Rod Allen, Superintendent for the Cowichan Valley School District and formerly the Assistant Deputy Minister / Chief Superintendent with the BC Ministry of Education was the architect of British Columbia’s transformation to personalized learning. Under Allen’s leadership, BC became a major contributor to global transformation efforts and within BC he set a clear path for education transformation.
Dr. Tetrault shares the District’s 21st century journey that led to the C21 Canada Shifting Minds School System Award
The Sun West School Division belongs to a Canadian national organization called “C21 – Canadians for 21stCentury Learning & Innovation”. As such, our division is encouraging schools and teachers to focus on changing their teaching approach to one that enables students to be much more in control of their own learning. This transformation in education has been called various names such as “Blended Learning” and now “Personalized Learning”. Our Sun West School Division won a national award this year for this work and was highlighted in the December issue of “Readers’ Digest”.
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