Year: 1994 - 95 AGM December 1, 1994 - SSAAM

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Faye Brownlie was keynote speaker at the recent Partners in Change. Beyond Chalk & Talk workshop in Brandon, May 4th and 5th. She lists the following as the 5 key points that make the biggest difference in education and learning (based on 50 years of research): 1. Classroom Management - active participation of ajl. 2. Metacoqnitive Processes - thinking about your thinking. 3. Cognitive Processes - based on what students already know and what needs to be buitt in. 4. Home Environment / Parental Support - to ensure completion of homework, etc. 5. Student / Teacher Social Interactions - positive student response to teachers and to each other. Schools need your help to By Stephen A. Nelson "he Brandon Sun The education system is working well, and always has oeen, but that doesn't mean there isn't room for improvement. That's the underlying message from Faye Brownlie, author and consultant who is in Brandon this week to talk to parents and teachers. She says the question is not "What's wrong with the school system?" but "What's right, and what can we do to make it 'righter'?" "I think we've got a system right now that works quite well," says Brownlie. "But it's not necessarily meeting the demands of today." A former teacher herself, Brownlie says the schools have done well in teaching the skills that were needed yesterday. Now, she says, we need to work teach your children well to develop skills needed to meet the demands of tomorrow. So Brownlie has little sympathy for those who say schools need to "get back to basics". "I personally don't feel that we ever left the basics," she says. "I think we've always been doing reading, 'riting and 'rithmetic." The fact that the 3 Rs are now been done differently is a good thing, she insists. The kids of tomorrow need to know more, not less. And1 continuing to do things the same way can only lead to trouble. "We wouldn't take our cars in to be fixed by mechanics who hadn't done things differently in 20 years. And I don't want my kids to go to people who think that everything they did 20 years ago was going to be tried and true forever." Brownlie says it's important to realize that schools now face challenges they didn't have to face 10 or 20 years ago, and noone really knows what challenges they'll face 10 years from now. A changing society with a diversity of students and a diversity of needs means students, parents and teachers still have to figure out what skills students are going to need in future. One thing Brownlie is sure of, is that students will need "skills that keep them as contributing members of society, but also as healthy and happy individuals within a society." The key, she says, is to have everybody working together — at home and at school — so that kids not only can read and write, but have the desire to read and write. She says educators think they know a lot and it's really a matter of being able to put it into practice. BROWNLIE: Changes "We're doing a pretty gocx job," she says. "We can do be ter." Originally from Virden Brownlie now lives in Van couver and is the author of se\l was in Brandon for Partners i Change '95, a conference fo educators and parents sponsoi ed by the school divisions i western Manitoba.
LEAVING SSAAM STUOEKT SERVICES ADMMSTRATORS- ASSOCIATION of MAWT06A SAAMI Donna Miller has been the Special Education Coordinator for White Horse Plain School Division #20 for several years. She has served as the South Central Regional representative on the Provincial SSAAM Executive. During this past year, Donna decided to try a new venture. She is presently the principal of St. Francis Xavier Community School. This is a kindergarten to grade six school. Donna has principal duties for 75% of the time and is teaching for 25%. Congratulations to Donna in her new educational endeavours. SSAAM and the South Central Region will miss your contributions at our meetings. Laurie Tougas has been appointed the new Coordinator. Welcome, Laurie! Bonnie Thiessen has been a very active SSAAM member for over ten years. She has . now been appointed Superintendent of Fort la Bosse School Division and consequently will not be involved in SSAAM. As a leader in the organization, Bonnie has held many elected positions including: Chair of Metro SSAAM; Secretary-Treasurer of Westman SSAAM; and provincially, Vice-President, President, Past-President and Chair of PD, Advocacy and Public Policy. Bonnie's professional career over the years has ranged from classroom, resource, and special education teacher to consultant and director of Special Education in River East School Division to Assistant Superintendent in charge of Special Education in Fort la Bosse. We will miss Bonnie's leadership in SSAAM and hope that our paths will cross hers as one of our Alumni. Best wishes, Bonnie! Jim Coughlan will be retiring from his position as Coordinator of Student Services in Turtle Mountain School Division. He has held that position and been a member of SSAAM for the past six years. His prior career included 12 years in Killamey School as Occupational Entrance Teacher and Resource Teacher. During the first 16 years of Jim's career, he was principal/teacher at Ebor, Minto, and Elkhorn Schools. Jim hopes to find the "Dream" life after retiring - that is, one with no responsibilities or pressures! We will miss Jim's quiet, smiling face at our Westman/Parkland SSAAM meetings! Good luck, Jim, and CONGRATULATIONS! "Future is f be iime wh&n hopes blossom." ... Jfefen ICeZler
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