Adam Hicks
Adam Hicks
Administrateur du conseil scolaire public de Regina
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Adam Hicks
9 novembre 2020
Je suis un père passionné de deux enfants qui se consacre à vous servir. Je représente notre communauté sans relâche et veille à ce que la voix des parents, du personnel et, surtout, de nos élèves soit entendue. Vous avez besoin de quelqu'un qui n'a pas peur des questions difficiles et qui préconise ce qui est juste.
En plus d'être vice-président du conseil scolaire, je consacre des centaines d'heures par année à faire de Regina le meilleur endroit où vivre.
Avec une solide expérience en leadership et de multiples désignations, j'ai la formation et les outils pour me plonger et analyser les problèmes auxquels les commissions scolaires sont confrontées. Je siège à de nombreux conseils de gouvernance et occupe des postes d'influence significative dans mon travail quotidien.
Ma conviction vient de mon slogan de 2016, «Nous bénéficions tous d'une société éduquée.» Je continuerai cette promesse et serais honoré de votre vote pour siéger pour un deuxième mandat en tant que votre fiduciaire.
My Promises to You
Écoles sûres et inclusives
Défense de tous les élèves et création d'un environnement sûr pour que tous les élèves apprennent
Transparence totale
Plus de discussions dans les réunions publiques, plus de communication avec le personnel, les parents et les intervenants.
Comprendre les besoins du personnel et des étudiants
S'assurer que les décisions sont prises avec notre personnel et nos étudiants à l'avant-garde.
Fonds dans la salle de classe
Gérer les fonds de la Division pour nous assurer de maximiser l'argent pour soutenir les salles de classe.
The"Northern Stars"
Organizations love to create strategic plans, balanced scorecards, accountability goals, directives, policies, procedure documents, and more for large organizations like school divisions. The Regina Public School Division is one of the largest "companies" in Saskatchewan, with close to 3,000 staff, 59 buildings, approximately 27,000 students, and an annual operating budget of approximately $300 million per year. It can be difficult to ensure that all stakeholders collectively work together in the same positive direction.
However, to overcome the challenges of clear communication of goals and to unite people around a shared goal, we must truly understand what drives success. Once we understand how to make a collective impact, we can empower staff, students, and our community to work together to improve student outcomes.
We need to simplify our goals. When re-elected for a third term over the next four years, I plan to focus my efforts to help build a more clear Board direction in partnership with the leadership team.
1.
100% Graduation
Did you know that based on the 2022-2023 Annual Report (and results have been relatively static for years), just over 1 out of 10 students do not graduate in Regina (based on 3-year graduation rates).
Want to know something mind-blowing? Less than half of self-identified Indigenous students graduate. That is not a typo. Only 46% of Indigenous students graduated 'on-time' in 2022-2023. To expand this further, approximately 17-19% of all students have self-identified from our 26,000 students. Meaning of the approximately 5,000 Indigenous students, half of those students statistically will not graduate.
I genuinely do not understand why this is not discussed more and is not front and centre of all discussions. We need to stop looking at the data, "admiring the problem," as a former director would say, and to take true action to do something about it. It will take a community to make lasting changes, but we can't ignore these problems any longer.
We truly can make a change. Action must be taken, and I would love the next four years to try to move the needle.
2.
100% Attendance
For years, we have known, and numerous studies have shown, that attendance truly does matter. Students who regularly attend school, specifically in later grades, have a better chance of reaching graduation.
All students need to know they belong in our community. We need to support each and every student. We know that having one adult in their life who believes in them can make a statistical difference in their future success.
We need to empower our staff. A Board of seven trustees does not always know what is best, and senior executives do not know how to reach every student across all our 57 schools. Who knows best is our 3,000 staff. I believe that staff need to be supported, provided the tools to succeed, and allowed the freedom to impact students as they know best.
Engaged and cared-for students will attend classes. Attendance is a direct outcome of engaged students, and together we can focus on these goals of achieving 100% graduation.
3.
Grade 3 Success
Grade three student success rates directly correlate to future high-school success, including graduation. Numerous studies have been conducted, and even with our division, this topic has surfaced many times at the Board table.
Typically, leading up to Grade 3, students learn how to learn. After those initial years, those skills are assumed, and they then begin learning to utilize those foundational skills as they tackle more complicated and abstract assignments and topics year after year. Without that foundation that early grades teach, students continue to struggle and fall behind.
If we can work with families on kindergarten readiness (ready to learn) and aggressively focus on efforts to ensure all students are at Grade 3 reading and writing levels, statistically, this will ensure they are ready to succeed for the remainder of their schooling.
I will remain focussed on expanding efforts on early learning success.
These three Northern Stars are not out of reach. We need visionary leaders who are not afraid of shaking this system up, following the data, listening to the voices of our staff and students, and looking to others who are leading the way. Many countries are succeeding while we continue to fall behind. We can learn a lot if we look further than our provincial borders.
We need people who can stand up and challenge the status quo. I am that person. If you or someone you know is interested in learning more, please reach out, and I'd love to have a chat.
Together, we can make a difference.
Interested in Hearing More?
2020 Election Campaign Interview Video
Adam's 2024 TEDx Regina Talk