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COMPASS  EDUCATION  

Systems  Thinking  to  Improve  Learning  -­‐  ACAMIS    

2015  

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Robert Tom Mike Daniel

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Learning Outcomes

Where is my School?

Sustainability Systems Thinking

How does this improve learning and my school as an organization

What’s next?

           

 

Nature  

Human  Society  

The  Economy  

There  is  an  Order  to  Things…  

3,8  billion  yrs  

150,000  yrs?  

3,000  yrs?  

The  Economy  

Nature  

Some  Things  Depend  on  Others…  

Nature  

The  Economy  

Yet  if  you  read  the  Business  Press…  

Nature  

To  know  your  major  RISKS  study  what  you  DEPEND  on   The  

Economy  

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Better Learning World

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Simplicity is often just on the other side of complexity

Eric Berlow

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The  solution  to  one  problem  may  cause  another  problem  –  unintended  consequences  

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Thumb  wrestle  

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“Mindset”    (noun)  –  a  set  of  beliefs  or  a  way  of  thinking  that  determines  one’s  behaviour,  outlook  and  mental  aOtude.    

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The System Iceberg

The  “iceberg”  model  is  a  simple  tool  to  begin  to  unravel  complexity  and  discover  the  root  causes  of  system  behavior.      

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The System Iceberg

Leverage

React and Respond

Adapt, Anticipate, Plan

Create & Design

Change & Transform

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Referring to the iceberg, identify six important factors that are within your sphere of influence that determine the behaviour of a Successful and Sustainable School

 

 

 

The Rule of Six

Successful &

Sustainable School

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Systems  Thinking  in  HS  English  

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Systems  Thinking  in  HS  English  

       What  could  these  students  do  next  to  deepen  their  understanding  of  the  issues  experienced  by  the  characters  in  Lord  of  the  Flies?  

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Systems  Analysis  -­‐  Lord  of  the  Flies  

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Lunch Time

Feed the systems!

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Learning Outcomes

Where is my School?

Sustainability Systems Thinking

How does this improve learning and my school as an organization

What’s next?

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What can a hoola hoop teach us about Leadership, Leveraging Change, and Ensuring

Sustainability of Systems?

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•  A  system  is  a  set  of  elements  whose  interconnec,ons  determine  their  behavior  and  the  behavior  of  the  en,re  system.  

•  Systems  are  bound  together  by  the  laws  of  cause  and  effect,  and  governed  by  flows  of  informa,on,  energy  and  materials.  

•  People  give  defini,on  to  systems  based  on  an  idea  of  what  should  happen  at  a  given  point  in  ,me.  Thus,  systems  have  a  purpose.  

•  Managing  systems  for  sustainability  requires  a  holis,c  big  picture  understanding  of  the  interrela,onships  of  the  systems  elements  and  where  point  of  high  influence  (leverage  points)  exist.    

Summary

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Sustainability  Leadership-­‐Student  Empowerment  Case  Study  

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GIN  Conference-­‐Student  Empowerment    

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Pitch  to  Leadership  Team-­‐SWP  2012-­‐13  

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Involving  Our  Community    

Defining  system  boundaries  

Sphere  of  influence  

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Compass  Groups-­‐Exper,se  

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What  was  SIP?  

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SIP 2 Years on

Teaching and Learning

Buildings and Grounds

Networks and Partnerships

Operations

Leadership and Governance

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Limiting Factors @ISM

●  Success of existing culture and systems

●  No example of sustainability education to follow

●  Absence of long-term commitment and plan (school wide priority for a year and then….)

●  Led by faculty and students

●  Lack of an administrative tool (self assessment)

●  Level of understanding of systems thinking and sustainability

●  Level of perceived need and perceived benefit

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Compass  EducaGon  School  Sustainability  Self-­‐Assessment  Exercise  

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A tool for evaluating the existence and progress in development of the systems needed for effectively integrating sustainability as a core principle, value and practice in schools.

-  4 domains equating to the four Compass Directions

-  7 system indicators in each Compass domain based on research of sustainability in schools in UK, Australia, US, UNESCO, etc.

-  Scoring of 0-3 evaluating the existence, integration, and implementation of systems supporting sustainability

-  Get a sustainability index value for each Compass Point and overall

Compass School Sustainability Self-Assessment

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Sustainability scoring

Score Scoring Critera 0 Nothing has been done at the school in regards to this indicator. There is no action, no policy

or work plan, or monitoring & reporting system in place in any area of the school.

1 Some action and activities have been undertaken related to this indicator in certain areas of the school. However, there are no explicit policy directives, nor any monitoring, tracking, reporting system developed, nor formally structured school-wide programmes. Only some school stakeholders (e.g. students, teachers, staff, etc.) are involved with this indicator.

2 There are concrete steps to more formalized school-wide systemic structure for this indictor taking place (e.g. existence of goal, targets, coordinated action, some monitoring and reporting, etc.), but it is yet not fully integrated into all areas of the school. i.e. not every department, building, school level is implementing.

3 Fully operationalized and integrated programme for this indicator. This includes school-wide policy, goals, measurable targets and indicators, work plans, teams, and monitoring and reporting system, with high level of whole-school community stakeholder involvement.

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Read read through the self assessment Compass Indicators descriptors. Discuss the indicators amongst your table in relation to assessing a school for sustainability and record some of your key discussion points, insights, questions, etc. As an individual or school team, use the Compass assessment tool to assess the status of systems supporting “education as sustainability.” Share your insights from this exercise

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Learning Outcomes

Where is my School?

Sustainability Systems Thinking

How does this improve learning and my school as an organization

What’s next?

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Actions at Portals link to Compass Issues & Indicators

School Governance

Teaching & Learning

Management & Operations

Buildings & Grounds

Networking & Partnerships

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What Next?

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