District+Goals

District Goals

Ok, now the tough part - district goals - I have started with some ideas - we would need to go into some detail, but what do you think of these themes? 1. That every student will succeed. 2. Our students' education will transformed through collaboration and innovation. 3. Our students will develop 21 century skills to succeed.

Here's the link to Saanich School District's goals. It is clear and easy to read. The first 3 are the same as Sooke School District (my district). Each goal has objectives and rationales. p. 7 has the goasl, p. 8 has the objectives and rationales for goal 1, p. 19 has the objectives and rationales for the literacy goal. Reading these might help us formulate our goals and rationales. []

I also found a wonderful quote in the Saanich District Goals, which I would like to include in our presentation. (Saanich had the first sentence only, but I like the second sentence, too.) After a bit of a search, I found the original article the quote appeared in: [] The quote is on page 23 and is: "Think of literacy as a spine; it holds everything together. The branches of learning connect to it, meaning that all core content teachers have a responsibility to teach literacy."

Phillips, V., and Wong, C. (2010). Tying together the common core of standards, instruction, and assessments. // Phi Delta Kappan: 12 Must- //// Reads from Kappan 2009 – 2010, // 19-25. Retrieved from: [] The original article came from: // Phi Delta Kappan //, 91(5), 37-42. (February, 2010).

I've looked up several district goals onVancouver Is. All of them have a goal about gr.12 completion for all students.

I like the phrasing of the Comox Valley SD goals, which I have included here for tweaking:

"To develop a sense of belonging and to enhance the engagement in learning for all students"

"To develop literacy performance by purposefully engaging diverse learners in the process of making meaning across all subject areas"

"To improve numeracy knowledge, skills and attitudes across all grades K-12"

"To increase the [school] completion rate of all students" ( added the word school)

Their rationale for all of these goals is that the first 3 increase the likelyhood of the school completion goal, none of the goals can happen without the first one, and of course, literacy and numeracy are the foundations of all academics.

When we finalize our goals, we'll have to decide if we want briefly stated district goals or more detailed ones. I prefer more detailed ones. The first ones Catherine listed are a happy medium. Some districts have very brief goals.

July 12, 2012 Sorry guys - I got busy the last little bit! Ok...I agree we need to add some more details to the goals. I like Comox Valley goals: "To develop a sense of belonging and to enhance the engagement in learning for all students" "To develop literacy performance by purposefully engaging diverse learners in the process of making meaning across all subject areas" "To improve numeracy knowledge, skills and attitudes across all grades K-12" "To increase the [school] completion rate of all students" ( added the word school)

Anyone have any thoughts about tweaking them or would you like to go another root? Maybe: - District wide our students would feel a sense of belonging to their learning and they feel engaged in their learning - To develop literacy skills by purposefully appealing to all diverse learners by making meaning in all subject areas - To improve numeracy knowledge, skills and attitudes across all grades K-12 - To increase the all schools completion rate of all students

re-rephrasing goals

-To increase the school completion rate of all students

-To develop a sense of belonging and to enhance the engagement in learning for all students by making meaning across all subject areas

-To improve numeracy knowledge, skills and attitudes across all grades K-12

-To develop literacy skills...//have to think about this one...it's hard to change perfect wording!//

-To develop 21 century skills to succeed.

July 13, 2012 -To increase the school completion rate of all students -To develop a sense of belonging and to enhance the engagement in learning for all students by making meaning across all subject areas -To improve numeracy knowledge, skills and attitudes across all grades from K-12 -To develop literacy skills by making meaning in all subject areas for all diverse learners -To develop 21 century skills to succeed by providing team work and collaboration opportunities and technology skills

Catherine, I think that these that you improved are great.


 * District Goals **

-To increase the school completion rate of all students

-To develop a sense of belonging and to enhance the engagement in learning for all students by making meaning across all subject areas

-To improve numeracy knowledge, skills and attitudes across all grades from K-12

-To develop literacy skills by making meaning in all subject areas for all diverse learners

-To develop 21 century skills to succeed by providing team work and collaboration opportunities and technology skills

Does anyone have any more suggestions? Of can we also agree to this?

Mandy agrees to the Distrtict Goals Catherine agrees Sue agrees. April Agrees and has added this to our Prezi!