EducationalTransformationAnUpdatefromtheMinistryofEducation

SuzanneHoffmanSaturday,May6,2017

AcknowledgementoftheTraditionalTerritories

INTRODUCTIONS

LESSONSLEARNED

Aboutayearago…

• FirstInvitationtospeak• Cranbrook

– St.EugeneMission• St.Mary’sReserve• Astoryof“tragedytotriumph”

Atthatpresentation…

• Curriculumredesign– The‘why’

• Elementsoftheredesignedcurriculum– Corecompetencies– Bigideas– Curricularcompetencies– “Know,Understand,Do”

Atthatpresentation…

• Thevisionforeducationaltransformation– Personalizedlearning– Engagement– Relevance– Experiential– Aboriginalperspectives

RealityCheck…K-9

10-12

MindsetShiftRequired

Source:CarolDweck

Keepmovingforward…

WHYAMIHERE???

MinistryofEducationUpdate

WHYAREYOUHERE???

MODELLING:ACTIVATINGLEARNING&ENGAGEMENT

“Plicker”Card

PLICKER ACTIVITYWhyareyouhere???

4minutes

Plickers App

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MINISTRYOFEDUCATION

SEVEN EMERGINGTHEMES

AssessmentReporting/CommunicatingStudentLearningAboriginalContentCoreCompetenciesCareerCurriculumProvincialAssessmentsPostSecondaryConversations

ASSESSMENT

Considerations• Howtoalignclassroomassessment withtheredesignedcurriculum

• Whatisthelatestresearchandshiftsinassessment

• Howtoenhanceandimproveassessmentpractices

• Howtoeffectivelycommunicatestudentlearningwithparents

YourSchoolExperiencewithAssessment

• Thinkofatimewhenyouwereinschoolwhereyouwereimpactedbyamarkorlettergrade

– Sharewithyourneighbour• Howdidyoufeel• Whathappened• Didithelpimproveyourlearning?

3minutes

YourSchoolExperiencewithAssessment

• TwoCourtneyStories• ASuz Story• Required:

– Paradigmshift

THEMETWO:COMMUNICATINGSTUDENTLEARNING

CommunicatingStudentLearningUpdate

• K– 9– Newinterimreportingorderineffect

– Providesoptionsasthenewcurriculumisimplemented

• 10– 12– Nochanges

– Workinggroupswithstakeholderandsubjectmatterexpertstodevelopnewpolicy

THEMETHREE:ABORIGINALCONTENT

BC’sRedesignedCurriculum• AboriginalWorldviews,Perspectives&Pedagogies– Emphasison

• Identity• Localfocus• Powerofstory• Experientiallearning

– RelationshipsFirst– Place-basedlearning

• Learningfromtheland– gooutside

THEMEFOUR:CORECOMPETENCIES

CoreCompetencies

• Communication

• Criticalthinking• Creativethinking

• Personalandculturalidentity• Personalawarenessandresponsibility• Socialresponsibility

THEMEFIVE:CAREERCURRICULUM

THEMESIX:PROVINCIALASSESSMENTS

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THEMESEVEN:GRADUATIONREQUIREMENTSPOSTSECONDARYCONVERSATIONS

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Interpretation?

THEHOW

TheHow:WhatdoweValue?Culture:

Peter DruckerEbony Bridwell-Mitchell

John Hattie

Culture:Whatisit?

“CultureisthesharedpatternofBELIEFS andASSUMPTIONS heldbyorganizationmembers.It

istheircharacteristicwayofperceivingandproducingtheorganization’sVALUES,NORMS,BEHAVIOURS,ARTIFACTS,andenvironment.”

EbonyBridwell-MitchellHarvard,July2015

Culture:Thinkofyourownworkplace

TheHow:Culture

BUILDINGACULTUREOFSUCCESShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLnsWmCwjis

MinistryofEducation’sVision

VisioninBusinessBobIger,CEO,Disney

• Createasimplevision• Makelongtermbets• Setambitious,riskygoals• Becuriousandoptimistic• Striveforexcellence

How:VisionandCoreValues

Transforminginvolvespatienceandtime.

THANKYOU!

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