Accreditation: a 10 Year Wish List
For a sustainable school: a real working garden that kids of all levels are developing and working on.
Design and Technology/ Life skills class
Separate class, co- curricular or build in curriculum
Sustainability focus activities
Farming and gardening
in connection with local farmers/gardeners
focus on sustainable food production
Outdoor survival skills
Carpentry
Gardening
Cooking
with food grown on campus
Shared Spaces & Display: Documentation on school walls should include meaininful description of the work and be oragnized with asthetic integrity. Shared Spaces should be oragnized and welcoming to both adults and children...kids use this building,let's make these spaces work for them. Ex. prek and k should be able to reach bathroom sinks. Shared Spaces should reflect our school philosophy: inquiry based
Student designed exteriors/ interiors/ walls
PD
Sabbatical leave
Funds for all/ equal opportunities
Main topic
Student support services
Connect with local agencies
PD/ Job alikes
Providing services in the areas of:
therapy
testing
Build in time in the schedule
Integrating technology
Staff
Surveys on staff needs
Exclusive time for staff to plan and implement integration
ICT PD
Regular PD
Hardware
Software
Students
Distant teaching/ learning
Providing integration at all levels
Lower Grades Integration
Child friendly tools - software and hardware
Child friendly web environment
Distant Teaching/Learning
Field work
Wilderness classes
CAS/ SL
Trips
internationally
exchange programs
CAS conferences
interacting
service work
project work
locally
Integrated in the curriculum/ mean it
Time in the Schedule
to plan, connect and develop new connections
to work on meaningful projects
to interact with local agencies
After school: It would be nice to have the option for kids to leave later (not at 3:00) for those who want to use the library, work on stuff, see a game, etc. So different "waves" of departure w/ buses. (This won't happen, but....)
Early Childhood Program
Expansion
Second Section / with cap of 15 students per class
development of aux spaces
Modify Outdoor Space for more year round usage
Dev. of Em. POD into "Piazza" space shared with kinder
atelier with full time teacher
second full time teacher
full day program
Policies developed as stend out documents
Publishing procedures
Social Media
Behaviour
ESL/Special Needs
Gifted and Talented
Equal Opportunities
Staff Development
Behaviour in School
Anti-Harassment
Internet Safety
Child Protection
Anti-Bullying
defined policies for lots of things (e.g. late to class; late to school, etc.
Where are we going?
Informing our action plan
Ideas for the future