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Inspire
The Journal of Literacy and Numeracy for OntarioBeyond Professional Learning CommunitiesAs we know, Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) are very useful meetings for teaching staff. They can make a commitment to help the school to move toward a shared vision and identify objectives that enhance the learning of all students. These meetings provide teachers with an opportunity to share and harmonize their practices and discuss their students and data. PLCs give teachers time to talk about strategies that work and strategies that don't. These meetings reinforce teamwork, cooperation, and leadership. They enable schools to develop evaluations, discuss the marking system, define teaching tasks, and, most importantly, focus on the success of all students. Read more New Leader: Practical strategies for student achievementDifferentiated Instruction: An Inescapable Truth A simple definition of differentiated instruction is effective instruction that is responsive to the learning preferences, interests and readiness of the individual learner. As in many schools in the province, our school has been focused on deepening our understanding of differentiated instruction and ensuring it becomes part of regular practice. Read more No Small ChangeOntario Schools on the Edge of Something Big These words, heard recently by millions of people around the world, were spoken by US President Barack Obama during his inaugural speech in Washington. We had the sense that day, listening to President Obama speak, that we were witnessing something big…that something truly great was about to begin. Read more New Leader: Practical strategies for student achievementLeadership: An Essential Element in Effective Schools For almost six years now, Ontario's school system has gone through significant changes, stimulated in large part by research conducted in the main on effective schools. One of the proposals of the movement towards effective schools is to put in place professional learning communities (PLC) that will enable teachers to meet on a regular basis to share strategies to ensure that every student achieves success. Read more New Leader: Practical strategies for student achievementDirector of Education as Leader Literacy and numeracy are the cornerstones of all learning. Educators have known for a long time that high competencies in reading, writing, oral communication and mathematics are essential for student success. Recent studies have geared educators to focus their approaches and practice on high-yield strategies that ensure student success in literacy and numeracy. Read more New Leader: Practical strategies for student achievementOur Pathway Journey George Webster School is an Inner City Model School in Toronto with approximately 450 students from Kindergarten to Grade Five. Within our walls, more than 30 different languages are spoken. Although 60 per cent of our students were born in Canada, English is the home language in only 38 per cent of our students' homes. Read more New Leader: Practical strategies for student achievementPromoting Young Women's Voices in Schools and Communities Are you interested in promoting and fostering gender equity and critical thinking within your school community? Establishing a girls' leadership group is an excellent way to achieve these goals. Read more New Leader: Practical strategies for student achievementDeveloping Principal Instructional Leadership: Enhancing the Quality of Teaching and Learning in Classrooms Our effort to enhance student achievement in schools was premised on the well-established belief that principal instructional leadership is second only to teacher influence on student learning. We support this critical belief at Northeastern Catholic DSB, and we recognized early the primary importance of strengthening our principals as instructional leaders in order to maximize student learning. Read more Inspire: The Journal of Literacy and Numeracy for Ontario, is published by The Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat of the Ontario Ministry of Education. |
