Putting It All Together, Part 4
Works in Progress
Talk to any staff member at Vancouver's Roosevelt School, and you'll hear one word pop up over and over: flexibility. Their schoolwide plan is like a giant slab of wet clay that they constantly shape as new ideas and information come in.
This is the vision schoolwide advocates hold for the movement. These "works in progress," as the department calls them, must "shift and change" to remain viable in the dynamic world of teaching and learning.
"Schoolwide projects are never fully implemented, but are constantly evolving," LeTendre says. "Schools with successful projects foster a sense that the project continually evolves toward ever-higher goals."
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