Meeting the Needs of All Children ... a resource for educators and educational communities
(Compiled by Karen Guenther, November 21, 2005)
This work is meant to be a resource for Seven Oaks educators as they reflect upon meeting children's educational needs in our community's schools. The documented ideas, research findings, and educational reform examples within this document have grown out of variety of educational settings outside Seven Oaks. They are meant to serve as rich resources as we read, reflect, discuss with colleagues and plan action that will bring our classrooms and schools ever closer to meeting all educational needs. Readers will find that the effectiveness of one school or educational model/philosophy over another is not explored or critically reflected upon in this document. Instead, ideas and examples from a variety of sources are presented through direct quotation or the paraphrasing of speeches, workshops, research papers and other types of publications. It is hoped that presenting ideas and examples in this way will promote reflection, discussions and open-minded approaches regarding any change/reform process that might follow
Be sure to explore the websites listed on the reference lists at the end of the document. The websites include rich examples of school structures, and inter-disciplinary lesson units developed in expeditionary schools, coalition of essential schools and Gates Foundation Schools for a New Millenium.
The complete binder of examples and resources (including appendices filled with interesting school examples can be found in the Ben Zaidman Educational Resource Centre Library).
Challenges for Our Schools: Meeting the Needs of All Children
Table of Contents:
- What is Known About Change/Reform, Leadership and Sustainability? (p. 3)
- What Do All Students Need? (p. 6)
- Children Who are Lost or Left Out ( p. 7)
- Educational Ideas and Structures that have Grown Out of the Recognition of Learning Deficits and Needs (p. 13)
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Websites
http://www.sil.bham.wednet.edu/planetarybasecamp http://www.broadreach.info/about/index.asp
http://www.broadreach.info/about/ataglance.asp http://www.cases.quebec-ociean.ulaval.ca/school05.asp http://www.ceschangelab.org/cs/clpub/print/cl_docs/10 http://www.ceschangelab.org/cs/clpub/view/cl_cat/24 http://www.concordia.com/metropolitan_center.htm http
://www.elob.org http://www.elob.org/publications/webarchive/index.html http://www.gatesfoundation.org/nr/downloads.ed/edwhitepaper.pdf http://www.keystonehighschool.com/
http://www.wpgfdn.org/
http://www.yipcanada/index_e .
Appendices
(The complete appendices can be found in the BZERC library, 375 Jefferson Ave. (The complete appendices can be found in the BZERC library, 375 Jefferson Ave. )
Appendix 1 Seven Oaks School Division Mission Statement
Appendix 2 Middle Years Administrator’s Meeting Minutes, Sept 21, 2005 & Senior Years Administrator’s Meeting Minutes, Sept 22, 2005.
Appendix 3 Seven Oaks Grad Exit Survey, 2005 & Western Research Network – AERA 2003 Presentation: Student Research as a Force for School Improvement in Seven Oaks School Division
Appendix 4 Manitoba Teachers’ Society Reflective Professional Practice Grants
Appendix 5 Expeditionary Design Principles
Appendix 6 Expeditionary Schools: Learning Core Practice Benchmarks
Appendix 7 Expeditionary Schools: Frequently Asked Questions
Appendix 8 Expeditionary Schools: Evidence of Success
Appendix 9 Expeditionary Schools: Costs and Financing
Appendix 10 Expeditionary Learning: example Programs featured in Fieldwork
Appendix 11 Resources
Appendix 12 Expeditionary Learning: Professional Development Calendar
Appendix 13 Expeditionary Learning: Selected School Profiles
Appendix 14 Schools on Board
Appendix 15 Silver Beach Elementary School: Planetary Adventure Base Camp
Appendix 16 Coalition of Essential Schools
Appendix 17 Met’s learning domains and goals
Appendix 18 Gates Foundation: examples of who they support
Appendix 19 Virtual School Learning: Keystone National School
Appendix 20 Broadreach: Summer Adventures of Teenagers
Appendix 21 “Rebuilding relationships between children and parents”
Appendix 22 Service Learning Opportunities for Students through the Winnipeg Foundation and Youth in Philanthropy
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