Ckmlippracticum Kanatahighlands

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LEADERSHIP INQUIRY PRACTICUM

PROPOSAL

Collaborative inquiry/problem of practice (question)


How can capacity be built in staf
to support technology use
through the lens of the school motto, Be Open, Be Curious, Be Kind?

Candidate
Caroline Kim Moore
mrsckm@gmail.com

Mentor
Pauline McKenna, Principal, Kanata Highlands Public School
pauline.mckenna@ocdsb.ca

PQP Part I Instructor


Renald Cousineau
renald.cousineau@ocdsb.ca

The learning goals of the collaborative inquiry

1. Setting a frame of mind of professional growth and capacity building as it relates


to the efective use of technology
2. Use technology to communicate and work efectively with staf and parents, to
collaborate on the learning plan.
3. Create a preliminary draft overarching framework and learning plan for use,
feedback and revision
The personal learning goals of the candidate with reference to the Ontario
Leadership Framework for Principals and Vice-Principals
My personal learning goals for the purposes of this formal practicum (10 weeks)
within a year-long project, will focus mainly within the following two first OLF leadership
capacities of Setting Directions and Building Relationships and Developing People.
Due to the unconventional and out-of-the-box nature of my practicum as a
registered volunteer, building relationships and establishing trust and rapport is
instrumental to the success of the practicum goals and a challenge of the leadership
experience. The first half of the practicum focuses on relationship building, shadowing,
and meeting with my mentor. The second half focuses on collaboration through setting
direction.
Specifically, from the OLF, these 6 practices:
Setting Directions: Building a shared vision
Build understanding of the specific implications of the schools vision for
its programs and the nature of classroom instruction
Encourage the development of organizational norms that support
openness to change in the direction of the schools vision
Setting Directions: Identifying specific, shared, short-term goals
Facilitate stakeholder engagement in processes for identifying specific
school goals
Encourage staff to develop and periodically review individual goals for
professional growth, as well as the relationship between their individual
goals and the schools goals
Building Relationships & Developing People:
Providing support & demonstrating consideration for individual staff
members
Consider staff members opinions when initiating actions that affect
their work
Build upon and respond to individual staff members unique needs
and expertise
Starting and expected completion dates:
September 6 to November 18 (10 weeks)

Schedule of activities
- Summer: Initial meeting with mentor, Pauline McKenna, to discuss practicum
possibilities
- September/October: Building rapport with staf, helping out and contributing
where needed in the areas of: school set-up, music, technology
- October: Finalize practicum focus: Be Open, Be Curious, Be Kind framework for
technology in the school, focus: staf capacity-building, School council: join as
community member, begin relationship-building, meetings with in-school Digital
Lead Learner (DLL), Technology support from board office
- Tuesday, November 1 (staf meeting): Collaborative in-person work on learning
plan
- School motto in Technology: brain-storming & question-forming
- Invite continued input and collaboration through Google+ community and
Google forms for data collection
- November: Continual dialogue, supporting with classroom technology use,
regular check-ins with mentor & teachers
- Friday, November 18: Report data collection to mentor & staf, decide collectively
on plan for next steps for continuing project through the rest of the school year.
Applicable legislation and policies
Ottawa Carleton District School Board
Enabling a Culture of Access and Mobility: Planning for Technology Usage in the
OCDSB 2012-17
21st Century Learner: Schools for the Future
2015-2019 Strategic Plan
Ontario Ministry of Education
School Improvement Planning Handbook
The K-12 School Efectiveness Framework (2013): A support for school
improvement and student success
A Shifting Landscape : Pedagogy, Technology, and the New Terrain of Innovation in a Digital
World
Links to the Standard of Practice for the Teaching Profession
Leadership in Learning Communities: Members promote and participate in the
creation of collaborative, safe, and supportive learning communities. The focus of this
practicum is to promote a digital learning community with a shared vision through
articulation of the school motto and the creation of a shared learning plan.
The Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession
TRUST: The ethical standard of Trust embodies fairness, openness and honesty.
Members' professional relationships with students, colleagues, parents, guardians and
the public are based on trust.. As lead inquirer in a new collaborative learning
community, trust is built by continually show respect and trust teachers who are
questioning, learning, and sharing of themselves and their classroom practice.
Specific formative and summative success criteria: LIP Practicum Rubric
Tools to receive summative peer assessments: Google Forms: survey
Resources: Collaborative Inquiry: A Facilitators Guide
School Improvement Planning: A Handbook for Principals, Teachers, and School Councils

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