As per course,
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As per discussion,
"From China to the West Coast"
"I was working with Ian on the comparison data, we took a look at the way the data was used rather than strictly the data itself. Ian's data was surrounding the students at the grade 6 level and their numeracy proficiency. In my case, I was looking at the OSSLT scores and student preparations at the grade 9/10 level.
The data in both cases did conclude that there is a need for prior learning which takes place on an enriching level-rather than "teach to the test". Using this data though, there was a perceived similarity with regards to how to engage the school community as a whole in reaching this goal. The students are expected to participate outside of class with parents/guardians and a great example of how this should look work (for my case), is reflected in the motivations and statements of Waterloo's public board in which they are trying to implement a structured literacy program. This requires families to take on the role as active participants (however little doses of engagement that may occur), and participate in community learning. One community building event that resonates with is the family scrabble night hosted by Frontier College in Thunder Bay. This has certainly been a cornerstone of my vision for a school community that is not rich with resource or budget and although not everyone may participate initially, it may come to a point where in which as (one of our practicum presenters last meeting had discussed the impact of having a really great effect and lasting impression on school community acitvities for families who were seemingly uncertain to the depth of engagement that they were going to bring to the event) people participate, they become more comfortable with participating.
Feel free to check out the documents posted,
Thanks again to Ian for templating in a clean format!"
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