Viking Vision 2020Community Meeting - October 4, 2017
Carline SinklerPrincipal
Agenda:● Overview & Essential Questions● Student-Centered Learning ● Sparking Ideas - “The Adaptable Mind” ● Viking Goals → Viking Graduate Profile● Next Steps
Vision in ProgressYear 1 (2017- 2018) Year 2 (2018-2019) Year 3 (2019-2020)
Focusing Direction: Co-create Vision & Graduate Profile
Milestones & Measuring Progress
Reflect, Refine & Future Planning
Strategic Planning & Doing:● Identify our assets.
(Where are we already on the way?)
● Identify strategic shifts in systems and practices. (What do we need to learn or do differently to get us where we want to go?)
● Set ambitious goals
Milestones and measures to be determined (grounded in Vision and Graduate Profile)
● Reflect on where we are (student outcomes and learning experiences) compared to our goals.
● Refine and/or adapt practices.
● Forecast into the future -- 2025
Viking Vision & Focus2 Lenses → Essential Questions
Students engage in and take ownership of their learning. →
What is our shared vision of student-centered learning?Classroom and school learning experiences- what will we see, feel and hear?
Students leave us ready to flourish in college and/or career. →
What are academic, personal and social qualities and characteristics that describe our graduates?Expected School-wide Learning Outcomes
Classroom and school learning experiences: Seeing, feeling & hearing.
Imagine you walk into a class or see your student on campus or on a field trip and you think, “wow, I feel so great about what and how my child is learning”! What did you see, feel and hear? (Students - imagine yourself in this experience!)
Students engage in and take ownership of their learning. → What is our shared vision of
student-centered learning?
Graduates Being Human:Sparking Ideas
http://www.letitripple.org/films/adaptable-mind/
Students leave us ready to flourish in college and/or career. →
What are academic, personal and social qualities and characteristics that describe our graduates?Expected School-wide Learning Outcomes
From Goals to Viking Graduate Profile6 VIKING GOALS 1. Demonstrate Academic Proficiency
2. Transition Smoothly to School or Career
3. Be Physically Fit and Healthy
4. Be Involved
5. Be Responsible
6. Use Technology Appropriately
In Table Groups:
Review and sort “qualities/characteristics) cards that demonstrate desired traits of our Viking Graduates.
Select 6-8 cards that together, represent our graduates.
Talk with each other about your choices.
Which ones came up most?
Combining is OKAY!! AND, okay to add a card/description.
Make a poster with selected cards/descriptions around a “cap” or Design your own!
ACADEMIC PERSONAL INTERPERSONAL
● Content Mastery● Critical Thinking and
Problem Solving● Creativity and
Innovation● Information Literacy● Media Literacy● Financial Literacy● Civic Literacy● Health Literacy● Environmental
Literacy● Information,
Communications and Technology Literacy
● Flexibility and Adaptability
● Initiative and Self-Direction
● Productivity and Accountability
● Leadership● Personal
Responsibility● Resilience● Goal Directed● Conscientious● Citizenship● Metacognition /
Learning How to Learn
● Academic Mindset
● Communication● Collaboration● Global Awareness
Social and Cross-Cultural Skills
● Teamwork● Leadership● Empathy● Conflict Resolution● Entrepreneurship
VIKING GOALS 1. Demonstrate Academic Proficiency
2. Transition Smoothly to School or Career
3. Be Physically Fit and Healthy
4. Be Involved
5. Be Responsible
6. Use Technology Appropriately
Viking Vision 2020
NEXT Community Meeting - Monday, November 6th @ 6pm