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PERFORMANCE MEASURES
• Significant increase in the percentage of First Nation, Métis, and Inuit students meeting provincial standards on province-wide assessments in reading, writing, and mathematics
• Significant increase in the number of First Nation, Métis, and Inuit teaching and non-teaching staff in school boards across Ontario
STRATEGY 1.1
The Framework
GOAL 1: High Level of Student Achievement
Build capacity for effective teaching, assessment, and evaluation practices.
The Ministry of Education will:
a. support school boards in developing policies for voluntary, confidential, and positive First Nation, Métis, and Inuit student self-identification, in partnership with local First Nation, Métis, and Inuit parents and communities;
b. increase internal capacity within the ministry to support school boards and schools in their efforts to close the gap in First Nation, Métis, and Inuit students’ academic achievement by hiring First Nation, Métis, and Inuit educators;
c. encourage faculties of education and community colleges to attract, retain, and train more First Nation, Métis, and Inuit students to become teachers and education assistants who are knowledgeable about their own cultures and traditions;
d. encourage more faculties of education and colleges to further enhance the knowledge and skills of teacher candidates and teachers in the field to better prepare them to work with First Nation, Métis, and Inuit students, including students with special education needs;
e. collaborate with faculties of education, the Ontario College of Teachers, and Aboriginal communities and organizations on potential revisions
to the College’s Teacher Qualifications and Additional Qualification
• The Framework
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