Infographic: Kindergarten through Grade 12 Education in Yukon

This infographic presents findings from the audit of kindergarten through Grade 12 education in Yukon

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Kindergarten through Grade 12 Education in Yukon

“We found that the Department did not know if its programs met the needs of students, particularly those with special needs and Yukon First Nations students.”

  • More than 5,000 Kindergarten through Grade 12 public school students
  • 28 schools
  • 23% Yukon First Nations students
  • 619 individual education plans

Findings

The Department made little effort to understand the root causes of gaps in student outcomes and had no strategy to close the gaps

A much smaller proportion of Yukon First Nations students who entered Grade 8 in the 2011–12 school year completed high school within 6 years.

  • 49% Yukon First Nations students
  • 81% Non-First Nations students

The Department did not fully meet its Yukon First Nations culture and language responsibilities

The Department did not do enough to create a partnership with Yukon First Nations that would allow it to fully develop and deliver education programs that reflect Yukon First Nations culture and languages.

It did not provide enough direction, oversight, and support to help schools deliver culturally inclusive programming.

The Department did not know if its approach to inclusive education was working

Students with special needs

It did not monitor the delivery of services and supports to students or monitor their outcomes.

Individual education plans

Only 5% of the plans we looked at showed that the services and supports recommended by specialists or school staff were delivered.

Only 6% of the plans we looked at were reviewed and updated as required.

Teacher survey results

Half of the teachers who responded to our survey felt that they didn’t have enough supports to deliver inclusive education.

Two thirds of those teachers said that they lacked sufficient training to do so.