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Benefits and Accountability A Campus Calgary / Open Minds week is a time to ask questions, have conversations with experts in the community, to slow down and reflect, to journal and to sketch. It is not a week in isolation, but rather a week that brings all classroom learning together. Students gain confidence as learners when learning is structured to capitalize on each student’s interests, skills, and aptitudes. It has the potential of being a life changing experience for teachers and their students, as it embraces life long, personalized learning, literacy development, citizenship, and effective relationship building with the community at large. The outcomes that we hope will evolve from a Campus Calgary / Open Minds experience are: • Increased teacher capacity. • Personalized learning opportunities for students. • Increased connections to facilities and experts in the community. • Realization of curricular mandates. The indicators of these outcomes are as follows: • Teachers feel more capable and confident with inquiry and object based learning. • Students will have the opportunity to learn in the community and take responsibility for their own learning journey. • Student performance / achievement will improve. • Teachers will seize opportunities to utilize the resources of the community for experiential learning. “Looking at older buildings really shows a trail from our past and where our dreams can go.” - student 6
13/14 annual report Teacher STORY: On our ‘Journey of Risk and Discovery’ my students and I set out together to explore and face challenges to grow as learners. In the CC/OM Program, my students shared their ideas, took risks, designed space prototypes, printed in 3D, photographed their learning with iPads, reflected in their journals, made stop-motion animation movies, worked together, and learned from each other. The growth and gains we made at Science School allowed us to take on new challenges such as collaborating in planning and coordinating our chain-reaction machine back in our classroom. We know that we are still on our journey. It has been truly amazing to watch each student in my class discover their strengths and blossom in their own special way. As we part ways, changed by our experiences together, I am a different teacher; influenced by all of the new things I have learned from my students. PARENT STORY My son shared his stories with us each day. When I joined as a volunteer, I witnessed him journaling with a sense of urgency and writing more than usual. He moved near to the front of the group to hear experts and to answer as many questions as he could. The thing that really stood out for me is that he is not often like that in the regular classroom; which speaks to how great the program is. In the CC/OM Program, he was excited and engaged and successful. All the things I believe about my son and his abilities were there in front of me. He was thriving. 7
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