Mamquam School Context

Moving forward from our previous plan; staff, parents and students will continue to focus on the student  learning outcome goal of Creative and Critical Thinking. 

As a learning community, we are still in the first year of development on our present goal.  It started several principals ago with the refinement of the 2015-2016 School Learning Plan, in which there were many valuable  goals and interventions.  However, there was a feeling that the outcomes and strategies as laid out were  too numerous and varied, making it difficult to execute interventions and track results. We came to a  consensus that we desired one goal that was engaging for staff, students and families, where we could  develop and target specific interventions and track our results more effectively.          

To develop this one goal, staff considered different areas of learning.  We considered the district  competencies of Think Critically, Create and Innovate, Collaborate, and Contribute and the Ministry Core  Competencies of Communication, Creative Thinking, Personal Responsibility and Social Responsibility.  We  asked ourselves which area(s) best encapsulated our most current plan and also excited us.  That is, which  area of learning would allow us to go deeper, while also capturing the learning outcomes, structures and  strategies we already use and saw as valuable.  Through the refining process it was decided that we would like to focus on the learning outcome goal of Creative and Critical Thinking. 

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By focusing our goal in one area, it allows us to go deeper with the great work that we currently do, while  exploring ways to improve our structures and strategies further.  The purpose of this document is not to  describe everything that is happening in the school, but rather to provide the relevant information as it  pertains to the goal of having students develop as creative and critical thinkers.  

As of October 2018, our structures and strategies for this goal are currently under development and are  described for now as “coherent curriculum and effective instructional strategies.”  These two areas have  been identified as foundational for developing creative and critical thinking learning outcomes.  Both  defining and understanding what our specific learning outcomes are (coherent curriculum) and designing  classroom interventions (effective instructional strategies) are essential elements as we work towards this  goal.  It should also be mentioned that one of our main instructional strategies is Arts-Infused Learning.     

 

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How are your staff, students and School Planning Team engaged in working on the School Learning Plan?

We have built a collective vision for our Teaching Team and Staff.  This Values and Vision has been utilized and communicated to our parent body in parent presentations and is displayed proudly outside of our office.