Shift-ED Jon Hamlin

This bonus episode was recorded as the final session for the Greater Victoria School District's Secondary Assessment series in June 2021. In this 13 week series, Secondary educators engaged in a deep dive to explore competency based curriculum and assessment in relation to their personal teaching areas.  We relied on perspectives from across the field of competency-based assessment including borrowing frequent excerpts from the Ministry of Education's Secondary Assessment Webinar series that was hosted by Tom Schimmer.  

In this final session, we were fortunate to connect with Tom and hear his take on our series, his changing perspective on the role of feedback, and what the future holds for competency-based assessment practices.   We hear from educators who are asking Tom some excellent questions, such as what role does post-secondary have in the assessment transformation process?  

Key links related to this episode: 

Tom Schimmer's Ministry of Education Webinar Series: https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/classroom-assessment/webinars

Tom Schimmer's Website: https://tomschimmer.com/

Tom's Podcast: https://twitter.com/tomschimmerpod

Tom on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomSchimmer

Book Tom to speak: https://www.solutiontree.com/ca/tom-schimmer.html 

SD61 Secondary Assessment Series: https://learn.sd61.bc.ca/secondary/secondary-assessment-series/



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Kyle McKillop is past president of the Surrey School District's Secondary ELA Local Specialists Association (LSA) and the current president of the BC Teachers of English Language Arts (BCTELA) association. In this conversation we discuss what this year has been like in the Surrey School District, the district with the highest number of COVID exposures in the province. We talk about how this year has impacted his students and teaching practices, what the quarter system has looked like, and what next year may hold. Along the way we touch on systemic racism in literature selections and the power of community connection through the LSA & PSA structure for Secondary subject area specialists.  

Links mentioned in this episode: 

BCTF PSA Groups: https://bctf.ca/psas.aspx

BCTELA Website: https://bctela.ca/

Surrey English Language Arts LSA: https://surreyenglishta.wordpress.com/ 

Kyle's Website: https://mistermckillop.wordpress.com/

Kyle on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KyleMcKillop



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Natalie Buchmann is a teacher who is passionate about her students, passionate about the environment, and passionate about teaching Science in a thoughtful and careful way that is inclusive of worldviews that extend far beyond the walls of her classroom at Lambrick Park Secondary. In this episode, we discuss the interplay between Western and Indigenous science, her role as an educator within the Truth and Reconciliation process, land stewardship, and the importance of relationships and community within our curriculum and classroom practices. This is the final episode of Season 2. Massive thanks to all the educators who contributed this season!



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Resources mentioned in this episode:  

Knowing Home Book 1: https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/press/books/titles/knowing-home/ 

Knowing Home Book 2: https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/press/books/titles/knowing-home-2/ 

Braiding Sweetgrass: https://milkweed.org/book/braiding-sweetgrass 

Saanich Invasive Plants: https://www.saanich.ca/EN/main/community/natural-environment/invasive-species-noxious-weeds-wildlife/invasive-plants.html


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In a world where connections and relationships are the underpinnings of all the work that we do, the global pandemic has created significant shifts for our Indigenous Education department here in SD61. From how we connect with community to how we strengthen our relationships with our students, we have had to shift and adapt quickly in order to maintain these connections wherever possible. Throughout the course of this conversation, we hear from the SD61 Elder and Indigenous Knowledge Facilitator John Harris about how he has maintained connections with elders and how community connections have actually increased based on re-examining how we communicate and reach out. Secondary Indigenous Learning Support Teacher, Emma Milliken reflects on how we maintained contact with students and the challenge it has been to keep students engaged during this challenging year.

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Resources mentioned in this episode:

SD61 Indigenous Education Department: https://ied.sd61.bc.ca/ 

SD61 Bentwood Box Series: http://aned.public.sd61.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/112/2021/02/Indigenous-Education-Bentwood-Box-Learning-Series-2020-21.pdf 

Butch Dick - Welcome to the Territory Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwvlGqVHcVY


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Connecting to the community through music. As far as being impacted by the pandemic, there are few programs that have been as hardest hit as our music programs. Jeff Weaver is the band director at Oak Bay High School. Their prolific music program regularly enrolls 400+ students in large 60+ class sizes. From how they perform to how they connect within groups and cohorts, everything in their program had to change this year. Jeff shares what these changes entailed, what resources he used as they made these adjustments, and what role provincial and district based connections played in forming his support network to get through this challenging year.

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Resources mentioned by Jeff in this episode: 

Oak Bay Band: https://www.oakbayband.com/

Oak Bay Band on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oakbayband/

BCTF PSA Groups: https://bctf.ca/psas.aspx

BC Music Educators Association: http://www.bcmusiced.ca/GVTA 

Greater Victoria Teachers' Association Local Specialists: http://gvta.net/index.php/gvta/local-specialist-associations


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School libraries are often the heart and school of a school community. Author Sidney Sheldon once said, "Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life.” In this episode, we are connecting with three of our outstanding SD61 school librarians to learn more about what trying to maintain services and support students during a global pandemic has looked like at elementary, middle, and secondary schools.  

Metthea Maddern (Margaret Jenkins Elementary), Katherine O'Connor (Central Middle), and Geoff Orme (Esquimalt High) share how their roles have been impacted this year and what measures they have taken to maintain the library services within their school communities as safely as possible.

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