EARLY LEARNING PROFILE (ELP)
ELP District-Wide Engagement
In 2022-23, the District Assessment Committee has been reviewing all our current district literacy and numeracy assessments in response to the feedback from educators on the District K-12 Evidence of Learning Continuum (i.e., K-12 Assessment Plan). This review has included a specific district-wide engagement on our district Early Learning Profile (ELP).
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From October 2022 to March 2023, focus group conversations were held at all 32 elementary schools in Central Okanagan Public Schools to gather feedback from educators to uncover what is working well and what feedback they might have through their experiences in using the ELP to support their learners over the years. More than 1,200 pieces of feedback were collected from more than 350 educators, as well as over 100 additional survey response comments.
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In April 2023, an expression of interest went out to all educators to join a District ELP Working Group. From this expression of interest, ~50 educators, principals, and vice-principals came together over multiple sessions to identify the trends within all the collected feedback and to co-develop both short-term and long-term recommendations for future explorations.
The following "District-Wide ELP Engagement - What We Heard & Next Steps" document provides an overview of the identified trends from all the feedback that was collected, as well as the subsequent immediate and longer-term actions to be explored for the district Early Learning Profile (ELP), as determined by the District ELP Working Group.
Our District’s Assessment Committee would like to once again thank all teachers, principals, and vice-principals for their feedback on the ELP, as well as the District ELP Working Group in mapping the trends and future actions to explore. Your input is invaluable and continues to support the evolution of the ELP as an assessment tool that has been designed to assist educators in meeting learners at their point of development with respect to the foundational building blocks of literacy.
Please continue to visit the District Assessment & Reporting Website (www.assessment.sd23.bc.ca/elp) for ongoing updates, information, and resources on the Early Learning Profile (ELP) assessment.
