Northern Learning Centre at Kelly Road Secondary School

Parent information NightFeb. 7th 2013

Northern Learning Centre

• Choice program• Project based personalized learning with a focus on 21st Century skills• Grade 8 ,9 and 10 students• Different Reporting• Applied learning where teachers & students pull out Prescribed

Learning Outcomes• Digital world–reporting, PLOs and portfolios – meeting students in

their world• All students needing a digital device. (laptop, net-book, tablet,)• Approximately 1 to 25 ratio – hopefully a cohort of 50-100

Northern Learning Centre• Vision• To engage learners through a personal learning choice program. Where real life

connection to student learning matters!

• Mission• To ensure each student is ready for the 21st Century with the skills, attitudes,

experiences and mindsets to be successful.

• Values• Promote creativity and innovation• Practice collaboration, teamwork, leadership• Foster cross cultural understanding• Develop communication and media literacy• Ongoing career learning – self reliance• Promote a lifestyle of caring for personal health

Rationale

The students we are teaching today are very different than students we taught ten years ago. The ability to access information anytime, anywhere is the reality of our learners. Students are looking for ways to apply their knowledge to extend their learning. Our system needs to respond to our learners.

Recently, the Ministry of Education has released the BC’s Education Plan. This plan outlines the need to prepare our learners for the 21st Century.

We are preparing our learners for jobs that don’t even exist.

Project Based Learning

In Project Based Learning (PBL), students go through an extended process of inquiry in response to a complex question, problem, or challenge. Rigorous projects help students learn key academic content and practice 21st Century Skills (such as collaboration, communication & critical thinking).

Project Based Learning

Students gain a deeper understanding of the concepts and standards at the heart of a project. Projects also build vital workplace skills and lifelong habits of learning. Projects can allow students to address community issues, explore careers, interact with adult mentors, use technology, and present their work to audiences beyond the classroom. PBL can motivate students who struggle to find connections between school curriculum and their lives.

Northern Learning Centre• Increased levels of learning• Engagement• Projects/Flexibility/Connections• Community• Technology• Local example

Northern Learning Centre

8:45-9:00 Connect time9:00–9:45 Physical activity or PE9:45–10:00 Nutrition break10:00–11:00 Direct instruction (class or seminar)11:00–12:00 Direct instruction (class or seminar)12:00 12:45 Lunch12:45– 3:00 Project work

Learning Environment

Projects –Who am I and where to I fit in?Objective: You are going to explore the question “Where do I come from?” using a map to show a visual representation of how you came to be here today emphasizing different geographic regions in North America. This may include where you want to go in the future. You will pair this map with research on the geographic regions which you will use to describe the region as it may have appeared to your ancestor or appears today.

Projects- Who am I and where to I fit in?

Connections

• Aboriginal Community• RCMP – gangs• CKPG• Terry Fox

Becoming Global Citizens

Meaningful Assessments

Cross Curricular Competency

Exhibition of learning

Report Card

Feedback• For us *'s experience is, as they say, "night and day" from last year to this. I mean

this in the positive. * is far more engaged, less stressed, and I believe more content. He is also clearly enjoying the work more than the traditional approach. There seems to be an increase in opportunity for him to feel successful and to have some experience with leadership which is just so, so important for all youth at this age. I can speak for both my husband and I to share that we are very happy with the NLC and what you and Beth are able to offer the students. Don't hesitate to let us know how, as parents, or community partners we can support the program.

• Good morning. % and I used the rubrics to review his slides. Those rubrics are so great!!! The slides are now ready for your re-review. Thank you for giving % this opportunity to have some learning time with mom! Ask % about www.easybib.com. He is still a bit unsure about the difference between resources and references. We had some fun using easybib to make his references slide :)

Feedback

Working on to make it better

• More connection with other students• Name change• Adding grade 10• Technology• Telling the story

More Info

Next steps

• Check out our info – online (twitter, youtube, facebook, website) • Take a pamphlet• Our students are going to foundation schools• Another parent meeting with NLC teachers Feb 28th 7pm• Apply online at krss.sd57.bc.ca – March 1st

• Application due March 15th.

Questions?

More Info

Feel free to drop into our Student Exhibition Of Learning on January 30th! It will be held at Kelly Road Secondary School from 7-8 pm.

Web references

The NLC current events map is also found at http://goo.gl/maps/6kcD5

The opinion 250 article can be found athttp://www.250news.com/blog/view/25815/1/students+rise+to+challenge+of+shoreline+clean+up

Projects can be found athttp://goo.gl/WwhGL