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.

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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