2025-2026 Learning Improvement Fund (LIF)

Learning Improvement Fund (LIF)

See the District’s information sheet about LIF: 2025-2026 LIF Allocations and information

 

The LIF allocations for the 2025-2026 school year are as follows:

  • Elementary (Education Assistants, Indigenous Education Workers, and Youth Care Workers) – employees working 17.5-29.25 hours per week will receive 45 minutes per week (.75 LIF Hours per week)
  • Secondary (Education Assistants, Indigenous Education Workers, and Youth Care Workers) – employees working 17.5-34.25 hours per week will receive 45 minutes per week (.75 LIF Hours per week)

What can the time be used for?

A number of the best practices have evolved. These include but are not limited to the following:

  • Collaborative planning with the classroom teachers outside the bookends of the school day
  • Collaborative planning with the Learning Resource teachers or school counsellors
  • Collaborative meetings with the school-based teams, consultants, district staff, or community service providers
  • Review of the student’s IEP and related goals with the school team
  • School-based staff meetings
  • Creation of student materials
  • Collaboration with other EAs, IEWs, and YCWs who share the responsibility for the learner

** LIF Time can not be used to supervise students.