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GREGG MCNEIL & SHELLY CLOKE

FRANK MADDOCK HIGH SCHOOL – WRSD

October 6, 2016

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goo.gl/O34QXu

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WHERE ARE YOU AT IN THE MFWHSR PROCESS?

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Starts with structure

grows with people and pedagogy

strengthened by relationships and leadership

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PART 1: Bringing it to the people...

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WHERE TO START? “Backwards Design” Approach to making an HSR Plan--start with where you want to be...

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BUILDING KNOWLEDGE

GM

Recognized that not all participants have similar understanding of HSR

Activities

Started with one Evening session to explain the HSR concepts and plan for building knowledge through school visits

road trip by design - rather than kill me now meetings - learn through experience

Key to building momentum, interest and knowledge were the Road Trips because of:

--see how other school’s use and designed their physical spaces

--see how other school’s organized the structures to support HSR

--our representatives could talk directly to a diverse number of participants at the host school

--the debrief sessions on the drive home were VERY informative

--started the relationship building early

--allowed all “stakeholders” to feel important and included in the process

--way, WAY more interesting than meetings

--helped overcome the hurdle of “that would never work” resistance that come accompany the change process

--guiding questions given to our representatives ahead of time allowed them to gather valuable information

--host schools were very well-organized and gave us an entire outline of their HSR program with samples and resources

School Visits were close together: Nov 20, Nov 25, Dec 4 and Dec 5 with our final trip where we split our staff in half and went to two different schools on a Teacher PD Day

HOST SCHOOLS WERE AMAZING—RESOURCES, SPENT THE DAY WITH US, POWERPOINT, LET US SEE, GAVE US THE REALITY

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Hey, turns out we’re not so shabby ourselves!

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RESOURCES TO SUPPORT CHANGE abhsredesign.ca

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RESOURCES TO SUPPORT CHANGE

abhsredesign.ca

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DISCUSSION/SETTING PRIORITIES/DECISION-MAKING

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Reciprocal Learning Activity: The “WHAT”

Volunteers to be “Spies”
With a shoulder partner, engage in “Verbal Tennis”
on partner says something they remember, was important or stood out in regards to increasing engagement, then the next partner does the same until the time is up
Spies present ideas from shoulder partners that stood out for them

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CAN’T WE JUST USE ANOTHER SCHOOL’S MODEL I MEAN, THERE’S LOTS OF SCHOOLS ALREADY DOING THIS, RIGHT?

PART 2: Making it your own...

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RESOURCES TO SUPPORT CHANGE cssr.us

i3cssr.us

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ACTIVITIES TO ENGAGE AND FACILITATE

DISCUSSION/SETTING PRIORITIES/DECISION-MAKING

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ACTIVITIES TO ENGAGE AND FACILITATE

DISCUSSION/SETTING PRIORITIES/DECISION-MAKING

CONTINUUM ACTIVITY

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ACTIVITIES TO ENGAGE AND FACILITATE

DISCUSSION/SETTING PRIORITIES/DECISION-MAKING

CARD SORTING ACTIVITY

cssr.us

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ACTIVITIES TO ENGAGE AND FACILITATE

DISCUSSION/SETTING PRIORITIES/DECISION-MAKING

SNOWBALL CONSENSUS

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ACTIVITIES TO MAINTAIN ENGAGEMENT

AND SHARE DECISIONS:

VISUAL REPRESENTATION

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SETTING PRIORITIES

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MAKING SURE THE RIGHT THINGS CHANGE

Simon Sinek—Start with Why

Resources: Book, Ted Talk and

Website ( startwithwhy.com )

Everyone wants to jump into the details and specifics but setting the WHY is so important because answering the How and What will come as a result. It’s easy to get bogged down in the details of WHAT you are changing and lose sight of why you are changing.

Example:

Where should be put the flex block? Well, we are doing this to personalize learning and empower students with flexibility so…putting it at the end of the day allows them to make a choice of where they need more learning time after they have had all of their classes and follow up with work/concepts on the same day.

Creating an environment that supports good learning is key. Common feedback we receive is won’t kids skip at the end of the day. Sure they will, the real question is why are these students skipping? Is it a timetabling issue or are there deeper issues at the core of students skipping? Teacher advisors begin to have student conferences with their advisory students and answers begin to emerge. Much more complex than a time of day issue.

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New volunteers to be “Spies”
With a shoulder partner, engage in “Verbal Tennis”
on partner says something they remember, was important or stood out, then the next partner adds why that is important until the time is up
Spies present ideas from shoulder partners that stood out for them

Reciprocal Learning Activity: The “WHAT” and “SO WHAT”

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PART 3: Building and Building...

HSR Year 2

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SUPPORTING CHANGE

COMMUNICATING CHANGE

BRANDING

Example: At FMHS personalization is key.

We want students to have the ability

to determine on what and where

they spend part of their learning

time.

“In a Nutshell” ideas are easier

to understand and communicate

to others

Made to Stick—Chip Heath and Dan Heath

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CHANGE or OPPORTUNITY?

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PROVIDE LOTS OF RESOURCES

STOLEN OR PREMADE!

ALLOW TIME TO DEVELOP

RESOURCES COLLABORATIVELY

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MAINTAINING THE CHANGE

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MAINTAINING THE CHANGE

KEEP THE

CONVERSATION

GOING

KEEP LEARNING

KEEP IT ROLLING

KEEP THE SPARK

DRESS IT UP AND

TAKE IT OUT

ONCE IN AWHILE

REMEMBER

THE WHY

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SUMMARY

PLAN BACKWARDS--BUILD KNOWLEDGE – BUILD CAPACITY—BUILD MOMENTUM—PERSONALIZE

DISCUSS—PRIORITIZE—RESOURCES—INCLUDE DIVERSE INPUT—DECIDE—IMPLEMENT—SUPPORT—RESPOND

REPEAT THE WHY

KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING

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New volunteers to be “Spies”
With a shoulder partner, engage in “Verbal Tennis”
on partner says something they remember, was important or stood out, then the next partner adds why that is important, then the first partner adds what we can do now going forward until the time is up
Spies present ideas from shoulder partners that stood out for them

Reciprocal Learning Activity: The “WHAT”, “SO WHAT” and “NOW WHAT”

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Starts with structure

grows with people and pedagogy

strengthened by relationships and leadership

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Resources

Center for Secondary School Redesign http://cssr.us/free-resources/

Alberta HS Redesign http://abhsredesign.ca/

Simon Sinek Start With Why https://www.startwithwhy.com/

Simon Sinek Ted Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sioZd3AxmnE

Made to Stick http://heathbrothers.com/books/made-to-stick/

Contacts

Shelly Cloke shelly.cloke@wrsd.ca

Gregg McNeil gregg.mcneil@wrsd.ca

Frank Maddock High School 780 542 4401

Link to presentation goo.gl/O34QXu

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