Inspiring example

Sue Stevenson is school head at the Spring Valley Elementary School in Kelowna, Canada.

She sees it as her biggest task to support her team in creating the best kind of education for the kids in their school.

"So, you plant a seed and imagine if this is where we want to be. This is where every child feels valued. This is where every child is able to learn at their level. You plant that seed and then how do you get there? Well, we can try this or we can try that, there are so many different ways to access that. So you absolutely as a leader plant those seeds and then let the teachers go with the flow."

Goals

Sue's challange is to support her teacher team in providing inclusive education for all children in her school. For this, she has created time and space for teachers to meet, to discuss and to design teaching and learning collaboratively.

Reflective questions after watching the four videos below

• How could you further foster professional learning in your teacher community?
• How can you lean on your teams strenghts and good practises?
• How are you dealing with the challenges in your school and how could you improve your collective problem solving capacity?

Links and materials

School web page: https://sve.sd23.bc.ca/