Outstanding Team Collaboration Award
Congratulations to Green Valley School teachers Katelyn Hart, Kelly Mikkelson, and Rachel Novak.
Manitoba’s Excellence in Education Awards recognizes exceptional contribution and commitment to educational excellence. The award recipients were chosen by a selection committee made up of representatives from the Manitoba School Boards Association, the Manitoba Federation of Independent Schools and the Department of Education and Early Childhood Learning.
Hart, Mikkelson and Novak, three Grade 5/6 teachers, worked collaboratively to implement “looping” at Green Valley School, a practice by which teachers advance from year to year with the same class. To ensure successful implementation of this approach, these teachers teamed up to learn from and build on each others’ strengths in developing cross-curricular learning activities that include effective differentiated teaching strategies related to numeracy and literacy. Through the co-development of their looping practice, these teachers were able to build greater rapport with their students, respond more effectively to their individual needs and enable a more seamless transition from one school year to the next. As a result of their efforts, students displayed an increased sense of belonging and confidence in class. They were also less anxious at the start of their second year in the program and presented fewer challenging behaviours. Hart, Mikkelson and Novak’s collaborative spirit, commitment to positive relationships with students and colleagues and innovative mindset have ensured that the looping practice, implemented for the first time at the school, has had remarkable and sustainable results.
News Release: https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?item=68377&posted=2025-04-11
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