NorthVan PAC General Meeting Minutes
Wednesday,
November 25, 2015 @ 7:00pm
Education
Services Centre (ESC) 2121 Lonsdale
In attendance - Executive Members:
ARRIVED 7:00pm
Amanda
Nichol (chair), Heather Skuse (vice-chair), Jane Lagden Holborne (past chair),
Debra Dennehy (registrar & BCCPAC), Karen Nordquist (program facilitator), Kulvir Mann (secretary),
Carol
Sartor (communications) ARRIVED 7:25pm
Homa
Sorooshi (treasurer) ARRIVED 7:45 pm
APOLOGIES:
Tanya Lahulek (member-at-large), Suzanne Till, (member-at-large)
PAC REPRESENTATIVES:
Argyle: Chris Klar
Blueridge: ABSENT
Boundary: Claire Arnold
Braemar: Amanda Nichol
Brooksbank: Chandra Junck
Capilano: ABSENT
Carisbrooke: ABSENT
Cove
Cliff: ABSENT
Dorothy
Lynas: ABSENT
Eastview: ABSENT
Handsworth: ABSENT
Larson:
ABSENT
Lynnmour: ABSENT
Montroyal: Janet Carswell
Mountainside: ABSENT
Norgate: Michelle Montgomery
Queen
Mary: ABSENT
Queensbury: Debra Dennehy
Ridgeway: Ali Ritchie
Seycove: Birte Hunter
Sutherland: Debra Dennehy
Westview: ABSENT
Introductions of Special guests:
Maureen
Stanger - District Principal for
Distributed Learning,
Lucas
King - District Vice Principal for Distributed
Learning,
DL Teachers - Emily Taylor,
Billy Lauzon, Loveleen Ahluwalia
1. 7:05
pm Call meeting to order
MOTION:
To approve agenda as distributed. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
MOTION: To approve minutes from our last general
meeting, October 28, 2015 CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
2. 7:07
pm GUEST SPEAKER - Maureen Stanger, District Principal for Distributed
Learning and team presented on DISTRIBUTED LEARNING
District Principal - Maureen Stanger
·
Distributed Learning and Choices
Programs
Distributed
Learning is an online virtual school – learning development – “Moodle” - There
are 24 teachers and it has an 88% success rate
Meet
our students – there is a wide range of students registered in the program
NVDLS
Vision – Partnership – Flexible and Personalized Pathways
·
They have videos, chatting online, block
codes, interative area, etc …
·
BC Ministry of Education approved
·
BC Certified Teachers
·
Continuous Entry – you can register
anytime as it is self-paced – you finish when you are done
They
have 3 different programs at Secondary Schools in NV/WV
1.
Sutherland – Social Explorers
2.
Seycove – Planning 10
3.
Mulgrave – Planning 10 – taught by a NV
Teacher
Distributed
Learning
·
The classes are taught for students in
Grades 8 - 12 – before it was 10 – 12
·
They are starting a “Gifted Pilot
Project”
·
Carisbrooke – has a program – grouping
students for Math – diverse learners
·
It is personalized to meet the needs of
individual students
·
Flexible – blended learning
·
Interact with teachers – for assessments
and tests
·
There are Interactive Tools
Blackboard /Links (Tutorial)
Access – Cell Phones/Tablets/iPads
Grades are updated faster
Teacher - Billy Lauzon - Life of
Distributed Learning
2007 – IB School –
West Van – Continued Education/Distributed Learning – 3 teachers
2008 – New Recruits
– 8 Teachers
2009 – “Big Bang” –
The DL Team – Lucas
Center
2011 – DL Relocation
Project – Balmoral Site – Testing Room/Help Room (Tutorials)
2012 – Mountainside
– “Home Sweet Home” – kids from every where registered in NVSD
2015 – Expansion –
Time to Expand
·
Summer Sessions – Open 4 days a week for
7 weeks
·
12 months available – register anytime
Community
·
online school in NVSD – goal is to keep
students in NVSD
·
DL Centers – Meet the teachers – Main one is at Mountainside
·
6 Secondary Schools have the Distributed
Learning Program
Quote
by Marie Curie – Authentic Learning
“A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere
technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him
as though they were fairy tales”
Online
Scheduling Tool – can connect with other students
Orientation
– 30 minute tour at Mountainside
Variation
& Adaptation – “WILKI” – Personalization – Content
***
Refer to attached presentation for more details
Teacher – Emily Taylor – Satellite
DL Centers
·
Embedded 15 DL Teachers – 2/3 per school
·
2 levels – Stars and Stairs
·
Stars – relationship building and
support on site
·
Stairs – environment and misunderstandings
·
Blended DL in LAC – Choices and
Mountainside
Teacher – Loveleen Ahluwalia
Unique
blended programs and courses at NVDLS
1.
Sutherland Explorers 10 – Socials, PE,
Outdoor Ed
2.
Experiential Outdoor Environmental
Leadership 10 – Outdoor School and Online
3.
Seycove Planning 10 – Blended Cohort –
Classroom and Online – Face to Face
Maureen Stanger and Lucas King
Course
Expansion
·
IB, IDS, ACE-IT and Careers
·
DL Academy
·
Elementary Expansion
·
Continue to increase student engagement
·
Continued teacher development
·
Continue to improve program completion
rates
Benefits
of DL
·
Flexible, anytime, anywhere
·
Personalization - moving ahead or
requiring more support
·
Frees up timetable for extra courses
·
Supports extra curricular, work, peak
performance, academics
·
It is great for preparation for “Post
Secondary”
School
Tour on Website
·
Mountainside DL Centre
·
DL Schedule – 2 weeks period
·
DL Centre Schedule – each individual
school
·
Test Center
·
Teacher Contacts
·
List of Courses
Students
produce lessons as well – post projects
Video
lessons – “go animate” program
Course
Programming Event – DL Program is offered
No
cost to NVSD – open house with Teachers
Nadya
Rickard – Carisbrooke
Elementary School
Teaches
grade 7 students – enhancement program
Questions
1.
can you do both regular course and DL
course – NO – you have to choose – you can finish regular course and then
retake with DL if needed
2.
Delta School District
3.
DL is a self-paced program – busy times
for registration are Sept/Jan
4.
Alternative Summer School – Summer DL –
complete in 6 weeks
5.
Currently 5 – 10% students take DL Class
– Planning 10 is most popular
6.
Costs – Adults – if you are a graduate -
$550 / if not graduated then it is Free – there are 56 schools in BC offering
Online Classes
7.
Program Completion – semester you can
complete but not the whole year – there has to be communication with DL Centers
to confirm tests
Guest Speaker - Destination Imagination
BC – Joan Vyner
We
are rescheduling this due to mix up with dates.
3. 8:45 pm Updates and questions from the
floor/executive.
Amanda
asked everyone in attendance to introduce themself and advise what school they
were representing.
Communications – NVPAC
Carol
spoke about the new website and asked for feedback from group
Amanda
spoke about the hiring of a new superintendant – that NVPAC was asked to
provide feedback and she was sending out an email via PAC Chairs to get parents
to send feedback and she would compile it and forward to NVSD. The other groups
that are also involved are NOVA, NVTA, CUPE and BCTF.
Emergency Preparedness Committee
Kulvir
gave update to group – main topic was the “Power Outage” discussion and
committee chairs were going to bring it to Policy Review Committee Meeting for
Policy 307. She also spoke about school closures and how radio communication
would be used in event of an emergency. Also, there was a discussion about
emergency kits at each school – there will be a review of how kits are
assembled and kept at each school.
·
NVSD uses a VOIP System and there are no
generators
·
NSEMO – contact is Bernadette Woit
·
there is a binder kept at each school
for admin – parents can request info regarding emergency procedures – this
should be posted on school/PAC websites
Policy Review Meeting -
Karen spoke about Student Safety and Privacy – will provide more details in
January
4. Red
Cross registration for the District $300
Tony
Haller – Upper Lynn Elementary requested NVPAC to pay the $300 fee and then all
the schools could access the babysitting/first aid courses at a discounted
rate. Carol and Amanda will look into this and follow up with Homa if it is in
NVPAC Budget.
SAVE THE DATE:
BCCPAC
Conference and AGM is happening April 28-May 1, 2016 in Kelowna.
Meeting
adjourned at 8:40pm
NEXT MEETING scheduled as a
forum for questions on the new curriculum for 7:00pm on Wednesday, January 27,
2016 at the Education Services Centre 2121 Lonsdale, North Vancouver, BC
