REIM

AGINE LAKESH

ORE

LA

KESH

ORE

SCH

OOL D

IVISION

L akeshore School Division

emba

rked

on a journe

y to

radically

cha

nge learning

and

teaching

. The

re has been a de

liberate

focus on

system cha

nge an

d teache

r tran

sformation. Here is th

e process:

Phase 1 Understan

d

Dec 201

2 Jan. 201

3 - We ga

thered

da

ta to

help us und

erstan

d ou

r pe

dago

gy, our stude

nts, atten

dance,

beha

viou

r, credit a

cquisition

, grad

rates, and

our culture.

Phase 2 Problemate

Feb. M

ar. 201

3 - Each

scho

ol lo

oked

at th

eir ow

n an

d othe

rs data. Schoo

ls

created a design challeng

e or

problem

ate statemen

t.

Phase 3 Id

eate

Apr. Ju

ne 201

3 - The m

ost exciting

pa

rt to

date, we are im

agined

the

possibilities fo

r ou

r stud

ents and

our

scho

ols. W

e pa

rticipated

in learning

coho

rts an

d learning

tours.

Phase 4 Exp

erim

ent

Sept. 201

3 June

201

4 - Schoo

ls

addressed their design challeng

es by

expe

rimen

ting

with integrated

curriculum

, PBL, te

chno

logy in

fusion

, facilities chan

ges, etc.

Phase 5 Mod

el

Septem

ber 20

14 - scho

ols mod

elled

new ped

agog

y in classroom

s ba

sed on

the action

research they con

ducted

throug

h the Exp

erim

ent p

hase.

REIM

AGINE...THE PROCE

SS

www.re

imaginelakesho

re.com

DEM

OGRAPH

ICS

x10

Schoo

ls

xVa

riety of g

rade

con

gurao

ns (K

-12, K

-8, K

-4, 5

-12

)

x98

FTE

teaching

sta

x69

% of stude

nts a

re bussed

x70

00 Km

2 (270

0 mi2 )

x31

bus ro

utes

x43

buses traveling almost 1

million kilometers/

year

xMore than

50%

Abo

riginal stud

ents in

our largest

high

scho

ols

xGr

adua

on rates tha

t rose from

32%

to 97%

xLow so

cio-econo

mic co

mmun

ies, h

igh nu

mbe

r of

foster children

Research Purpose

To determine the success of the change initiative and to identify the factors that led to the successes and challenges that

were experienced by administrators, principals, and teachers in Lakeshore

School Division. Methodology & Data sources ~ Mixed methods study. ~ Lakeshore School Division documents, including numerical data. ~ An online survey ~ Focus groups ~ Interviews

Literature "Systemic change in the school division can happen when new

dispositions, new ways of thinking, and new behaviours are established

and supported so that the culture of the school division is altered"

(Green & Etheridge, 2001, p. 829)

High level of engagement in the Change Process

~ 67% of those responding to the survey indicated medium to high levels of participation ~ Only 11% reported no participation ~ 4 of 7 divisional trustees attended multiple Re-imagine Lakeshore meetings

Vital Outcome Indicators for Community Engagement of Children & Youth

A success? ~ 84% of survey participants believed that Re-imagine Lakeshore was somewhat successful or successful ~ Only 3.5% thought it was not successful.

Permission to think outside of the box, permission to try new things,

to fail forward, to take chances and to take risks . . . I think thats

really powerful.

The changes are enhanced engagement. I think theres a lot of excitement and passion across

the division.

Changes? Percentage of survey respondents who saw some or significant changes in: ~ Physical learning spaces: 91% ~ Technology integration: 84% ~ Instructional strategies: 86% ~ Student engagement: 78% ~ Equity: 65%

The process made us focus is this working or not? And

within that process were those opportunities to fail, so you know

its okay, its not working and youre going to try something

different.