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HELPING BUILD ACTIONABLE CITIZENS: DATA INFORMED PRACTICE

CONTRIBUTIONS: AARON PARK- MANAGER- CALGARY STAMPEDE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING

• DR. GORDON HIGGINS- PRINCIPAL- MAUREEN HURST

SAMUEL DARGUIN- HAC EDUCATION IN HAITI

CONTEXT

• Competencies
• Conceptual Understanding- Head and Heart

○ Kindness and cognitive flexibility- Experiential and Interdisciplinary

• Transference – student agency, efficacy and action
• What matters to students or our youth?

○ Meaning Making

• Psycho-behavioral elements

■ Purpose ■ Belonging

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■ Voice ■ Choice ■ Scale/Impact (I can make a difference) ■ Contribution (PBL/Design Thinking) ■ Celebrating ‘Success’

CALGARY – COMMUNITY PROGRAMS (AARON PARK)

• Journey 2050- Feed the World By 2020 (Sustainable Development and Food

Security)

• Pilot/Learning Sequence- Cases of local and global challenges and solutions
• Metrics- Qualitative and Quantitative (overlay/matrix)
• Impact- Not just a field trip
• Gamification - http://www.journey2050.com/home-edition/

HAITI- NON-PROFIT WORK

• Context- Historical
• Education = Empowerment
• Program Approach
• Data Matrix- Mixed Methods
• Grant- Institute of Social Change

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Coordination with the University of Memphis

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Tech Camp- June 2020

■ Literacy- The language of technology ■ Gamification- scenarios to build citizenship (decision making) ■ Social Technologies Safety and Security (digital citizenship)

DATA MATRICES

INITIAL RESULTS (DATA OVERLAY)

• Students felt a greater sense of agency related to impacting change
• Personal fulfillment and efficacy were higher than before
• Self esteem, self perception and a sense of belonging were affected by

being a part of a cause or ‘community’.

• Supported higher levels of personal reflection, the space and prompts to do

so and a connection to authenticity of learning

SIDES TO THIS STORY-TESTIMONIALS

• Samuel Darguin - Country Director at the Haitian-American Caucus, his work in Haiti serves to support

youth and adult workforce readiness while providing learning supports, practical certifications and community spaces. For Haitians- “education is the only path for the future; using technology and data to inform change is critical to success”

• Dr. Gordon Higgins School – Maureen Hurst- Principal Voice- For the last 3 years, this program has

provided opportunities for students to understand the local and global context of sustainable agricultural practice and inform the classroom processes post pilot. For example, the students brainstormed how they could make their own indoor greenhouse using pop bottles and shelving...all student generated and purposeful. It is in these moments that the learning transference is readily apparent

• Teachers at Dr. Gordon Higgins School – Many students in the projects appreciated that their voices,

concerns and opinions were solicited; it mattered, and they can contribute to change in their everyday lives.

• West Island College students- felt that they could make choices to contribute to change whether in their
• wn home, community or in a broader context

PLACEMAT ACTIVITY

• In your placemat-
• Column A- What can you pull from these contexts into your own?
• Column B- What do you see as the complexities?

DATA MINING IN EDUCATION

SO WHAT?

The power of Journaling:

• Teaching metacognition

and using data checks Data Visualization- Word Cloud

• a window

into one’s soul

• Words are powerful
• Chosen usually

intentionally and with deep thought

MENTIMETER- CROWDSOURCING ACTIVITY

• Let’s ‘see’ what is your feedback:

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Choose 3 words that resonate about the main ideas in this presentation

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How can we cultivate sustainable citizenship in our students?

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Where are you at in your own journey to support citizenship (system, classroom etc.)?

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR SYSTEM LEADERS?

• What data do you have that can support measures of citizenship (qualitative and

quantitative)?

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How is this unpacked along with other competencies?

• Culture and Climate- Be the Change
• Celebrating Successes…..What does it all mean?
• Scripting Socially Acceptable Responses- Visible in Schools
• Awareness of Programming and Living the Disciplines (Interdisciplinary)
• Community Programming Opportunities
• Experiential Learning/Simulations
• Problem Based or Design Based Pedagogies- Guided Inquiry
• Hands on Learning- manipulatives, simulations, prototyping
• Visible Learning- Can both teachers and students answer..W;W;H
• What are we learning?; Why?; How will you show your learning?
• Why?
• How can we show our learning?

WHAT’S NEXT? HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU ARE DOING THIS? HOW DO YOU KNOW IT IS WORKING?

Professional Learning:

■ Navigating the Noise (for you and your staff) ■ Citizens for Tomorrow ■ Celebrating Process and Product Learning ■ The power of Mini-Lessons ■ What is effective guided inquiry? ■ Can you pilot within your school? What system supports can you harness?

• What data have you gathered? Are you asking the right questions for yourself,

students and staff?

PLACEMAT ACTIVITY

• In your placemat-
• Column C- What are your positive problems?
• Column D- Burning Ideas/Questions/Notes for Reflection

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