Supporting Every Learner: Student Success Team
at Parkdale CI
We’re here to support your academic growth and well-being throughout your high school journey.
Our Goal
Our goal is to promote positive outcomes for all students. We work collaboratively to provide academic support and encourage engagement in school life such as clubs, sports and activities.
How We Help
The Student Success team meets to discuss students who have been referred in order to create support plans and monitor their progress. We support our students and their families in a variety of ways, including:
Academic Support
- Classroom support, peer tutoring
- Teaching effective work and study habits
- Bridging communication with teachers and/or parents
- Supporting credit accumulation (e.g. assignment rescue, credit recovery, etc.)
Individualized Pathways
- Providing support through each transition in high school (e.g. grade 8 to 9, between grades, and preparing for post-secondary pathways)
- Targeted support for students with Individual Education Plans
- Building resumes and preparing for work and/or community involvement
- Exploring experiential learning opportunities in high school (Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program, Dual Credit, Specialist High Skills Major)
W.E.B. Peer Mentorship Program
Student success goals are also achieved through student leadership and mentorship at Parkdale. WEB - “Where Everyone Belongs” is PCI’s very own student mentorship program. This program was instituted to support the well-being of our student body through peer relationship building and leadership development. Grade 11 and 12 students apply to be WEB mentors for the year.
Their leadership training provides our grade 11 and 12 students with the tools to productively interact with our grade 9 students in an effort to build and develop relationships. These trained mentors meet with grade 9s in their classes and lead them through a variety of activities throughout the school year. Areas of focus for peer mentorship activities include: building the Grade 9’s sense of belonging, positive relationships, and student empowerment.
The ACL of Student Success is Janice Ng. janice.ng@tdsb.on.ca