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Student Learning Plan or SLP

The Student Learning Plans (SLPs) are very important documents.  It is the first document that the Ministry looks at when they are checking to see if we are following the government guidelines.  Collaborating to write the SLP is usually your first contact with the Support Teacher.

The SLP is made up of the following categories for each subject:

  • Goals - What do you want your child to accomplish or understand? (related to learning outcomes.)
  • Learning Strategies - What activities are you planning to do to accomplish your goals
  • Evaluation/Assessment - How will we check to see if your student has accomplished the goals?
  • Resources - What materials/resources are you going to use to accomplish your goals?
  • Timetable - How are you going to divide up your plans over the year so that they will be accomplished?

Information your Support Teacher needs:

  • A complete list of all of the resources you hope to use during the current school year.
  • A list of all of the activities in which you hope to enrol your child, such as music lessons, swimming, etc. (These can be paid with your curriculum budget if they are in your SLP.)
  • A list of topics you plan on covering for Science and Social Studies. For a list of all of the topics that are covered in these two subjects from K-9 please check our web page.  Often families with more than one child do these subjects together.  If you are not planning on covering the topics for your child’s current year, let the teacher know if you have already covered the topic or at what future date you plan to cover it.
  • A photocopy of all of the Table of Contents for each of the major textbooks you are using, unless you are using the curriculum packages recommended by HCOS. We do need the Table of Contents for all Math curriculums.

Your Teacher:

  • May send you a generic form of an SLP with sample goals, Learning Strategies and assessment strategies. All you need to do is to fill in the Timetable and Resources, and check off the samples that you want to try to use this year for Learning Strategies, Goals, and Assessment strategies.
  • Will post the SLP on Encom where you can review it. Be sure to tell your Support Teacher of any changes you would like to make.
  • Will make suggestions regarding outcomes, resources, pacing, strategies and assessment

Note: The SLP is a living document.  This means that it should be reviewed by both the teacher and the parent throughout the year to ensure that it is current, and still reflects the education that is happening in your home. 

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