Earlier this week the Community Planning Team gathered online for our final retreat of the year. Thank you to all members who participated in this important meeting!
We began our time together by reviewing pathways to be embedded at the end of this year. Those include:
- Learning and Inquiry
- Community and Advancement
What does it mean to embed a pathway? It means that we have made significant progress toward the related pathways such that they no longer need to be an area strategic focus. Instead, these pathways are such a part of the AISC ecosystem that we need only continue to provide professional learning and support in these areas. For example, the work of Advancement now lives almost everywhere in our school and inquiry can be seen across all grades and disciplines.
The team then reviewed the progress made toward the 2020/21 goals. Given the disruption of this year, some goals were not achieved and will be carried over to 2021/22. Other goals were partially or completely met, allowing leaders to offer a new goal for the fall.
Then the team discussed the proposed goals for next year. After offering feedback on the proposed goals, the team approved them, in concept, by consensus.
Two new pathways were also confirmed: Learning and Diversity & Equity and Learning and Research & Development. These exciting new pathways will support our school's growth next year and beyond.
The Learning and Diversity & Equity pathway is defined as:
Next year's goal in this pathways is: To build understanding of diversity, equity and international mindedness at AISC through sustainable professional development, community events and auditing and revising published policies.
The Learning and Research & Development pathway is defined as:
Next year's goal in this pathway is: Develop and apply a structured R&D model to research and evaluate our commitments to virtual learning, with opportunities to enhance our educational programming.
Everyone is excited to see how the progress toward these goals unfold next year.The meeting concluded with a preview of some exciting projects emerging in the fall. This included a briefing on our updated leadership structures, a preview of the amazing parent engagement video (premiering at the PCA Volunteer Appreciation Event), a preview of an upcoming conversation series we are calling The Portal Project and, finally, a celebration of our MSA accreditation.
Look out for the updated Futures Plan for 2021/22 in the early fall!
