ABOUT EDUCATION

MLTC Education Governance

The Office of Education serves the nine Meadow Lake First Nations Schools in each of the nine communities and serves approximately 2200 – 2400 students.  MLTC Education provides second-level education support services to the MLFN schools. This service includes the support of a Director, two Superintendents of Education, an Assistant Superintendent, a Human Resources Manager, and Professional Coordinators and Consultants for various subject areas. These services are enhanced through the Department of Indigenous Services Canada’s funding opportunities for Second Level Service Program delivery.  The Office of Education reports regularly to the Meadow Lake First Nation Education Authority Board of Education.

MLTC Board of Education

The MLFN Education Authority Board of Education is a federally incorporated Board of Education. The primary goal of Meadow Lake First Nation’s Education Authority Board of Education is to improve educational opportunities, services and student success for all students who attend the nine MLFN schools.  The Board of Education consists of a Board Chair, Co-Chair and one representative from each of the Meadow Lake Tribal Council First Nations. 

Board of Education DIRECTORS

Chair

Chief Norma Catarat 

Co-Chair

Chief  Jeremy Norman

Birch Narrows Dene Nation

Jonathan Sylvestre

Buffalo River Dene Nation

Merle Catarat

Canoe Lake Cree First Nation

Wilfred Iron

Clearwater River Dene Nation

Brenda Janvier

English River First Nation

Megan Garr

Flying Dust First Nation

Connie Derocher

Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation

Tommy Littlespruce

Ministikwan Lake First Nation

Harvey Chief

Waterhen Lake First Nation

Dustin Ross Fiddler

MEET OUR STAFF

SENIOR ADMINISTRATION

Patricia St. Denis

Senior Director

Elizabeth Read

Superintendent

Coming Soon

Superintendent

LIsa Chatelaine

Superintendent

TBD

Human Resource Manager

Linda Okanee

Finance Manager

ADMINISTRATION

Taylor Durocher

Human Resources Officer

Leah Olsen-Bacon

Executive Assistant

Stacey Lasas

Admin Support / Fleet Coordinator

Tammy Dancy

Education Administration Officer

Bryan Brownrigg

Admin Support Officer

curriculum instruction and assessment ( CIA )

TBD

LLRC PAA Consultant

TBD

LLRC Math Consultant

Abby Janvier

Deni Lang. Revitalization Consultant

Giselle Mirasty

LLRC Math Consultant

Michelle Kytwayhat

LLRC Literacy Consultant

Jody Durocher

LLRC Literacy Consultant

Jan Vandermeer

LLRC Humanities & Science Consultant

TBD

Early Learning Coordinator

TBD

Early Learning Consultant

TBD

MLFN EL Interventionist

Laura Kykkanen

CLCFN EL Interventionist​

Shanel Maurice

ERFN EL Interventionist​

Technology and Innovation

Susan Stabbler

Program Innovation Consultant

TBD

Educational Technology Consultant

Khalid Aleem

Performance Measurement Consultant

STUDENT WELLNESS

Jody Bender

Provisional Educational Psychologist

Rhonda Harkins

Clinical Team Support Worker

Lorna Black

Clinical Team Support Worker

Harmonie King

Clinical Team Support Worker

Deanna Montgrand

Clinical Team Support Worker​ - BRDN

Darlene George

Clinical Team Support Worker - ERFN

Jillian Senecal

Clinical Team Support Worker - BNDN

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Superintendent of Education

ELIZABETH READ

Email: elizabeth.read@mltc.ca           

Phone: 306-236-1309

Cell: 306-288-7800 

Fax: 306-236-0025

Hi Everyone,

I am originally from English River First Nations, I have been in Education for almost 25 years and this is my 6th year with MLTC. As one of the Superintendents with MLTC I can support you in the following areas:  

    • Student Wellness (Student Services & Clinical Team Support Workers) in the areas of:
      • Counselling
      • Educational Psychology, Speech-Language Pathology & Occupational Therapy referrals, assessment & therapy
    • Support SBAs in areas of:
      • SBA & Teacher Appraisals
      • LLRC Initiatives
      • Secondary Program Approvals; Modified, Alternate, Locally Developed & FIP programs

Superintendent of Education

PATRICIA L. ST. DENIS

Email: patricia.stdenis@mltc.ca

Off: 306-845-7015

Tansi nitotemak

I am a proud muskeg neynuw iskwew from Cumberland House Cree Nation. I have been with MLTC Education for going on for five years.

I thought I would let you know some of the things I support as a Superintendent of Education 

-Support Early Learning in areas such as

    • Early Learning Interventionist- community-based position

-Supports School-based

Administrators in areas such as:

    • Land, Language, Relationship, and Culture
    • Instructional Leadership
    • School Success Plans
    • SBA and Teacher Appraisals 

– Support the Champion Teachers with THINK INDIGENOUS Youth Red Talks

Assistant Superintendent

TBD

Email:        

Cell: 

Finance Manager

LINDA OKANEE

Email: linda.okanee@mltc.ca

Off: 306-236-1335

Cell: 306-240-6853

Tansi!

I send greetings to you and your family. My name is Linda Okanee, I am from the Thunderchild First Nation in Treaty 6 territory. I was a member of an audit finance committee for a tribal council in the
past. I have been a Band Manager/Director of Operations for over 12 years for various First Nations and supervised and involved in their education programs and worked with different education models.
The Finance Manager at MLTC functions as part of the Education Senior Administration team and provides leadership in the financial management of the Education Department. The Finance Manager is responsible for the budgeting process, financial statement preparation, reporting, program management,
policy development and staff management.

    • Participates as a member of the Education Senior Administration team in advising the Education
      Department
    • Responsible for the financial accounting and reporting systems within MLTC to support Program
      Managers, Senior Administration, and MLFN Service Agreements and Flow-Thru Funding
    • Responsible for the system of internal financial controls to protect MLTC assets including
      establishing financial policies, managing vehicle acquisitions, office leases and major equipment
      leases and placing insurance coverage for all aspects of operations
    • Is knowledgeable about all funding agreements, and terms and conditions of funding as the primary
      financial contact with various funders
    • Supports treasury function and banking functions

Human Resources Officer

TAYLOR DUROCHER

Email: taylor.durocher@mltc.ca           

Cell: 306-240-9478

    • Recruitment and staffing initiatives for MLTC Education.
    • Communicate on a daily basis with MLTC Education employees and MLFN SBA’s on a variety of duties and requests.
    • Conduct onboarding (in-person & virtually) with new employees.
    • Responsible for MLTC Education employee payroll and benefits administration.
    • Assist and advise employees with policies and procedures; responding to employee inquiries and requests.
    • Maintaining employee files (manual and electronically).
    • Maintaining the Sage HRMS database –  employee payroll, leave & attendance, etc.

Executive Assistant

LEAH OLSEN-BACON

Email: leah.bacon@mltc.ca

Off: 306-236-1310

Cell: 306-240-7735

Tansi! 

My name is Leah Olsen-Bacon and I have been with MLTC Education for five years now and I look forward to serving the MLFN schools and communities yet another year.

My role, as the Executive Assistant, is to provide a wide range of administrative support to the Meadow Lake First Nation Schools as well as MLTC Education’s Senior Administration, Consultants & Coordinators.

Feel free to reach out to me at any time with questions you may have. I’ll do my best to provide you with the answers or direct you to the appropriate contact.

Admin. Support/Fleet Coordinator

STACEY LASAS

Emails: stacey.lasas@mltc.ca

education.secretary@mltc.ca

Direct: 306-236-1331

Cell: 306-304-7143

Tansi! Edládoht’u! 

As a member of the Waterhen Lake First Nation, my role and responsibilities within MLTC Education are to provide assistance within the administrative sector as well as maintaining the fleet. 

I am proud to be a part of a wonderful team that serves the northern communities as a whole.

 

Administration Officer

TAMMY DANCY

Email: tammy.dancy@mltc.ca

Cell: 306-236-8716

Office: 306-236-1370

Tansi! Edládoht’u! 

My role, as the Education Administration Officer, is to provide workshop and event planning support to MLTC Education Coordinators, Consultants and MLFN school staff for professional development, meetings, etc. As well as administratively offering support to the MLTC Education department in various capacities.

Numeracy Consultant

GISELLE MIRASTY

Email: giselle.mirasty@mltc.ca

Cell: 306-240-9005

Tansi! As the Numeracy Consultant  I am responsible for:

    • Providing quality, professional consultant secondary-level services, and leadership to support the math programs for all the nine MLFN schools
    • Math Catalyst Support: provide support in professional development and training in assessment, data analysis, data reports, math intervention, instruction and the delivery of math programs
    • Teacher Support: support the Teachers(K-12)  with effective best practices for curriculum planning, instruction, assessment, math intervention and the delivery of math programs
    • The main focus for Numeracy is Indigenous Math, Land-Based Math, Curriculum Knowledge and Math Intervention

Literacy Consultant

MICHELLE KYTWAYHAT

Email: michelle.kytwayhat@mltc.ca

Phone: 306-240-4544

Tansi! As the Literacy Consultant  I am responsible for:

    • Supporting Literacy Initiatives for grades 4-12. 
    • Incorporating LLRC into ELA lesson plans
    • Co-planning lessons and units.
    • Model resources that are supported by MLTC Education
    • Fountas and Pinnell formative assessments
    • Raz-Kids support
    • Demonstrate and support Words Their Way
    • Support online Literacy programming through  Google classroom

Literacy Consultant

JODY DUROCHER

Email: jody.durocher@mltc.ca

Office: 306-240-4010

Tansi! Edládoht’u! 

My name is Jody Durocher and I am from Canoe Lake Cree First Nation. I have been teaching for 17 years and have a strong background in Early Reading Intervention, Student Services, and classroom experience. 

My role is to  implement and support the Land, Language, Relationships and Culture foundations within the position which includes:

    • Being  responsible for supporting and training of Literacy Catalysts
    • Implementation and monitoring of a renewed ELA curriculum in Grades 4-12 within the MLTC First Nation schools
    • Assist ELA teachers in researching and implementing best practices in the service delivery of the ELA programs
    • Provide classroom support for the English Language Arts Teachers (Grades 4-12)
    • Provide professional development to the Meadow Lake First Nation Literacy Catalysts and ELA teachers (Grades 4-12)

CIA Coordinator

JAN VANDERMEER

Email: jan.vandermeer@mltc.ca

Cell: 306-236-1362

Office: 705-358-2538

Tansi! Edládoht’u! As the Curriculum Instruction & Assessment Coordinator I am responsible for:

    • Oversight of the implementation and support of assessment initiatives
    • Coordinating and supporting consultants in their efforts to support teachers
    • Support of MLTC literacy and numeracy initiatives
    • Organizing Professional Development – from planning to delivery
    • Budgeting and reporting for the team and its initiatives
    • Coordinate and facilitate Data Team Meetings, Catalyst Meetings

Curriculum: The totality of the learners’ experience; this must align with the Land, Language, Relationship and Culture of the communities!
Instruction:
The purposeful direction of the learning process!
Assessment:
Tools that educators use to evaluate, measure, and document the academic readiness and educational needs of students

Program Innovation Consultant

SUSAN STABBER

Email: susan.stabbler@mltc.ca

Cell: 306-304-8844

Hello!  It is an honour to support the 9 Meadow Lake First Nations schools.  As a guest, ally and friend on Traditional Lands of Treaty 6, 8 and 10 for the past 5 years, I support teachers in their use of technology and innovation in the classroom.

Teacher supports:

    • Supporting connections between LLRC, Technology & Innovation
    • All things Google – from Classroom to Slides to Meet to Jamboard et al.
    • Smart Notebook & Smart Learning Suite Online Integration
    • Interactive technologies in the classroom
    • Digital Citizenship, Social Media & Blogging classroom support
    • Building Educational supports to support online learning
    • Creating a safe environment for teachers to learn and grow

Performance Measurement Consultant

KHALID ALEEM

Email: khalid.aleem@mltc.ca

Cell: 306-716-4737

As the Performance Measurement Consultant  I am responsible for:

Supports everything related to:

    • MySchoolSask (Student Information System)
    • Initial set up for school year
    • Attendance and reporting
    • Macbook setup and support
    • Report Card design and implementation
    • School-Wide Assessments (F&P and BCM)
    • Back end setup and support

Student Services Coordinator

JODY BENDER

Email: jody.bender@mltc.ca

Off:  (306)-236-1354

Cell:  (639)-237-7500

Bonjour! My name is Jody Bender and I am the Student Wellness Coordinator for MLTC Education. I am currently nearing completion of my Master’s Degree in Psychology and my passion is in trauma and the neurological, physical, and emotional effects of such. My role as Student Wellness Coordinator includes:
    • Receiving, reviewing, and processing referrals and assessment reports for Student Services, and ensuring proper and confidential storing of such records
    • Coordinating services such as Educational Psychology, Occupational Therapy, Speech-Language Pathology, and Clinical Team Support to all 9 schools
    • Providing support to Student Services teachers by way of training, programming, PPP writing, ISC reporting, proper documentation, compiling master lists, facilitating and attending various meetings, etc.
    • Maintaining invoices, month ends, and other monthly tasks for our Student Wellness team
    • Coordinating team meetings and activities to ensure collaboration amongst all team members, as well as assisting in the planning and facilitation of specific professional development and training opportunities by the Student Wellness team
    • Collaborating with other teams, such as Early Learning, to provide the best possible service to our 9 MLFN schools

Clinical Team Support Worker

RHONDA HARKINS

Email: rhonda.harkins@mltc.ca

Cell: 306-240-8405

    • One on One Counselling
    • Group Counselling
    • Professional Development 
    • Training in areas such as:

  *ASIST (Suicide Intervention Skills Training)

  *Duty To Report

  *Grief & Loss (Student Presentation as well) 

  *Bullying (Student Presentation as well)

  *CPI (Non-Violent Intervention Skills)

  *Anxiety & Depression (Student Presentation as well)

  *Healthy Relationships (Student Presentation as well)

Clinical Team Support Worker

LORNA BLACK

Email: lorna.black@mltc.ca

Cell: 306-832-7614

Tansi! Edládoht’u! 

    • Provide Counselling Support to Students
    • Provide Case Management Services to Students
    • Support School Designates(Guidance Counsellors, Social Workers, Teachers
    • Provide PD in areas such as Duty to Report, Bullying & Grief & Loss 

Clinical Team Support Worker

HARMONIE KING

Email: harmonie.king@mltc.ca

Off: 

Cell: 

Tansi! Edládoht’u! 

I am the designated clinical support worker for Island Lake First Nations  & Canoe Lake First Nations.

Services Provided:

    • One on one counselling 
    • Group support
    • My blueprint guidance & support
    • Support school designates(guidance counsellors, social workers, teachers)
    • Provide Professional development

Clinical Team Support Worker

DEANNA MONTGRAND

Email: deanna.montgrand@mltc.ca

Off: 

Cell:

Tansi nitotemak

My role as the school-based Clinical Team Support Worker for Buffalo River Dene Nation School consists of providing one-on-one counselling to children & youth, supporting school staff, and providing professional development in areas such as Duty to Report, Grief & Loss and Healthy Relationships

Clinical Support Team Worker - ERFN

DARLENE GEORGE

Email: darlene.george@mltc.ca

Off: 

Cell: 

Tansi! Edládoht’u! 

 

Clinical Support Team Worker - BNDN

JILLIAN SENECAL

Email: jillian.senecal@mltc.ca

Off: 

Cell: 

Tansi! Edládoht’u! 

 

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