Welcome to Eliza Van Bibber School
Eliza Van Bibber School is located on the Traditional Territory of the Selkirk First Nation.
We take the honour and responsibility to learn the history and understand the cultural values of this nation, and it’s Northern Tutchone peoples who have lived in this region for time immemorial. We thank Selkirk First Nation for all they have done, and continue to do, for this place we call home.
Important Information
At Eliza Van Bibber School, we believe in connection to culture and community.
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Literacy
Eliza Van Bibber is working to improve Literacy by grounding instruction and professional development in assessment data. The instructional approach follows the UFLI program. Encouragement and engagement in literacy will be supported through book nights, author talks, reading challenges, and a book project with Northern Tutchone.
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Numeracy
Numeracy growth at Eliza Van Bibber is built on collaborative learning, including multi-age peer mentorship, grade-specific professional development, and utilizing assessment data to drive instruction.
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Whole child
Eliza Van Bibber is focusing on social emotional learning through safe spaces and student wellness. Work to strengthen sense of belonging and identity includes Elder recognition as well as family and community engagement.
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Land & language
The vision for land and language integration at Eliza Van Bibber includes language revitalization efforts, Forest Fridays and seasonal camps and monthly Elder visits.
What makes FNSB schools different
Accountability
We take the words of past reports and the wisdom of our communities seriously. The Auditor General Reports of 2009 and 2019, the Joint Education Action Plan (JEAP), and the various reports from the Yukon Child and Youth Advocate (YCAO) have given us a clear map with checkpoints to ensure the needs of our Learners are met and our communities are heard and empowered. An overarching theme of these reports is accountability. You cannot have accountability without objective data and transparency.
Through our Yukon First Nation values, we have built all aspects of FNSB around this, especially how our schools operate and support our Learners' education. Everything from our school growth plans, to teacher evaluations, academic assessments, and the development of new data measures for cultural connection and belonging, FNSB is ensuring we are accountable to our Learners, families, First Nations, communities, and the public.
Together with local First Nations
We are changing what education looks like at Eliza Van Bibber School because local First Nation citizens are involved and leading everything from staffing and budgets to school rules and programming. Our school is a part of the community, not separate from it. Our Leadership Team includes education leaders from Selkirk First Nation, and our localized governance model of Community Committees, made up of citizens and families, enables our community to genuinely share the delivery of public education.
High Expectations, High Support
Eliza Van Bibber School follows the BC Curriculum, and we work with Selkirk First Nation to integrate local knowledge, histories, languages, and cultures with high academic rigour. We know true learning engages minds by reflecting lived experiences and fostering a sense of belonging. Our community should maintain high expectations of our Learners, and the Educators and School Teams entrusted to teach them. In reciprocity, all Learners, Educators, and families are supported through a localized First Nations approach, which is strengths-based and wraps around the whole person, not only one aspect.
Inclusive of all
All Learners, Educators, and families are welcome at Eliza Van Bibber School. Every decision we make holds our Learners and families at the centre. We provide education grounded in reconciliation. A Yukon First Nations model puts the whole Learner first through a strengths-based and community-centred approach. We all hold the privilege and the responsibility to learn about and from the people, teachings, and languages of this land.
