The school board will hold a public information session in 100 Mile House to talk about personalized learning.
School District 27 (SD27) superintendent Diane Wright says the board will present information on the Ministry of Education’s (MOE) “spin” on a global movement called 21st Century Learning.
The meeting is on Feb. 23 from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Peter Skene Ogden Secondary School (PSO) gym, and she explains that the board is hoping parents, staff and senior students will come out to discuss what personalized learning might mean for students in the Cariboo-Chilcotin.
Wright notes the school board held a meeting in Williams Lake with MOE officials on Feb. 4, which will offer some insight for further conversations.
The superintendent adds she will make a PowerPoint presentation with video clips at the 100 Mile House meeting and other public meetings over the next few weeks, as well as to the school board, principals, the district parent advisory committee and SD27 staff.
Then the trustees will gather the thoughts from the 100 Mile meeting and other consultations, combine all of the results and forward them to the MOE.
A draft document from the education ministry will be available at the meetings for review and feedback on the learning program concepts to the province.
The document covers what personalized learning might look like in the early years of Grades 1 to 3, what it may involve for Grades 4 to 9, and what it could mean for the graduation program, Wright explains.
This includes what courses might look like; in what manner reporting could be presented; how the district will measure the success of students; the part technology might play; and the role of parents and community in supporting students in learning.
The last item is of real importance to her, Wright says, adding it further builds on the conversations that came out of the Our Kids, Our Future meetings two years ago.
“Parents in the 100 Mile area really, really spoke to wanting to be involved in their kids’ education, and the community wanted to be able to support students in different learning opportunities.
“I like to think we’re just a little bit ahead of the ministry.”
