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Continued learning for Alberta students finalized after school cancellation

The Alberta government says guidelines are now in place to direct how students will learn while in-school classes are cancelled over COVOD-19.

For all kindergarten to Grade 12 students in the province, school authorities will offer at-home learning opportunities, either through online means or through other accommodations, such as course packages and telephone check-ins.

The government expects every student, regardless of their geographic location or socioeconomic status, will continue to learn.

The province says it has worked with the Alberta School Boards Association, the College of Alberta School Superintendents, the Alberta Teachers’ Association and the Association of Independent Schools & Colleges of Alberta to identify how to continue teacher-directed learning for students across Alberta.

The Holy Spirit Catholic School Division plans to start providing online instruction to high school students as early as Monday, while Kindergarten to grade 9 online instruction will begin Wednesday. Specific information will be shared on a school-by-school basis.

The Lethbridge School Division, meanwhile, is hoping to have high school students set up for a Tuesday, March 24 start. Diploma exams will be cancelled with some exceptions.

For middle schools, the first learning activity is set to roll out on Wednesday, March 24 while the anticipated launch date for elementary lessons is Monday, March 30.

Learning Expectations from Alberta Education (Time Commitment)

Teachers are crafting learning activities for students that are geared toward the following guidelines and will focus on key essential learner outcomes:

  • Kindergarten – play-based learning with a focus on Literacy, Numeracy and Social Emotional Learning
  • Grades 1 to 3 – 5 hours of student learning time per week with a focus on Literacy, Numeracy, Religion and Physical / Mental Wellness
  • Grades 4 to 6 – 5 hours of student learning time per week with a focus on Literacy, Numeracy (with possible inclusion of Science and Social), Religion and Physical / Mental Wellness
  • Grades 7 to 9 – 10 hours of student learning time per week with a focus on core courses, including Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies, Science, Religion Education and Physical / Mental Wellness
  • High School: all courses, where applicable and whatever is deemed an appropriate time commitment
Patrick Siedlecki
Patrick Siedlecki
Pat has been a mainstay in the CJOC News department from the time the station launched in 2007. He's been in the position of News Director since then and has been anchoring daily news casts as well as reporting and working behind the scenes. Community is important to him and keeping CJOC listeners and readers informed about what's happening across southern Alberta and beyond. Pat has been in radio broadcasting for the past 24 years, starting in Port Alberni on Vancouver Island in 1997 and then moving up island to Nanaimo for another few years before heading to Lethbridge in 2007. Pat grew up in the small Saskatchewan farming town of Foam Lake. After high school, he went to Western Academy Broadcasting College (WABC) in Saskatoon prior to moving to the island. Pat also spent several years broadcasting hockey in the BCHL as well as seven years as the radio voice of the Lethbridge Hurricanes in the WHL. Pat has been working at Cornerstone Funeral Home in Lethbridge as a Certified Life Celebrant and Funeral Assistant since 2016. News and sports have always been Pat's passion from the time he was a teenager and he's always been grateful to have had the opportunity to make that part of what's been a fun and long radio career!
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