Is what we are currently doing the absolute best we could be doing for our students?

Are we doing the right things or trying to do the wrong thing right?

Do we honor efficiency over effectiveness?

What traditional constructs do we toss out when we place kids at the center?

Just a mere 17 years ago a new century and new millennium was launched with fireworks, worries about Y2K crashing, fresh ideas, a growing number of educators with optimism for new models of school for this new millennium.

The pendulum change with new technologies was a time of trepidation and excitement.

The energy for change was simply new labels on old practice... but, by the end of the first decade, dialogue around school change became more urgent, and today some would say inevitable.

Our district has demonstrated the willingness to be steadfast leaders in taking action to create different options for our students.

The conversation change is being held loud and clear in our nation, the globe. The dialogue today can be seen in movies like: "MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED" - a film Mrs. Dyer is working to get shown in Conrad before 2017 ends. Producer Ted Dintersmith had a simple goal:

"Most Likely to Succeed is the first national campaign to inspire and empire communities across the country to revolutionize their schools for the 21st century". Their distribution is to school communities versus mainstream.

We must be intentional about how we lead deeper conversations with our communities about modern learning, what it looks like, what it means for our kids. We have already gotten our teachers involved in leading the public debate, we need the new stories.

From the Chamber of Commerce meeting and our kids:

1. We no longer fall behind.
2. Can choose the subject we want to work on today.
3. We can finish work without bells stopping us.
4. We set goals - it is our duty to succeed.
5. We can test out of classes and move on to more challenging classes.
6. If I choose to play on my phone, I also choose the consequences of not earning enough tokens.
7. I try to meet my goals every day.
8. We know what status means to us.
9. In-depth help for kids when they need it.
10. TAs making weekly parent contact.
11. It is going to be a fantastic year.

"I was so proud of our school and students yesterday. Brought tears to my eyes."

"This is so exciting for our students, I'm thrilled that our schools are thinking of how to better meet the needs of all kids."

Log0 completed
Website Update
Social Media
Shared leadership -underway - 2x/month with supervisor team
Outreach - Grandparents Night - Marie; working on new signage
More frequent updates to entire staff- HS PLC, Staff Meetings all divisions, focus on positive



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