College Student Services
Supporting Our Students
Personalized Support | Learning Strategies | Career Counselling
Within the student services departments at Rundle there is a team of qualified, knowledgeable and skilled counsellors, learning strategists, a registered nurse, and student support personnel who share some roles and have specialties within their school department.
Counsellors provide social and emotional counselling, academic support, and career and post-secondary support. They also provide short-term counselling support for students in several different areas, including but not limited to, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, transitions, and work relationship concerns. They consult with external resources to provide students with aligned support while at school. Counsellors work closely with the administration on school-related matters, such as tracking student progress, monitoring academic and personal development, and crisis intervention.
At the College, students and parents have several ways to access the school nurse and counsellors. Students can drop in, email, phone, or book a time through their teacher. Parents can reach our nurse or counsellor by phone or email.
Academic Support
Rundle College learning strategists support students who require additional support with remediation, strategy development, or explicit accommodation training. Requests for this support are initiated by the teacher and the student services team determines the length of support and availability based on the student’s need.
The K–6 student support team provides early literacy intervention and targeted reading, writing, and executive functioning sessions in both one-on-one and small group settings. The team works collaboratively with staff to identify needs and support both the students and teachers by providing research-based instructional strategies and individualized programming. Students are supported as they transition from grade to grade and the length of service is based on student needs and teacher requests.
Academic support for grades 7-12 is offered to students through homeroom teachers, subject teachers, and/or individual sessions. There is also significant support offered to teachers to aid students’ academic development in the classroom. Parent support and resources are offered to support parents in helping their child reach their full potential.
Health and Wellness Support
Our school health nurse provides individual health support and school-wide health promotion. The nurse works with students, their families, and community healthcare providers on comprehensive nursing health assessments pertaining to concerns about physical, emotional or social well-being. Our nurse actively participates in school safety plans, school health policy, and assessing the school environment to prevent injury and promote student well-being.
The school nurse uses a comprehensive school approach to facilitate health promotion activities throughout the school community. In the case of a communicable disease outbreak, our nurse works alongside Alberta Health Services Public Health to help monitor, report, and respond to the situation.
At Rundle, wellness and social-emotional learning are integral to our K-6 learnings. Kindergarten students are introduced to healthy habits, including hygiene, nutrition, and managing emotions, with support from our school nurse and counselor. They begin the Second Step Program, which fosters social-emotional skills. Across all grades, students engage in wellness activities such as mindfulness, yoga, and active movement, with dedicated time for proper nutrition breaks, ensuring they thrive both in school and life
Second Step is a complimentary social-emotional learning program that is introduced to students in Kindergarten and continues until the completion of grade six. The program helps to build a strong foundation for students by providing targeted lessons in the areas of growth mindset, goal setting, emotional management, empathy, kindness, and problem-solving. Focusing on these areas encourages students to build the capacity to have healthy relationships while promoting self/social awareness and learning about responsible decision-making.
Student-Led Leadership
Student leadership opportunities through Student Services include the following: Peer Support, PASS (People About Standing Up for Social Change, and the HEART Committee.
Counsellors are actively involved in supporting student leadership groups within the school whereby students take on initiatives in the areas of wellness, diversity and inclusion, bullying prevention, and academic support.
The school nurse facilitates a health-related student leadership club called, HEART Committee, at the Academy and College senior high. This club is ideal for students looking to pursue a career in health care or public health. The students can work through the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation stages of meaningful community health promotion initiatives.
Post-Secondary Support
In addition, the department provides comprehensive career and post-secondary support for students from junior high through high school.
Below is the comprehensive path each Rundle student is supported through to help guide them to post-secondary success.
- goal setting and learning styles assessment
- high school course plan
- self-assessments related to careers, skills and knowledge
- post-secondary and career research
- create high school course plan
- Strong Interest Career Inventory
- post-secondary research
- course selection tied to university program requirements
- Canadian and international admission support
- individualized support with admissions, transcripts, and scholarships
- parent and student presentations
- connections with post-secondary representatives
At Rundle, we strive to continue student support past their graduation. With the Traverse program, Rundle provides graduates transitioning to post-secondary education with personalized coaching to meet their academic, personal, and wellness goals. In the Traverse, each student is assigned a dedicated coach who provides weekly tailored guidance to ensure success in their new academic environment.
Learn more about our Traverse program today!