Part 2: Innovations in Professional Growth

Public Education and Webcasting in BC:
Oct 2004 to May 2005
FACILITATING THE SCHOOL PLANNING COUNCIL WEBCAST
PLANNING
You may choose to view Bruce Wellman's entire session, or you may select sections that seem most important to your SPC.
  • Each of the indexed sections requires the resources indicated.
  • Within each section there are places for group discussion and work - please include appropriate times for these when you are planning.
  • Chart paper, markers and a person to record will help you keep track of your discussion and decisions.
SPECIFIC MATERIALS FOR YOUR SPC:
  • Your current School Plans
  • Your school, district and provincial data
  • Each group will focus on only one goal ie: numeracy, literacy.
  • School Planning Council Guidelines. These can be downloaded from www.bced.gov.bc.ca/spc.
PRE-VIEWING THE WEBCAST:
Document: Working Together (Task, Process, Relationships)

Task, process and relationships are three important elements of any planning process. Bruce Wellman touches on these in the section "Creating the Context for Learning". Although the focus of this webcast is on the planning cycle and the use of data, all members of your SPC should be familiar with this document before you begin to view the webcast. Resources to support building relationships will be available on the Ministry of Education website in Spring 2005.

You also need to download and print the Powerpoint presentation used in the webcast.
INDEX SPEAKER DOCUMENTS ACTIVITIES/NOTES
#1 Introduction Hon.Tom Christensen Bio: Bruce Wellman Before you begin viewing the archive, you should consider some introductory activity which connects your SPC to the parts you are using.
#2 Creating the Context for Learning B. Welllman PPT has slides with questions for discussion 1) Group discussion of 4 questions posed.

2) Optional - developing protocols
#3 Thinking about Student Achievement and Data B. Wellman 1) Crafting the Container

2) Appendix D - Ten Strategies for getting started

3) Guiding Assumptions		 1) Creating a metaphor for student achievement

2) What is one way our SPC uses data to guide its work?

3) "Say Something" shared reading
#4 Collecting and Understanding the Data B. Wellman 1) Qualitative & Quantitative Data Group Discussion:

1) How does the data play out for "all students" in our school?"

2) Where do we need to pay attention?
#5 Deepening the Data Dialogue B. Wellman 1) Commonly Used Measures

2) What Data Will Inform our Work?		 Group Discussion:

1) With Activating and Engaging Slide

2) With Exploring and Discovering Slide