www.ohanyan.eiu.am

1. Vision Showcase|
May, 2012
Ohanyan Educational
Complex,
Armenia
Anna Galstyan

2. partners in learning
Vision for innovation for schools
• What is your overall vision for your school?
The vision of Ohanyan Educational Complex is to.
• provide an exciting teaching and learning environment with
an intensive deployment of ICT,
• create a culture of innovation,
• prepare global citizens equipped with multilingual skills
• act as change agent in the community at large.

3. partners in learning
Vision for innovation for schools
• What are the most important changes you envision for students?
• development of initiative and leadership skills,
• development of analytical, critical and creative thinking
• result and solution oriented
• emotional competent team player with effective
communication skills
• have information and time management skills
• is curious with developed research skills
• is active learner and is ready to share knowledge

4. partners in learning
Vision for innovation for schools
• How does this vision connect with the other stakeholders in the community –
teachers, partner, district leaders?
The vision of the school will become unrealistic without
extensive partnership with external stakeholders, namely
partners and district leaders. We disseminate the good
practices and bring changes in the community as well.

5. partners in learning
Current Status for schools
• What elements of your vision are in place now?
• What needs to be completed in this vision phase?
• What are the top three things you most want to change in the next two years?
All of the elements of the school vision are in the process
.
of development and throughout the recent several years
we have had achievements and fundamental changes. The
focus areas mentioned in the Strategic Plan of the school
are as follows:
• development of human resources
• improvement of infrastructure and resources
• secure the role of the school in the global community as
an innovative institution
•The mentioned three areas we consider crucial on the
way of achieving the goals and vision and are key to
continuously keeping the phase with the changes in the
external environment.

6. partners in learning
Ideas for Attaining the Vision for schools
How does your school’s vision currently supports each of the following areas?
• Teaching, learning and assessment
• Leadership and culture of innovation
• Capacity building
• Learning environment development
• Student voice
• Online Learning
To provide an innovative education the teaching and learning processes and the
learning environment in general should be innovative as well. The school has
completely redesigned the teaching and learning philosophy, approaches and
methods, as well as tied the assessment mechanisms according the methods
employed. The core values of the school, namely innovation, warm relationships and
respect underline the actions and decisions of the school teachers and
administrators: there are no closed borders in communication among different
stakeholders of education. We create, transform and share information extensively
trough face to face and virtual platforms. Each student has wise opportunities to
initiate, bring forward and realize ideas. We only create a safe environment for the
students in a physical sense, but never think instead of them giving opportunities to
try, fail and learn from failures, as well as be responsible for their actions and
decisions

7. partners in learning
Core Aims for schools
Distribution of Leadership.
Relationships: Between each group of
stakeholders
1. Trough the project based Environment: What spaces help progress
teaching and learning we aim at the vision?
distributing the leadership among
and developing leadership skills
Opportunities: What new opportunities and
curriculum?
of:
Resources: What new posts and
• Teachers equipment?
• Students Distribution of Leadership: to
• Project Managers learners?
2. Mentorship and coaching Evaluation: how will you be sure you know
what is working?
relationships will be indispensible
elements of the new culture. Recognition: how will all achievement be
recognised?

8. Anticipated Challenges partners in learning
for schools
• What challenges do you anticipate encountering along the journey toward achieving
your vision?
• How have you overcome (plan to overcome) some of those?
• How can the Partners in Learning for School Program community help you?
Parents and some educators with a traditional way of thinking and mentality
impede the process of transformation. The shortest way of overcoming this is
by engaging them in the process and presenting the challenges of the new era
and the need for innovative thinking for our children and the new generation.
It would be invaluable to learn worldwide best case practices of stakeholder
engagement in the framework of The Partners in Learning for School
Program, which would surely accelerate the process.

9. Technologies used partners in learning
for schools
Technologies used today Technologies plan to use
Live@Edu
Microsoft Office In our digital century its hard to say what kind of
World Wide Telescope technology we will use even after 2 days.
Flashcards Just be Innovative and use technologies in your
Intel learning and teaching process for making it more
Moodle reachable.
Multiple Mouse
YouTube
Facebook
Skype
OneNote
Picasa Web Alboms
Google
Bing
Google
Stixy
Wall Wisher
Prazi
Google Art Project
Google Books
Blogs
Google+
Google docs
Glogster

10. Thank you!