Schools that have the following move forward in their practice leading to improved student learning.
· Administrator understanding and support
· Instructional coaching
· Embedded collaboration time
· Planned collaboration time
· Learning Rounds and modelling
We listened to parents and community, teachers, students and administrators through venues such as:
· Town hall meetings
· Accountability surveys
· Education Symposiums
· Tell Them From Me Surveys
Overview of AISI Cycle 5
Educators as Designers of Learning
Research is a high-hat word that scares a lot of people. It needn't. It's rather simple. Essentially research is nothing but a state of mind....A friendly, welcoming attitude toward change... going out to look for change instead of waiting for it to come. research is an effort to do things better and not to be caught asleep at the switch. It is the problem-solving mind as contrasted with the let-well enough-alone mind. It is the tomorrow mind instead of the yesterday mind. - Charles Kettering
This project will focus on research questions throughout the levels of education in our school division.
The research questions will look at a question that focuses on improved student learning.
For example
District Level – What happens to student learning and satisfaction in education when we focus on leadership and instructional capacity?
Administrator/School Level – How does what students are doing, when they are learning, affect their engagement in their learning?
Teacher Level – If I focus on brain research strategies in my classroom will student engagement increase?
The professional learning component will focus on the three cohorts; Inquiry learning ( Galileo), Assessment for Learning and SmartLearning that were established in the 2011/12 school year.
Educators as Designers of Learning, will scaffold learning through:
· knowing outcomes and building criteria together
· collaboration between students, students and teachers and teachers
· effective feedback provided by peers and teachers – feedback loop is closed