High school graduation rates have improved considerably over the last 10 years. In Ontario we now have an 83% grad rate up from 68% in 2004. The UCDSB has achieved a similar increase. The province has a target of an 85% grad rate. The UCDSB has a target of a 90% grad rate. Not going to get there unless we make some changes. PARADIGM SHIFT THE CHANGE FLATTER LESS BUREAUCRATIC SERVICE DRIVEN Typical Educational Hierarchy Model Chair Director TOP TOP Trustees Senior Team Management Administration Principals & Vice-Principals Teachers Office Administrators & Educational Assistants DOWN DOWN Students & Parents, Community Stakeholders NEW Educational Hierarchy Model UP UP Students & Parents, Community Stakeholders Office Administrators & Educational Assistants Teachers Principals and Vice- Administration Principals Management Senior Team Director Trustees Chair BOTTOM BOTTOM SERVE, INSPIRE, INNOVATE “Focus the change at the level it matters most. The School House.” Chair Pietersma Charlotte Patterson February 2014 Dundas Family Brockville Family The River Family Prescott/Russell Family Chesterville P.S. Brockville Collegiate Inst. Athens D.H.S. Cambridge P.S. Iroquois P.S. Commonwealth P.S. Front of Yonge E.S. Plantagenet P.S. Morrisburg P.S. Lyn P.S. Maynard P.S. Gananoque S.S. Pleasant Corners P.S. Nationview P.S. Prince of Wales P.S. Linklater P.S. Rockland D.H.S. North Dundas D.H.S. Thousand Islands S.S. Meadowview P.S. Rockland P.S. Seaway D.H.S. Toniata P.S. T. R. Leger Pineview P.S. Russell H.S. Winchester P.S. Vanier P.S. Westminster P.S Thousand Islands E.S. Russell P.S . Vankleek Hill C.I Cornwall Family Lanark South Family Highland Family Central P.S. Drummond Central School Char-Lan D.H.S. Lanark North Family Child and Family Treatment Glen Tay P.S. Glengarry D.H.S Almonte & District H.S. Centre Maple Grove E.S. Laggan P.S. Longue Sault P.S. Arklan Community P.S. Cornwall Collegiate V.S. Maxville P.S. Beckwith P.S. Eamer’s Corners P.S. North Elmsley E.S. Caldwell Street P.S. East Front P.S. Perth & District C.I. North Stormont P.S. Carleton Place H.S. Cornwall Education Centre Queen Elizabeth E.S. Rothwell-Osnabruck School Naismith Memorial P.S. Gladstone P.S. St. Lawrence S.S. The Stewart School Roxmore P.S. Pakenham P.S. Turtle Island S.J. McLeod P.S. Tagwi S.S. R. Tait McKenzie P.S Viscount Alexander P.S. Willamstown P.S. Rideau/Smiths Falls Grenville Family Family Benson P.S. Centennial ’67 P.S. Chimo E.S. Kemptville P.S. Merrickville P.S. Duncan J. Schoular P.S. International Education Frankville Office North Grenville D.H.S. Lombardy P.S. Montague P.S. Oxford Office Rideau Centennial P.S. Oxford-On-Rideau P.S. Rideau D.H.S. Rideau Vista P.S. South Branch E.S. Smiths Falls D.C.I. South Edwardsburg P.S. South Crosby P.S. South Grenville D.H.S. Families of Schools Sweet’s Corners E. S. Wellington E.S Wolford P.S Public education must be a common platform for building capacity in our communities and democracies. Jesse Hirsh CBC .