The following table gives candidates responses to the first six parts of UCY Question 2. The six parts of the question are copied below the tables for easy reference. Answers containing a “+”sign indicate that additional information was provided for that part. This information is provided with the full responses of the candidates.
Question 2: Parts 1 – 6
- Do you believe that public education needs to evolve from its industrial management practices to ones more appropriate for today? Y/N
- Do you agree that formal scheduling is a major barrier to systemic innovation? Y/N
- Would you act to establish an OCDSB Systemic Innovation Advisory Committee made up of student, parent, teacher, administrator, ministry, university professor, business and community representatives? Y/N
- If “Y” to C, would you act to have the committee established in time for systematic field studies to begin in September 2019? Y/N
- Would you support developing a board wide inventory of innovative actions by teachers and principals that require no additional funding, that keep students in their community schools, that adhere to ministry requirements, that promise to help define a new model for education, and that can expand our vision of how ideas that research finds are working can be scaled up to benefit more students? See the Innovation Playlist for how small steps can lead to big changes. Y/N
- Would you help to create partnerships with universities that want to conduct studies of how school boards can transition, with a minimum of disruption and angst, from the industrial model to one that suits today’s needs? Y/N