NWSD recognized for improved student reading levels

Staff in the Northwest School Division (NWSD) have worked hard to bring all students’ reading skills either above or at grade level. Recently, the division was recognized by a provincial leadership team aimed at improving reading scores on their excellent work.

Duane Hauk, NWSD director of education said there’s a number of things the division has done to get the recognition.

“The fact teachers work extremely hard and know all their students, they’re incorporating strategies and using response to intervention to meet the needs of students,” Hauk said. “As a division, we’ve done a lot to try and provide resources and professional development to help our teachers with that.”

As of June 2016, 74 per cent of Grade 1 students are at, or above grade level, Grade 2 is just over 78 per cent and Grade 3 is at 75 per cent.

The goal by 2020 is 80 percent.

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“We’re well on our way and what’s significant about it is from June 2015 to June 2016, we saw an approximate eight per cent growth,” Hauk added. 

Hauk also credited the Sask. Reads and Sask. Reads admin documents, which help teachers and principals look for resources and strategies to assist students to improve their reading level.

Colton Swiderski is meadowlakeNOW’s municipal affairs, crime and court, health and education reporter. He can be reached at cswiderski@jpbg.ca or tweet him @coltonswiderski.