SD 48 (Sea to Sky) Pathways to Learning Committee Day 2
1. i3
imagine • inspire • innovate
PATHWAYS TO LEARNING COMMITTEE
DAY 2
We are honoured to be learning on the Traditional Territory of the S ḵ wxwú7mesh
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Úxwumixw and St’át’imc Nation.
2. The Purpose of Our Time Together
To set direction for education in our district.
We are going to collaborate to co-create answers
to three questions:
1.What do we feel students need to know and be
able to do for success in the future?
2.How will we know? What evidence will convince
us that our plan is working?
3.What actions will we take to help students get
there? How will we respond when students are not
learning?
3. Recap of the First Day
• Our own and each other’s thoughts
• Input from our community
• Review of the research
4. Our Purpose Today
Looking at the future for our students …
… by co-constructing the words (outputs) for our
goal statement
5. Checking For Understanding
• Guiding our thinking:
1. An Aboriginal perspective: The Medicine
Wheel
2. Thought Expert: Howard Gardner’s Five
Minds
7. Groups for Competencies
LEARN
Susan Whitehead
Bev Dawson
Ryan Massey
CONTRIBUTE
Joanne Fogolin
Juanita Coltman
April Lowe
Cathie Petrone
Lynne Bouchard
Margot Murdoch
Nick Pascuzzi
CREATE and INNOVATE
Tina Sherlock
Heather Lafreniere
Katrina Doherty
Louise Wick
Sean Carter
Diane Hart
Chris Vernon Jarvis
COLLABORATE
Tina Plumb
Scott McLagan
Gerri Galloway
Jackie Williams
Leslie Drinovz
THINK CRITICALLY
Tamara Beaton
Paul Lorette
Elise Maskell
Kelly Jensen
Dave Dunkin
Rosalynne McFadden
Carl Walker
Henry Williams
Rick Price
8. Carousel Feedback Model
• Work with your group to refine
the bullets (language) under
your assigned word
• After completing your
competency “bullets”, we will
rotate and review and edit the
work of each of the other groups
• Finally, you will get 5 minutes
back with your own work
9. Consens-O-Gram
• Highly Agree: I am excited to move forward with
this work!
• Mostly Agree: I can live with this outcome!
• Somewhat Agree: I somewhat agree with our
document but have the following concerns still:
12. Groups for Principles of Learning
Susan Whitehead
Heather Lafreniere Jackie Williams
Cathie Petrone Kelly Jensen
Ryan Massey Paul Lorette
Lisa McCullough Leslie Drinovz
Carl Walker
Tina Sherlock
Scott McLagan Gerri Galloway
Bev Dawson Elise Maskell
Julie Thevarge Rosalynne McFadden
Marilyn Caldwell Dave Dunkin
Chris Vernon Jarvis
Nick Pascuzzi
Tina Plumb Lynne Bouchard
Juanita Coltman Tamara Beaton
April Lowe Henry Williams
Ian Kent Peter Jory
Rick Price
Katrina Doherty
Joanne Fogolin
Sean Carter
Diane Hart
Margot Murdoch
13. Principles of Learning
• What are the Principles of Learning?
• Table Discussion re: handout
• Use Google Drive to create, edit, and place
POL’s on the shared page
14. What is a Socratic Circle?
• A Socratic Circle is
constructivist strategy in
which participants engage
in a conversation to
collectively seek a deeper
understanding of complex
ideas.
15. The Inner and Outer Circles
Outer Circle
Inner
Circle
16. Dialogue versus Debate
1. Collaborative 1. Oppositional
2. Listening to find 2. Listening to find flaws
agreement and meaning and weaknesses
3. Enlarges and possibly 3. Affirms one’s own
changes point of view point of view
4. Complicates positions and 4. Simplifies positions
issues and issues
17. The Inner Circle Question
•What will our
classrooms look like as
students demonstrate
these skills?
•What might teachers
need?
•How will we know if the
students are acquiring
these skills?
18. The Outer Circle Question
• Reflect on what you
heard from the inner
circle
• What action planning
do we need to
consider as we move
forward?
• In what ways might
we communicate the
plan to the
community, teachers,
and students?
