École J.H. PicardK-12, French Immersion, Fine Arts Academy

Mission Statement:

J.H. Picard’s mission is to provide bilingual Catholic education that is engaging, creative, personalized, relevant and unique to each student

preparing them to live fully and to serve God in one another and in our world.

CAFÉ Mathématiques - Sciences

CollaborativeAlternativeFlexibleÉducation

95 Students!!

Math 10C

Math 20-1Math 30-1

Math 31Math 10-3

Math 20-3

Science 14

Science 24

Physics 20

Physics 30

AP Calculus ABAP Mircoeconomics

AP Statistics

Physics AP

Chimie 20

Chimie 30

Biologie 20

Biologie 30

4 Expert Teachers

Accelerated or not!

Transform! (ECSD) TRADITIONAL STUDENT--CENTERED

System-focused Student-focused

Content-focused Competencies-based

Students as Knowledge recipient

Students as Inquirer and Creator

Topic-driven Cross-curricular themes

Short-term Assignments Project-based Learning

Memorization Higher-level Thinking

Summative Formative Assessment

Competitive Collaborative Learning

Single Grades Multi-grades

One-size-fits-all Personalized, Differentiated

Print-based Multimodal ( print, visual, digital)

This redesign work will be grounded on foundational principles

• Mastery Learning• Rigourous and Relevant Curriculum• Personalization• Flexible Learning Environments• Educator Roles and Professional Development• Meaningful Relationships• Home and Community Involvement• Assessment• Welcoming, Caring, Respectful and Safe

• Instructional strategy based in performance based evaluations.

• Provides opportunities to re-do and demonstrate mastery of their learning.

• Teachers support student mastery by providing ‘mini-lessons’ on demand, guidance and assistance.

• Engagement is high through students working collaboratively discussing, and solving problems together.

Mastery Learning

Personalized

• Advanced Placement courses • Students choose the courses which can be any of

the Math or Science courses. • Students can choose the pace and rate they wish to

complete the courses. • Teachers work with students to set goals and

timelines. There is accountability to these timelines.

• Teachers respond to the learning needs of students.

Flexible• Choice of courses• Time of completion [accelerated or not]• Space is flexible and always changing… set ups are

changed by students• White boards on all walls• Two classrooms, lab and hallway and a mini-classroom• Wireless connections with student devices so students

can access media and resources• SMART Board • French Immersion: opportunity to speak in L2

Meaningful Relationships

• Environment for all types of learners from independent to collaborative.

• Peer coaching is strong in this environment• Positive and collaborative relationships

between students are powerful• Team teaching provides students with multiple

points of view. • Natural P.D.: constant observation of other

teachers and discussion between teachers concerning best practices

What are students saying about CAFÉ?

Question: What has the CAFÉ experience been like for you, the student?• It has been very helpful and is teaching me to be

more independent• I enjoy working independently, with friends, and

having teachers help me if need be.• Easy to feel confident in my abilities (Math 20-3

student)• A bit stressful (A grade 10 accelerated student)

What are students saying about CAFÉ?

Requirements for the learner• The ability to work under pressure.• Problem solving skills• Students have to be self-motivated

and prudent to be successful• Responsibility (something i don’t

have) (sic)• Can’t be lazy• Need to put the in the time and

effort, at school and at home• Ability to communicate with

others (teacher response)

Requirements for the teacher• Subject matter expert – master

teachers, in more than one discipline (Teacher response)

• More circulation• Continuous formative

assessment• Letting students work at their

own pace within a timeline• Have more resources available

on-line• Be organized

Areas for growth:What are students saying about CAFÉ?

Areas of strength• Develop problem solving skills• Develop the ability to work under

pressure• Access to several expert teachers• Learning at a pace that lets me work

on certain modules for the length of time that helps me understand, instead of going at the pace of the class and falling behind.

• I believe that I wouldn’t enjoy a normal math class after being in the CAFÉ program. I enjoy the challenge and learning at my own pace.

Areas for growth• Minimum for accelerated courses. • More resources available.• Chocolate• More teacher circulation (several

responses from Math 20-3 students)

• Less teacher intervention from accelerated kids

• More courses offered.• Setting limits for the number of

participants in a learning group to 4

Additional professional expertise for teachers goals this year….

Add project-based learning!• The project is focused on

teaching students important knowledge and skills derived from standards and key concepts at the heart of academic subjects.

Add Apple TV and ipads• Use of Edmodo• Leverage potential of iOS8

and student device projection to screen

• ipads and SHOW ME for students and teachers

• Connect with experts in the field

• Livestreams

À la carte vs menu

MenuWe have managed to figure out certain patterns such as• Math 10-3/Math

20-3/Science 24 • Math 10C/Math20-1/20

level Science• Math 10C/Math20-1/CTS or

Tech Theatre• 30 level science/Math 30-1

(for Grade 11 students)

À la carteStudents individualized programs present unique situations, to which we have to adapt• Grade 12 AP students• New students• Credit recovery

4 years never looks the same!

Where are we going?

Resources have to be top notch!

Assess resources and find out when students are using them what needs

to be fixed.

Questions?

Connor.renshaw@ecsd.net [math]Michel.landry@ecsd.net [sciences]Jonathan.shields@ecsd.net [math-sciences]Michelle.dupuis@ecsd.net [directrice/principal]