Prelims of Kant get Marx 2.0: a general politics quiz
Oag District Intro Dec09
1. 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
6. Kids don’t start on an even playing field...
A study of 5 year olds...
8. Rural Schools - ESL, Aboriginal...
International Students
SWIS - Immigrant Youth
NBCDES
9. 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)
10. Model...
collaboration trust and transparency
group skills pro-activity and prevention
high expectations optimism
dignity, respect, and how
we treat one another
19. Achievement Contract...
our goals
1. Social Responsibility
2. Student Engagement
- School Improvement Plans
- Internal Review Process
20. 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
28. Root Causes of Success
••
Relationships (advocate/guidance support)
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Knowledgeable teachers who teachers motivate, inspires and values all students
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Multiple learning and teaching approaches, hands-on, project based
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Relevant curriculum
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High expectations, high challenges
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Safe environment where emotional needs are honoured
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Partnerships; multiple stakeholders, parents, students, staff with a shared vision
••
Happy students with a sense of belonging who feel safe to take risks
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Organizational structures: alternate programs, smaller classes, extend beyond the
walls
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Collaborative model; learning from and with each other (teachers, students, parents,
community)
29. Action Teams for Today and Tomorrow
Achievement and Engagement
1. Social Responsibility
2. Mentorship and Intergenerational Learning
3. Student Leadership / Voice
4. Secondary School Success
5. Inclusive Learning
Restructuring
6. Staffing
7. Facilities and Transportation
8. Curriculum and Learning Resources
30. Social Responsibility...
Code of Conduct...
PBIS Coaches...
Performance Standards...
SWIS / Easy D
34. 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
35. Secondary School Success
Inclusive Learning
“alternate”
“at promise class”
“diversity vs inclusion”
37. Exploring
Alternate
Spaces...
Neighborhoods of Learning...
“in reverse”
38. So far... “Middle Years”
Linear Programming for Gr. 8
Teacher Teaming (integrating
subjects, few teacher transitions)
Teacher Advisor Groups
Student Mentorship/WEB,
Linkcrew...
39. So far... “Middle Years”
Linear Programming for Gr. 8
“Posts of
Responsibility”
Teacher Teaming (integrating
subjects, few teacher transitions)
job descriptions
revised... Grade/
student oriented
Teacher Advisor Groups
vs subject
oriented
Student Mentorship/WEB,
Linkcrew...
44. the realities...
space - our numbers
full time K / Strong Start / ECE
future direction...
budget / AFG and??
changing needs of students -
schooling or learning?
45. Staffing challenges, Admin turn-over
Pro-D Calendar, Leadership Academy, Posts
of Responsibility, Collaboration Grants
47. 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
48. 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
49. the move from “me” to “we”... and a call to quit “tinkering”
50. Our kids...
THE BEST
IN
THE WORLD?
or...
THE BEST
FOR
THE WORLD?
53. "Children are the world's most valuable
resource and its best hope for the future."
54. 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
55. “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)
61. “You’ll never solve a
problem using the same
thinking that caused the
problem.”
62. “Tell me and I forget,
show me and I
remember, let me do and
I understand.”
63. “Tell me and I forget,
show me and I
remember, let me do and
I understand.”
64. 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