Oag District Intro Dec09

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