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Just when you thought you were out…they pull you back in. 🙂 Yes, I know. I said last year that after years of diminishing returns, we would finally put to bed this version of the Annual Parent Survey and start transitioning to new feedback loops that would – hopefully – yield greater engagement and, thus, more … Continue reading “The Transparency Files: Annual Parent Survey”
Welcome to “Part III” of our analysis of this year’s CAT4 results! In Part I, we provided a lot of background context and shared out the simple results of how we did this year. In Part II, we began sharing comparative data, focusing on snapshots of the same cohort (the same children) over time. Remember that … Continue reading “The Transparency Files: CAT*4 Results Part 3 (of 3)”
Welcome to “Part II” of our analysis of this year’s CAT*4 results! In last week’s post, we provided a lot of background context and shared out the simple results of how we did this year. Here, in our second post, we are now able to begin sharing comparative data, focusing on snapshots of the same cohort … Continue reading “The Transparency Files: CAT*4 Results Part 2 (of 3)”
[Note from Jon: If you have either read this post annually or simply want to jump to the results without my excessive background and contextualizing, just scroll straight to the graph. Spoiler alert: we did great!] Each year I fret about how to best facilitate an appropriate conversation about why our school engages in standardized … Continue reading “The Transparency Files: CAT*4 Results Part 1 (of 3)”
When you have been doing this as long as I (somehow) have been doing this, it is natural to wind up with some sayings and “-isms” that help explain your “why” and core beliefs. Here is one of mine: “We should treat our teachers at least as well as we do our students”. There are … Continue reading “The Transparency Files: How We Grow Our Teachers”
Happy Friday! Here we are on literally the last day of school – for teachers – and before we head into Canada Day Weekend and the true start of summer (for us!), it is my sincere joy and pleasure to be able to share a picture of the amazing human beings who will be teaching … Continue reading “The Transparency Files: The 2024-2025 Faculty”
This is it…the last…the very last… …this version of the Annual Parent Survey will be put to bed. Faithful readers will recall that last year’s was going to be the last, but October 7th and the relocation/renovation rendered that a bit of a bridge too far. So, yes, this is it. This Annual Parent Survey has … Continue reading “The Transparency Files: Annual Parent Survey”
Welcome to “Part III” of our analysis of this year’s CAT4 results! In Part I, we provided a lot of background context and shared out the simple results of how we did this year. In Part II, we began sharing comparative data, focusing on snapshots of the same cohort (the same children) over time. Remember that … Continue reading “The Transparency Files: CAT*4 Results Part 3 (of 3)”
Welcome to “Part II” of our analysis of this year’s CAT*4 results! In last week’s post, we provided a lot of background context and shared out the simple results of how we did this year. Here, in our second post, we are now able to begin sharing comparative data, focusing on snapshots of the same cohort … Continue reading “The Transparency Files: CAT*4 Results Part 2 (of 3)”
[Note from Jon: If you have either read this post annually or simply want to jump to the results without my excessive background and contextualizing, just scroll straight to the graph. Spoiler alert: These are the best results we have ever had!] Each year I fret about how to best facilitate an appropriate conversation about … Continue reading “The Transparency Files: CAT*4 Results Part 1 (of 3)”
