February+18,+2011


 * Agenda ** - February 18, 2011

__**Essential Questions**__: 
 * 1) //What are the local, provincial, national and global trends and issues affecting education in Chinook's Edge? //
 * 2) //What is the CESD data from the Superintendent's visit telling us? //


 * 1. Opener - Welcome & Introductions **(9:00 - 9:30)
 * Connect with your team!
 * Connecting to your inner child!

"Imagination is more important than knowledge." Einstein

@http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R55e-uHQna0

a) __Placemat Exercise__
 * 1) Reflect individually on Question 1: //What message would you like brought back to the CESD Guiding Coalition?﻿ //
 * 2) //<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Update // <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">your individual responses on the placemat.
 * 3) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Share your new data with your group.
 * 4) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">In the center of the placemat, <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">record any new themes <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">that emerged from the data.


 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">2. Understanding **//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">the local, provincial, national and global trends and issues affecting education in Chinook's Edge // <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">(9:30 - 11:00)

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">a) __Identifying Trends and Issues in Education__

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">__[|2006-2016 Map]__

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">"The Six Corners" Exercise (9:30 - 10:00)

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">1. The "Magic" Hat. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">2. Go to your new group area. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">3. With your new group, choose a Timer and Recorder. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">4. Read the question assigned to your Driver of Change, and follow the horizontal path from your Driver of Change while you discuss your question. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">5. Record your responses on the flip chart paper. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">6. Tell Dot when you are done.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">"The Gallery Walk" (10:00 - 10:30)

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">1. Visit each station and add your comments to their flip chart paper. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">2. Dot will tell you when to change. (after 5 minutes)


 * Shift Happens **

//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Break // <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">(10:30 - 10:45)

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">b) __Guiding Coalition Data__ ﻿ (10:45 - 11:00)

//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">What are the local, provincial, national and global trends and issues affecting education in Chinook's Edge? //


 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Enter your data here. **

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">//<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">﻿ // <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">﻿ **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">3. CESD Data Gathered by the Superintendent **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">(11:00 - 12:00)
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Analysis of Data
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Analysis is used to identify overarching themes related to the questions that were discussed and the range of perspectives expressed by the participants.
 * **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Caution **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">: you must record all themes...__even those you don't like__!


 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">"Herding Data" **

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">a) __Analysis Process__ (11:00 - 12:00)

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">﻿ //<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">LUNCH // <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">(12:00 to 1 :00)
 * 1) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Appoint one person to be the Recorder.
 * 2) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Post your data on the wall in groups of five. Read your first group of five together.
 * 3) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Using different coloured markers, identify commonly used words or phrases and similar concepts, to begin to colour-code themes in the data.
 * 4) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">As you are colour-coding, the Recorder will begin to capture on flip-chart paper, the themes that are emerging.
 * 5) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Once you have finished the first set, ask Dot for the next set. Repeat this process.
 * 6) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">When you complete colour-coding the themes that are emerging from your data, review the flip-chart paper to add or consolidate the themes.


 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Education Today & Tomorrow **

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">b) __Themes__ (1:00 - 2:00)


 * 1) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Create polished flip-charts recording your themes.
 * 2) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Go back to your raw data.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">On your raw data circle quotes that you feel really captured themes - you want us to pay attention to this quote.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">On another flip-chart paper record any "outlying data" (important ideas that fall outside the emerging themes) that you think the group should consider.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">﻿ <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">//Break// <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">(2:00 - 2:15)

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">﻿c) __Grouping Themes__ (2:15 - 2:45) - Purpose & Vision


 * 1) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">﻿Bring your chart to front (starting with Purpose)
 * 2) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Large group identification of broad themes (circle, square, triangle, star)
 * 3) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Naming of broad themes

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">**5. Wrap-Up** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">(2:45 - 3:15)

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">a) __Visioning Day__ - April 20 (Innisfail Legion Auditorium)
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Role of the Guiding Coalition
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Goal - revealing concepts and phrases that will form the basis of a revised mission and vision statement

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">b) __May__ - Follow up
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Final word-smithing
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Vetting by the Guiding Coalition

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">c) Sharing the process with our special visitors