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Welcome to Chinook’s Edge!
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Chinook’s Edge is one of the largest school divisions in the province, serving over 11,000 students in 43 Central Alberta schools between Calgary and Red Deer.
Our schools are located in 13 small communities that sprawl east and west from the Highway 2 corridor, conveniently providing Chinook’s Edge staff and families with the best of both worlds: a friendly, healthy and affordable small-town lifestyle combined with the proximity to big city amenities! Plus, the world famous Rocky Mountains are a short drive away.
The Chinook’s Edge reputation for staff and student wellness, our family-friendly communities that boast easy access to exciting cultural and recreational opportunities, and our highly regarded quality learning environments make us a desirable division in which to live, learn, work and play!
- VISION
- Chinook's Edge School Division will be universally recognized as a collaborative learning community where learning is personalized for all students to achieve success as compassionate and innovative global citizens.
- MISSION
- Chinook's Edge School Division will engage every student in meaningful learning by challenging, encouraging and believing in them.
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- BOWDEN
- Bowden Grandview School
- CARSTAIRS
- Carstairs Elementary School
- Hugh Sutherland School
- Neudorf Hutterite
- CREMONA
- Cremona School
- DELBURNE
- Delburne School
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- OLDS
- École Deer Meadow School
- École Olds Elementary School
- Horizon School
- Off Campus Learning Centre
- Olds Career High School
- Olds High School
- Olds Koinonia Christian School
- Reed Ranch School
- PENHOLD
- Jessie Duncan School
- Penhold Crossing Secondary
- Penhold Elementary School
- RED DEER COUNTY
- Gasoline Alley Career High
- Pine Hill Hutterite School
- Poplar Ridge School
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- GENERAL
- COVID-19 Information
- AB Government Letter - Bill 1
- Alberta Education Website
- Destiny
- Fentanyl Information
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- Kids Plus Accident Insurance
- LearnAlberta.ca
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- Out of Area Request
- PowerSchool
- QuickPay - Online Fee Payment
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- Safety Response Summary
- School Fees
- Technology Use Agreement
- Trustee Update
- Weekdays 'til 6
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- EMPLOYMENT
- Contact
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- Employment Opportunities
- EMPLOYEE SERVICES
- Contact People Services
- Benefits
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- Medical Leave Notification Form
- People Services Forms
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- Support Staff Request For Time Off
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- Teacher Supervision & Evaluation
- Timesheets
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- LEARNING SERVICES
- CESD Hub
- Contact Learning Services
- Assessment
- Career Connections
- CTF Site
- Destiny
- Ed Tech Framework
- Essential Outcomes
- French Immersion
- Indigenous Education
- Instructional Media Centre
- Learning Support Teams
- Literacy Framework
- Locally Developed Courses
- Mentorship
- PLCs
- Quality Learning Environment
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- SYSTEM SERVICES
- Administrator's Handbook
- Contact System Services
- Purchasing Technology
- Student Information
- Tech Advisory Group (TAG)
- Tech Help Ticketing System
- Transition to Chromebooks
- CORPORATE SERVICES
- Facilities Services
- Financial Services
- Health & Safety
- Online Field Trip Information
- Out of Province PD Form
- Records Management
- Relocatables - Photo Tour
- Transportation Services
Committees
The Chinook's Edge School Division
Board of Trustees 2020/2021 Committees
Name of Committee |
Administration Membership |
Members |
Audit Committee - To review the annual budget, Audited Financial statements and interim accountability reports. To review and make recommendations to the Board on its financial reporting processes, its system of internal control of financial reporting and its audit scope and process. To investigate any matters within its scope of responsibility and to recommend to the Board further action. To review the findings by regulatory agencies of any audit observations and compliance (Policy 2-01.4.1) |
Superintendent, Treasurer, Senior Administration as required, two members of the general public |
Allan Tarnoczi – Chair |
Education Committee - To study and discuss divisional issues in depth in preparation for subsequent decisions to be made at Board meetings. |
Superintendent, Senior Administration as required |
All Trustees |
Facilities & Maintenance Committee - To monitor and discuss the Maintenance Department capital projects and Facility Master Plan items, to recommend a Capital Plan to the Board for approval, to make recommendations to the Board regarding Facilities and Maintenance issues and to review Facilities and Maintenance budget (Policy 2-01.4.1) |
Superintendent or designate and
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Gordon Kerr – Chair |
Negotiations Committee - To negotiate contracts with the Teachers and to make contract recommendations to the Board and to hear contract grievances as per the Collective Agreement with the teachers. (Policy 2-01.4.1) |
Superintendent or designate, Senior Administration as required |
Sherry Cooper – Chair |
Policy Committee - To make policy recommendations, to determine necessary sub-committees, to determine appropriate stakeholders’ input on each individual policy and to present draft or proposed policies to the Board for approval. (Policy 2-01.4.1) |
Superintendent or designate |
Sherry Cooper – Chair |
Stakeholder Relations Committee - To make recommendations to the Board regarding events that engage stakeholders and special events and projects that engage communities and parents, to review the creation of adhoc working groups and consultation initiatives and ensure that there is a clear mandate, timelines for reporting to the Board, appropriate board and stakeholder membership and a termination date or termination criteria, to report to the Board on the effectiveness of stakeholder engagement activities, and to create an annual plan to engage other school boards and municipal and provincial politicians to recommend to the Board (Policy 2-01.4.1)
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Superintendent or designate |
Joe-Anne Knispel-Matejka – Chair |
Student Appeal - To hear an appeal under Section 123 of the School Act where a decision of an employee of a Board significantly affects the education of a student, to hear representations relative to the recommendation from such Board employees/agents as deemed appropriate, to provide an opportunity for the student and/or parents to make representation, to inform the Board of the action taken by the Committee and to hear expulsion appeals. (Policy 2-01.4.1) |
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Allan Tarnoczi |
Transportation Committee - To make decisions on behalf of the Board in accordance with student transportation policies, to review/recommend proposed policy changes, to review the transportation budget, to review concerns/requests of parents brought forward to the Committee, and to assist the Transportation Director when requested (Policy 2-01.4.1) |
Superintendent or designate, Director of Transportation |
Colleen Butler – Chair |