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Success Through Synergy Developing a Framework For Student Success. Session #1817 OLA Super Conference 2009. Janet Dixon | Sarah Bowler Anita Brooks Kirkland Waterloo Region District School Board. http://www.flickr.com/photos/soylentgreen23. Our Story of how a dream for

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  1. Success Through Synergy Developing a Framework For Student Success Session #1817 OLA Super Conference 2009 Janet Dixon | Sarah Bowler Anita Brooks Kirkland Waterloo Region District School Board http://www.flickr.com/photos/soylentgreen23

  2. Our Story of how a dream for Student Success took root and flourished … a tale of opportunity, innovation and convergent thinking

  3. The KEYS to Our Success

  4. Dream, Visualize, Conceptualize The Inspiration... GraphicFreebies.com

  5. OLA Super Conference Information skills taught consistently across the curriculum Assignments with embedded process skills Tool-kit of scaffolding strategies ‘Grown-up’ style conference for students

  6. “All alone am I…” Brenda Lee

  7. Reach out...

  8. Find a way to make yourself indispensable… Provide solutions… Build Trust Demonstrate your Relevance

  9. Presentation to Heads’ Council

  10. All too often…submitted assignments: • are not focused • lack depth • use questionable sources • intentionally or unintentionally plagiarize • are referenced incorrectly, if at all

  11. A further problem… Inconsistency • Teachers havedifferent expectations,different levels of awareness, or assume that students know (…they don’t!) • Teacher-librarian may work collaborativelywithsometeachers insomesubjects, teachingsomestudentssomeof the skills….

  12. The Answer… • If we slow down and concentrate on the process, the students will ultimately achieve more • We need to build understanding, competency and comfort levels through repetition and consistency across subject areas

  13. The Win…? • Student research projects are: focused, creative, deeper, accurate and referenced appropriately • Plagiarism concerns are alleviated • Students have core information skills that will help them to achieve success…now and later

  14. Seize opportunities! Scare yourself…often! Build a team that is forward- thinking, enthusiastic…

  15. Be flexible, open to possibilities… Be willing to dig in and do the necessary work!

  16. Branching out… Learning Skills Conference Research Projects Scaffolding Strategies Tool-kit Staff P.D. Event Skills Development Checklist Anita Brooks Kirkland presentation

  17. Learning Skills Conference Grade 9 Applied Level

  18. Learning Skills Conference Rationale • introduce common, transferable information skills • to get them started on the right track • to help them succeed in all subject areas • contribute to feelings of importance and sense of belonging

  19. Learning Skills ConferenceOur Mission To mimic a ‘grown-up’ conference with registration table session materials in a conference bag festive, fun atmosphere free stuff, including draws FOOD

  20. Learning Skills ConferenceThe Organization Prepare content Peer helpers? Date? Who will teach? Arrange food Nametags Session locations? Notify office/teachers Design evaluation Preconference hype Prepare packages Donations?! Set up facility It’s all in the details!

  21. Learning Skills ConferenceAgenda 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Registration Pizza and Cookies Library Seminar Room Display of Draw Prizes Library Rotunda 11:00 – 11:15 Washroom Break 11:15 - 11:30 Welcome Library Rotunda 11:30 – 2:15 Workshops Session #1: 11:30 – 12:05 Travel time: 12:05 – 12:10 Session #2: 12:10 – 12:45 Washroom break: 12:45 – 1:00 Session #3: 1:00 – 1:35 Travel time: 1:35 – 1:40 Session #4: 1:40 – 2:15 2:15 – 2:45 Wrap-up and Draw Prizes Library Rotunda

  22. Learning Skills ConferenceSessions Research Strategies Plagiarism and Paraphrasing Evaluating Web Sites Introduction to Smart Ideas

  23. Registration Conference handouts Pizza & cookies Welcome

  24. Some of the draw prizes on display for students to check out before the sessions begin

  25. Students at work!

  26. Bullying Activity

  27. I am so very appreciative of the opportunity to visit your "Learning Skills Conference". What a great opportunity (on so many levels) for students. …The content was brilliant ... and all done with enthusiasm, joy and energy. Your efforts to connect and provide foundational study skills are exemplary….I am inspired and very proud of your work ...hope that you are able to spread the good news to other schools... Learning Skills ConferenceAccolades from our Superintendent

  28. Anita Brooks Kirkland Library Consultant, ITS, Waterloo Region District School Board From Confused to Confident “Research Strategies for Student Success”

  29. Worth being familiar with Important to know and do “Enduring” understanding The well-designed research assignment Instructional Context Assessment Types • Traditional quizzes and tests • paper-pencil • selected-response • constructed-response • Performance tasks and projects • open-ended • complex • authentic Wiggins and McTighe. TheUnderstanding by Design Handbook.1999

  30. Inquiry helps students to: • strengthen question strategies to explore and • deepen ideas • share feelings, findings, and perspectives • with different audiences • examine information for validity, authority, • bias, and relevancy • think creatively and critically to solve • problems and make decisions • reach personal and collective understanding • in diverse contexts • develop competence in both particular • disciplines and the inquiry process itself • Represent a big idea having enduring value beyond the classroom. • Reside at the heart of the discipline (involve “doing” the subject). • Require uncoverage (of abstract or often misunderstood ideas). • Offer potential for engaging students. “Enduring” understanding OSLA. Together For Learning: Transforming School Libraries in Ontario. Draft, 2008. Well-designed research units get to the heart of the matter. Wiggins and McTighe. Understanding by Design.1998

  31. Poorly-designed research activity: Well-designed research activity: Motivation Engagement Shallow Understanding Enduring Understanding Boredom Confusion S

  32. Improving Our Own Teaching Practice Helping Our Students Improve Their Research Strategies

  33. Kicking it up a notch @ WCI Take a critical look at your research units. Does your key question foster critical thinking and enduring understanding? Does the culminating task foster creativity, critical thinking and enduring understanding? Have you provided an instructional scaffold to help all students develop process skills? Does your assessment strategy include formative and summative components? Are you assessing process as well as product? Are you collaborating with each other and with your teacher-librarian to provide the best learning experience for your students?

  34. Research and Inquiry Skills Scaffolding StrategiesTool-Kit KICK IT UP A NOTCH!

  35. Works Cited Source Logs

  36. Research and Inquiry Skills What Resources Do I Need? Organizing My Research

  37. Note-taking Sheets Book Source Encyclopedia Source

  38. Note-taking Sheets Database Source Website Source

  39. MLA Style Guide for Works Cited

  40. Research and Inquiry Skills Waterloo Collegiate Library Web Site

  41. Research and Inquiry Skills DevelopmentChecklist

  42. By the end of grade 9, students should be able to: understand plagiarism, and ways to avoid it use visual organizers Sample paraphrase and summarize evaluate web sites use online library catalogue use source logs and research worksheets understand that learning is transferable

  43. Subject-specific research assignments that embed process skills

  44. Reflect and Rework …a few of the comments by teachers “Possibility of plagiarism virtually removed because the students were included in the process each step of the way.” “Process evaluated as well as the product.” “Students used better, more scholarly resources and products reflected this depth.” Students more invested in their project; clearer understanding of their focus.” “Students appreciated the research steps with due dates. They felt more organized, and it kept them on task.”

  45. P.D. Day for Staff “Optimizing Instruction for Today’s Student” April 2008

  46. P.D. Day for Staff Rationale Higher order thinking skills Kicking assignments up a notch increase the learning differentiate instruction increase engagement

  47. Staff P.D. Day Agenda Session Choices

  48. Feedback From Staff PD Day Can we do it again this year? A great learning opportunity! Why can’t all our PD days be this useful?! Just like a REAL conference! High energy!

  49. Did it Work?! Were the student success strategies successful? Are we relevant to student learning? Do we align with School and System Goals? Evidence-Based Practice Where is the evidence?

  50. Qualitative Data Learning Skills Conference

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