspace, Read&Write, and Grammarly that allow for natural integration of differentiation in student work. Sample topics include:

2025 Schedule

Classes are held on Zoom on Wednesdays at 9:00-9:45am on the following dates:

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Required Technology

Application Process

The Seed Lite Application must be filled out by an IE RA, LSC or IE Case Manager. Please communicate with them. If you desire to communicate with Mr. Gibson (Seed Lite teacher) to learn more details and see if this is a good fit for your student, please email to set up an appointment at bgibson@onlineschool.ca

The application deadline is Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 4:00pm.

Seed Lite students are required to have Google Workspace, Grammarly, and Read&Write. Parents can fill out the Universal Supports Form.

 Universal Supports Form

Once approved for the program, students will have the course added in Encom, and your teacher will email further information, including links to the synchronous classes. 

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If you have any questions, please reach out to Seed Program Administrator Steve Bastian.

Seed Grad

Seed Grad offers two streams where students can build their skills and gain credits towards their Dogwood while working towards success in their Grad program years.

To sign up for Seed Grad, please contact your IE Case Manager, Grad Advisor or Learning Services support.

Seed Information Session Recording 2024

SlideDeck

Overview

Seed facilitates a group experience in a creative environment under the guidance and direction of a HCOS Seed teacher. The HCOS Seed program brings students together with Brightspace and universal supports such as Google Workplace, Read&Write, Grammarly other resources, allowing EA or parent support to be given easily. The exciting and innovative virtual tools create expectations that encourage students to strive to reach their potential. Seed successfully captivates students, allowing flexibility and adaptations while working towards completing classes towards their Dogwood.

Success

Seed focuses on building the BC core competencies, building students' strengths and teaching students how to self-advocate for support. The Seed program sees growth academically, improved executive functioning skills, and an increase of self-confidence, social skills and students taking on leadership within the small group synchronous classes. 

Vision Statement

Within the Seed model, the goal is that all learning is planted deeply and given the opportunity to be rooted and grounded with solid comprehension. By fully experiencing learning practically and personally with authentic and meaningful projects wherein choice, collaboration, critical thinking, communication, and creativity are a part of the teaching pedagogy, students’ educational experiences will far surpass mere knowledge without experience. Learners will be filled up with the richest of opportunities to grow and blossom into who God has created them to be, and also be provided with meaningful interactions and experiences with the world around them as followers of our amazing, loving God.

Ephesians 3: 16-19 Amp.
May He grant you out of the riches of His glory, to be strengthened and spiritually energized with power through His Spirit in your inner self, [indwelling your innermost being and personality], 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through your faith. And may you, having been [deeply] rooted and [securely] grounded in love, 18 be fully capable of comprehending with all the saints (God’s people) the width and length and height and depth of His love [fully experiencing that amazing, endless love]; 19 and [that you may come] to know [practically, through personal experience] the love of Christ which far surpasses [mere] knowledge [without experience], that you may be filled up [throughout your being] to all the fullness of God [so that you may have the richest experience of God’s presence in your lives, completely filled and flooded with God Himself].


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2024/2025 Seed Course Offerings

Benefits

The heart and soul of the Seed Program and the Seed Teachers is to love, care, and guide each individual student along their own path, fulfilling the academic and social goals of BC’s Modernized Curriculum and Competencies. Through the guidance, inspiration, and support of the Holy Spirit, we, the Seed teachers, hope that the students will experience the knowledge of God’s love for themselves. Benefits of the program include:

Class Connections

Individual Meetings
Each new student will connect 1:1 for 45 minutes with the Seed Teacher for the first two weeks. After the first two weeks, the 1:1 schedule will be every other week. These time slots are chosen individually in consultation with the Seed teacher. As time is particularly booked to fit the student and teacher schedule at the beginning of the year, changes cannot be made during the year. If a meeting is missed, a make-up time is unavailable; however, each teacher has drop-In office hours that students can attend.

Group Meetings
Group meetings are on Thursdays. Details will be announced. All meetings are held via Zoom and the links for the meetings will be shared in September. If meeting links are changed throughout the year, they will be communicated to students via Brightspace and/or email. If a connection time is to be missed, please inform the Seed teacher; work due is still expected to be turned in on time.

Dates

Synchronous Class Schedule

Times Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday  Friday
9-10

Foundations & Pre-Cal Math 10 
Science 10
ADST 10
Workplace Math 10
Science 10
ADST 10

10-11

Humanities 10


Technology & Resources Needed and Utilized

Student Admittance Process

The Seed program is only available to Inclusive Education or Learning Services designated students or students who are recommended by Learning Services. If you are unsure, please contact your teacher/case manager to ask more about admittance.

To be admitted to Seed:

  1. Your IE Case Manager or LSC will complete the Seed application form. (Talk to your IE Case Manager, LSC or IE Grad Advisor). 

  2. The student and family will be emailed a "Get to know you form" in order to gather further information and best ensure success/supports within Seed.

  3. Complete the Universal Supports Form as it is needed for all Seed students (Please choose Google Workplace, Grammarly, and Read&Write)


Seed is a 10-month synchronous program (September to June). We require commitment for the 10 months, from a family, student, IE Case Manager and EAs to ensure success. Students sometimes hit the "proverbial wall" and may require extra effort from the entire team to climb over and proceed to success in the program. We have seen students who remain committed to a whole school year are successful. These are celebrated moments of growth. 

Please contact Steve Bastian, the Seed Administrator, if you have any questions.

IE HCOS Loaned Computers

IE Loaned Computers

Inclusive Education loaned computers are the property of HCOS, and can be loaned to students for use for their education. Please communicate with your Case manager around details on ordering a computer for loan. 

Repairs

If your loaned HCOS computer is requiring repairs, please get in touch with your case manager and provide them with this information so they can request repairs for you.

Time Machine Backups

For your HCOS Apple Computers, please use the supplied USB flash drive to create a backup (Time Machine) of your computer at least once a month. Here is a video on how to set that up. 


PC Backups

For your HCOS PC Laptops, please use the supplied USB flash drive to create a backup of your computer at least once a month. Here is a video on how to set that up. 

Windows 11

Windows 10

IE HCOS Loaned Computers First Login - PC

All new PC laptops from the IE Program are Lenovo's L14s with Windows 11. All Gen 4 versions have been sent out with Windows 11 with a modified login to help simplify the process and have the necessary software pre-installed. Below are screenshots and instructions for the login process. The most important aspect is NOT to connect to the internet until the set-up is fully complete.

  1. Turn on your Lenovo L14 computer - please have it plugged in and charging for the setup process.
  2. DO NOT connect to the internet when prompted in the set-up. Click "I don't have internet".
    1. If you do connect, Microsoft will require you to create or log in to a Microsoft account with your email and cell phone number. IE Comp Step 1.jpeg
  3. Please click the "Continue with limited setup". You can always change the settings later if needed.IMG_0011.jpeg
  4. Type in the Student's Name.IE Comp step 3.jpeg
  5. Create a memorable password for the student's account.IE Comp step 4.jpeg
  6. Confirm the Password.IE Comp step 5.jpeg
  7. Add Security Questions (It will require three different questions with answers). IMG_0015.jpeg
  8. The L14 laptop has a fingerprint sensor; you may add that to the computer for a simpler login instead of needing a password each time. You may also choose "Skip for Now". The Sensor is the power button on the right side above the keyboard.IMG_0016.jpeg
  9. You will need to create a memorable PIN for your login. Please keep this number saved and safe. IE Comp Step 8.jpeg
  10. The computer should now bring you into the normal Windows start-up. Once the computer has opened, you may now connect to the internet. We recommend the first thing you do is go into Windows Security and ensure Virus Threat and Protection is turned on and updated. 
  11. If you have questions or need help, please contact tickets@onlineschool.ca for help.