Presentation slides for my interview in SD8 Kootenay Lake

2. Provincial
District & Regional
Family of Schools
School Context
Transferable Skills
Motivation & Visibility
Interpersonal Skills
Systems Thinking
Organizational
& Planning Skills
LifeLong Learner
Instructional
Core
ePortfolios, Digital Literacy
ePortfolios, Technology, Digital Literacy,
SD8Learns, SD8VLC, WKTEP, Selkirk TLI
Digital Heritage Connect, Better
World LitCircle
ePortfolios & Learning Competencies,
Digital Literacy, Reading Literacy
(CBAL), Leadership Team, PROD Rep,
DI Team
Inquiry, PBL
Intermediate PLC
•AFL, AAL
•Literacy Program

3. From my professional blog, “Edubackchannel”

4. Instructional Core
1:
AFL/AAL
“Academic
Success”
Instructional Core
2
PLC & PLN
Development
Instructional Core
3
Technology to
Support Learning,
Provincial Context

5. •Collaborative FoS Transition Planning
•Feeder School(s)
•LVR Transitions
•School Leadership Team & PLC focus
on Student Learning “Instructional
Core” & Board Expectations
•Support and Connect Staff to District
Initiatives
•Student Voice & Enfranchisement
•Healthy School Program Supports
•Wider Parent Engagement “With”
•Communicating & Reporting
Learning “To”
•Flexible, Enriched Learning Models
(Lifelong Explorations)
•Assessment for Learning, ePortfolios
•Technology to Support Learning
Success for All
Graduation for
All
Innovative
Practices
Grants
Leadership
Development
Critical
Thinking
Resilience/Self
Regulation
Early Learning
Technology to
Support
Learning
Read by
“
Grade 3
We cannot do more of the same
and expect change”

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6.
Defining a Healthy School through
a CHS Assessment Process/ Growth
Plan
Understanding that an engaging,
relevant, vigorous curriculum is
part of a Healthy School eg./
“Lifelong Explorations”
Circle of Courage is a foundation
for Positive Behavioural
Development & Citizenship
Collaborative Problem Solving &
Restitution enfranchises struggling
learners & teaches them essential
life skills
School Connectedness is critical for
Social Responsibility to flourish
Engaging Families is key to being
proactive
From “Safe, Caring, and Orderly Schools”
-Ministry of Education, 2008

7. Instructional &
Learning Leadership
Student Voice
“Make me an Active
Participant in my
Learning—Why is this
Important?”
“Model Learning
Leadership &
Professional Growth”
Parent Engagement
“Help me
Understand the
Learning Context;
Invite me in”
Staff
Development
New Curriculum
Framework
“PLC Learning
Conversations”
“UbD, Relevant,
Experiential,
Integrated, AFL, AAL”
Capacity Building
“Develop & Connect
Learning Leaders,
Growth Plan
Conversations”
Instructional
Core
“A Common
Culture of
Instruction &
Learning”
Reporting &
Communicating
Learning
“ePortfolios, Student
Ownership of
Learning, AAL”

8. “How do we build trust with our parent & caregiver community so we can invite
and engage them in their children’s learning, through effective communication to
and with our students’ families?”
Parenting Skills & Context
Communication “To” and
“With”
Volunteering and Audience
Learning at Home
Conversations
Decision-Making & Parent
Leadership
Collaborate with Community
for Service & Resources
(Joyce Epstein, 2009)
“To”
Communicating
& Reporting
Learning
Website
“With”
ePortfolios
Social Media
Open Invites
Class Blogs
Proactive
Beginning of Year
Orientation & Goals
Workshops &
Presentations
IEP & AFL Process
Parent Camp (PAC)
Student Conferencing
5 Call Friday
SPC & Plan Day

9. “How do we create conditions for engaged, positive behaviour both inside and outside of the school walls?”
Global & Community
“I am empowered in my community”
Leadership,
Community
Service Projects
& Lifelong
Explorations
(CBT Youth
Grants)
Feeder School
Buddy Program,
Cross-School &
Global Projects,
Environmental &
Outdoor
Education
School-Wide
“I am an enfranchised citizen in my school”
Student Voice*:
Meaningful
Engagement &
Enfranchisement
Family Groupings:
Decision-Making,
Multi-Age
Digital Citizenship &
Literacy Curriculum
Individual
ePortfolio Citizenship
Competency Focus, Circle of
Courage Generosity &
Belonging Focus, Genius Hour
“I Matter”
Recognizing Individual
Strengths, Talents, &
Contribution “I Belong, I can
Help, I am Generous”
*Tell Them from Me Student Survey

10. Resilience: Vulnerable Learners
“Can we develop a tool to
assess aspects of resiliency
(advocacy, health, networks,
etc.) for our vulnerable learners
to track their development?
Student Services
SBT, ISSM,
Counselling, PBIS,
Alternate & Flexible
Models, Social
Stories, Tiered
Supports
Home &
Community
Vulnerable
Learner
Natural Support
Systems &
Neighbourhoods,
FoS Transitions
“Stabilize,
Empower,
Enfranchise,
Envision”
Networks &
Resources
Girls/Boys’
Groups, Mentors,
Networks,
2 Adults, AbEd
External Agencies
MCFD, Art Therapy,
Public Health
Nurse, Ankors,
Freedom Quest,
Mental Health

11. Resiliency & Academic Success
-Family of Schools
Meets
-Buddy Programs/
Activities
-Orientation/Video
-Parent Camp
•“What strategies & structures will
facilitate a successful transition
between our elementary schools and
Trafalgar?”
•“How can we best welcome our new
students and make them feel at
home and ready to learn?”
Transition Phase 1:
Elementary
Transition Phase 2:
“Transescents”
• “How can we most effectively
design learning experiences that
are developmentally appropriate
for Gr. 6 – 8 learners, given what
we know works well?”
• “How can we support learners
socio-emotionally as they reach
the next threshold of maturity?”
-Integrated PLCs
& Stakeholder
Engagement
-Healthy Schools
-Strategies for
Resiliency*
Family of Schools
Meets
-Mentors/ W.Exp.
-Shadow &
Orientation
-ePortfolios
• “How can we most effectively
transition our Gr. 8’s from
Trafalgar to LVR?”
• “How can we ensure students
are prepared for continued
learning at the secondary level?”
Transition Phase 3:
Secondary
*Hurlington (2010)

12. “I will watch for, believe in,
notice, love and engage the
GENIUS of those in
my charge”
-Rick Ackerly

13. Leadership TeamWork
Systems Thinking
Student Voice Champion
Proactive Family Engagement
Learning & Instructional
Leadership