Action Plan for Learning School Name: Citadel Middle School School Goal: School Year: 2018-2019 Goal / Inquiry Student learning By focusing on the goal, Human Social, we commit to being intentional about building community at Citadel. Students and staff will achieve success together by taking time to understand the definition of community (the what) so that we can establish the importance of building community (the why) as we move forward with intentional actions (the how). To build capacity for social responsibility (personal and social core competency) as educated citizens who are “cooperative, principled and respectful of others regardless of differences.” Students will work towards an ability and disposition to “…participate in classroom and group activities that make my classroom, school, community, or natural world a better place.” (See backup documentation: Core Competencies) Rationale 1-3 reasons for choosing goal We want to intentionally make decisions for our school that are related to our goal of building community. Major activities chosen as a class/team/school must be in line with the APL school goal for 2018-2019. We want to invest in our community; we aim to increase our human capital by learning about each other. In developing the educated citizen, we want to “transform isolation and self-interest within our communities into connectedness and caring for the whole” (Block, p. 1). Then, we can support the increase or improvement of leadership development and capacity of the humans in the Citadel community. References and sources to support actions Redesigned Curriculum: Personal and Social Core Competencies (Profiles/Facets/I Statements): Positive Personal & Cultural Identity Social Responsibility Websites: BC Ministry of Education Core Competencies: and Reporting Order (Student self assessment) – e.g. Kelsey Keller (May Pro-D 2017) Vancouver Model UN: The Alberta Teachers’ Association: Book resources: Anon. Visual journey: Northwest Coast First Nations & Native art colouring journal. Block, P. (2009). Community: the structure of belonging. San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler.
Celebration of the community with support from PAC (kick off event on Meet the Teacher night BBQ at the front of the school; closure in June) Backup Documentation Backup Documentation Middle Years Development Index Data 2017-2018 Documentation of learning Key evidence of change How did your actions make a difference? Choose 1-3 pieces of evidence to demonstrate the impact your actions have had on student learning to meet your goal. Documentation could include video, survey results, performance standard data, anecdotal evidence, work samples, etc. Key evidence of change to come from several sources. Documentation Qualitative data: student surveys Quantitative data: student interviews; staff interviews; stories (Working) Definition of Community Compile a resource for teachers of community building activities. Work on the associated Core Competencies and Student Self-Reflections (found in the new reporting template) Creation of Learning Team (Learning Team minutes and actions) Community “vision board” or APL plan into action Community as human capital – Every individual has been featured on the “Who am I” wall Community as physical space – classroom furniture moves and evolves with student learners. Class circles are a regular part of class routines. Backup Documentation Preliminary Community wordle from Staff Meeting June 29, 2017 School Community Engagement Process How did you engage parents, teachers, students & support staff in developing your APL? How did you share your APL goals with parents, teachers, students & support staff? The engagement process has been an on-going one of data collection with various partner groups at: Staff Meeting (June 5, 2017) PLT (June 13 and 20, 2017) One-on-one discussions Team Leader discussions (June 7, 2017, June 11, 2018), Professional Learning Wednesday, June 20, 2018) e-mail to teachers Invited the PAC to a round table discussion- PAC Chair (and others are welcome) (June 27, 2017) . Backup Documentation See above Reflection Highlights Where are we now? What are some patterns emerging? What surprised you? What conclusions / inferences might you We have an introductory understanding of community: We have an introductory understanding of the core competencies (SEL, revised curriculum and how this ties into the reporting template): Qualitative and quantitative data will show trends that we are moving forward successfully with our goal; formulate goal for 2018-2019 based on the work of June 2018 reflection: