TRUSTEE FOR ST. ALBERT PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Sheyanne Levall-Crouse was elected as a Trustee in 2021 and has worked with dedication to strengthen governance and champion inclusion and equity across St. Albert Public Schools. 

Sheyanne is a proud mother of a current St. Albert Public student. Her decision to run as a Trustee began when her daughter was entering Kindergarten. She was inspired by a desire to help ensure families could feel confident in the public education their children receive. Now four years later, her passion continues to grow in the area of equitable and inclusive education for all students.

Sheyanne brings nearly two decades of professional experience in the non-profit & fundraising sector, including Canadian Blood Service, STARS Air Ambulance, YOUCAN Youth Services and local service clubs. She has a strong record of community volunteerism, including Alberta Cancer Foundation, Edmonton Down Syndrome Society, and JCI Hamper Program. Sheyanne also volunteers at her daughter’s school parents’ association and leads several school fundraisers.

When Sheyanne decided to run as a Trustee in 2021, she wanted to focus on improving mental health support for staff and students, advocating for a better curriculum for students, increasing support for teachers and support staff, and helping ensure families feel confident in public education.  

As a Trustee, Sheyanne has contributed her leadership to several key committees, including four years on the Division’s Wisdom and Guidance Council, the Advocacy Committee, and the Audit Committee (currently the committee chair). Sheyanne is part of the recently established joint advisory committee with the City of St. Albert and all three school boards in St. Albert. She also served on the Board’s Negotiating Committee, helping to achieve a successful CUPE resolution in 2024 and spring 2025.

In these roles, she has championed equity for students and families, financial accountability of the division, collaboration with the City of St. Albert and all three school divisions, reconciliation and the meaningful integration of Indigenous ways of knowing into classrooms. Sheyanne has also demonstrated her deep understanding of governance, the roles and responsibilities of school boards under the Education Act and is passionate about mental health supports, inclusion, student equity, and student voices. 

As a proud Métis woman, Sheyanne has emphasized that her great-grandmother was a residential school survivor and spoke out strongly against the 2021 government’s proposed draft curriculum, noting that it failed to adequately address Truth and Reconciliation and did not encourage critical thinking and problem solving. She also called for schools to be safe, welcoming places where inclusive need students, Indigenous students, 2SLGBTQIA+ students, multicultural students, and newcomer students feel included and see their histories reflected.

Sheyanne understands that student success in the classroom and student mental health increases when they can learn about themselves, along with their classmates, and see themselves represented in the curriculum. To support this, she continues to advocate for the Alberta Curriculum to better equitably represent all students in classrooms and reflect input from teachers and subject matter experts.

Sheyanne recognizes that classrooms of today are very different from 5, 10 and 20 years ago and classroom complexities have increased. Teachers are now teaching multiple lesson plans to meet the needs of each student in their classroom and often with less support. Sheyanne has advocated for increased classroom funding and classroom supports for teachers, support staff, and schools.  When teachers are supported, student success increases.  

The last four years as a St. Albert Public School Trustee has been one of Sheyanne’s biggest honours. She strongly believes in public education and hopes to continue her role into the next term.