Our Journey2013-14

C2

Stage 1: Survey Monkey…locating the rocks

C2• Response Rate of 90%• 8,970 comments without character

restrictions• Classroom Support• Volunteerism• District Initiatives• Documentation• Environment• Inclusion• Report Cards• Technology• Supervision• Other…

Stage 2: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

C2• Committee members review each area

to isolate the central message(s) within them

Commitment from each member of C2 to:• Read each comment

generated by teachers• To select several

passages that verbalized the sentiment of the majority

• To review all comments without bias

Stage 3: On the RocksC2• Presentations from committee

members for each area• Identifying the ‘Big Rocks’ from the 10

• Report Cards• Supervision• Teacher Time• Inclusion

Stage 4: Chipping Away at the Rocks

C2Summary generated for each that included... • Select several passages that verbalized

the sentiment of the majority• Explore district guidelines, policies and

regulations where the issue is identified or described

• Explore Alberta Education guidelines, policies and regulations where issue is identified or described

• Explore alternative options from outside the district

Stage 5: Rock Around…C2

• Gathered information and summaries presented to Superintendent Carr

• Synthesis of all information in a formal report as per the legislated framework agreement

Stage 6: Rock ‘n RollC2

• Committee continues the mandate in exploring additional issues identified in the survey

• Process identical to initial research

• District Initiatives

• Documentation• Supervision• Teacher

Administrators

Stage 6: Rock ‘n RollC2District Initiatives – Claudia, Melissa, Karen• There is a misunderstanding of what

constitutes an “initiative”• Others need to be aligned explicitly with

Transform• Mandatory PD is not seen as effective

because of site specific needs and desires

Documentation – Christine, Maria• Comments center on Report Cards, IPPs

and PLPs• ECS has these under review• Policies and Regulations are quite old and

no longer reflective of current practices

Stage 6: Rock ‘n RollC2

Supervision – Daria, Leon• Report from D. Warawa parallels research

done by committee• EAs and STAY Officers could be utilized• Training for staff is essential

Teacher Administrators – Darrin, Dwayne, Suzanne• Not easy to balance needs of school with

those of staff• Managing EAs and Custodial staff is a

challenging responsibility

Stage 7: Solid as a Rock…Response from the District

C2Superintendent Carr invites representatives from the district to report back to C2 Committee• Supervision

• Assessment and Reporting

• Inclusion• Teacher TimeDocuments shared and available to teachers in the district

Stage 8: Steady as a Rock…Our Journey Continues

C2• New discussion on our shared

journey with central question: Are we meeting the mandate?

• Recommendations as we move forward