Northern Gateway’s AISI project is focused on improving student engagement through partnerships.
The partnership involving the student and classroom teacher is directly related to student engagement. Northern Gateway teachers strive to know their student learning strengths and needs impacting highly responsive instructional practices. Teachers in Northern Gateway continue to use instructional practices that focus on authentic and effective assessment, feedback, differentiated instruction and critical thinking opportunities in the classroom. By knowing our students better, choices can be made that result in students who are engaged learners who know themselves well.
We are implementing Learning Coaches in our schools and the research component will examine how the Learning Coach partnership supports and enhances teacher learning and particularly, teacher implementation of effective, highly responsive teaching practices. Please see the overview about Learning Coaches on our website. Over the last few AISI cycles, we have developed skills and knowledge in the areas of differentiation, assessment, literacy and critical thinking. With the implementation of coaches, it is the intent that these effective teaching practices be authentically part of everyday practice in the classroom having a positive impact on student engagement.
Another component is the partnership between school and community. Community partnerships supporting our schools positively impact student engagement. The various communities in Northern Gateway are actively involved with our schools. The direction of community partnerships connected to the AISI project asks our community partners what their role is in supporting our schools and what action can they take to engage students in their learning.
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