Action Plan for Learning
School Name: Heritage Mountain Elementary
School Context Link:
School Goal: Social Emotional Learning
School Year: 2016/2017
Goal / Inquiry
Student learning
Students will have a better awareness and understanding of themselves in regards to
personal competencies.
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Rationale
1-3 reasons for choosing
goal
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References and sources to
support actions
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Through our work with RULER and with the revised curriculum, we have
identified a need for students to build their skills with identifying their own
learning styles and needs, recognizing their own emotions, self-assessing their
own work and understanding their personal identity
We would like to work towards common language and common tools in this
goal area
A significant amount of professional development time, collaboration time
and staff meeting time is needed to be spent on the BC New Curriculum to
support teacher and student learning
During Class Reviews in October and April, teachers expressed a need for
students to be able to better assess their own emotions, learning needs and
learning
The Anchors of Emotional Intelligence K-8 The RULER Approach to Social and
Emotional Learning
Positive Personal & Cultural Identity Competency Profile: Personal Strengths and
Abilities (Building Student Success: BC New Curriculum)
Personal Awareness and Responsibility Competency Profile: Self Regulation
(Building Student Success: BC New Curriculum)
Backup Documentation
Notes from Nov 2015
Teacher Session on Current SEL Practices at HME.pdf
https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/competencies
October and April Class Review Summaries
Planned Actions
Continuing practices
working well (1-3)
 What will we do
differently? (1-3)
 How will we provide for
staff development and
Continuing Practices
- Student Self Assessments related to goal areas in early fall and again in late
April to measure any growth
- Address Goal Area in weekly staff newsletter
- Address Goal Area at monthly staff meetings
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collaboration?
 How will we involve
parents?
 How will we involve
students?
 How will we monitor
progress and adjust
actions?
What We Will Do Differently
- Parent Education Evening – share aspects of RULER and Competency
Profiles that we are using this year with parents (Principal Action Item)
- Develop/Pilot student self-assessment and teacher assessment tools that
address this goal area (including Heart Mind Index resources)
Staff Development and Collaboration
- Will financially assist (if applicable) any staff member with RULER training
though staff development
- Goal-Related Discussions at each staff meeting
- School Based Pro D Day Discussions
Parent Involvement
- Update parents during ‘Principal Report’ at monthly PAC meetings
- Invite parents to contact Principal to arrange special parent sessions to
discuss goal area actions, suggestions and feedback
Backup Documentation
Student Involvement
- Common Language used during daily announcements and monthly
assemblies
- Grade 5 leaders invited to periodic “Lunch time with the Principal” sessions
to discuss goal area actions, suggestions and feedback
Monitor Progress and Adjust Actions Plan
- Staff will develop/pilot self-assessment tools in September, implement in
Early Fall and review during collaboration time and/or grade group
meetings and staff meeting following school wide implementation. Repeat
process in spring with final review at June 5th, 2017 Professional
Development Day.
http://heartmindonline.org/resources/for-educators
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Documentation of learning
Key evidence of change
 How did your actions
make a difference?
 Choose 1-3 pieces of
evidence to demonstrate
the impact your actions
have had on student
learning to meet your
goal.
 Documentation could
include video, survey
results, performance
standard data, anecdotal
evidence, work samples,
etc.
In the weekly staff newsletter, staff was invited to reflect on aspects of our SEL
goal, in particular RULER strategies. A significant amount of time was spent in
September and October 2015 building a staff charter and in many classes, a class
charter. Subsequent staff meeting time was used to discuss the Mood Meter and
to revisit our Charter. There was an increase this year in use of a charter and a
mood meter in classrooms at our school and thus an increase in common
language. However, there is room for growth in developing a common language
throughout the school. In regards to professional growth in this area, 3 more
classroom teachers completed the district staff development RULER training
during afterschool sessions. As well, the Principal and the Student Services
department head participated in a district learning team to further explore RULER
practices.
We have identified a need for more evidence to demonstrate the impact our goal
area actions have on students. This will be part of our inquiry in the upcoming
year.
Backup Documentation
School Community
Engagement Process
 How did you engage
parents, teachers,
students & support staff
in developing your APL?
 How did you share your
APL goals with parents,
teachers, students &
support staff?
Staff participated in a June 6th, 2016 Professional Development Collaborative Session on
identifying a shared goal for the school. Further discussion and collaboration occurred
through email and was summarized at the June 30th staff meeting. Dialogue and intention
for this year’s goal were reported out to parents at the June 7th, 2016 PAC meeting and
parents were invited to contact the Principal to be a part of further collaboration for
developing this goal. Parents were reminded at PAC meeting and New Parent Orientation
in May, 2016 that the APL lives on the school website.
Backup Documentation
Reflection Highlights
 Where are we now?
 What are some patterns
emerging?
 What surprised you?
 What conclusions /
inferences might you
draw?
 How does this inform
potential next steps?
To Be Completed Collaboratively with Staff and Parents in June 2017
Backup Documentation
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(Delete this section if Literacy is your main goal)
Literacy Data
2015/2016 FSA Results not yet summarized by Ministry of Ed (as of July 5,
Attach the following:
2016)
 Classroom Assessment
 School Assessment
 FSA results
Heritage Mountain CBA for APL 2016.pdf
Signatures
School Name: Heritage Mountain Elementary
School Goal: Social Emotional Learning
Title
Name
Principal
Stacey Parmar
Assistant Superintendent
Reno Ciolfi
Print this page, have it signed by Principal &
Assistant Superintendent, scan it and attach it here
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School Year:
2016/2017
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