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Welcome

to the

Sterling

Vision

Webinar

Students, Staff, Community

March 23, 2017

National reporting and Global

school structure | Russell Fawkes

Key Statistics• 130 campuses

• 9,900 students

• 1,400 teachers

• $218 Million Cost to run the school

Global Org Chart | Russell Fawkes

New Sterling Head Office | Russell Fawkes

100 Challenger Road/Drive, NJ Office

The Precinct, Sydney, AU

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“Global Vision | Jonathon Borys

OneSchool educates learners who are career-ready and inspired to continue their learning.

OneSchool is a dynamic global high-achieving school which challenges learning norms and fosters a positive learning culture.

We develop critical thinkers who engage in a variety of on-request learning experiences to facilitate collaborative problem solving and leadership skills to see and lead with integrity through tomorrow’s challenges.

A shared language of learning underpins a culture in which learning is personalised and progress is measured and celebrated.

As an employer of choice, we continuously develop staff through the OneSchool Teacher Academy, which enables career pathways through global professional collaboration.

We communicate and share practice through management systems and digital platforms to create effective learning and teaching environments.

The OneSchool culture values and nurtures a growth mindset which inspires continual innovation and facilitates the development of self-directed, life-long learners.

– OneSchool Global Vision

EDs’ Global & National Roles | EDs

Educational Director #1 – J. Borys Educational Director #2 – L. Bedell Educational Director #3 – B. Costa

West & South Region

• Campus HR + Accountability

• Caribbean Curriculum Development

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT & LEADERSHIP

• Student Leadership Teams

• House System

• CAP

• Global Scoreboard, OneSchool Awards, and

TopDux

• EDs Weekly Update & Bi-Weekly Journal

GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY FOR LEARNING

• Enhancing the Virtual Classroom

o Zoom, Cameras, Devices

STUDENT INNOVATION & ENRICHMENT

• STEM Projects (FIRST Lego League, Jr.

Achievement Program)

POLICIES and PROCEDURES

• Staff and Student Guides

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

• SELT

North Region


• Canadian Curriculum Development

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

• Teacher Academy Utilization

• Teacher Academy Curriculum

• SDL/PBL – Learning to Learn 2.0

• PLCs

CURRICULUM TEAM/LEARNING SUPPORT

COORDINATION

• Cultivating Team Development

• Ensuring alignment w/ TA initiatives

PROVINCIAL TESTING & REQUIREMENTS

• CAT Testing

SOCIAL MEDIA & WEBSITE

• Marketing and Celebration

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT• SELT

East Region


• U.S.A. Curriculum Development

CAPA GUIDE

SENIOR EXHIBITIONS

GLOBAL CURRICULAR FRAMEWORK

• IB RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

PROFESSIONAL GROWTH SYSTEM

• Instructional Observations and Evaluations

• Professional Growth Cycle

MASTER SCHEDULING

• PowerSchool SIS

• Canvas LMS

DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT

• MAP

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT• SELT

Re-Introducing SDL | Brad Drever

History – Orientation Speech

1994 | Brad Drever

“But my last 3 years, specially my last 2 years at school, I

would have thought 80% at least of what I learnt, I taught

myself.”

Vision of our Founders | Brad Drever

• “What I learnt was by research”

• “So you set additional work for yourself privately”

•“I’ve always had in my mind this third, third, third.”

Vision of our Founders | Brad Drever

“SDL…

…is a way of life” (Mark Osborne)

Developing the Self-Directed

Learner | Lucas Bedell

• The Assignment

• The Lesson

• The Study

• Developing a Growth Mindset

• Carol Dweck outlines the difference between a growth and fixed mindset; the fixed mindset is where an individual believes that character, intelligence and creative ability are fixed and can’t be changed in a meaningful way. Being praised for achievement and avoiding failure at all costs maintains a sense of being skilled or smart.

• A growth mindset welcomes challenge and isn’t afraid of failure or making mistakes as they see them as part of the learning process and as a springboard for further growth.

• The SDL Spectrum: There are many different types of self-directed learning. The different forms exist on a spectrum that range from low-degrees of self-direction to high degrees of self-direction.

Developing the Self-Directed

Learner | Lucas Bedell

The big question: ‘how do we develop self-directed learners?’• Self-direction can be difficult

• Some of our students do not yet possess all of the necessary skills to think critically or explore academic topics on their own.

• We need to consider how to gradually build their skills to encourage greater learning independence.

• A big component of SDL is recognizing our roles as teachers and how this can impact the SDL learning experience. We will not be able to build an SDL culture in our classrooms until we identify the type of role we are playing now and the type of role that we are striving for.

• The element of choice• Students need to be given choices in the types of activities they complete, as well as the strategies they use to attain knowledge.

• Students may choose to investigate a topic in a variety of ways and each product may look completely different to the others—this is ok.

• Learning does not occur in the same way for every student, so why should the process and product be the same?

• As well, why should this be different for teachers in how they pursue professional development? To be supportive of the culturechange involved here we need to be modelling best practices.

• Small steps are great • Relinquishing our roles as 'formal instructors' and becoming 'learning facilitators.'

Diagnostic Testing | Ben Costa

NWEA MAP

• Aims to provide a teacher friendly

• Norm referenced diagnostic analysis of what our students know and where they need to develop in Math and Literacy

• Provides students with clear & measurable academic goals

Reading and Math diagnostic Tool that takes one hour for each content area or Math and Reading

Provides data that informs instructional practices targeted at every individual student in grade 3 through 12

Enables us to have an apples to apples measurement of where our students are at the beginning and at the end of each year

Teacher Academy | Lucas Bedell

• Cohort 3 of the first three Magic Weaver Induction Programs has finished

• Positive feedback

• Hiccups with technology in Cohort 1 and Mother Nature playing a role in cohort 2's arrival things have been great.

• Grand Opening was on March 9th

• Existing Magic Weaver Induction Program has been rolled out to all Sterling staff to equally positive reviews

• The intention moving forward is to make use of data from our classroom observation sheet to develop modules to support staff in areas of strength, interest, and need. At which point staff may self-direct their professional learning through our new LMS, Canvas.

Teacher Academy | Lucas Bedell

• The Teacher Academy will be the go-to point for all Sterling-endorsed professional development going into next year as we unveil a new policy and tracking system that will render the current format obsolete.

• We also wish to call on existing experts in various fields, such as VC teaching, to assist us with developing excellent models for all to experience.

• Aim next year is to have a regular all-Sterling Senior Educational Leadership Team meeting at the Academy for staff in leadership positions across all Regions. These sessions will be run by the EDs in consultation with the Academy at our World Class facility at the Mossley Campus.

• Teacher Academy will be branding and offering staff the most important Sterling-led event in the history of our organization

• All questions about Teacher Academy go to [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

Innovating and Enriching our

School | Jonathon Borys

What is FIRST LEGO League?

Science

Technology

Engineering

Math

• Plan for Implementation:

• Communicate the FLL challenge during morning announcements.

• We will the students know that all 4th -8th grade students will have this opportunity to partake if they are committed.

• The students will need to raise the 900 dollars themselves or get a sponsor to pay for it.

• The students will need to reach out to a teacher, local community member to get a lead teacher and an assistant teacher. This program is done outside of the

school day and the school will take no responsibility for the coordination of the meetings. This coordination will be done by the lead teacher to the local

community.

• This will need to be complete by April 30th to allow for the lead teacher to sign-up for the upcoming event and order the parts.

• The lead teacher will be fully responsible to follow and meet all guidelines and timelines.

• This will also be communicated via the staff update, Biweekly journal, and morning announcements. Throughout the season we will give updates on what the

students are doing.

• Challenges

• The students will partake in a Local Sterling wide challenge for all teams that are participating.

• This will be setup by a board including myself, a NLT member, and a representative from each Region. We will follow the guidelines of the FLL.

• The challenge will take place during the official tournament season at a time where there are no tournaments taking place.

• The students will also take place in the official FLL Tournament. The official season will end once the team has been eliminated. – regional,

national, or global round.

• If a team shall win money that team can make a determination on how they want to spend the money.

• All students that partake in the FLL challenge will get recognized at the Third Quarter Recognition of Excellence Ceremony for their

dedication for excellence.

Timeline for FIRST | Jonathon Borys

Timeline for FIRST | Jonathon Borys

May 10, 2016 Registration Opens at NOON EDT

Mid May Orders placed for robots and LEGO accessories will begin to ship to

PAID teams

August 1 Challenge Sets (formerly known as Field Setup Kits) begin to ship.

Mission Model Building Instructions released.

August 30 Global Challenge Release at NOON EDT

Late September – Early October Team Registration Closes / Last Chance to Order Products

November – March Tournament Season

PowerSchool and Canvas | Ben Costa

Sterling’s New and Improved SIS and LMS

Vision of Scheduling | Ben Costa

“The challenge of our unknownfuture is so much more excitingthan the stories of ouraccomplished past”

PowerSchoolA Master Schedule that

enables us to maximize our VC and SDL capacity while

strengthening our flexibility to:

• Utilize a lightening-quickmethod of tallying student interest in courses and identifying staffing needs

&

• Generate more time for CPsto make campus-level decisions that highlight teacher strengths

Provides us with a clean, efficient manner of utilizing all of our student and staff data to organize a world-class Master Schedule

Will handle our attendancetracking and our notes on Student Behaviors.

Works hand – in hand with Canvas, our new Learning Management System to produce our Report Cards

Canvas Learning Management

System | Ben Costa

Canvas Learning Management

System | Ben Costa

• In face-to-face courses, you can use Canvas features to help manage your course,

such as Gradebook and Assignments.

• You can use features to gather student work via online submissions in assignments, or

deliver course content such as PDFs, documentation, and presentations using Files.

• Canvas quizzes give you an opportunity to provide online practice quizzes or class

surveys quickly and easily.

• Canvas modules allow you to organize units of related materials that students can

access from any device with an internet connection.

• Organized content in modules make great stand-alone resources—review materials,

videos, images, self-paced activities such as practice quizzes,

or web quests.

IT Update | Charles Young

• Charles Young – Sterling’s new IT Director

• Background / Experience

• Major Points of Attention:• Improved End User Support, Experience and

Communication

• Implementation of New Systems and Integrations

• Thorough Technical Audit of Each Campus

• Increase Support Resources for Staff/Students/Parents

Magic Weaver

Conference | Jonathon Borys

Invitation:

Sterling Education Magic Weavers,

This is a preliminary letter inviting you to the Sterling

Education Magic Weaver Conference on August 9, 10, 11

in Newark, New Jersey. We have an outstanding list of

external and internal speakers and we will shareSir John Jones

Mark Osborne

these names in the upcoming weeks. August 9th will be the SELT Conference for

Campus leaders (they will arrive on August 8th), August 10th will be Masterclasses for all

staff (staff will arrive on August 9th), and August 11th will be the Magic Weaver

Conference (staff will depart that evening).

We will not only be staying at the beautiful Renaissance in Newark (pictured), but our

events will be at the same place making the travel very convenient.

This will be the biggest event that we have ever done at Sterling Education and we are

excited that you will be joining us for a few days of learning, collaboration, excitement,

and fun. More information will be coming soon!

OneSchool Name & Branding | John Reid

Zurich

Copenhagen

New Zealand

Australia

France

Germany

France

The Hague

Sweden

France

Argentina

Terrassa

North America

EdelweissVienne Bon Accueil

Rome

M.E.T.

HDL

Sterling

L’Olivier Cours Les Chene

Les CardaminesWesterlee

Copenhagen

TEC

Westmount

Labora Skolan

FOCUS

Les BambousLe Fort

Closure | Russell Fawkes

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