Resources
Supporting Refugees from Ukraine in Manitoba Schools (2022)
This document supports teachers and schools as refugee students from Ukraine begin to register in Manitoba schools. The horrific events occuring in Ukraine will trigger trauma, grief, anxiety, and loss. This document offers suggestions on how to work with students displaying these symptoms.
EAL Support Guide for Teachers with EAL Learners
This document will support teachers with providing a friendly, supportive, and caring school environment and with lesson planning that encompasses subject-area topics, English language learning, and technology.
- EAL Lesson Plan Frame (
47 KB)
EAL Intake Process Documents, Version 1.0 (2020)
This resource is intended to support Manitoba teachers with the reception and initial English language and mathematics skills inventory of students who will be learning English as an additional language (EAL) in their schools. It provides an overview of the EAL intake process, including factors to be considered before, during, and after the intake process. There is a document for Early Years, Middle Years, and Senior Years along with fillable pdfs for each:
EAL Intake Process: Early Years
EAL Intake Process: Early Years Document ( 1.93 MB)
Fillable PDF () Downloads:
- EY Orientation Form (includes Initial Meeting Form)
- EY Inventories Form
- EY Stage Indicator Form
- EY Math Inventory Form (not fillable)
- EY EAL Student Specific Planning Form
EAL Intake Process: Middle Years
EAL Intake Process: Middle Years Document ( 2.88 MB)
Fillable PDF () Downloads:
- MY Orientation Form (includes Initial Meeting Form)
- MY Inventories Form
- MY Stage Indicator Form
- MY Math Inventory Form (not fillable)
- MY EAL Student Specific Planning Form
EAL Intake Process: Senior Years
EAL Intake Process: Senior Years Document ( 2.88 MB)
Fillable PDF () Downloads:
- SY Orientation Form (includes Initial Meeting Form)
- SY Inventories Form
- SY Stage Indicator Form
- SY Math Inventory Form (not fillable)
- SY EAL Student Specific Planning Form
The usual route to graduation for young newcomer adult English as an additional language (EAL) learners from a public high school into post-secondary education or skilled employment may not be feasible due to the time required to learn the language and complete a Grade 12 diploma.
This document was updated to familiarize students and their advisors with the various educational options available.
This document outlines considerations, procedures, and resources to in making decisions about the educational credentials and appropriate placement of students who transfer to the Manitoba school system from another jurisdiction within or outside Canada. Principals of schools are responsible for making placement decisions, as well as for determining whether non-Manitoba course completions should receive Manitoba Senior Years credit(s).
Building Hope: Refugee Learner Narratives (2015)
Both an interactive PDF version and a print PDF version of Building Hope: Refugee Learner Narratives (2015) are available. This document is intended to help strengthen the capacity of school communities at all levels (early, middle, and senior years) to provide an appropriate and supportive school environment for refugee and war-affected learners and their families. The core of the document is the stories or ‘learner narratives’ of eleven young Canadians of refugee or war-affected backgrounds who were interviewed about their experiences before coming to Canada and their immigration life since then, with emphasis on their education pathways.
Life After War: Education as a Healing Process for Refugee and War-Affected Children (2012)...
...and the two companion documents:
Life After War: Professional Learning, Agencies, and Community Supports ( 517 KB)
War Affected Children: A Comprehensive Bibliography ( 1.36 MB)
are web-based resources that are intended to help strengthen the capacity of school communities at all levels (early, middle, and senior years) to provide an appropriate and supportive school environment for refugee and war-affected learners and their families, an environment that will nurture their mental health and well-being and enhance their educational and life outcomes.
Responding to Religious Diversity in Manitoba's Schools: A Guide for Educators (2018)
This document is intended to serve as a resource for educators and schools seeking to respond to the needs of their religiously diverse students and community. The document provides a guide for welcoming religious diversity and providing accommodations in Manitoba schools.
