SCHOOLPLUS Inservice Table

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SCHOOLPLUSInservice Table

• Making Meaning

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SchoolPLUS Inservice TableCommittee Members

• Diane Cote, Saskatoon Separate School Division
• Nancy Cote, Division Scolaire Francophone
• Murray Ferguson, Sun West School Division
• Diane Gingras, Department of Learning
• Ruth Griffith, Saskatchewan Association of School
  Councils
• Richard Hazel, Saskatchewan Association of Social
  Workers
• Bernie Holzer, Family Service Saskatoon
• Ted Amendt, Department of Learning
• Shirley LeClaire, Saskatoon Health Region
• Kit Loewen, Saskatchewan Teachers Federation
• Margaret Pillay, Saskatchewan Professional
  Development Unit
• Barb Riley, Saskatchewan School Boards
  Association
• Deborah Rodger, Prairie Spirit School Division
• Sarah Sun, Saskatchewan Association of School
  Councils

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Project One

• Making Meaning of SchoolPLUS in the Context of
  Community
• A Resource Binder for Facilitators
• http//www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/branches/pol_eval/scho
  ol_plus/pdf/schoolplus_facilitator.pdf

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Objective

• To develop a flexible resource
• binder that could be adjusted
• for a variety of contexts to
• provide inservice support to
• any group who need to begin
• or deepen their understanding
• of SchoolPLUS in relation to
• their organization and/or role.

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Process

• Modeled the principles of SchoolPLUS
• through the development of the binder.
• Strength based
• Inclusive
• Flexible
• Cooperative
• Capacity building
• Diversity of voice
• Engagement

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Binder Overview

• Facilitator information
• Introductory activities
• Three pathways
• Raising awareness
• Developing a community action plan
• Developing a SchoolPLUS action plan

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Project Two

• Many Roads Taken
• Stories of SchoolPLUS
• Writer Ian Krips

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Questions

• What are the inservice needs now?
• Who might our audience be?
• What might we expect audience members to know
  about SchoolPLUS?
• How can we forward the journey of SchoolPLUS?
• What do we need to be mindful of as we proceed?

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Conditions for successful interest and engagement
in the vision of SchoolPLUS

• Clarity about the SchoolPLUS vision
• Reinforcement of the principles
• The context of communities
• Examples of successful projects
• Raised awareness of the benefits

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Examples of Successful Projects

• Focus on authentic collaboration between partners
• Wide variety of contexts
• Wide variety of topics
• Create opportunities for communities to connect
  examples to their own context by developing
  reflective questions
• Pay attention to the conditions that led to the
  initiation of the project

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Process

• Committee members offered suggestions based on
  projects they knew of
• Ian contacted those involved to see if they would
  be willing to share their stories
• Interviews occurred
• Ian developed the stories, created reflective
  questions, and journey beginnings

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Process

• Stories were brought back to the committee for
  feedback
• Committee members helped to determine which
  stories should be included and how they should be
  shaped

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Format

• Background to SchoolPLUS
• Creating Authentic Partnerships
• Questions for reflection
• Ten stories from schools in Davidson, Kindersley,
  Saskatoon, La Loche, North Battleford, La Ronge,
  DSF, Prince Albert, and one story of
  collaboration at the university level

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Creating Authentic Partnerships

• This document can be used in a number
• of ways to engage staff, students, and
• community members in a dialogue
• around SchoolPLUS. Individual stories
• and the accompanying reflections might
• be used as a portion of a staff or
• community level meeting. With more
• time, reading stories and sharing
• understandings may prove to be a rich
• experience. These stories are provided to
• spur some creative dialogue in regard to
• new initiatives and partnerships within
• your community, while also celebrating
• existing relationships.

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Reflective Questions

• What opportunities have we created to build
  relationships within our community?
• Who might be involved in the life of our school?
• What are the strategies we might use so that
  agencies within our community better inform one
  another of the work they are doing?
• How might our school engage other partners in
  working together to create and sustain a positive
  learning environment for students?

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Looking at one story

• Please take a moment to read the story from
  Churchill Community High School in
• La Ronge.
• Turn to the person next to you and discuss the
  reflection questions.
• Share a point from your discussion with the large
  group.

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The Journey Continues

• How do we move the journey of SchoolPLUS forward?
• How can we raise awareness of these projects?
• How can we support others in their SchoolPLUS
  journeys?