FSD Leadership Blogs
Written by: Director of Early Learning, Cathy Bonnaventure, B. Ed., M. Sc., R. Psych. As a parent of a daughter...
They arrive at 6:46am. It's early September and summer break has just finished. The first few days of the new school yea...
Did you know that it is estimated that One in Five Canadians will experience diagnosable mental illness at some point in...
What is Mastery? Director of Staff Development Rebecca Forchuk shares how the purpose of education has shifted. Foot...
Assistant Superintendent Allen Davidson shares insights he gained about teaching and learning after a chance encounter w...
Foothills School Division strives to create rich literacy environments that begin with the needs of each learner. Our st...
As parents, we all understand the draw of technology for our children. Indeed, modern youth often seem to spend more tim...
By: Allen Davidson, Assistant Superintendent A priority for me as a classroom Social Studies teacher for 17 yea...
By John Bailey, Superintendent of Schools It’s hard to believe that the page is turning on another school year....
By Drew Chipman, Assistant Superintendent, Corporate Services There has been quite a bit of back and forth in the ne...
By Sarah Clark, Director of Divisional Programming Students are beginning to use summer school to plan forward for t...
By Doug Stevens, Director of Distributed Learning “I don’t think about failure – I think about iterating!”(W...
By Lyle Roberts, Director of Learning Technologies The use of mobile devices is becoming increasingly prevalent as...
By Pam Rannelli, Assistant Superintendent, Learning Services Learning Together is the theme of Education Week, May...
By Loriann Salmon, Director of Inclusive Learning The interplay between success at school and emotional health canno...
By Doug Stevens, Director of Distributed Learning “EVERY industry is desperate to hire computer programmers” –...
By Cathy Bonnaventure, Director of Early Learning Our province has created an Alberta Early Learning and Child Care...
March 14 - 18 marks Substitute Teachers’ Appreciation Week in Alberta and across Foothills School Division. In FSD we...
Hello and Bonjour! It is the time of year when parents are registering their children for Kindergarten. In Foothill...
By: Rebecca Forchuk, Director of Staff Development We live in a world where the purpose of education is changing. It...
By Lyle Roberts, Director of Learning Technologies For most people, planning for technology is an afterthought. After...
By Loriann Salmon, Director of Inclusive Learning There are some common threads of beliefs among educators aro...
By Cathy Bonnaventure, Director of Early Learning The transition from home to school is a huge milestone in yo...
By John Bailey, Superintendent of Schools On behalf of Foothills School Division’s Board of Trustees and all o...
By John Bailey, Superintendent of Schools On behalf of our Board of Trustees and executive leadership team, I wo...
By Lyle Roberts, Director of Learning Technologies With the new school year in full swing, students and teach...
By John Bailey, Superintendent of Schools In Foothills School Division, there are a number of things that we h...
By Loriann Salmon, Director of Inclusive Learning Brent Kaulback, Assistant Superintendent of South Slave Divi...
By Allen Davidson, Assistant Superintendent of Employee Services October 5th marks World Teachers’ Day. Thi...
By Cathy Bonnaventure, Director of Early Learning This year, all kindergarten teachers in Foothills School...
By John Bailey, Superintendent of Schools The new school year is off to a positive start in FSD. As a publ...
By Doug Stevens, Director of Distributed Learning One of the core purposes of public education is to prepare s...
By John Bailey, Superintendent of Schools Welcome back to a new school year in Foothills School Division! W...
By John Bailey, Superintendent of Schools It’s amazing how quickly time goes by. As another great school yea...
By Sarah Clark, Principal of Divisional Programming It is that time of year. Students finishing up their cours...
By Doug Stevens, Director of Distributed Learning Imagine you are back in junior high school. If you are like...
By Cathy Bonnaventure, Director of Early Learning The growing body of scientific evidence has expanded what we...
By Rebecca Forchuk, Director of Staff Development There has always been a debate as to what the purpose of ed...
By Bobbi Hunter, Curriculum & Instruction Facilitator 2013 was a significant year for Alberta’s Education S...
By Sarah Clark, Principal of Divisional Programming Attendance is a crucial component to the success of our le...
By Allen Davidson, Assistant Superintendent of Employee Services The week of March 9 - 13 is recognized as Sub...
By Cathy Bonnaventure, Director of Early Learning Did you know that oral language or verbal skills are foundat...
By John Bailey, Superintendent of Schools Alberta Education has advised school divisions that the Grade 6 Stud...
By Doug Stevens, Director of Distributed Learning On February 25, 2015, people are encouraged to wear something pin...
By Rebecca Forchuk, Director of Staff Development When you hear the word “assessment” what do you think of? M...
By Pam Rannelli, Director of Inclusive Learning The Bell Let’s Talk Campaign on January 28 is a nationwide initi...
By John Bailey, Superintendent of Schools Happy New Year! I trust you had an enjoyable holiday break with your loved...
On behalf of Foothills School Division’s Board of Trustees and all of our staff, we wish you and your family a Merry C...
By Sarah Clark, Principal of Divisional Programming Culturally and linguistically diverse schools offer new pe...
By Bobbi Hunter, Curriculum & Instruction Facilitator For the past 10 months, I have had the incredible oppor...
By Doug Stevens, Director of Distributed Learning Hello and welcome to National Bullying Awareness Week – No...
By Cathy Bonnaventure, Director of Early Learning Learning to read is the critical challenge of the primary gr...
By Rebecca Forchuk, Director of Staff Development This year, Halloween found the halls of most schools within...
By Doug Stevens, Director of Distributed Learning “Lions and Tigers and Bears… Oh My (Wizard of Oz, Langle...
By Pam Rannelli, Director of Inclusive Learning At recent Board meeting, I provided our Trustees with an overvi...
By John Bailey, Superintendent of Schools We live in a time when one of the only constants seems to be change....
By Allen Davidson, Assistant Superintendent of Employee Services “We know that families make a difference to t...
By Drew Chipman, Assistant Superintendent of Corporate Services A recent Calgary Herald article about Okotok...
By John Bailey, Superintendent of Schools We are so happy to have a new school year underway in Foothills Scho...
By John Bailey, Superintendent of Schools To those of you who are returning to Foothills School Division as st...
By Allen Davidson, Assistant Superintendent of Employee Services Coming out of a recent Human Resources review...