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Welcome to SD #60!
“Our task is to provide quality education for the kids we have, not the kids we used to have, want to have, or kids that exist in our dreams.” Colleen Politano
Introductions...
who we are....
School District #60Regional Population - 31000
20 Schools
5700 students
School District #60Regional Population - 31000
20 Schools
5700 students
some recent history
philosophy and goals
changes, innovation and realities
Kids don’t start on an even playing field...
A study of 5 year olds...
Rural Schools - ESL, Aboriginal...
International Students
SWIS - Immigrant Youth
NBCDES
The PLAN... (as presented to the Board in June 2006)
• Flat model
• Shared knowledge/duties
• Built in succession
• Strengths based delineation of duties
• “Reculture through influence” (as opposed to restructuring through authority)
Model...collaboration
group skills
high expectations
trust and transparency
pro-activity and prevention
optimism
dignity, respect, and how we treat one another
OECD - Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
OECD - Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Reactive and Punitive
Pro-active and Preventative
from “all” to “each”...
Covey Ethical Fitness
PLC PBISAppreciative
Inquiry
Covey Ethical Fitness
PLC PBISAppreciative
Inquiry
Achievement Contract... our goals
1. Social Responsibility
2. Student Engagement
- School Improvement Plans - Internal Review Process
Aboriginal Enhancement Agreement
Goal 1: Improve the Wellness of all Aboriginal Students
Goal 2: All Students will honour the Local Aboriginal Histories and Cultures
Goal 3: To Improve the Academic Success and Graduation Rates of all Aboriginal Students
Some Background and The Three Legged Stool...
Home
School
Community
Ministry Projections to 2017/18
nominal capacity
capital challenges
Challenges into Opportunities....
How do we match a need for student space with the creation of our desired future?
Dogwood Completion Rate dilemma... a case for change?
The “unique” North East
“Globe and Mail” article
December 31, 2007
“Schools need to ‘rewire’ on behalf of kids...”
“Today and Tomorrow”
World Cafe
Summit
almost 400 people
Root Causes of Success•• Relationships (advocate/guidance support)
•• Knowledgeable teachers who teachers motivate, inspires and values all students
•• Multiple learning and teaching approaches, hands-on, project based
•• Relevant curriculum
•• High expectations, high challenges
•• Safe environment where emotional needs are honoured
•• Partnerships; multiple stakeholders, parents, students, staff with a shared vision
•• Happy students with a sense of belonging who feel safe to take risks
•• Organizational structures: alternate programs, smaller classes, extend beyond the walls
•• Collaborative model; learning from and with each other (teachers, students, parents, community)
Action Teams for Today and Tomorrow
Achievement and Engagement
1. Social Responsibility2. Mentorship and Intergenerational Learning3. Student Leadership / Voice4. Secondary School Success5. Inclusive Learning
Restructuring
6. Staffing7. Facilities and Transportation8. Curriculum and Learning Resources
Social Responsibility...
Code of Conduct...
PBIS Coaches...
Performance Standards...
SWIS / Easy D
Mentorship
and Intergenerational
Mentorship
and Intergenerational
Student Voice...
“Student
Advisory
Council”
The organization of time and space in our high schools needs to be enabling rather than restrictive by serving the learning agenda as opposed to driving it.
Peter B. Drescher
Secondary School Success
Inclusive Learning
“alternate”
“at promise class”
“diversity vs inclusion”
Exploring Alternate Spaces...
Neighborhoods of Learning...
“in reverse”
Linear Programming for Gr. 8
Teacher Teaming (integrating subjects, few teacher transitions)
Teacher Advisor Groups
Student Mentorship/WEB, Linkcrew...
So far... “Middle Years”
Linear Programming for Gr. 8
Teacher Teaming (integrating subjects, few teacher transitions)
Teacher Advisor Groups
Student Mentorship/WEB, Linkcrew...
So far... “Middle Years”
“Posts of Responsibility”
job descriptions revised... Grade/student oriented
vs subject oriented
Together We Learn...Village of Taylor
Together We Learn...Village of Taylor
Village of Hudson’s Hope
Early InterventionsReading Recovery
Strong Starts
WOW Bus
Speech/Language
...
Wireless Writing Program
boys
behaviour
Aboriginal
the realities...
space - our numbers
full time K / Strong Start / ECE future direction...
budget / AFG and??
changing needs of students - schooling or learning?
Staffing challenges, Admin turn-over
Pro-D Calendar, Leadership Academy, Posts of Responsibility, Collaboration Grants
Leadership Teams and CoachesLiteracy, Numeracy, Social Responsibility
Communication... Board and Committee Meetings
Exec Meetings, District Staff Meetings
District Leadership Meetingsrr
Aboriginal Ed Meetings
PAC, DPAC, SUPAC, SPC’s, Parent Conference
Website, Blog. Moodle
The ground is shifting under everyone’s feet as schools hustle to catch up to the changes in society. But those changes, although difficult, have brought school communities to a moment in time when they can rethink what they can be.Chris Lehmann
the move from “me” to “we”... and a call to quit “tinkering”
THE BEST
FOR
THE WORLD?
or...
Our kids...
THE BEST
IN
THE WORLD?
A crisis is a terrible thing to waste...
"Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future."
We must be willing to change what we do in our classrooms so students can grow — not hope that students can grow so we don’t have to change what we do in our classrooms.
Todd Whitaker
“The 21st century is a fundamentally different environment that is demanding completely new ideas for how things get done. These sweeping changes are occurring so rapidly and are of such magnitude that education must quickly adapt or face the very real prospect of becoming irrelevant.”
Jukes, McCain, Kelly (2009:1)
Roosevelt’s High Schools....
built schools to keep teens from competing for jobs during the Depression Era...
“You’ll never solve a problem using the same thinking that caused the
problem.”
“Tell me and I forget, show me and I
remember, let me do and I understand.”
“Tell me and I forget, show me and I
remember, let me do and I understand.”
1. Welcome to Fort St. John
a. Introductions: Trustees, Exec, District Admin - areas b. Community Context c. School Overview, Rural/Urban, Student population/breakdown d. Inner City e. International f. Immigrant g. Careers + Developments h. NBCDES
2. District Goals / Focus
a. Alignment b. Bricks i. Reculturalization ii. PBIS, Ethical Fitness, Covey, AI…. iii. Leadership Development (supervision of learning, Wellman, Conflict resolution….) c. Achievement Contract (the whole process, SIP, District Internal Reviews, Ministry Reviews) i. External Reviews, Audits d. Enhancement Agreement e. Today & Tomorrow i. Unified Vision Approach ii. Action Teams – Soc Resp, Secondary School Success, Mentorship/Intergenerational, Inclusive Learning iii. Reconfiguration iv. Middle Years v. Enerplex vi. Common Roots of Success