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Developing Our School Wide Common Language - Where to Next?
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As a staff we have been discussing the importance of developing some common language, or a set of expectations, for our school that we can all follow and breath life into to help build a positive learning community for everyone. For our second professional development day, we dedicated our time
Jessie Wowk Staff September Check - In
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Welcome to the 2022 - 2023 school year! We as a staff are excited for the beginning of another exciting year here at Jessie Wowk and all of the adventures that await everyone in our school community. We left off last year discussing as a staff all that we noticed
What is the Data Telling Us?
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For our final staff meeting in June, we had an opportunity to sit in teams and begin to look at all of the data that emerged from our 5 scanning questions that we asked our students in grades 2 - 7. We framed our conversations around three prompts: What are
Scanning Results
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All students in Division 1 - 6 were provided with an time and space to answer our 5 scanning questions, which were: Can you name two friends in the school that you can trust your feelings with? (yes or no) How many adults in the school do you feel believe
Developing Scanning Questions
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In response to our discussions of our students' strengths and stretches, as a staff we decided to embark on another phase of scanning our students and asking some questions that we felt would give us some important information about the experiences of our students. Previously, our scanning questions consisted of
Pink Shirt Day 2022
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For our Pink Shirt Day we, as a staff, decided to incorporate the Personal Awareness and Responsibility Competencies in a school wide activity and have our students reflect upon the little actions that they can do every day to help others feel included and safe in their school community. As