Goal 2: Learners are Engaged
Real-world, hands-on learning experiences engage learners.
- (RVS) Percentage of students and parents who believe teachers help students learn through engaging practices
- (RVS) Percentage of students, parents, and staff who agree students are engaged in learning.
- (RVS) Percentage of staff that understands and use inquiry and project-based learning.
Strategies:
- Focus on eco initiatives to become an Earth school with SEEDS
- PL for staff around effective inquiry based projects
- Continued focus on student leadership initiatives such as student led assemblies, community outreach projects,etc.
Innovative and effective practices enrich learning.
- (AE) Percentage of teachers, parents and students indicating that their school and schools in their jurisdiction have improved or stayed the same the last three years.
- (RVS) Percentage of staff satisfied that professional learning has positively impacted their instruction and/or effectiveness.
- (RVS) Percentage of students who feel connected, confident, and resilient (SOSQ data).
Strategies:
- School PL committee to identify and offer ongoing PL for staff identified topics
- Book studies for staff (including “The 8th Habit” and The Next Steps in Guided Reading)
- Implement a student lighthouse team to increase student leadership initiatives
- Create and implement a learning commons 3 phase plan that will reflect how the space is used to enrich learning
Partnerships enhance and fuel learning.
- (AE) Percentage of teachers and parents satisfied with parental involvement in decisions about their child’s education.
- (RVS) Percentage of staff and parents who agree that the schools build meaningful relationships with home and partnership with the community.
Strategies:
- Tri-school collaboration with students
- Continue focus on community outreach (i.e. Friendship Fridays, Leadership Day, ARTember, Bethany Care Centre, Ride of the Mustangs, GEAR, Terry Fox, etc)
- Visibly show in the school and online, participation and successes of outreach projects and school goals