What’s the Shift? Zone 1 North Regional Redesign Network Meeting
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What’s the Shift?Zone 1 North Regional Redesign
Network MeetingOctober 24th , 2013
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover. -Mark Twain
WelcomeToday is about ….• Deepening our understanding about this work • Engaging in conversation and developing
professional networks• Collaborating with and learning from
colleagues• Developing a ‘tool kit’ of resources• Reflecting on and planning for the year ahead
Agenda9:00 Opening Prayer and Welcome
What is High School Redesign? Identifying Road Blocks and Compelling Questions
9:30 What's the Shift? Moving Forward with High School Redesign: Focused Conversation
11:45 to 12:30 Lunch
12:30 Recap of the Morning
12:45 Delving Deeper into the Foundational Principles
2:15 School Team Planning - 'Next Steps' Wrap-up
Conversation Guide
What is it?
What it was…High School Flexibility Enhancement Pilot Project
TURN AND TALK
It’s About…
• Collaboration• Focus on learning vs teaching• Empowering students and teachers
as decision-makers• Engagement and achievement
What it has become…
Moving Forward with High School Redesign
Engaged Students - Ethical Citizens - Entrepreneurial Spirit
Student-centred
Innovation
Local Context
We are also working to eliminate the gap between First Nations, Metis and Inuit studentsand the rest of the province
Gap: 30.9
This work is about…
• Using Data To Inform our Decisions• Continuous Improvement• Collaboration• Working Through Change
Telling your school’s storyEngaged students High levels of
achievementQuality teaching
Identify successes Identify successes Identify successes
Identify unanticipated learnings
Identify unanticipated learnings
Identify unanticipated learnings
Next steps Next steps Next steps
Identifying Road Blocks and Compelling Questions
Identifying Road Blocks and Compelling Questions
• Insert a count down timer?
What’s the Shift at Grande Prairie Composite?
• Mastery Learning• Meaningful Relationship• Educator’s Role and Responsibility
What’s the Shift atPeace Wapiti Academy
• Personalization• Meaningful Relationships• Assessment
Video
Questions for discussion
• As you move to becoming more student-centred, what excites you?
• What concerns you about “letting go?”
• How do you respond to the comment, “Why would we NOT change?”
Video
Questions for discussion
• What stood out for you in the remarks made by the individuals who spoke during the video?
• What challenged you?
• How do you respond to the comment about creating a culture of passion in the school?
Video
Questions for discussion
• What is your first step?
• What does flexibility really mean?
• How can Moving Forward with High School Redesign support increased professional autonomy for teachers?
The question should be, is it worth trying to do, not
can it be done?
- Allard Lowenstein, twentieth-century American diplomat
Consider adding in some common ideas/themes that emerged in the morning to start the afternoon…. Or a quote?
Welcome BackReflecting on the morning…
What’s the Shift at St. Joseph Catholic High School
• Rigorous and Relevant Curriculum• Meaningful Relationship • Flexible Learning Environment
Focused Conversation: Foundational Principles
http://ideas.education.alberta.ca/hsc/redesigning/
Delving Deeper into the Foundational Principles
Facilitated Conversation 30 minutes
1. Choose a foundational principle2. Engage in conversation using questions posted at your
table3. A recorder will capture your ideas, thoughts and/or
questions on the chart paper.
Add timer…
Delving Deeper into the Foundational Principles
Facilitated Conversation 30 minutes
1. Choose your second foundational principle2. Review the ideas on the chart from previous group3. Engage in conversation using questions using
questions posted at your table4. A recorder will continue to capture the conversations
Timer
School Team Planning – “Next Steps”
All progress occurs because people dare to be different
- Harry Milner, founder of Warner Bros