Week 4 – Getting Ready for Online Survey or School ‘snapshot’
Jan 08, 2016
Week 4 – Getting Ready for Online Survey or School ‘snapshot’
DomainCommunityParentsLeadershipSchool VisionTeam BuildingProfessional Develop
ment
Time ManagementCycle OrganizationPedagogyEvaluationTechnology
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CommunitySees School as the place
where learning occurs
Is aware of the shared responsibility for learning
Occasionally visible in schools offering help and expertise, participating in extracurricular activities
Visible participates in school based learning activities and in community based learning activities
Does NOT incorporate principles of the QEP
Demonstrates Understanding of SOME of the principles of QEP
Understands and incorporates MANY principles of the QEP
Toward FULL integration of the principles of QEP
Parents Have an “arms-length”
involvement in pedagogy
Regularly informed about pedagogical direction
Asks to contribute to some decision making around on pedagogical decisions
Actively engaged in pedagogical decisions.
Does NOT incorporate principles of the QEP
Demonstrates Understanding of SOME of the principles of QEP
Understands and incorporates MANY principles of the QEP
Toward FULL integration of the principles of QEP
Leadership Principal makes decisions
and occasionally consults
Decisions are reached by vote and /or consensus
Leadership is occasionally shared in various areas
Teachers and community take ownership of change.
Does NOT incorporate principles of the QEP
Demonstrates Understanding of SOME of the principles of QEP
Understands and incorporates MANY principles of the QEP
Toward FULL integration of the principles of QEP
School Vision Goals are established
without vision-making
Vision-making has some impact on setting goals
Shared visions used in establishing many goals
A shared vision drives all activities in the school.
Does NOT incorporate principles of the QEP
Demonstrates Understanding of SOME of the principles of QEP
Understands and incorporates MANY principles of the QEP
Toward FULL integration of the principles of QEP
Team Building Teachers work individually
most of the time
Teachers work in teams but not within the classroom
Teachers work effectively in small interdisciplinary or cycle teams.
Everyone is part of a team, sharing and planning tasks, involved in the realization of shared goals and vision.
Does NOT incorporate principles of the QEP
Demonstrates Understanding of SOME of the principles of QEP
Understands and incorporates MANY principles of the QEP
Toward FULL integration of the principles of QEP
Professional Devleopment Expertise and decision
making around PD comes from outside the school
Some use of in-house expertise and some internal decision making in PD
Teachers personal professional growth contributes to strengthening the shared internal expertise; which is supported by external expertise.
Teachers’ personally directed professional expertise and strategic use of external expertise aligns with the needs and vision of the school.
Does NOT incorporate principles of the QEP
Demonstrates Understanding of SOME of the principles of QEP
Understands and incorporates MANY principles of the QEP
Toward FULL integration of the principles of QEP
Time Management No time for teamwork is built
into workloads
Funding grants are used to create team time
Most team time is built into workloads
Teams contribute to shared strategic decision making around their own time and workloads.
Does NOT incorporate principles of the QEP
Demonstrates Understanding of SOME of the principles of QEP
Understands and incorporates MANY principles of the QEP
Toward FULL integration of the principles of QEP
Cycle Organization Teachers teach students by
single grade levels
Teaching in teams with various groupings.
One teacher stays with a group for two years
Cycle team manages all students in that cycle.
Does NOT incorporate principles of the QEP
Demonstrates Understanding of SOME of the principles of QEP
Understands and incorporates MANY principles of the QEP
Toward FULL integration of the principles of QEP
PedagogyLearning is organized around disciplinary content, is teacher focused and program driven.
Some learning is may be integrated across disciplines and may “touch on” the cross curricular competencies or is linked to a focus drawn from the broad areas of learning.Learning is often organized around student inquiry; the teacher relates the learning to the broad area of learning throughout the process; the teacher aims explicitly at the development of cross curricular and subject specific competencies. It is the shared responsibility of a team of teachers.Learning is driven by student inquiry, which arises from the focuses of development of the Broad Areas of Learning; teacher teams share the responsibility of promoting the aims of the QEP through explicit development of cross-curricular and subject area competencies.
Does NOT incorporate principles of the QEP
Demonstrates Understanding of SOME of the principles of QEP
Understands and incorporates MANY principles of the QEP
Toward FULL integration of the principles of QEP
Evaluation End-of-grade tests defined by
disciplinary content and objectives
Use of some complex tasks in some discipline; use of some descriptive tools and tools allowing for observation, however criteria are not drawn from the program.
Use of a range of tools and methods (portfolios, complex tasks) in all disciplines; pertinent evaluation criteria are drawn from the program.
Use of observation and descriptive tools; use of portfolios and complex situations integrating multiples competencies. All criteria are pertinent and are drawn from the program, stated in observable terms; students are active in the process.
Does NOT incorporate principles of the QEP
Demonstrates Understanding of SOME of the principles of QEP
Understands and incorporates MANY principles of the QEP
Toward FULL integration of the principles of QEP
Technology Taught as a set of skills to be
mastered.
Occasionally built into learning activities
Regularly integrated into learning situations
Used as a continuous resource within class
Does NOT incorporate principles of the QEP
Demonstrates Understanding of SOME of the principles of QEP
Understands and incorporates MANY principles of the QEP
Toward FULL integration of the principles of QEP