|  | The Assistance, Collaboration, Consultation, Evaluation Support Services (ACCESS) Program provides consultation, professional development and alternate format materials. The focus is on assisting school divisions in meeting the needs of students with low incidence disabilities. |
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| | Following principles of fair assessment practice, the Assessment for Learning and System Information and Accountability unit monitors and reports on curriculum implementation, student learning and the K-12 school environment in which they occur. These activities are undertaken with a view to improve programs and professional practice and inform policy and decision making for the good and equitable education of all Saskatchewan students. |
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| | Teaching opportunities and other positions within schools or school divisions are posted by local school division offices. Current contact information for each region and divison office is available in the School and School Division Directory. |
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| | The Ministry of Education's Caring and Respectful Schools Initiative provides the conceptual framework for strengthening schools as caring, respectful and safe learning environments where all children and youth have the right to an education free from all forms of bullying and violence. |
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| | In the federal government’s attempt to modernize our country’s copyright laws, it must address the educational use of the Internet. |
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| | Education organizations are asking the federal government to change the existing copyright law in order to make it clear that educational use of publicly available Internet material is not an infringement of copyright. |
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| | Educational institutions and their students, teachers, and staff use the Internet in unique ways, some of which may be infringing copyright. Educational users require an amendment to the Copyright Act making it clear that no infringement occurs when publicly (i.e. freely) available Internet material is used for educational purposes. |
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| | Education organizations are asking the federal government to change the existing copyright law by introducing a new education amendment to clarify that the educational use of publicly (i.e. freely) available Internet material is not an infringement of copyright. Current Canadian copyright law is unclear about the extent to which teachers, students, and other educational users can legally engage in routine classroom activities involving the use of text, images, or videos that are freely available on the Internet. |
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| | Education organizations are asking the federal government to change the existing copyright law in order to make it clear that educational use of publicly available Internet material is not an infringement of copyright. Publicly available Internet material is defined as material posted on the Internet without restrictions on access, such as a password, and with the intention that it be copied and shared by members of the public. |
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| | The Community Access Program is a federal-provincial initiative administered by Industry Canada that provides funding to designated sites and organizations, including schools and public libraries, enabling them to offer free public access to computers and the internet while helping users to obtain the skills to use them effectively. |
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| | Departmental Examinations are administered by Saskatchewan Learning for Grade 12 students instructed by non-accredited teachers. |
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| | The Final Report of the Good Practices and Dispute Resolution Committee has been endorsed by the Saskatchewan School Boards Association, The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation and the Ministry of Education. |
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| | Technology Supported Learning: exciting new learning opportunities and exciting new alternatives for students. As the 2007-2008 school year begins, we look forward to a year of achievements and innovation. In our evolution from print to online courses, we embrace the diverse possibilities that technology provides to enhance learner outcomes while remaining grounded in the fundamental principles of effective teaching and learning. |
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| | A Comprehensive School Health approach features a sharing of responsibility among the school, the home and the community. Learning is committed to helping Saskatchewan youth, parents and teachers extend their knowledge base and decision-making skills related to drug use and abuse. |
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| | The mandate of the Education Finance & Facilities Branch is to provide responsible, accountable and equitable management of the K-12 financing system, and capital funding for school facilities. |
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| | The First Nations and Métis Education Branch provides leadership to build capacity within Saskatchewan's provincial education system to transform and empower learning communities (children, youth, educators, families and communities) toward a shared and harmonious future. |
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| | The Independent Schools & Home-based Education Unit under the direction of the Director registers, inspects and supervises independent schools, monitors the registration of home-based education programs with school divisions, and ensures compliance with the legal requirements for the operation of independent schools and home-based education programs. |
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| | Multilingual Services of the Saskatchewan Provincial Library supports family literacy by providing books and materials in world languages to Saskatchewan’s multicultural communities. Contact your nearest public library branch for more information |
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| | Multilingual Services of the Saskatchewan Provincial Library supports family literacy by providing books and materials in world languages to Saskatchewan’s multicultural communities. Contact your nearest public library branch for more information. |
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| | Saskatchewan libraries, coordinated by Provincial Library, cooperatively purchase province-wide access to dozens of online information databases. All libraries in the public, post-secondary education, school and special library sectors are entitled to access these databases. |
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| | Curriculum policy, curriculum guides, and learning resources. |
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| | Departmental Examinations are administered by Saskatchewan Learning for Grade 12 students instructed by non-accredited teachers. |
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| | The Provincial Library is entrusted, through The Public Libraries Act, 1996, to coordinate the province-wide public library system. It fulfils this role by developing province-wide library policies, maintaining an electronic library information network, co-ordinating resource sharing activities, and providing cost-effective centralized services. |
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| | Saskatchewan Learning is committed to helping Saskatchewan youth, parents and teachers extend their knowledge base and decision-making skills related to respect for diversity. |
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| | Online access to all public library collections in Saskatchewan is provided by the Provincial Library in collaboration with ten participating public libraries. |
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| | The province-wide Ask Us! service will email your question to the librarian best suited to provide your information, from one of the public library systems. Your answer will be supplied in 48 hours or less. This virtual reference service is a cooperative project between the ten public library systems in Saskatchewan and the Provincial Library. |
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| | School Community Councils across the province provide a province-wide mechanism for parents, community members, school staffs and students to be actively involved in local initiatives that posititively impact student learning and success, including school-level learning improvement plans and career development initiatives. |
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| | SchoolPlus is a province-wide initiative led by Saskatchewan Learning and the provincial education system that promotes learning success and well-being for every child and young person. It envisions a province where every school is actively improving student outcomes through the delivery of a strong learning program and serving as a centre for social, health and other services for children and their families. |
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| | Special Education provides leadership within the preK-12 education system to assist school divisions and educational partners in meeting the needs of students with exceptional learning and behavioural needs to ensure they have equal access to, and benefit from, the provincial educational program. |
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| | The list of functions which are available for your use are listed on the SDS Home page. |
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| | The overall purpose of a provincial student tracking system is to determine how many students are not in school and who these students are, so that action can be taken to determine why they are not in school and how their needs for education can be met. |
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| | Teacher Services works with teachers in: Certification, Classification, Registry,Recruitment, Awards and Teacher Exchanges. |
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