{"id":11885,"date":"2023-01-31T14:50:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T19:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kativik.qc.ca\/?p=11885"},"modified":"2025-12-09T16:38:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T21:38:22","slug":"what-is-a-ped-counsellor-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kativik.qc.ca\/en\/what-is-a-ped-counsellor-anyway\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a ped counsellor anyway?"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”10\/12″][vc_column_text]In an effort to bring more exposure to the projects, achievements and passions of our staff, the editorial team is pursuing a new story format: short articles focused on a profession, a department or even a location so that our readers can develop a better understanding of certain concepts.<\/p>\n

This article is about pedagogical counsellors![\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white” style=”dashed” border_width=”4″ el_width=”60″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”10\/12″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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Pedagogical counsellors at a glance<\/h1>\n

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The pedagogical counsellor position, or \u201cped counsellor\u201d for the cool kids in the room, is a position that is quite unique to Quebec:<\/p>\n

\u201cHistorically, in Quebec, ped counsellors are not there to implement directives from the Ministry. In Quebec, teachers have a lot of professional autonomy and ped counsellors are there to support teachers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joanna Rowe \u2013 the person we have chosen to help us clarify things \u2013 started working with Kativik Ilisarniliriniq as a Secondary IV and V homeroom teacher in Kuujjuaq three years ago. Prior to that, she worked in the Northwest Territories, in the small community of Paulatuk. She\u2019s now an education consultant for English and Social Studies for secondary students in Nunavik.<\/p>\n

Now, back to the matter at hand: how do ped counsellors support teachers? To start, from Joanna\u2019s point of view, it\u2019s important to see the teacher in the classroom environment in order to understand what kind of students are present and what they are interested in. Only then can she work with the teacher to see where their strengths lie.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]

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Every teacher has their own unique qualities, instruments, experiences and professional ideas that they want to realize. My job is to help teachers recognize and build on their own strengths and offer strategies on how they can leverage their own strengths to reach their goals and full potential even more effectively.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Joanna Rowe<\/span> Education consultant for English and Social Studies for Secondary students in Nunavik.<\/span> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\u201cAt my school, I\u2019m the only Secondary English teacher. So, I don\u2019t have other coworkers to discuss certain things with\u201d, explains Caroline Wilson, a Secondary English teacher who recently worked with Joanna. \u201cTo be able to speaks with someone who talks with other English teachers, other Social Studies teachers, is really helpful because she can relate the experiences of other teachers and give suggestions that they found helpful\u201d.<\/p>\n

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There are random things [the ped counselor] can help with. Like connecting teachers to other teachers, providing extra resources, deeper explanations, strategies that other people have used that have worked for them\u2026 It\u2019s nice to know that there\u2019s someone we can always reach out to with our questions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Caroline Wilson<\/span> Secondary English and Social Studies teacher at Tarsakallak School, in Aupaluk.<\/span> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”10\/12″][vc_column_text]At Kativik Ilisarniliriniq, a ped counsellor, like Joanna, will visit each community at least once a year to work with the schools. She also collaborates with other ped counsellors to develop the curriculum.<\/p>\n

On special occasions, she meets with her colleagues in the Inuktitut and French sector to discuss a wide range of hot topics including the language policy, which will set the framework in which school personnel will operate in the near future.<\/p>\n

But let\u2019s not spoil anything on the subject. Let\u2019s save that topic for another article, shall we?[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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