Enrichment Programming_Banting 2016
- 3. What’s Out There? 0Mix of credit and non-credit programs/services 0Enrichment Withdrawal (ELOPE) 0Curriculum Compacting 0WISE and AP (Advanced Placement) 0SPARK! Conferences 0Outreach, Community Partners 0IDC 3O, 4O, 4U
- 4. 0 Extended Learning Opportunities through Progressive Enrichment 0 Completely voluntary 0 Workshop-style IN the school 0 Student-interest driven 0 Can lead to larger outreach opportunities 0 Range of activities: novel studies, debates, philosophical discussions, guest speakers, poetry, critical thinking, problem-solving, among others
- 5. 0 COMPACTING: accommodation (acceleration + enrichment) 0 Student works through the curricular material at a quicker pace with extension and enrichment 0 Completes all assessment criteria 0 Remains in teacher’s class (on role) or on roll of a gifted teacher*, but can work in an alternate area (supervised) 0 Frees up time to complete other elective courses, AP, enrichment opportunities, study for SATs, among others 0 *Importance of planning backward! 0 New! Course bank through D2L/online
- 6. 0 Advanced Placement 0 University level credit (and/or advanced standing) by exam 0 Various phases of support/delivery 0 Students: 0 Purchase study guide/text 0 Pay for exam fee ($93 USD 2016) 0 Are set up with a mentor/master teacher in the subject area 0 Write an exam in May 0 Levels 4 and 5 are typically rewarded with a transfer credit* 0 Postsecondary institutions decide what credit to award once you are a university student
- 7. FYIWISE 0 Western’s Initiative for Scholarly Excellence 0 Who can apply: high school students in Grades 11-12 (must have min 22 credits achieved; completed 1.0+ 4U or 4M credits; overall 80% in Grades 10-12; 85% average in Grades 10-11) 0 What: pursue a university level credit at the university campus or distance studies while in high school (FREE tuition!) 0 Please note that students must be nominated by a guidance counsellor, teacher, and/or principal, which is part of the application process
- 8. 0 Interdisciplinary studies; currently the only consistent enrichment programming for credit at secondary; some* designated enriched classes at select schools (1.0 credit each) 0 IDC 3O/4O “Scholarly Productions” 0 IDC 4U(T) “Honours Thesis” 0 Three strands: 0 Theory and Foundation (reading, concepts, perspectives, organization) 0 Process and Methods of research (research, planning, and presentation of information) 0 Implementation, Evaluation, Impacts, and Consequences (critiquing, evaluating, analysing, communicating, writing, real-world applications) 0 Student-interest focus for summative (ISP) 0 Develop and consolidate the skills required for knowledge of different subjects/disciplines: 0 How to conduct proper research 0 How to properly write about research conducted/ formulate effective research questions 0 How to communicate findings and defend position 0 NEW! Honours Thesis course; course housed in D2L b-learning
- 9. 0 Extension of ELOPE sessions; based solely on student-interest 0 LARGE-scale enrichment conferences 0 Again, completely voluntary 0 Like-minded peers across the board 0 Some currently available and previously offered: 0 Engineering SPARK! with PEO and IEEE “Real World Issues: 21st C. Issues in Communication”; 0 The Study of Food SPARK! (Science, Business, Health & Nutrition) at Brescia UC; 0 Interdisciplinary Studies SPARK! (SJPS, SW, DS, CSI) at King’s UC; 0 The REAL Criminal Law SPARK! (Crown, Justice, Defence; AIDWYC; CCLET; IHL/RedCross); 0 The Representation of Crime through Lit and Soc SPARK! at King’s; 0 Physics and Art of Sound SPARK! (Drummer and DJ); 0 Earth Sciences SPARK! (Geophysics/Seismic Hazards; Soft Rock Exploration; Paleontology; Meteorites) with Western; 0 Ologies SPARK! with Brescia UC (Psych, Crim/Soc, Anthro, Poli Sci); 0 Among others!
- 10. 0 Different faculties at universities (i.e. Western University: CPSX, Ivey, BMI, Music, etc.) and community partners 0 Conducted onsite or offsite at the universities 0 Some currently available and previously offered: 0 Active History at Huron UC at Western 0 Anthropology Outreach at Western SS 0 Linguistics Outreach at Western SS 0 Gamer Outreach with Mikutech 0 Dragon’s Den/Entrepreneurship at Ivey 0 Engineering challenges with PEO 0 Foundation Year/Liberal Arts with King’s 0 Waterloo Unlimited (Grades 10-12) 0 Queen’s ESU (formerly E-MC2) 0 Shad Valley 0 House of Commons Page Program (Jr. and Sr.) 0 Encounters with Canada 0 Among others…