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Parent/Guardian Contact Information

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Parents of students registered in courses that include subject-matter that deals primarily and explicitly with religion or human sexuality are required to be informed of such as per section 58.1(1) of the Education Act. For students registered in Student Instruction (SI) versions of Career and Life Management (CALM), with the Human Sexuality component, or any...
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Welcome back to a new school year with ADLC!

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As schools across Alberta busily prepare for students and families, we too are gearing up for another action-packed year.  Supporting Your Students in Your Schools Last year, we made changes aimed at improving ADLC’s services to school authorities. Our teachers were relocated to a single location in Barrhead to leverage collaboration. We tightened our expectations...
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SIS Change: Aboriginal Self-Identification – Registration Process

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To follow through on an expectation of Alberta Education, we ask for your help in completing the newly added Aboriginal self-identification question in the student registration process in our Student Information System (SIS). Although the choice for parents/guardians to identify the student as Aboriginal is voluntary, it helps to determine the number of First Nations, Métis and...
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SIS Change: Validating User Information – External Users

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Up-to-date records are important. We have implemented a feature in our Student Information System (SIS) that prompts affiliation super users, external teachers and students each year to verify their information. For information on how this works, please see our training doc.
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School Visits – 2019/20

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We are pleased to continue our face-to-face visits with our partners, as well as potential partners, again this year. If you're interested in learning more about ADLC or how we can help you and your students, send us an email at info@adlc.ca.
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2019-20 ADLC Calendar

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The 2019-20 ADLC calendar is available! You can also view important ADLC dates at adlc.ca.  Of note, some important changes from last year: December 23-January 3 - Holiday Break, teachers unavailable (support staff available Jan. 2/3) March 31 - last day for Student Instruction (SI) registrations in 3, 4 & 5-credit courses May 15 -...

ADLC & Provincial Achievement Tests

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As you know, Provincial Achievement Tests (PATs) are administered annually to all Alberta students in grades 6 and 9. These standardized tests reflect the essentials that all Alberta students are expected to achieve, regardless of school choice or location. Students taking ADLC courses are no exception. We are seeking your help in ensuring that when...

School Improvement: The Results are In!

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In the Spring, we reached out to ADLC stakeholders and asked for their input about our services. We received responses from more than 430 teachers and school facilitators as well as more than 1430 grades 4-12 students. Thank you to those that participated; we look forward to continuing to improve our services to our partners....
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Streamlining TS Services

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In an effort to streamline our Teacher Support (TS) services, we have moved our TS offerings to a new Moodle Server! This server contains an updated copy of Moodle (v3.6) and will allow us to make your access to TS resources easier and faster. Where do I access this server? The new TS server (Moodle...
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SIS Change: Change in Viewing Expiry Dates for Students/Guardians

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Expiry Dates Removed from the Student/Guardian View - To reduce confusion, the Expiry Date (when a course is withdrawn from SIS) has now been hidden from the student/guardian view in the Gradebook area. Only the enrollment End Date (modifiable, timeline pacing date) will be visible. All other SIS roles still see the expiry date. The View Calendar...
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