Case studies are rich sources of data, capturing both the process of inquiry with regard to a school’s particular focus for improvement, as well as the learning and observations obtained throughout the journey.
Focus: How do I create meaningful fitness testing in P.E. classes?
Focus: Can emerging technologies such as VR (virtual reality), AR (augmented reality) and 360 photography succeed in improving student engagement, foster deeper learning, and broaden students’ perspectives of the world? Can they be effectively used in Yukon classrooms (technical & logistics)?
Focus: Understanding Salmon Survival Through Gamification.
Focus: Both in our own setting and getting out of our own settings, what do we see in innovative learning environments that is making a difference for students’ learning.
Focus: Increase student enjoyment of fruits and vegetables through continued involvement with the BC School Fruit & Vegetable Program and grow indoor herb and micro-greens via the use of Sun Blaster lights.
Focus: We created a Buddy System between Elementary and Middle School students, to build social connection and motivation for learning.
Focus: To increase student engagement in existing online learning opportunities (specifically English 10-12) through the development of a gamified framework.
Focus: To create a thinking classroom using strategies inspired by Peter Liljedal.
Focus: On the First Peoples Principles of Learning: Learning is holistic, reflective, experiential, and relational (focused on connectedness, on reciprocal relationships, and a sense of place).
Focus: To see if by increasing awareness and skill development of Physical Literacy throughout our District, would it increase all students’ physical activity levels?
Focus: How can we transform physical learning space (indoor and outdoor) to enhance indigenous cultural perspective?
Focus: How to connect students to Elders in our community.
Focus: How will a cyclical based math approach, focusing on “Big Ideas”, in addition to the focus on developing a growth mindset and supporting families, have an impact on student achievement in numeracy as measured by the BC Performance Standards, District Math Assessment, and school-wide assessments?
Focus: On improving the 4 language strands (speaking, listening, reading and writing) in academics for English Language learners in middle and high-school across content areas.
Focus: Connecting aboriginal understandings and oral story telling practices through experiential, applied design, skills & technology practices.
Focus: To look at how self understanding, yoga, and wellness should be integrated into the classroom.
Focus: To increase Indigenous learners’ connection to the school community and increase knowledge and understanding of Indigenous history, traditions and cultures.
Focus: To build confidence as writers who see purpose for their writing, who are willing to take risks, and whose written output reflects the strength of their ideas and voice in their oral language.
Focus: Why do students essentially stop borrowing books for enjoyment in high school and what changes can I make at the intermediate level to improve student readership in Gr 8-12?
Focus: To increase students’ access, engagement, and output during Daily 5 literacy development through universal design for learning, to improve students’ capacity to use and integrate technology in their literacy development, and to support student reflection and improve students’ capacity to self-assess using the core competencies.
Focus: On Math instruction – to encourage independent learning, enabling increased time for one to one and small group conferencing.
Focus: On Growth Mindset because of the social/emotional benefits children will gain.
Focus: How could story workshop develop literacy skills in all early learners?
Focus: How much can we improve students’ understanding of number sense by teaching number sense in context, taking time to develop it daily, teach connections such as inverse concepts and collaborate on this across the grade levels?
Focus: Developing self-regulated learning and emotional well being through digital story telling.
Focus: On changing our classroom spaces to reduce environmental stressors for our students and to help them be calm, alert and ready to learn.
Focus: To see how Math Talks affected student confidence levels in Math.
Focus: To help my ASDT students relate math with hands on projects and have them experience first hand visual evidence of mathematical concepts.
Focus: How can we make each child’s life better?
Focus: Fostering relationships between vulnerable learners and teachers to support student engagement/connection to classroom as a place.