Facilitator hired by NWSD and PACE
Thanks to a strong partnership between the Northwest School Division (NWSD) and local support non-profit People Advocating for Children with Exceptionalities (PACE), local families will have some extra support.
The two organizations have jointly hired a communications support associate for a one-year pilot project contract. This new employee will be the facilitator between local students and their families and their schools, when needs arrive for children.
Bluesette Campbell, a member of PACE and chair of the education committee with the organization, said the aim is to increase the quality of inclusive education for students and their family.
“We’re really just facilitating good communication,” she said. “An unbiased third party which can say ‘The school division offers this service, this family has these hopes and dreams’ and how can we meet in the middle and figure out what is best for the child.”