Un bon enseignant

L’élève doit être au centre de l’approche. Son engagement avec la matière à enseigné est essentiel. Le rôle de l’enseignant est de développé une relation positive avec l’élève afin que celui ou celle-ci s’engage avec la matière et aussi en tant que membre de la communauté locale, nationale et globale.

Pour ce faire l’enseignant se doit d’avoir une obligation morale envers la profession et une vision de son rôle dans la société. Il faut créer chez l’enseignant un désir de progression continuelle afin d’atteindre une maîtrise de l’art d’enseigner. Ceci doit se faire dans un esprit de collaboration avec les collègues afin de peaufiner les approches qui apportent le succès.

Cinq attributs essentiels d’un bon enseignants :

Dans la salle de classe l’enseignant se doit d’identifier les éléments essentiels du curriculum. Il doit être capable de guider les élèves par ses interactions. Elle doit évaluer l’apprentissage et fournir des rétroactions formatives. Il doit s’occuper des attributs socio-affectifs. Elle doit influencer la performance des élèves.

Health & Wellness: A Whole-School Approach

When I became principal of Western Canada High School the percentage of grade 10 students rating the school as safe and caring was 88%.

It is an impressive stats inline with the provincial average. One of my objective was to raise that number through a series of initiatives:Hired a .5 psychologist

  • Increased counselling time by .5 FTE
  • Continued work of staff wellness committee
  • Created a student wellness club
  • Introduced gender neutral bathrooms
  • Introduced yoga classes
  • Introduced Math-15 Class
  • Introduced Math Camp for IB Students
  • Introduced yoga sessions prior to exams
  • Regular PD sessions for faculty with regards to mental health:
    • Of particular interest was the live performance of the Laramie Project followed by a panel on creating Safe Spaces in a school. The presentation was attended by the Faculty at Western Canada and by teachers from both school boards.
  • Introduction of a depression screening day (Oct 6th 2017)
  • Interactive activities by different student clubs to raise awareness:
    • Speak-out on Mental Illness;
    • Pride Week by Spectrum Club;
    • Safe Space program introduce by Spectrum Club.
  • Regular sessions in collaboration with AHS for parents:
    • -Nov 1, 2016: Coping with Stress
    • -Feb 9, 2017: Motivating the Unmotivated
    • -Sep 19, 2017: Nancy Mannix on the work of the Palix Foundation
  • Fitness Center available to students and staff
  • Study Space available
  • The impact of this strategy is starting to show in our survey results: On the accountability pillar survey, the percentage of students rating the school as safe and caring went to 92.2% in May 2017.  With our Learning Leader for Student Services, I did a presentation on the approach taken at the Moving Forward With High School Re-Design Conference:

WCHS Presentation 2017 MFWHSR

School Annual Report

Each year schools in the Calgary Board of Education have to present their results to the community. A template is offered to the school principals. I have added to the template.

My additions are related to the work started a few years ago to make our school more responsive to the students need. In particular, I have organised the template according to the principles of High School Re-Design.

These interconnected principles include: • Mastery Learning • Rigorous and Relevant Curriculum • Personalization • Flexible Learning Environments • Educator Roles and Professional Development • Meaningful Relationships • Home and Community Involvement • Assessment • Welcoming, Caring, Respectful and Safe.

Take a look!

Finnish Lessons

Une bonne lecture sur le sens commun de comment organiser un bon système d’éducation

Le système de la Finlande, comme celui de l’Alberta a un tronc commun de la maternelle à la 9eme année. Les élèves sont ensuites orientés dans une branche des métiers ou dans la branche académique.

Le système garanti l’opportunité d’accès à tous,

Une emphase sur le profesionnalisme  et la confiance envers les enseignants

Contrôle du changement dans une direction sur le processus d’apprentissage et l’évaluation

facilitation dans la creation de réseaux inter-écoles et avec la communauté

S’il y a une leçon à retenir, c’est le don du temps aux enseignants afin de travailler sur leur art d’enseigner.

One lesson to remember: the gift of time to the teachers so that they can work on their craft.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12404123-finnish-lessons

Communication

A Public school is a pillar of democracy. As such it must be engaged and communicate its mission to its community.
Those communications also help in creating a sense of pride and ownership by the students and the parents of the school. They then become your best advocate!
One of the ways we do this at Georges P. Vanier is through the local press. Here are two examples of stories published about the school.

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