Steveston-London Collaboration Time Renewal

School Context

Ê CT will occur 8 times through the year

Ê Week prior to CT a Google Doc sign up form will be posted online – Google Doc

Ê Then a reflection (Google Doc) is sent out after the session

Ê Supervised study area

Consultation (Staff)

Ê Collaboration Time is a standing item at each staff meeting

Ê We will send a survey out to staff to collect their thoughts on CT and whether they continue to support it

Consultation (Parents)

Ê CT presentation:Ê to PAC (Feb)

Ê posted to school website

Ê at Program info night Feb 16, 2017

Ê Newsletter Updates (Dec/Feb)

Ê Several Email Reminders/Synervoice

Ê Online Survey

Consultation (Students)

Ê Teachers talked to students about CT developed activities or documents (when appropriate)

Ê Focus groups – students asked for their input on CT

Responding to Feedback

Ê Conversations

Ê Repeated consultations

Ê Presentations at staff meetings

Ê Demonstrations

Ê Group discussions

Underlying CT Themes At SLSS

Ê TechnologyÊ Websites, hardware (go pro and doc camera), software (plan book and other

organizational programs)

Ê New Curriculum and Core CompetenciesÊ Many good discussions to share thoughts and ideas - consistency

Ê Planning of Big EventsÊ Multi class spectrum challenge, leadership events, grade 8 team (grade 8 age group

as a whole), Fine Arts Night,

Ê Meeting with District StaffÊ Resource dept met with district psychologist – developed new system for IEP’s

(consistency when writing them), discussed how to support students without a resource block in 2nd semester (after school support class)

Ê Creating Useful Assessment Tools and Lessons/Units

What Have We Been Working On?

Ê Spectrum Event – timed, multi-grade challenge

Ê Self assessment tool for communication core competency

Ê New curriculum and core competency discussions (various depts)

Ê Resource department looking at Ministry requirements, adjudication, accommodations, who should be referred and when

Ê Discussed the idea and philosophy of teaching concepts at a level where the students have concrete understanding

What Have We Been Working On?

Ê Technology – using a document camera and associated software; Hom Ec (web info), Go Pro Camera (library).

Ê Planned what “enrichment” will look like with the new curriculum, especially with regard to preparing students for the new English 10 course (New Media/Creative Writing).

Ê Reorganization and development of PE Dance Unit

Ê We ended up having a great discussion on incorporating aboriginal issues into our courses

Ê We shared websites that we have found helpful. We found new sites, activities, songs ...that we can use in class - Languages

What Have We Been Working On?

Ê Plans discussed for workshops and student leadership lessons

Ê Discussed the scheduling, pace and textbooks for our first times teaching Science 8. Talked about how the ELO system affects our approach to those things and about what methods we could use to best reach this specific set of grade 8 students.

Ê Talked about the balance of content versus/including global skills and social-emotional safety

Ê We spent the collaboration time looking at a new way to in-corporate more student self assessment to match the new Home Ec criteria of student inquiry

Review Process

Ê On-line sign up forms collated

Ê Teachers’ reflections

Ê Examples of materials, data indicating successes, student comments

Ê Discussions

Ê Surveys

Ê Parents consulted through SPC and PAC

Reflection

Ê The start to CT has gone well. Staff and students have now got into a routine of how CT looks at the school in regards to sign up and reflection (through online documents)

Ê CT committee must organize early in the year and outline roles (collecting data, reminders for sign up and reflection, organizing the data)

Ê The many discussions that are taking place during CT have provided the seeds from many good ideas that have been developed