January,
like
most
months,
has
been
a
very
busy
one
for
the
Learning
Support
Services
team.
We
are
particularly
happy
to
welcome
Nicholas
Vienneau
to
our
team
as
our
interim
Experiential
Learning
Consultant.
We
are
also
pleased
to
announce
that
Nikki
Krocker
will
be
our
new
Intermediate
Curriculum
Consultant.
Nikki
will
assume
her
new
duties
fulltime
in
June
2016
until
then
she
is
very
busy
supporting
our
Aspen
Implementation.
Below
you
find
a
few
highlights
of
major
projects
we
are
working
on.
Curriculum:
Recently
several
consultants
and
teachers
have
returned
from
the
BC
Ministry
where
they
are
continuing
to
collaborate
in
writing
and
refining
the
new
BC
K-12
curriculum.
We
are
also
busy
with
the
Yukon
Foundation
Skills
Assessments
of
which
two
Yukon
teachers
are
currently
working
with
the
BC
Ministry
to
review
and
re-write.
We
value
our
partnership
with
the
BC
Ministry
and
we
are
very
proud
of
the
great
contributions
our
educators
are
providing.
TAL:
Tal
has
been
in
overdrive
since
June
of
last
year
when
our
Aspen
Implementation
Plan
went
into
action.
This
has
been
huge
task
that
has
demanded
patience,
persistence
and
understanding
from
all
us
whether
here
at
the
Department
or
in
our
schools.
We
are
grateful
to
our
school- based
staff
for
the
support
you
provided
us.
While
Aspen
implementation
continues
we
are
working
hard
to
provide
support
in
all
other
areas.
ITSS:
Our
ITSS
team
is
often
behind
the
scenes
working
hard
for
us.
Sometimes
we
do
not
know
they
are
there
until
we
desperately
need
them
and
this
year
we
have
needed
them
more
the
ever.
The
New
FHC
School
features
several
technologies
and
ITSS
is
always
working
hard
to
optimize
student
and
teacher
access
to
technology.
In
partnership
with
TAL
we
are
also
please
to
have
completed
our
first
distribution
of
teacher
one-to-one
devices.
We
now
preparing
for
our
second
intake
in
February
2016.
More
information
will
posted
in
FirstClass
and
on
our
website
in
the
coming
weeks.