SD8 Kootenay Lake

Students asLearning Leaders -

Growing Momentum

Future Oriented

Empathic,Thoughtful,

Brilliant

Creativity and Imagination Citizenship Academic SuccessResilience

Creative,Connected,

Engaged

Jeff  Jones,  SuperintendentLorri  Fehr,  Director  of  

Innovative  Learning  Services

BCSSA  Summer  Sharing  Session  -­‐ 2016

1 Informing our Thinking . . .

2 Students as Innovators

3 Students as Networked Leaders

4 Students as District Leaders

Leaders of Their Learning

5 Moving Forward

Creativity and Imagination Citizenship Academic SuccessResilience

1 OECD “The Nature of Learning”

2 B.C. Curriculum

Informing our Thinking . . .

Creativity and Imagination Citizenship Academic SuccessResilience

3 OECD “Global Competency for an Inclusive World”

4 And more . . . ASCD –Teacher Behaviors that Help Students LeadInnovation Starts with Frontline EducatorsEdutopia - Learning from StudentsK-12 Insight - Inspiring Leadership through Student Voice

1 Focused on Student’s Curious Questions, Inquiries and Interests

2 Student-Initiated, Student Led, Teacher as Activator

Aligned well with flexible schedulingConnected to CommunityStudent Network and College ConnectionFlexibility to align with Jr. Achievement, Jr. Dragon’s Den, RoboGames, Early Entrepreneurs, etc.

Students as Innovators

Creativity and Imagination Citizenship Academic SuccessResilience

Student Project Grants

1 Student Health – McCreary Health Survey

Students as Networked Leaders

Creativity and Imagination Citizenship Academic SuccessResilience

2 Local and Global Sustainability

1 Student Symposia

• Superintendent Conversations –Secondary

• Symposium – Superintendent led

• Symposia – District Committee engagement

Students as District Leaders

Creativity and Imagination Citizenship Academic SuccessResilience

1 Student Innovation GrantsAligned with curricular shift and involving students as learning leaders

2 Student Symposia – Family of Schools In place and context, increasing number of local educators engaging with students

Moving Forward

Creativity and Imagination Citizenship Academic SuccessResilience

3 Shifting PedagogiesIncreased focus on inquiry, place-conscious learning, student-centered assessment practices, student in put into learning environments

4 Embedded Language and PracticeDistrict Initiatives and Practices, School Growth Plans and Structures, Classroom Practice

5 Community Leadership ConnectionsInformal and Formal (ie Poverty group, RYLA, Library Board, etc)