Strengthening Early Years to Kindergarten Transitions (SEY2KT)
What is SEY2KT?
This is an initiative that focuses on collaboration and strengthening of relationships across the education and early years sectors. As Child Care becomes a critical component of Education, this work is now more important than ever.
As Margaret Wheatley writes, “Relationships are all there is. Everything in the Universe exists because it is in relationship to everything else. Nothing exists in isolation. We humans want to be together. Truly connecting with another human being gives us joy. We have to slow down. Nothing will change for the better until we do. We need time to think, to learn together to know each other. The cure for despair is not hope. It’s discovering what we want to do about something we care about.”
This is the essence of SEY2KT. Building the capacity of each person to lead, to work in deep relationship with others and to think and work in complexity to change systems so that they support all children and families.
Below you will find links to all of the School Districts participating in SEY2KT and training in CSL in 2020-21 and 2021-22. And you will also find links to all of the CSL training sessions that have been delivered since 2020.
SEY2KT Resources from Annual Learning Sessions
For the last three years, all SEY2KT sites have engaged in structured CSL learning to support their intersectoral work. The intention has been to build leadership capacity and systemic approaches across the initiative. The links in this section connect to pages that hold the powerpoint slides from the training sessions and also slides from SEY2KT sites as they have presented their work.
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2023-2024
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2022-2023
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2021-2022
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2020-2021
SEY2KT Sites and Site Contacts
Southeast Kootenay (SD5) Laura-Lee Phillips & Chrisy Hill
Rocky Mountain (SD6) Glenn Goslin & Merisa Butler
Kootenay Lake (SD8) Deanna Holitzki, Victoria McAllister, Tanya Christiansen & Misty Terpstra
Vernon (SD22) Kim Erven-Culler & Josie Ferguson
Central Okanagan (SD23) Brenda Kirsch, Deborah Gray & Caroline Noga
Quesnel (SD28) Jolene King & Tony Goulet
Chilliwack (SD33) Nicole Driscoll
Abbotsford (SD34) Donna Wright, Andrea Senft & Maria Cargnelli
Langley (SD35) Amanda Slade & Alicia Stark
Surrey (SD36) Leah Christensen & Shelby Gordon
Richmond (SD38) Catherine Jule, Megan Zeni & Kate Adams
Vancouver (SD39) Colleen Dickie, Maggie Li, Val Lai & Marie Mah
New Westminster (SD40) Ileana Neilson
Burnaby (SD41) Helena Readman & Jacqueline Ewonus
Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows (SD42) Nicole Marshall & Rose Dallasheh
Coquitlam (SD43) Deb Vanderwood, Andrea Hunter & Shawna Comey
North Vancouver (SD44) Jeeniece Chand & Tunde Getaneh & Ashleigh Davies
West Vancouver (SD45) Mary Parackal & Shannon Oziny
Sunshine Coast (SD46) Kirsten Deasey & Anna Verspoor
Powell River (SD47) Raun Rainbow
Sea to Sky (SD 48) Heather Androsoff
Haida Gwaii (SD 50) Leighann Rodger & Florine Lawrence
Boundary (SD51) Lois Ehman
Prince Rupert (SD 52) Susan Kobza & Judy Riddell & Kimberly Williams
Okanagan-Similkameen (SD53) Melia Dirk & Lisa Gludovatz
Bulkley Valley (SD54) Beverly Forster & Joan Hunt
Prince George (SD 57) Tracy Cole
Nicola-Similkameen (SD58) Danielle Bennie & Janet Verbeeck
Peace River North (SD60) Tracey Lariviere
Victoria (SD61) Charmaine Shortt
Sooke (SD62) Frances Krusekopf & Daphne Raymond
Saanich (SD63) Maire Walker
Gulf Islands (SD64) Amy Dearden
Okanagan-Skaha (SD67) Kirsten Odian
Nanaimo-Ladysmith (SD68) Aimee Blow & Diane McGonigle & Sandy Weeks
Qualicum (SD 69) Sheila Morrison
Pacific Rim (SD70) Katherin Charbonneau & Carrie Nahorney
Comox Valley (SD71) Lisa Pedersen-Skene & Michelle Guthrie
Campbell River (SD 72) Melinda Gaberel
Kamloops-Thompson (SD73) Marianne Vande Pol, Tanya Rogers, Michelle Rimmer & Crystal Murgatroyd
Gold Trail (SD 74) Christine Franes
Mission (SD75) Karen Greaux & Kim Snow
Cowichan Valley (SD79) Sarah Foster & Brenda Lee
Coast Mountain (SD82) Tina McDonald & Cindy Hall
North Okanagan-Shushwap (SD83) Allison de Boer & Leigh Robinson
Vancouver Island North (SD85) Jill Cook
Nechako Lakes (SD 91) Wendy Kelemen & Cheryl Work
Conseil Scolaire Francophone (SD93) Monica Monus
Research
Through the life of SEY2KT, Dr. Sharon Jeroski has guided the on-going evaluation of the projects. The reports that Dr. Jeroski has prepared each year provide important insight into the progress of SEY2KT work, its impact and some of our learning about the factors that are heightening effectiveness.
Download the SEY2KT Research Report for:
2022-23 (coming soon)