The plan is aligned with the 2020-2030 Provincial Education Plan first introduced on 2018. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

By Derek Cornet

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NLSD completes 2025-2030 strategic plan

Oct 28, 2025 | 4:41 PM

The Northern Lights School Division (NLSD) has completed its latest strategic plan, which will act as a guide for administrators and teachers until 2030.

larongeNOW obtained a copy of the plan last week, but it is expected to be available for viewing by the general public sometime next month. It is meant to address the growing needs of students as the division supports them in a rapidly changing world and prepare them for the future from early learning to graduation and beyond.

“It just helps with the direction of our school division,” said Director of Education Jason Young.

“We know there is the Provincial Education Plan that’s currently in place now. With the plan set for the next five years, we wanted to do something similar in our case to have a plan in place to address the needs in the division focused on a particular direction.”

Since January 2023, the NLSD has engaged community stakeholders to gather feedback and input on a renewed vision, mission, values and strategic priorities. The engagement process provided critical information that assisted in shaping those areas by also ensuring a northern context is present.

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On a number of occasions, staff, parents, and community stakeholders were asked to share their perspectives through surveys, in-person meetings, and through social media.

“Those stakeholder groups are wide ranging from our staff to our students to our communities to our school community councils, including external stakeholder groups,” Young noted.

Strategic goals by 2030 highlighted in the plan are as follows:

• Indigenous knowledge systems, cultures and languages will be embedded within the structures, policies, teaching practices, and curricula of NLSD.
• Increasing reading and writing levels at all grade levels with schools monitoring and setting short-term goals.
• Developing and implementing a numeracy assessment plan that uses high quality assessment practices that are culturally inclusive and affirming that support teaching and learning.
• All students that are at risk of harm to self and others will have a team support them with both school and relevant agencies through the creation of an intervention plan that is trauma informed.
• All students requiring intensive supports will be supported by school teams with a plan addressing the most critical needs in order for school success.
• School teams will collaboratively support students in grad teams in collaboration with families and students to graduate and transition from school.
• Ninety per cent of Kindergarten students will exit Kindergarten ready to learn by scoring within the appropriate range in 4/5 domains on the Early Years Evaluation – Teacher Assessment.
• The incorporation of innovative approaches to teaching and learning that both encourage the thoughtful and intentional use of educational technology and the exploration of student-centred teaching practices.
• There will be an increase in student attendance and engagement.

“We have shared [the plan] with our staff and they have a copy of the plan now,” Young remarked.

“They are reviewing the plan, making sure it emphasizes our focus on our students, emphasizes our focus on just those fundamental learning things around reading, writing, math, numeracy, and language and culture, and making sure we are focusing on the mental health and well-being of our students. Lastly, our priority area is engaging students and families and supporting them from early years to graduation.”

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derek.cornet@pattisonmedia.com