WE BELIEVE IN F’S

AT GREYSTONE

Family Flexibility

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DOES THIS MEAN WE’RE GETTING IT RIGHT FOR

TODAY’S LEARNERS?

WHO ARE WE ...

AND WHERE DO WE COME FROM?

Spruce Grove, Albertasmall urban

community

of 15,000

short drive

west from

major urban

centre

Edmonton

one of 22

schools in

Parkland

School

Division

640 students in

grades 5 - 9

Greystone Centennial Middle

School

5 - 7 classes

per grade level

30 teachers

11 support staff

Key Contact ~ Learning Coach ~ Assistant Principal ~

Principal

A New Vision for

Middle School

UNDER

CONSTRUCTION

Built on a Dream

Powered by an

Inferno

CREATING THE

FOUNDATION

WE BELIEVE IN F’S

AT GREYSTONE

Family Flexibility

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DOES THIS MEAN WE’RE GETTING IT RIGHT FOR

TODAY’S LEARNERS?

Family

Greystone... A

Lives Here

To All of You at Greystone…

Words cannot express my sincere gratitude.

You have helped raise my

children...Greystone staff, you have been

there all along helping my children and I

more than you will ever know. Thank you for

being teachers, thank you for being my

friends, thank you for taking care of the most

important thing to all of us – “our children” .

Love Korinna Wolodko (Greystone Parent)

FOSTERING FAMILY TIES

• After the Bell

• Clubs/Teams

• Camps/Trips

• Breakfast Program

• Community Partnerships

• Heroes/Rainbows/Challenge Day

LEARNING SPACES

CREATE A SENSE OF

COMMUNITY

A FAMILY OF ADULT

LEARNERS

The people we interviewed from the good-to-great

companies clearly loved what they did, largely because

they loved who they did it with. - Jim Collins

Student learning and

achievement increase

substantially when teachers work

in learning communities

supported by school leaders who

focus on improvement. - Michael Fullan

A FAMILY OF ADULT

LEARNERS• Team Teaching

• Team Time

• Retreat

• Book Study

• Learning Coach

• Professional Learning Days

• Design Team

• Tech Team

• Sharing Through Twitter/Blogging

ANNUAL RETREAT

LOOPING...refers to the not-so-new but increasingly common

practice of keeping groups of students together for two or

more years with the same teacher.

WHAT DO THE KIDS SAY?

I VALUE THE RELATIONSHIPS BUILT

WITH TEACHERS AND CLASSMATES

WHEN WE SPEND MORE THAN ONE

YEAR TOGETHER

I VALUE BEING ABLE TO STAY WITH

THE SAME TEACHER FOR MORE THAN

ONE YEAR AS THEY GET TO KNOW

ME AS A LEARNER AND A PERSON

ARE WE GETTING IT

RIGHT?

Turn and Talk

FlexibilityTo Create Engaged Learning

Education is a personal process. What

and how young people are taught have to

engage their energies, imaginations and

their different ways of learning. - Sir Ken Robinson

FLEXIBILITY TO SUPPORT

INQUIRY• Authenticity

• Academic Rigor

• Assessment

• Beyond the School

• Appropriate Use of Technology

• Active Exploration

• Connecting with Expertise

• Elaborated Communication

FLEXIBILITY THROUGH BLOCK

SCHEDULING

Block Scheduling

WHAT DO THE KIDS SAY?Interest & Motivation - Effort -

Rigor

Effective Learning Time -

Relevance

ARE WE GETTING IT

RIGHT?

Turn and Talk

Feedback

Growth Through

Ongoing

In the growth mindset...it’s about a

commitment to learning–taking informed

risks and learning from the results,

surrounding yourself with people who will

challenge you to grow. - Carol Dweck

Developing Criteria - What Do Good Writers Do?

Developing Criteria - What Do We Believe

About Good Learning?

Students Developing Criteria

COMPETENCY BASED REPORTING

Subject Specific Outcomes

Individual student

comments

address

strengths, areas

for growth and

strategies to

support growth

Learning Community Facebook

Pages

Learning Community Blogs

Text Messaging Parents -

Remind 101

ARE WE GETTING IT

RIGHT?

Turn and Talk

A FINAL WORD ABOUT THE

KIDS

THANKS FOR THE

CONVERSATION!

Contact us: www.psd70.ab.ca/schools/greystone

Twitter: @carolynjcameron

CEU Code: WE-76