This presentation speaks to inspiring ,supporting and empowering teachers to maximize student growth and development, engaging the community as partners in public education and guiding students and teachers to embracing Service Learning

1. Impactful Leadership for Diverse
Learning Communities
Inspiring students, teachers and
community for action

2. Vincent Massey Public School

3. The People!

5. Our Mission
To maximize student learning through
students, staff, parents and community
working in an atmosphere of mutual
respect and shared responsibility.

6. Our Motto
Refuse to Lose

8. Key Accomplishments
• NQI Canadian Award for Excellence in
Education – Order of Merit
• High levels of parent, staff and students
satisfaction and trust
• Sustainable results in student learning,
safe and caring environment
• Top ten Professional learning
Communities in Ontario
• Community engagement

9. Community Partnerships
It’s all about engagement.

10. Create Possibilities – What’s in it
for them?
• Private sector – Adobe, IBM, SAP, TD Bank
(greening)
• Public Sector – Public Health, Local community
centres, mental health facilities
• Volunteer Coordinating org.
• Local restaurants, grocery stores
• Local newspapers, media
• Capitalize on parent talents
• National Quality Institute/ Balldridge
• Community programming – Anger Management

11. Service Learning
“Give more than you get.”
Bill Gates
H.E.A.L.
World Vision
Child Haven International
World Wildlife Federation
Food Bank
Finding Life

12. How?
• Be open and involved – seek opportunities
• If you don’t ask the answer will always be
no
• Have a school/ class/ issue that people
what to be a part of
• Market your “product”
• Give thanks
• Engage and be engaging

13. Teacher Support
Create a school where people
love to work, play and learn
together.

14. Building a Professional
Learning Community

15. Teacher support
• Resources
• Recognition
• Renewal – continuous improvement
• Relationships
• Reduce Isolation – Open the doors –
classrooms, office, homes, minds
• Responsibility – share it! Self-managed
teams, student council, parent council

16. Embracing, Engaging and
Educating a Diverse Community.

17. Supporting Materials for ISIS Officer Ethnocultural Equity Award 2001-
2002
Submitted by Vincent Massey Public School
Poster created by Senior Kindergarten students and their teacher D. Dudar
“A quality school has a culture of ethnocultural equity”
As a multi-cultural Beacon school, our efforts in the areas of anti-racism and ethnocultural equity are
deeply embedded in the daily life of our school. Each and every event we have honours the
contribution of all cultures to developing a safe and caring world for us all.

18. Those who are part of a global
culture understand, respect, love
and honour different national
traditions, ethnicities and
customs.
Move beyond “Multicultural
education.”

19. They live the universal values of love,
contribution, laughter, joy, generosity,
security, growth, health, excitement,
openness, humanity, acceptance, tolerance,
freedom, learning, evolution, fascination,
spontaneity, reinvention, curiosity,
prosperity, diversity, responsibility,
accountability, knowledge, sharing and
readiness to change.

20. At Vincent Massey…
Everyone is Different
• Regular English
• French Immersion
• Gifted French
Immersion
• Dual Diagnosis
• Deaf/ Hard of Hearing
• Learning Disabilities

21. The human species are 99.9%
genetically identical.
There are greater differences between
any two frogs in a pond than between
any two people who find themselves
waiting for a bus.
Human Genome Project 2000

22. Diversity at Vincent Massey
• Inclusive education
• Options
• Sports
• Refuse to Lose
• High expectations for all
• Safe and Caring School
Environment
• Education about religions,
cultures
• Annual multicultural
dinner and Art Show
• Mental Karate

23. • Multicultural Liaison Officer
• Training sessions for parents
• New project – “Parent Lounge”
• Welcoming office staff
• Family Reception Centre
• Meetings at local Community
Centre
• Rights and Responsibilities
• Talent Show
• Reading Buddies

24. So what are you going
to do now?
What is your push to action? How will you
track your successes so you can celebrate?