Learning Improvement Fund (LIF)

Please be advised that there is a change in the LIF hours per week from 60 minutes to 45 minutes per week.

The LIF allocations for the 2023-2024 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.