Navigators of Learning

Linda and I are currently at Michigan State University at the iNET conference. We'll post comments throughout the conference. Have just heard from the vice president of the Asia Society about the International Schools Network. In the 27 schools across the US the mission is to create students who are college ready and globally competent. The resources available on their website are definitely worth exploring.

Seminar May 15 - 16

We are looking forward to a great couple of days of deep learning and connecting. Check out the flyer. Complete registration information will be out very soon.

Network Seminar May 15-16

We are looking forward to a highly engaging and powerful set of presentations at the Network seminar entitled Creating Connections - Inquiry Deeply. Helen Timperley, Alma Harris, Lorna Earl, Kimberley Schonert Reichl and Laura Tait are our featured speakers along with teams from several BC network schools. Registration details will be available very soon. Save the dates now!

ICSEI Papers

The 'state of the art' papers at ICSEI 2011 prompted some lively discussion. Take a look and see what you think. School Effectiveness, Teacher Effectiveness and System Effectiveness.

We are looking forward to seeing many of you at the winter NPBS / AESN meetings and will be sharing some new ideas about ways to deepen your inquiries.

ICSEI Update

The 24th annual ICSEI Congress is underway in Cyprus and we are delighted that Paige Fisher, Harry Janzen, Lynn Brown, Lynne Tomlinson, Mary Lynn Epps are part of the expanding BC team. One of the features of this year's congress has been the commissioning of three state of the art papers - on school effectiveness, teacher effectiveness, and system leadership. These are being presented tomorrow and once they are public, we'll post a link.

Walking Together - AESN

We are inspired and encouraged by the quality of the work of the AESN schools - and we are pleased with the continuing support of the Federal Government for your work. We have written an article that will be published in Adminfo in the New Year. Our intent was to describe the work of the AESN schools by using the image created for us at the seminar in 2009 by Debbie Leighton Stephens. Read Walking Together.

Network Impact, Inquiry and You - new articles

While you were in full throttle pre Christmas excitement, Linda and I were getting ready for our trip to Cyprus to attend the ICSEI conference. This meant writing several papers that we hope you will find useful.

In the first paper, we explore the potential of the Network to shift the professional practice of adult educators and the subsequent learning experiences and practices of young people. Recently the OECD published a set of principles for innovative learning environments and we took a look at the Network through this lens. Comment on the extent to which you think this is useful. View Networks on the Edge.

In the second paper we look at the evolution of the spiral of inquiry from the early days of the network. In particular we are interested in how many of you are now taking inquiry right to the level of the individual learner. We draw extensively on the current work Debbie Koehn is doing at Glenview to illustrate this point. We'd like to hear your comments on how the inquiry work in YOUR school is progressing. View Spirals of Inquiry .