Regional Characteristics

The ERLC facilitates learning opportunities for eighteen school districts as well as charter, private and band schools in the region. The 18 districts in the ERLC region that had opportunities to be involved with conversation about a regional plan to support implementation and that may have sent representatives to advisory committee meetings and/or, June planning meeting for district contacts or the curriculum coordinator meeting(s) include:

Aspen View Regional Division	Grande Yellowhead Regional Division
Black Gold Regional Division	Greater St. Albert Catholic Regional Division
Edmonton Catholic Schools	Living Waters Catholic Regional Division
Edmonton Public Schools	Northern Gateway Regional Division
Elk Island Catholic Separate Regional Division	Parkland School Division
Elk Island Public Schools	Pembina Hills Regional Division
Evergreen Catholic Separate Regional Division	St. Albert Protestant Separate School District
Fort McMurray Public Schools	St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Schools
Fort McMurray Roman Catholic Separate District	Sturgeon School Division About ERLC

The region includes:

A large number of districts (18) with diverse needs including different jurisdictional and AISI priorities.
A large geographic area (e.g. Fort McMurray, Jasper, Athabasca).
District staff that must travel a distance to attend sessions in Edmonton, (e.g., 6 districts include schools more than 3 – 5 hours away from Edmonton).
Districts that are increasingly using technology to access professional development (e.g. video conferencing).
Jurisdictions with limited access to supply teachers (e.g. rural).

Districts that have a significant percentage of new teachers including teachers from out of province who are not familiar with the Alberta Program of Studies (e.g. Fort McMurray, Northern Tier district).