{"id":4230,"date":"2020-10-15T08:50:58","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T14:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pa.srsd119.ca\/?page_id=4230"},"modified":"2023-04-06T08:47:46","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T14:47:46","slug":"following-their-voices","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pa.srsd119.ca\/?page_id=4230","title":{"rendered":"Following Their Voices"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following Their Voices<\/strong> Initiative<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Following Their Voices is an initiative designed to raise the educational achievement and participation of Saskatchewan’s First Nations, M\u00e9tis and Inuit students. Following Their Voices focuses on enhancing relationships between students and teachers, creating structures and supports for teachers and school administrators to co-construct teaching and learning interactions with students and creating safe, well-managed learning environments. Following Their Voices is based on research that was conducted with First Nations and M\u00e9tis engaged and non-engaged students, parents\/caregivers, teachers and school administrators about what is needed in order to be successful as a First Nations or M\u00e9tis student in school. The \u2018voices\u2019 of these groups of people were profound in terms of the issues they identified. Their words and insights, along with international research, and guidance and advice from Elders and Knowledge Keepers formed the foundation of this initiative.<\/p>\n

For an overview of the initiative please see\u00a0Following Their Voices \u2013 A Developmental Journey<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The initiative is based on research conducted with a group of Saskatchewan First Nations and M\u00e9tis students, their parents, their teachers and in-school administrators. This group of people indicated strong relationships, well-managed learning environments and engaging interactions between teachers and students are important to increasing students\u2019 ability to achieve success. Ongoing engagement, advice and guidance from a broad representation of Saskatchewan First Nations and M\u00e9tis Elders and Knowledge Keepers representing all the Indigenous language groups in the province is critical to the initiative.\u00a0 FTV has been successful in improving Indigenous student engagement and achievement. Over the last school year, engagement measures related to student-teacher relations are at or above provincial averages.\u00a0 A total of 12 First Nation schools participated in implementing Following Their Voices in 2018-19.\u00a0 Since 2014-15, Following Their Voices has expanded to include:<\/p>\n