By Nathaniel Atherton, Primary Principal
15 September 2023
Building towards an exciting future.
As we build towards an exciting future with our next strategic plan, Zum Mond Fliegen, it is critical that we capture our communities' thinking on the past, present, and future of ICS. This past Tuesday, twenty-two community members gathered for our first in a series of six Community Strategic Workshops.
As the school engages with the community in these strategic events, we are trying to uncover insights into two questions:
- What will an ICS graduate need in the future?
- How might the school change to meet the needs of future graduates?
In the launch of our workshop, I outlined the importance of the next strategic plan given the backdrop of societal change and also helped frame these workshops within the larger strategic planning process.
As the workshop turned to focus on the two aforementioned questions, student representatives (Grade 5 and Grade 11), parents, teachers, and school leaders worked collaboratively to envision the needs of the future. Participants engaged in a range of activities as they were asked to imagine the skills, mindsets, and competencies needed for a rapidly changing world as we built portraits of an ‘ICS 2030+ Graduate’.
Once collaborative teams had completed the portraiture, we began the final section of this workshop. Community members re-envisioning the systems and structure of ‘school’ to meet the demands of our ICS 2030+ Graduate.
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The morning's rich discourse led to the creation of some wonderful products (portraits and suggested enhancements) which will begin to capture some of the thinking that will inform our future road map. We look forward to more engagement from community members as we build our next strategic plan.
Community Strategic Workshops
For Students, Parents, Teachers, Staff and Board Members
Saturday, 23 September - 09:00-12:00
Wednesday, 27 September - 18:00-21:00
Monday, 2 October - 15:30-18:30
Saturday, 21 October - 09:00-12:00
Thursday, 26 October - 18:00-21:00
We have more opportunities for you to contribute to the dialogue with two workshops in September as well as three workshops in October (see above). We hope you will sign up for one of these exciting upcoming sessions.