YONA Fundamentals
In our mission and vision, we believe that this activity is a transformative experience.
What is ensemble music making?
These staff members are responsible for instructing the YONA students and supervising them throughout the day.
Who are teaching artists?
This is the minimum amount of adult supervisors needed when YONA Students are outside.
What is two?
This online portal manages student data including attendance, emergency contacts, and demographics.
What is PowerSchool?
This is the time of day where students come together to consume items of dairy, grain, and fruit.
What is snack?
The second step of the YONA Way.
What is Listen Carefully?
These staff members are responsible for the daily operations of the site.
Who are site coordinators?
This policy states: All contact with students must occur in a visible location.
What is the Visible Adults policy?
This policy stipulates that YONA Staff should not communicate with current YONA students with their personal accounts or phone numbers. It also requires discretion and professionalism when posting about their teaching.
What is the YONA Social Media Policy?
Students are escorted to and from this method of transportation, which is used both for regular programming and field trips.
What is the YONA bus?
This group of people developed the YONA Way.
Who are the first students at YONA?
This role is responsible for maintaining and organizing our instrument library.
What is the Instrument Manager?
This certification must be held by all staff members and updated every two years.
What is the vulnerable sector check?
This acronym allows us to identify which students can and cannot have their photo taken and posted to YONA social media. YONA staff should know which students are not allowed to be photographed/recorded.
What is the Freedom of Information and Privacy (FOIP)?
A volunteer/staff member accompanies St. Catherine's students who attend the Winspear in this method of transportation.
What are Ubers/Cabs/Rideshares?
This is our parent organization.
What is the Francis Winspear Centre for Muisc and/or the Edmonton Symphony Society?
This role is responsible for general operations, scheduling, and delivery of YONA programming, and they liaise with Winspear Leadership as an advocate of the program to guide, inform, and make recommendations for decision-making. All YONA teaching artists and site coordinators report to them and absence requests must be approved by this person.
Who is the YONA Manager and/or Jacquie?
This three hour online training must be completed every year by every staff member.
What is Commit to Kids?
These incidents should always be reported to the parent/guardian, no matter how minor.
What are head injuries?
Activities that are planned indoors when the Air Quality index is 6 or higher, or it is colder than -20 degrees Celsius with the windchill.
What is indoor break?
YONA's first year of operation.
What is 2013-2014?
This group of people is responsible for program direction and planning. They are all available for support, help and advice to teaching artists and site coordinators.
What is the YONA Leadership Team?
Here are some examples:, Extended cuddling , Tickling, Piggy-back rides, Lap-sitting, Carrying (except in the case of injury or emergency)
What is inappropriate touch?
These staff members are responsible for communications with YONA families.
Who are site coordinators and the Operations lead?
When a staff member makes a personal purchase, they retain the receipt and submit it to ap@winspearcentre.com and cc Jacquie.
What is expense reimbursement?