In Full Gear!
Driving Change
The "Change" Agent
So...How Can WE "Change it Up"...?
Before we "fall" into usual routines and comfortable ways of doing things let's challenge ourselves by asking a few questions:
1) What do we do each day to help ensure our learners are learning?
2) Where are our gaps/needs?
3) How can we bridge these gaps/address these needs daily?
If we begin by asking ourselves these questions as they relate to our daily pursuits, we too can move outside our comfort zones, because that is where the "magic" happens.
Not SLIPping down the slope
In order for us to make meaningful gains in relation to REAL School and Learning Improvement Planning, we need to look critically at how what we do affects what we achieve.
SLIP GOALS:
1. If we establish, monitor, and track the success of specific, learner-centered strategies, then we will move our students closer to achieving at board level.
Looking Back to Move Forward
Back in June, we spent some time reflecting on our progress as a learning community as it relates to school learning and improvement planning (SLIP) and school effectiveness (district review)
results are in-
According to staff responses, the following areas require movement from the Early Implementation phase to the Implementation and Routine Use phase:
During learning, timely, ongoing, descriptive feedback about student progress is provided based on student actions and constructed success criteria’
Students are explicitly taught and regularly use self-assessment skills to monitor, improve, and communicate their learning within the context of the Ontario Curriculum
What are some ways we can begin to make move towards more meaningful implementation of these practices in our classrooms daily?